Carl Lowenstein said:
> On 9/27/05, Neil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Carl Lowenstein said:
>> > I have in my possession a computer that was left at
>> > ThatTechnicalBookstore many months ago, back in the days when
>> SDLUG
>> > was actively involved in InstalllFests.
>> >
>> > I can't think of any use for it except as a KPLUG raffle item. I
>> > would throw in a KNOPPIX DVD as an extra added attraction.
>> Comments?
>>
>> I can think of nothing better to do with it either. I certainly
>> don't
>> need it and I'm pretty sure you have enough computers of your own. I
>> say raffle it!
>>
>> BTW, does PandoraII have a DVD burner?
>
> PandoraII (or Pandora2) is the 3-up ACARD CD and DVD duplicator.
> Everything that it does is controlled by ROM-based firmware. It can
> copy either from a master CD/DVD in a reader, or from ISO images on
> its hard drive. This drive is in a "mobile rack" so it can be swapped
> in and out. Unfortunately, the file system used by the firmware in
> this box is not compatible with anything else except its own utility
> program that runs under Windows.
>
> The plan, such as it is, is to have one plug-in drive with current CD
> images, one plug-in drive with DVD images, and something for older
> stuff. The ACARD firmware can not put CD images and DVD images on the
> same drive.
>
> I have transcribed all the ISO images from the former Pandora hard
> drive to a FAT32 file system on another drive, and am working out a
> scheme for putting them on one or more drives that can be swapped into
> Pandora2. Using a Windows box that can read the FAT32 and connect to
> Pandora2 through its USB interface.
>
> Statistics of Pandora's ISO images vs. time are:
> 2000 8
> 2001 9
> 2002 60
> 2003 59
> 2004 19
> 2005 14
>
> There are also 14 ISO images on the Pandora2 drive, some of which may
> also be in the 2005 count for Pandora.
>
> My current plan is to archive the 2000-2001 images on a couple of
> DVDs, put 2002-2003 on a hard drive, and put 2004-2005 and future on
> another hard drive. There is a firmware limit of 127 ISO images on
> one drive, which pretty well fits 2002-2003.
>
> As I write this, I think maybe it should go to kplug-steer for
> discussion.
It seems odd that KPLUG ended up with a Windows based CD/DVD duplicator.
I CC'ed this to the steering list.
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