16 Nov
2012
16 Nov
'12
6:14 a.m.
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 corresponded with Don extensively in the 1990's. I know he could work with images
but I think he felt more comfortable with individual floppy disks. As a result the
correspondence was largely by shipping physical disks to him.
I tried to encourage him to organize disk images into a directory tree as the "usual
method" of working with the collection, but do not feel I made much progress.
I have a very strong belief that he largely used CP/M machines to duplicate floppies. He
obviously had a PC and used Usenet and E-mail and could even FTP and I know I did exchange
images with him like that, but again shipping physical disks was the primary way of moving
data to him.
I fully expect that his archive is a large collection of 8", 5.25", and
3.5" floppies. I know nearly every unique "original" CP/M (or MP/M or
CP/M-86 or whatever) distro I found, I made sure he got the original disk.
Tim.
16 Nov
16 Nov
9:09 a.m.
On 11/16/12 3:14 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
I fully expect that his archive is a large collection
of 8", 5.25", and 3.5" floppies.
In the system.txt file, there are quite a few ".zip" files listed.
Here is a picture of the garage, as it was when it looked when it was packed up
Most of the machines there are still in storage.
11:16 a.m.
On 11/16/12 6:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 11/16/12 3:14 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
I forgot, ccomp eats attachements
Pic at http://aek.chadless.com/
I fully expect that his archive is a large
collection of 8", 5.25", and 3.5" floppies.
In the system.txt file, there are quite a few ".zip" files listed.
Here is a picture of the garage 
1:50 p.m.
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Al Kossow wrote:
On 11/16/12 6:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
Oh wow. :(
g.
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On 11/16/12 3:14 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
I forgot, ccomp eats attachements
Pic at http://aek.chadless.com/ I fully expect that his archive is a large
collection of 8", 5.25", and
3.5" floppies.
In the system.txt file, there are quite a few ".zip" files listed.
Here is a picture of the garage 
1:58 p.m.
On 11/16/2012 01:50 PM, geneb wrote:
I forgot, ccomp eats attachements
Pic at http://aek.chadless.com/
Oh wow. :(
Holy crap. You ain't kiddin'!
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New Kensington, PA
I fully expect
that his archive is a large collection of 8", 5.25",
and 3.5" floppies.
In the system.txt file, there are quite a few ".zip" files listed.
Here is a picture of the garage 
1:57 p.m.
Here is a
picture of the garage
I forgot, ccomp eats attachements
Pic at http://aek.chadless.com/
3:05 p.m.
On 11/16/12 10:57 AM, Paxton Hoag wrote:
Nice Tektronix system on the bench. Did you indicate
there is hardware
in the storage unit also?
yes, most of the systems are still there along with a lot of documentation
if it hasn't been recycled, it may be available in the near future.
17 Nov
17 Nov
2:49 a.m.
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Al Kossow wrote:
On 11/16/12 6:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
Have there been any plans to liquidate the collection?
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On 11/16/12 3:14 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
I forgot, ccomp eats attachements
Pic at http://aek.chadless.com/ I fully expect that his archive is a large
collection of 8", 5.25", and
3.5" floppies.
In the system.txt file, there are quite a few ".zip" files listed.
Here is a picture of the garage 
12:17 p.m.
Have there been any plans to liquidate the collection?
Not until after it is FOUND.
Don Maslin's collection continues to be missing.
So far, all that has been found is some of the hardware that he
used to maintain the collection and help-out the entire computer
collecting community.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
8:31 p.m.
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Al Kossow wrote:
On 11/16/12 6:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
Is that an Amdek Color monitor in the background? Those thing seem to work
practically forever (I have one in use right now).
On 11/16/12 3:14 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
I forgot, ccomp eats attachements
Pic at http://aek.chadless.com/ I fully expect that his archive is a large
collection of 8", 5.25",
and 3.5" floppies.
In the system.txt file, there are quite a few ".zip" files listed.
Here is a picture of the garage
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