Date   : Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:07:51 +0000
From   : "W.H.Scholten" <wouter.scholten@...>
Subject: Re: Missing stuff from the archives (Re: Interest Dying Down?)

Mike Tomlinson wrote:

[ manuals ]

> If you mean the ADE produced by a company called System, I have the

Yes.

> manuals.  (They're in a blue A5 ring binder IIRC.)  Happy to donate them
> to the doc project, but will have to dig them out.

I heard someone locally may have it (a photocopy of ADE, not the others)
though, so I can scan that. I'll let you know.

[ bitstik discs ]

> Unfortunately, I've just noticed the Bitstik 2.0 system master disc is
> written on a DS/QD disc so god knows if that is still readable or

QD?

> whether it's succumbed to bitrot.  Will have to get a drive set up and
> try.

Excellent!

In general 5.25 discs seem much more reliable than 3.5 (if stored ok). A
lot of discs from stored backups on brand (like 3M) 3.5 discs have gone
bad in about 1.5 years in the past! 5.25 discs 15 years old are
almost all perfectly ok...

Regards,

Wouter