archival cd-r - really true?

[Antonio Carlini]

> So, could one do the same with a CD-R? 

I imagine that a decent STM could read the individual pits on
the parts that are left. Whether that is enough to reconstruct
anything meaningful is debatable. I don't have access to a handy
STM to try, but I'm told they're not hugely expensive.

> But then, 10 seconds in a microwave oven is enough to
> destroy that medium beyond recovery.

Ten seconds over a gas hob should see off a floppy too :-)

Antonio