21 Feb
2007
21 Feb
'07
5:45 a.m.
Has anyone started to rebuild the boot disk/software archives similar to what
Don Maslin was doing? I see bits and pieces spread around the web but nothing
all inclusive such as what Don had. It would be great to see it all in one place
and mirrored in the same way as bitsavers.
I did find a list of the disks that Don had online (I think at Gaby). To the
best of my knowledge, that was the only online compilation of what was contained
in his collection.
21 Feb
21 Feb
3:13 p.m.
Has anyone started to rebuild the boot disk/software
archives similar to what
Don Maslin was doing? I see bits and pieces spread around the web but nothing
all inclusive such as what Don had. It would be great to see it all in one place
and mirrored in the same way as bitsavers.
I did find a list of the disks that Don had online (I think at Gaby). To the
best of my knowledge, that was the only online compilation of what was contained
in his collection.
I have a small but steadily (if slowly) growing collection of boot/system disk images
at:
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img/index.htm
Additions to the archive are welcome and encouraged, however response has been
somewhat limited (many thanks to those who have submitted material).
I would be happy to place this material into a larger archive, and of course the
various disk imaging tools that I have developed along the way are available to
such a project as well.
Dave
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3:31 p.m.
It was written....
> Has anyone started to rebuild the boot
disk/software archives similar to
> what
> Don Maslin was doing? I see bits and pieces spread around the web but
> nothing
> all inclusive such as what Don had. It would be great to see it all in
> one place
> and mirrored in the same way as bitsavers.
>
> I did find a list of the disks that Don had online (I think at Gaby). To
> the
> best of my knowledge, that was the only online compilation of what was
> contained
> in his collection.
I'd of course be happy to host such a collection on classiccmp.org.
Jay
3:48 p.m.
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Jay West wrote:
It was written....
You're doing that already at
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img/index.htm
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> Has anyone started to rebuild the boot
disk/software archives similar
> to what Don Maslin was doing? I see bits and pieces spread around the
> web but nothing all inclusive such as what Don had. It would be great
> to see it all in one place and mirrored in the same way as bitsavers.
>
> I did find a list of the disks that Don had online (I think at Gaby).
> To the best of my knowledge, that was the only online compilation of
> what was contained in his collection.
I'd of course be happy to host such a collection on classiccmp.org. 
3:51 p.m.
New subject: DEC Rainbow PC100 available
Not my cup of tea but someone on this list may be interested. Please
contact Gary directly.
Bob
______________________________________________________________________
Bob,
Our stuff isn't really what I would call "vintage". It's a 1985 rainbow
pc100. about the only cool thing is that is is all complete including
documentation and mint condition. my wife worked for DEC at the time and
purchased it as a "state of the art" system......
if you know of anyone collecting these I can e-mail the original
billing statement which lists the whole system.
Gary Mathews
garym at quickbeam.com
3:47 p.m.
Dave Dunfield wrote:
I have a small but steadily (if slowly) growing
collection of boot/system disk images
at:
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img/index.htm
Additions to the archive are welcome and encouraged, however response has been
somewhat limited (many thanks to those who have submitted material).
I've got a week off university next week, so I'm planning to try and shift a
few projects off my 'unfinished' list. Near the top is the USB/RS232 floppy
reader I mentioned a while back - basically a Catweasel variant with a USB
interface.
A couple of TTL gates to clean up the disc signals, a CPLD, a bit of RAM and a
microcontroller. How hard can it be?
Don't answer that one. Seriously, please, don't answer that question...
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4:55 p.m.
Dave Dunfield wrote:
I would be happy to place this material into a larger
archive, and of course the
various disk imaging tools that I have developed along the way are available to
such a project as well.
I still think the ultimate key is some way of easily sharing "who has what"
across multiple sites. Everyone has specific niche interests within the hobby
(and generally want to retain control over anything that they put online) -
but searching across multiple sites is tricky at best.
Possibly a distributed approach *could* work, but maybe a centralised database
on classiccmp.org would be better (with participating site owners "publishing"
what they have available).
Finding someone with the time and expertise to do it is another matter :-)
cheers
Jules
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