Date:         Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:23:27 -0400
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Subject:      Re: 5" discs more hearty than some think
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At 10:29 AM 8/1/2006, Rod Stephens wrote:

>I've had a series of about 200 CDs that I manufactured and stored in 
>my garage for about two years.  The temperature gets to be over 100 
>degrees in the summer in there.  I just pulled them out and did spot 
>checks on every five or ten of them in sequence (old radio 
>shows).  They all tested and played beautifully.  Just a bit of 
>personal experience.
>

Hi, Rod,

Could you please share with us the type of disc that you used for this?

I have had CDs in my car in both hot Southern California and now 
hot/humid AND cold Greater Toronto area. I made a set of about 120 
and I have only seen a few failures. Those were in the non 
phthalocyanin dye discs. All of the MAM-A discs have survived nicely 
since 2001.

Cheers,

Richard


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