15 Nov
2012
15 Nov
'12
8:54 p.m.
> Well, I don't think Don was even much of a
Windows person. Most likely his stuff would be stored on a DOS drive of some sort. Have
you looked for tapes or optical media that might have been used for
> backup?
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Al Kossow wrote:
Yes. There were no obviously labeled backups. There
are copies of DOS tape backup programs, though :-(
No CD-Rs, or machines with CD-R or tape drives. There were one or two CD-Rs that appear
to have been
sent to him with CP/M content. It's pretty frustrating to have gotten this far and
not actually have
found the files or any backups which is why I'm hoping they may still be on machines
that weren't in
the storage unit.
I visualize at least four file cabinet drawers full of floppy disks.
Even if he DID image everything, he would not have discarded the floppy
originals. If you haven't seen a cubic yard of mutually unique floppies,
then his collection is still missing.