7 May
2004
7 May
'04
10:53 a.m.
> I << don't want to have the only
surviving copy of a paper document
or program.
The problem is, there are no 'real' mirrors (I can see in the logs that
dozens of people are mirroring it for themselves..)
7 May
7 May
2:04 p.m.
Al;
Want a "real" mirror of bitsavers? Just let me know.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Kossow" <aek(a)spies.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: cd longevity
The only real chance is to make sure that the data has redundant
storage. Paper burns well. Why is it that many of the classic
systems we like have no docs. These docs were on paper. One type
of storage is no solution at all.
===
This is EXACTLY why I created bitsavers.org
> I << don't want to have the only
surviving copy of a paper document
or program.
The problem is, there are no 'real' mirrors (I can see in the logs that
dozens of people are mirroring it for themselves..)
9:07 p.m.
This is EXACTLY why I created bitsavers.org
[...]
The problem is, there are no 'real' mirrors (I
can see in the logs
that dozens of people are mirroring it for themselves..)
I run no webserver and don't want to change that. But depending on how
much space is required, I tentatively volunteer to run an FTP-access
mirror - or even just a disaster-recovery backup of it.
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9 May
9 May
9:07 a.m.
what is the total file space needed to mirror all of bitsavers?
multiple mirroring is something that is a good idea for this great
resource. if we were to loose it........
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
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----- Original Message -----
From: "der Mouse" <mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: cd longevity
This is
EXACTLY why I created bitsavers.org
[...]
The problem is, there are no 'real'
mirrors (I can see in the logs
that dozens of people are mirroring it for themselves..)
I run no webserver and don't want to change that. But depending on how
much space is required, I tentatively volunteer to run an FTP-access
mirror - or even just a disaster-recovery backup of it.
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10 a.m.
ed sharpe wrote:
what is the total file space needed to mirror all of
bitsavers?
multiple mirroring is something that is a good idea for this great
resource. if we were to loose it........
Indeed. I'd be happy to run a UK mirror if wanted (actually, I'd be
quite happy to run a UK mirror of any classic computer-related
resource). I'm only on a 1Mbit connection, though, so wouldn't be able
to have anything that's *too* bandwidth-heavy :) Plenty of drive space,
though - currently > 90GB free.
Dan
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