... The NOAO/IRAF Save the Bits archive has been operating for over three years at Kitt Peak National Observatory and at the National Solar Observatory's nighttime program. ... In addition to another media option, this expands the role of the package to include data distribution as well as data archiving. ... The software to perform the archiving will be based on Save the Bits , which will be modified to archive only WIYN data, and to write to CD-ROM writers. ... NOAO/IRAF Save the Bits archive . ...