19 Sep
2021
19 Sep
'21
1:57 p.m.
On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 1:39 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 9/18/2021 10:04 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
No problem with stopping the stupid wife stuff, but this is an important
issue: Cleaning out basement hoards like this is *NOT* easy, and if you
have one make plans now for when you die. It can happen sooner than you
think due to accident/whatnot.
On the positive side this is a bit of a time capsule and we *did* get
all the Perq software and documentation out on the tapes. That was a
serious win apparently.
I'm still working through the tapes and I've had decent success with them,
however if I may add to Chris's suggestions: don't leave tapes in a damp
basement for 20+ years, it makes them difficult to read. All the more
frustrating when they contain what may be the only surviving copy of
various bits of software for an obscure workstation :).
- Josh
