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Will USB still be accessible in twenty years time?

There's a niche in archival products for lots of redundant data (like PAR or PAR2) combined with backup duplication across geographical diversity.

There's a German (I think) company offering very robust storage for 10 of your most treasured photos. It's expensive, but they claim to be offering many years archival (100 years? 50 years? (This was on a BBC Radio Four programme but sadly I have no idea how to get that programme or the name of the company.)



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