9 Nov
2005
9 Nov
'05
3:20 a.m.
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:14:50 -0500
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 17:35, Doc Shipley wrote:
Any update on the 'Altos stuff' that some of us are working on? You mentioned
awhile back that you might have Altos 586 system diskettes. I noticed another 586 on eBay
last week, but not with anything but the box. I am in correspondence with a few other
people struggling to image/restore-from-image some of the Altos 586 images now newly in
circulation.
Do you guys actually read CC?
Tom Peters just last week posted a list of hardware and disks
being offered by his widow, as a start to putting his collection back
in the hands of collectors.
IIRC, Tom took responsibility for handling he situation nearly a
year ago, and said then that a barrage of questions/offers/requests
to the family would be counter-productive. It seems to me that with
his strategy beginning to bear fruit, interfering now would be even
more counterproductive.
My $0.02, and my own recollection of events. I'm willing to be
corrected.
Doc, I believe that you may be mixing up dead Dons that were into
classic computing. :) Don Maslin (as opposed to "Don S" that Tom
posted about) lived in CA, not WI. :)
You got most of it right, but are combining stories I believe.
Anyways, the Altos stuff (at least) that Tom Peters is giving out will
be saved and archived publically. You have my word on that. :)
Pat
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