Re: Depressing article

2017-07-14 Thread Ed Thierbach via cctalk
> > Why would NASA say “destroy the tapes” ? > If I'm reading the report correctly, the tapes were quite infected with mold, and probably unreadable. I'd guess it wouldn't be worth the health hazard to try, especially given NASA's view that there was nothing historically significant there.

Re: dd-equivalent for VMS

2017-06-16 Thread Ed Thierbach via cctalk
BACKUP/IMAGE might work. I have a dim recollection of moving system drives around that way, but it's been a few decades. :-) Best of luck, and let us know how it goes. -Ed- On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Jun 16, 2017, at 3:00

Re: Viva Amiga documentary on Hulu

2017-09-01 Thread Ed Thierbach via cctalk
Thanks for passing this along ... I just watched it, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Being an early Amiga fan, it was fun to relive some of the excitement of the early days. -Ed- On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Sam O'nella via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I haven't watched the entire

Re: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)

2017-10-18 Thread Ed Thierbach via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I felt like Cardiff also had a resemblance to Tandy/Radio Shack as well, > since they were in the electronics business before getting into computers. > I thought this as well, with the appearance of

Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85

2017-10-19 Thread Ed Thierbach via cctalk
I'd be interested in a classic computing net as well. I have 40 - 10 meters available on HF. Our area is lagging in digital repeater coverage, so no Fusion or DMR or D*Star for me just yet. 73, -Ed- AB8OJ On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Ben Sinclair via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: