On 03/05/2013 05:13 AM, Adam Sampson wrote:
Hi all,
Iain Hancock has asked me to pass the following message on to the list:
I've got 30-40 disks (all 5.25", no 8") for the 380Z and 480Z, but not here
in the US with me (I did image most of them, but later found that the
images were all corrupt; I'm hoping that the problem crept in when they
were FTPed from the DOS imaging machine to the Linux PC, and that they're
intact on the imaging box still - but that machine's in storage 4500 miles
away. I do have the physical disks too, of course, but also 4500 miles away...)
My 380Z Chain network server is at NMoC - I don't know if it'd still boot
after so many years, but if someone wanted to try salvaging the data from
it then it may be possible to arrange (I simply ran out of time before I
moved overseas). It's a ST412-type disk with - IIRC - a Xebec bridge board,
which probably means that the interface to the outside world (i.e. the
controlling 380Z with the network board) is SASI.
I've been on the 380Z mailing list for years, incidentally - but somewhere
around a year ago Yahoo suddenly decided that they'd no longer let me post,
with no apparent means to fix (the bounce messages aren't particularly
enlightening as to what the problem is, and there didn't seem to be a way
to communicate with a human being to get it resolved). In other words, I
read all the messages with interest, but can't contribute anything.
cheers
Jules