On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:31:26AM -0600, Herman Oosthuysen wrote:
> Self demagnetization used to be a problem of magnetic media and some
> components such as capacitors used to deteriorate with age, but I think
> that those problems have been solved decades ago, so equipment in clean
> and dry storage should last almost forever.
You missed "stable temperature" as well. Some capacitors still
"dry out" with age and heat, even with todays technology.
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