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The Wristwatch of the Long Now: When your MTBF is two centuries

Norman Nescio Silver badge

There is no technology around today that’ll keep data for decades, guaranteed.

Neutral-pH ink on archival quality cotton-rag paper stored in a cool dark place with humidity neither too high nor too low.

Polyester microfilm/microfiche

(Rosetta Project) Nickel deposited on etched silicon disks

What all three have in common is optical retrieval.

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