[game_preservation] CD/DVD Rot Data

[Judith Haemmerle]

Alex, have you read Joe Iraci's paper, *The Effect of Jewel Cases on the
Stability of Optical Disc Media*? If not, ping me for citation details off
list.  It is exhaustive and covers every imaginable type of CD.


Judith Haemmerle, Executive Director
Digital Game Museum
3553 Ryder Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051
http://www.digitalgamemuseum.org




On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Alexander Duryee <alexanderduryee at gmail.com

> wrote:



> I'm in the process of gathering data on optical media migration for

> publication/presentation this spring.  I'd like to be able to make a case

> for/against immediate action, so the more evidence available, the better.

> I've come across anecdotes and data from archives on recordable discs (and

> they're absolutely nightmarish), but there aren't many communities working

> with pressed CD/DVDs.

>

> Given the prevalence of CD/DVDs as game medium, I'm curious if anyone in

> the game preservation community has anecdotes or data on the readability of

> commerically-manufactured discs over time.  If there's more specific

> information (type of damage, age of bad discs, manufacturer of bad discs,

> etc), that would be tremendously useful as well.

>

> Thanks!

> --Alex

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