11 Sep
2023
11 Sep
'23
4:43 p.m.
On Sep 10, 2023, at 6:24 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Sun, 10 Sep 2023, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote:
Anyone who wants to resuscitate either old drives, or recover data from old disks. There
is a lot of such data...
Also, history is important. Not always in obvious ways, but if it's lost it tends to
be very hard to recover. One of my favorite examples of old history is the Ph.D. thesis
of Gauthier van den Hove (U. Amsterdam, a few years ago) analyzing in extreme detail the
world's first ALGOL-60 compiler, by Dijkstra and Zonneveld. Why bother? Well, for
one, because it wasn't just the first compiler but the place where a whole bunch of
later-standard techniques were first invented, and understanding the origin of things and
what problems they solve and why they do it that way can be surprisingly important.
paul
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2) It is now so far out of date that, Who would want it?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) Fred, you will be paid with great admiration and
appreciation. Sorry,
all I can offer. :-)
Anyone with me?