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I've seen data on floppy disks from the early 1990s a few weeks ago, on an Apple ][. Magnetic media lasted way longer than I expected.

But, in this case... I have a hard time believing in a "Thousand Year Write" ;-)

There's no way that something that thin and ceramic isn't going to somehow become embrittled, or fracture, in 100 or more years.



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