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-====== Mission Statement ======
+====== Welcome ======
-Forever Disks' mission is to document, organize, and preserve information about optical disk cartridge formats, including MiniDisc, Magneto-Optical, Phase-Change, 12-inch WORM, and other related formats.
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-This information is preserved for both today's users and future generations. Accuracy and integrity are central to our mission, and we strive to faithfully document the history, technology, features, benefits, and limitations of each format.
+Thank you for visiting **Forever Disks**, a documentation and preservation project dedicated to optical storage formats that use a cartridge, caddy, or protective shell rather than an exposed disc.
-Forever Disks is an ongoing work in progress, currently maintained by a small team. We intend for the collection to grow and evolve over time as research continues and new information becomes available.
+From magneto-optical and phase-change media to WORM and other specialized formats, these systems were used in consumer, professional, industrial, and archival applications. Their protective enclosures helped shield the media from dust, scratches, and handling damage.
+This wiki documents the formats, recording technologies, drives, media, and other hardware needed to identify, read, and write them.
+Many of these systems have been out of common use for decades, and much of the knowledge surrounding them has disappeared along with the hardware. Documentation can be scattered, incomplete, or based on the memories of people who worked with these formats when they were current.
+Our goal is to bring that knowledge together in one place. There are still plenty of old disks, cartridges, drives, and related equipment waiting to be identified and put back to use — if you know what you're looking at.
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+__Contributions to Forever Disks are currently private, and accounts are invite-only.__ This may change in the future. If you have corrections, additional drive or media models, manuals, technical documentation, or first-hand knowledge of these systems, <del>see our [[extras:contributing|contribution guidelines]] to learn how you can help expand the archive</del> please send an email to the founder found on the [[extras:about|about]] page or join the [[https://t.me/foreverdisks|Forever Disks Telegram Channel]].
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+Cover image made with [[https://www.textstudio.com/|TextStudio.com]].