1 Aug
2025
1 Aug
'25
10:22 p.m.
Thanks, Fred.
Yes, several hundred diskettes are labeled as being in CP/M or
proprietary formats. Many also have interesting annotations regarding
particular pathologies they exhibit.
Noted on the drives. I can verify that there are a lot of 37- and 50-pin
connectors, but don't really want to disassemble the cases. It sounds
like a lot of things about his gear are public knowledge, though, which
is nice...
Re: tubas -- unfortunately, my aunt has a wide musical circle and has
already dispositioned the tubas.
On 7/31/25 16:30, Fred Cisin wrote:
Hi Michael,
Take your time, and don't let it stress you.
Chuck was the foremost expert on many aspects of the sub-fields.
Among the diskettes, particularly 8" and 5.25", he had a lot (many
hundreds) of diskettes from other types of computers, probably at least
half from CP/M on those other computers. [hopefully labelled?] Those
will not be readable on PC, but are valuable to any other people doing
disk format conversion, (although I have retired.)
In order to switch drives around as needed, he fitted many of his
external drive cases and power supplies with DC37 and/or "centronics"
syle 37 and/or 50 pin connectors. SOME of the drives in some of those
cases are non-standard/unusual drives, such as 100tpi 5.25" (micropolis,
Tandon TM100-4M) Those will be useless for normal PC work, but rare/
invaluable for those dealing with non-standard formats.
[On behalf of my sister]: Are you also dealing with his tubas?
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