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[OM] Re: (Fwd) [photoconservation] Archival Gold DVD-R (?)

Subject: [OM] Re: (Fwd) [photoconservation] Archival Gold DVD-R (?)
From: <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:03:44 -0500
> Another manufacture of gold reflective layer DVDs, and using the Mitsui
> dye material, is MAM-A <http://store.mam-a-store.com/mam43437.html>.
Here's how it was explained to me.

There were originally two manufacturers of archival CD's, Mitsui and Kokak. 
I don't know where the Kodaks were made, but the Mitsui plant was in 
Colorado Springs. Quite a few years ago, Kodak got out of the archival CD 
business, showing their bad business decisions are not confiined to silver 
photography. Then, several years later, The parent of the plant in Colorado 
Springs (Mitsui or its owner) decided to exit the CD business entirely, and 
sold the plant. The new owners, Italian, gave it the name MAM-A, which 
surely must stand for something other than what you call your mother.

I suspect that making an archival DVD is a tough one, or there would have 
been a MAM-A gold DVD a long time ago. Perhaps there is no equivelent dye 
for the wave length laser used.

After some study, I've gone to an outboard hard disc for backup storage.

Bill Pearce 



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