8 Oct
2016
8 Oct
'16
2:30 p.m.
I've just dug out and inventoried two boxes of magnetic media. A
little of it is not mine; a little more is stuff I'd like copies of if
I can make it happen.
But most of it is just going to leave soon, one way or another. I'd
rather see it go to someone who can actually use it, but it is not
worth the costs of keeping it around to me. I do not currently have
any system on which I can check the contents of any of these (while
it's possible I might get one or more set up, I can't count on it, and
it's unlikely to happen soon). So, while the labeling might be
accurate, it also might not.
There are a bunch of TK50s (or something similar; I know there are
other, similar, tapes, some similar enough to fool a quick inspection;
I didn't look in detail to be sure every one is a TK50). They have
labels, some printed, some scribbled, some carefully handwritten.
Here, \ indicates a line break.
SW/gnu \ Nov 28/91
/usr/local \ 91/10/26
6.0 + 797493
ULTRIX V4.2 \ SUPPORTED SUBSETS \ VOL. 1
ULTRIX V4.2 \ SUPPORTED SUBSETS \ VOL. 2
Sunclock \ 91/11/21
AQ-PE1F0-01 C01 \ DEC FORT ULTRIX V3.2 BIN \ TK50
AQ-PE1F0-01 \ DEC FORT ULTRIX V3.2 BIN \ TK50
ULTRIX V4.2 \ MANDATORY UPGRADE
Kermit5A \ 91/11/21
DEC FORTRAN \ V3.0 (crossed out and "obsolete" written in)
K2 /usr/local \ 1991/03/14
LOTUS 1-2-3 \ 91/11/19
/usr/users \ 91/10/20
swTeX.tar.Z \ 91/11/02
ULTRIX V4.2 \ UNSUPPORTED SUBSETS
There are numerous quarter-inch cartridge tapes (the DC600 formfactor;
many are DC600s or DC600As, but some are other sizes/lengths/formats).
Some have no label. Three of these have absolutely no label, not even
a manufacturer/brand label. Nine more have a brand label but no
indication of their contents. One has a printed label which has been
ripped off enough that all I'm sure of is that it had the usual
boilerplate text for US Government users. Two others have ripped-off
labels; on one, all that remains legible is "tix" at the end of a word;
the other, I can see enough of a logo to be fairly sure it was an
Accelr8 label.
Four more have labels that are short and simple enough to fit on a
single line:
89/02/22(F) ISC0D0S0
TO BE CHECKED
89/02/17 ISC0D0S0
/files! execlude ./digests & ./misc 90/10/08 cd /files
Twenty-six tapes are labeled with just their sizes. These are written
in my hand, so I feel fairly sure they are the result of me
capcity-testing the tapes:
SIZE: 30605 ?512
SIZE: 30643 ?512
SIZE: 30611 ?512
SIZE: 30730 ?512
SIZE: 30730 ?512
SIZE: 114081 ?512
SIZE: 115168 ?512
SIZE: 116769 ?512
SIZE: 118878 ?512
SIZE: 119721 ?512
SIZE: 119870 ?512
SIZE: 119891 ?512
SIZE: 120345 ?512
SIZE: 120352 ?512
SIZE: 120412 ?512
SIZE: 120586 ?512
SIZE: 120741 ?512
SIZE: 120756 ?512
SIZE: 121719 ?512
SIZE: 121722 ?512
SIZE: 121917 ?512
SIZE: 122116 ?512
SIZE: 122343 ?512
SIZE: 122608 ?512
SIZE: 122664 ?512
201796?512
Five more have sticky-notes (one on the box, one on the tape) and a
size sticker. I _think_ the 3.5 here refers to version 3.5 or
something (SunOS is a likely candidate).
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 1
sticker: SIZE: 121372 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 2
sticker: SIZE: 118586 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 3
sticker: SIZE: 119293 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 4
sticker: SIZE: 122624 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 5
sticker: SIZE: 120216 ?512
--
The rest are a grab-bag:
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
S.O. # INT4406 PLAN 5000 (tm)
Boot Utility Tape QIC24
SERIAL # 6050221 SYSTEM RELEASE 5.2
(C) 1982-1986 NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC.
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
S.O. # INT4406 PLAN 000 (tm)
PLANPAK # 712 IA BACKUP TAPE QIC
SERIAL # 6060238 SYSTEM RELEASE 5
(C) 1982-1986 NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC.
--
Nestar Systems, Inc.
Subsidiary of DSC Communications Corporation
PLAN Series (tm)
Boot Uility Tape QIC-24
FS# UPGRADE Star Plus FS Release 1.10
160-12676-002
(c)1982-1988 DSC Nestar Inc
--
various indistinct writing; legible bits include:
90/2/19
/FICRSI
90/04/10
DIGEST
NeXT, SUN-SPOTS, SUN-386i
92/12/19
--
/HOME/ICH 10/10/90 , 11/17/90, 16/15/90 1/30/91 2/1/91
22.4.91
--
3/15, 5/8, 7/26 (various further dates and words crossed out)
SUG89 (INTERESTING STUFF ONLY) 90/12/16
--
IFUJ1 IFUJ1 90/03/19 TAR HOME/ICH 92/12/10
89/3/8 MPAQUETT 90/04/30
89/5/1 MPAQUETT 90/05/25
(indistinct) / 92/12/08
--
LAB B
YEAR END
2/2
--
LAB J
A3 MAY 7/93
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB B
YEAR END
1/2b
--
LAB B 4 OF 4
LAB B
4 4 HP
JAN 15 1993 n/u
--
(crossed-out text omitted)
ABBOTT INCR DUMP
OCT-1-87
4 MAY 87 (1of2)
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
PLAN 1000 (tm) Print Server Version 1.1
IA BACKUP TAPE QIC- 11 P/N 160-12170-002
(C) 1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987
NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC. Licensed Program
--
SUPERSKETCH REL 6
? A. PENTLAND 1985,1986,1987
--
LAB B
3 4 HP
JAN 15 1993
--
Fall- 8AT
LAB B
1 (unclear)
End of Semester backup
--
Accelr8
DESCRIPTION DCL8 (2,0) EDT8 (2,0)
PART NUMBER 8-812-001, 002 RELEASE #:
TAPE 1 OF 1 . NUMBER OF FILES BPI
SN: 000646
--
(SUN 3.2 SUNBIN EXPORT 68020
logo) 1.4" Tape (boot format), 2 of 4
Part Number: 700-1256-02 Rev. A
--
box: KEE 3.1
Genera 7.1
tape: 3.5 EXPORT SUNBIN 68020
1.4" Tape (boot format), 3 of 5
Part Number: 700-1600-02 Rev. A
--
13/3/89
Relax 1of2
LFRL system and
saved results
--
13/3/89
Relax 2of2
--
LAB J
A2 MAY 7/93
--
LAB F
YEAR END
2/2
--
LAB B
2/4
--
LAB J
A1 MAY 7/93
--
There are also a bunch of 5?" floppies. 34 of them are unlabeled,
possibly completely unused:
9x Sony branded, DSDD 48tpi
6x Sony branded, "MD-2HD"
6x 3M branded, DS, DD, RH, MARK Q
9x BASF branded, 2S/2D 48tpi
4x Unbranded
The BASF floppies from the above list are marked as being for sale to
government and educational institutions only, not for resale; I don't
know whether that has any bearing.
Of the remaining floppies, some have labels short enough to be
reasonably represented on a single line:
QuickBasic 1of3
QuickBasic 2of3
QuickBasic 3of3
FW Macros
d|i|g|i|t|a|l branded, unlabeled
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 28/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 27/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 26/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 25/28 86/10/28 (scratched out)
?ACKUP ????OVMS 4.1M 6/28 85/10/28 (partially ripped off)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 5/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 4/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 3/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 2/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 1/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 9/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 8/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 7/28 85/10/28
MS-DOS boot
AG2012
Maxell branded, label ripped off, all that's legible is "FEB85"
QuickBasic 1
QuickBasic 2
QuickBasic 3
Network Boot DOS 3.1
There is also a set of original Borland Turbo C diskettes:
INSTALL/HELP A2B0427471
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
COMMAND LINE/UTILITIES
LIBRARIES
HEADER FILES/LIBRARIES
EXAMPLES/BGI/MISC
and two sets of six which appear to be working copies of the above.
There are three Microsoft-branded floppies:
Microsoft Mouse Setup/Mouse Menus 1
Microsoft Paintbrush Program/Mouse Menus 2
Microsoft Paintbrush Utilities Disk
and two that don't fit any of the above:
--
label partially ripped off: remaining text is
BL-N639C-BH
P/OS HARD DIS
DISPATCH
VOLUME LABEL "PROD
1983
? Digital Equipmen
--
BitFax for Windows V2.08A
(01/25/93)
BitCom Deluxe with MNP5 v5.1
(06/20/91)
--
This is all in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In general, I suck at getting
things shipped; local pickup, either in person or by proxy, is much
preferred. I can try to find the round tuits to ship, but it's usually
a losing proposition (I have at least two boxes of stuff that have been
awaiting shipment for months at this point).
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8 Oct
8 Oct
4:18 p.m.
I would love to acquire the Ultrix tapes, but I can't think of any proxies
I have in Ottawa. Does Canada have anything like the USPS' 'express'
boxes? Or hey, I can wait.... -- Ian
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
I've just dug out and inventoried two boxes of
magnetic media. A
little of it is not mine; a little more is stuff I'd like copies of if
I can make it happen.
But most of it is just going to leave soon, one way or another. I'd
rather see it go to someone who can actually use it, but it is not
worth the costs of keeping it around to me. I do not currently have
any system on which I can check the contents of any of these (while
it's possible I might get one or more set up, I can't count on it, and
it's unlikely to happen soon). So, while the labeling might be
accurate, it also might not.
There are a bunch of TK50s (or something similar; I know there are
other, similar, tapes, some similar enough to fool a quick inspection;
I didn't look in detail to be sure every one is a TK50). They have
labels, some printed, some scribbled, some carefully handwritten.
Here, \ indicates a line break.
SW/gnu \ Nov 28/91
/usr/local \ 91/10/26
6.0 + 797493
ULTRIX V4.2 \ SUPPORTED SUBSETS \ VOL. 1
ULTRIX V4.2 \ SUPPORTED SUBSETS \ VOL. 2
Sunclock \ 91/11/21
AQ-PE1F0-01 C01 \ DEC FORT ULTRIX V3.2 BIN \ TK50
AQ-PE1F0-01 \ DEC FORT ULTRIX V3.2 BIN \ TK50
ULTRIX V4.2 \ MANDATORY UPGRADE
Kermit5A \ 91/11/21
DEC FORTRAN \ V3.0 (crossed out and "obsolete" written in)
K2 /usr/local \ 1991/03/14
LOTUS 1-2-3 \ 91/11/19
/usr/users \ 91/10/20
swTeX.tar.Z \ 91/11/02
ULTRIX V4.2 \ UNSUPPORTED SUBSETS
There are numerous quarter-inch cartridge tapes (the DC600 formfactor;
many are DC600s or DC600As, but some are other sizes/lengths/formats).
Some have no label. Three of these have absolutely no label, not even
a manufacturer/brand label. Nine more have a brand label but no
indication of their contents. One has a printed label which has been
ripped off enough that all I'm sure of is that it had the usual
boilerplate text for US Government users. Two others have ripped-off
labels; on one, all that remains legible is "tix" at the end of a word;
the other, I can see enough of a logo to be fairly sure it was an
Accelr8 label.
Four more have labels that are short and simple enough to fit on a
single line:
89/02/22(F) ISC0D0S0
TO BE CHECKED
89/02/17 ISC0D0S0
/files! execlude ./digests & ./misc 90/10/08 cd /files
Twenty-six tapes are labeled with just their sizes. These are written
in my hand, so I feel fairly sure they are the result of me
capcity-testing the tapes:
SIZE: 30605 ?512
SIZE: 30643 ?512
SIZE: 30611 ?512
SIZE: 30730 ?512
SIZE: 30730 ?512
SIZE: 114081 ?512
SIZE: 115168 ?512
SIZE: 116769 ?512
SIZE: 118878 ?512
SIZE: 119721 ?512
SIZE: 119870 ?512
SIZE: 119891 ?512
SIZE: 120345 ?512
SIZE: 120352 ?512
SIZE: 120412 ?512
SIZE: 120586 ?512
SIZE: 120741 ?512
SIZE: 120756 ?512
SIZE: 121719 ?512
SIZE: 121722 ?512
SIZE: 121917 ?512
SIZE: 122116 ?512
SIZE: 122343 ?512
SIZE: 122608 ?512
SIZE: 122664 ?512
201796?512
Five more have sticky-notes (one on the box, one on the tape) and a
size sticker. I _think_ the 3.5 here refers to version 3.5 or
something (SunOS is a likely candidate).
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 1
sticker: SIZE: 121372 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 2
sticker: SIZE: 118586 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 3
sticker: SIZE: 119293 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 4
sticker: SIZE: 122624 ?512
--
sticky-note: 3.5
sticky-note: Tape 5
sticker: SIZE: 120216 ?512
--
The rest are a grab-bag:
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
S.O. # INT4406 PLAN 5000 (tm)
Boot Utility Tape QIC24
SERIAL # 6050221 SYSTEM RELEASE 5.2
(C) 1982-1986 NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC.
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
S.O. # INT4406 PLAN 000 (tm)
PLANPAK # 712 IA BACKUP TAPE QIC
SERIAL # 6060238 SYSTEM RELEASE 5
(C) 1982-1986 NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC.
--
Nestar Systems, Inc.
Subsidiary of DSC Communications Corporation
PLAN Series (tm)
Boot Uility Tape QIC-24
FS# UPGRADE Star Plus FS Release 1.10
160-12676-002
(c)1982-1988 DSC Nestar Inc
--
various indistinct writing; legible bits include:
90/2/19
/FICRSI
90/04/10
DIGEST
NeXT, SUN-SPOTS, SUN-386i
92/12/19
--
/HOME/ICH 10/10/90 , 11/17/90, 16/15/90 1/30/91 2/1/91
22.4.91
--
3/15, 5/8, 7/26 (various further dates and words crossed out)
SUG89 (INTERESTING STUFF ONLY) 90/12/16
--
IFUJ1 IFUJ1 90/03/19 TAR HOME/ICH 92/12/10
89/3/8 MPAQUETT 90/04/30
89/5/1 MPAQUETT 90/05/25
(indistinct) / 92/12/08
--
LAB B
YEAR END
2/2
--
LAB J
A3 MAY 7/93
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB F
YEAR END
1/2
--
LAB B
YEAR END
1/2b
--
LAB B 4 OF 4
LAB B
4 4 HP
JAN 15 1993 n/u
--
(crossed-out text omitted)
ABBOTT INCR DUMP
OCT-1-87
4 MAY 87 (1of2)
--
NESTAR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
PLAN 1000 (tm) Print Server Version 1.1
IA BACKUP TAPE QIC- 11 P/N 160-12170-002
(C) 1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987
NESTAR SYSTEMS, INC. Licensed Program
--
SUPERSKETCH REL 6
? A. PENTLAND 1985,1986,1987
--
LAB B
3 4 HP
JAN 15 1993
--
Fall- 8AT
LAB B
1 (unclear)
End of Semester backup
--
Accelr8
DESCRIPTION DCL8 (2,0) EDT8 (2,0)
PART NUMBER 8-812-001, 002 RELEASE #:
TAPE 1 OF 1 . NUMBER OF FILES BPI
SN: 000646
--
(SUN 3.2 SUNBIN EXPORT 68020
logo) 1.4" Tape (boot format), 2 of 4
Part Number: 700-1256-02 Rev. A
--
box: KEE 3.1
Genera 7.1
tape: 3.5 EXPORT SUNBIN 68020
1.4" Tape (boot format), 3 of 5
Part Number: 700-1600-02 Rev. A
--
13/3/89
Relax 1of2
LFRL system and
saved results
--
13/3/89
Relax 2of2
--
LAB J
A2 MAY 7/93
--
LAB F
YEAR END
2/2
--
LAB B
2/4
--
LAB J
A1 MAY 7/93
--
There are also a bunch of 5?" floppies. 34 of them are unlabeled,
possibly completely unused:
9x Sony branded, DSDD 48tpi
6x Sony branded, "MD-2HD"
6x 3M branded, DS, DD, RH, MARK Q
9x BASF branded, 2S/2D 48tpi
4x Unbranded
The BASF floppies from the above list are marked as being for sale to
government and educational institutions only, not for resale; I don't
know whether that has any bearing.
Of the remaining floppies, some have labels short enough to be
reasonably represented on a single line:
QuickBasic 1of3
QuickBasic 2of3
QuickBasic 3of3
FW Macros
d|i|g|i|t|a|l branded, unlabeled
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 28/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 27/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 26/28 85/10/28 (scratched out)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 25/28 86/10/28 (scratched out)
?ACKUP ????OVMS 4.1M 6/28 85/10/28 (partially ripped off)
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 5/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 4/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 3/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 2/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 1/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 9/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 8/28 85/10/28
BACKUP MICROVMS 4.1M 7/28 85/10/28
MS-DOS boot
AG2012
Maxell branded, label ripped off, all that's legible is "FEB85"
QuickBasic 1
QuickBasic 2
QuickBasic 3
Network Boot DOS 3.1
There is also a set of original Borland Turbo C diskettes:
INSTALL/HELP A2B0427471
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
COMMAND LINE/UTILITIES
LIBRARIES
HEADER FILES/LIBRARIES
EXAMPLES/BGI/MISC
and two sets of six which appear to be working copies of the above.
There are three Microsoft-branded floppies:
Microsoft Mouse Setup/Mouse Menus 1
Microsoft Paintbrush Program/Mouse Menus 2
Microsoft Paintbrush Utilities Disk
and two that don't fit any of the above:
--
label partially ripped off: remaining text is
BL-N639C-BH
P/OS HARD DIS
DISPATCH
VOLUME LABEL "PROD
1983
? Digital Equipmen
--
BitFax for Windows V2.08A
(01/25/93)
BitCom Deluxe with MNP5 v5.1
(06/20/91)
--
This is all in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In general, I suck at getting
things shipped; local pickup, either in person or by proxy, is much
preferred. I can try to find the round tuits to ship, but it's usually
a losing proposition (I have at least two boxes of stuff that have been
awaiting shipment for months at this point).
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/ \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
4:36 p.m.
<snipped the bulk of the email as some people don't like replies with
lengthy quotes and others don't like top posting>
This is all in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In general, I suck at getting
things
shipped; local pickup, either in person or by proxy,
is much preferred. I
can
try to find the round tuits to ship, but it's
usually a losing proposition
(I have
at least two boxes of stuff that have been awaiting
shipment for months at
this point).
/~\ The ASCII Mouse
\ / Ribbon Campaign
X Against HTML mouse at rodents-montreal.org
/ \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
I think the Ultrix and FORTRAN tapes have got to be worth saving whatever
happens, and possibly the MicroVMS ones too, even though it appears the
latter may have been overwritten. Sadly I am in the UK and don't have a
proxy in Ottawa, but please don't get rid of those particular media without
giving someone the opportunity to image them.
Regards
Rob
26 Nov
26 Nov
12:28 p.m.
Back in October, I wrote that I had two boxes of magnetic media that
were not worth - to me - the space they were taking up.
This drew a note from one Rob Jarratt, saying
I think the Ultrix and FORTRAN tapes have got to be
worth saving
whatever happens, and possibly the MicroVMS ones too, [...]. [...]
please don't get rid of those particular media without giving someone
the opportunity to image them.
I haven't heard from anyone, and I can't really hang onto these
indefinitely in the hope that a nebulous "someone" will show up to
image them. As I wrote in October, I didn't have a system that could
image any of them, and that hasn't changed since then.
I know there are at least a few of us in/near Ottawa; if any of them
read this and are willing to help out, possibly by imaging the tapes,
possibly by just taking over keeping them, possibly something else, I'd
love to hear about it. I too think it would be good to preserve the
data...BUT not to the extent of overriding my need to pare back the
space my *ahem* "collection" is occupying. I think the end of the year
is about as long as I can wait without hearing anything.
Given email's unreliability these days, I'd also like to leave more
than just email as a way of getting hold of me. +1-613-482-0910 should
either reach me or take a message.
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12:41 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
Sent: 26 November 2016 17:28
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Magnetic media FTGH!
Back in October, I wrote that I had two boxes of magnetic media that were
not worth - to me - the space they were taking up.
This drew a note from one Rob Jarratt, saying
indefinitely in
I think the Ultrix and FORTRAN tapes have got to
be worth saving
whatever happens, and possibly the MicroVMS ones too, [...]. [...]
please don't get rid of those particular media without giving someone
the opportunity to image them.
I haven't heard from anyone, and I can't really hang onto these
the hope that a nebulous "someone" will show
up to image them. As I wrote
in October, I didn't have a system that could image any of them, and that
hasn't changed since then.
I know there are at least a few of us in/near Ottawa; if any of them read
this
and are willing to help out, possibly by imaging the
tapes, possibly by
just
taking over keeping them, possibly something else,
I'd love to hear about
it. I
too think it would be good to preserve the data...BUT
not to the extent of
overriding my need to pare back the space my *ahem* "collection" is
occupying. I think the end of the year is about as long as I can wait
without
hearing anything.
Given email's unreliability these days, I'd also like to leave more than
just
email as a way of getting hold of me. +1-613-482-0910
should either reach
me or take a message.
That was me replying. I have the drives to read TK50 (a hazardous and
unreliable process these days), not sure about the others. The trouble is I
am in the UK, I know you are reluctant to ship, and *I* am reluctant to pay
a lot for shipping across the pond.
However, if you don't get any takers, can we discuss the option of sending
them to me?
Regards
Rob
7:24 p.m.
> Back in October, I wrote that I had two boxes of
magnetic media that
> were not worth - to me - the space they were taking up.
> This drew a note from one Rob Jarratt, [...]
That was me replying. I have the drives to read TK50
(a hazardous and
unreliable process these days), not sure about the others. The
trouble is I am in the UK, I know you are reluctant to ship, and *I*
am reluctant to pay a lot for shipping across the pond.
Yes, that was what I thought the major barrier to just dropping them on
you was.
However, if you don't get any takers, can we
discuss the option of
sending them to me?
Sure. I'll send you mail offlist; this is somewhat in the nature of a
heads-up, so if you don't get the offlist mail you'll know something's
wrong.
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27 Nov
2:51 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
Sent: 27 November 2016 00:25
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Magnetic media FTGH!
you
> Back in October, I wrote that I had two boxes
of magnetic media that
> were not worth - to me - the space they were taking up.
> This drew a note from one Rob Jarratt, [...]
That was me replying. I have the drives to read
TK50 (a hazardous and
unreliable process these days), not sure about the others. The
trouble is I am in the UK, I know you are reluctant to ship, and *I*
am reluctant to pay a lot for shipping across the pond.
Yes, that was what I thought the major barrier to just dropping them on was.
heads-up,
However, if you don't get any takers, can we
discuss the option of
sending them to me?
Sure. I'll send you mail offlist; this is somewhat in the nature of a
so if you don't get the offlist mail you'll
know something's wrong.
I got the offlist email and have sent a reply. Let's see whether you get it
or not.
Regards
Rob
2:52 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
Sent: 27 November 2016 00:25
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Magnetic media FTGH!
you
> Back in October, I wrote that I had two boxes
of magnetic media that
> were not worth - to me - the space they were taking up.
> This drew a note from one Rob Jarratt, [...]
That was me replying. I have the drives to read
TK50 (a hazardous and
unreliable process these days), not sure about the others. The
trouble is I am in the UK, I know you are reluctant to ship, and *I*
am reluctant to pay a lot for shipping across the pond.
Yes, that was what I thought the major barrier to just dropping them on was
Any idea of weight and dimensions?
Thanks
Rob
4:41 p.m.
The trouble is I am in the UK, [...]
Yes, that
was what I thought the major barrier to just dropping them
on you was [...]
5:59 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
Sent: 27 November 2016 21:41
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Magnetic media FTGH!
Any idea of weight and dimensions?
For the whole lot, well, "two paper boxes". I don't know whethe it works
the
The trouble is I am in the UK, [...]
Yes, that
was what I thought the major barrier to just dropping them
on you was [...] same way on your side of the pond, but, over here,
8.5"x11"
printer/copier paper comes in boxes that are approximately
9"x11.5"x17.5".
I've got two such boxes, each approximately full.
That, though, is, as I say, the whole lot. Just the tapes you listed,
probably
significantly less, but I haven't gone through and
picked them out to see
how
much less.
I suppose I was thinking about the whole lot, because who knows what
interesting things there might be. However, if that proves prohibitive then
I will take the time to review your list and pick the ones that look to be
the most important. But first I assume we want to see if you can find a
local taker, right?
Regards
Rob
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