10 Sep
2023
10 Sep
'23
10:24 p.m.
On Sun, 10 Sep 2023, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote:
I make an official motion that Fred write his own
"Everything I Know
About Floppy Disks" page / book /encyclopedia.
I suspect that what is inside his head is the greatest collection of
knowledge about floppies on the planet.
1) Chuck Guzis knows FAR more than I do about floppy disks.
Tony Duell (ARD) knows FAR more than I do about disk drives.
2) It is now so far out of date that, Who would want it? (besides a few
here)
3) I've already said most of it; just a matter of gathering it.
I started writing a book on it 30 years ago; never finished.
Now I'm writing an undergraduate textbook on Information Science, which I
will also never finish.
I find it easier to edit, critique, and contribute to somebody else's
than to build from scratch.
Some pieces have finally found places in other people's works.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
Fred, you will be paid with great admiration and
appreciation. Sorry,
all I can offer. :-)
Anyone with me?