Floppy recovery

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Tue Jan 5 14:59:21 CST 2016


On 01/05/2016 12:27 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
>
> I wonder how it could take them three months to figure something out.
>  Maybe Chuck can comment.
>
> But over a year after they spent the 3 months.  Hmmm.  It will be
> interesting to hear what was recovered, though from what has been
> written and passed down about Roddenberry, I'm not expecting much.
>
> On a tangent, from a lecture 35 years ago by Harlan Ellison, I hope
> all of his papers are preserved and transcribed.  He had about 15 4
> drawer cabinets of work notes at that time, probably double or triple
> that now.  I think at the time he worked manually as well.
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/tech/floppy-disks-star-trek-creator-182855583.html

Guess who Drivesavers sent the floppy images to for recovery?  (Modesty 
forbids).  But we've had a working relationship with them for a long time.

--Chuck



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