Date   : Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:18:27 +0100
From   : acorn@... (Andy Ford)
Subject: happy bunny

Wow, just wow...

What a great collection, you've done really well. :)


Andy.



Rob wrote:
> got everything inside now - pictures at
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/40265619 at N06/sets/72157621390994963/
> - it's obvious that in the nearly 20 years these have been in storage,
> they have suffered a little.  The floppy drives have suffered worse- a
> few bits of obvious rust on the cases of a couple, and the double
> cumana drive has all the paintwork bubbling up through corrosion
> underneath, but I'm not worried too much as I've got plenty of drives!
>  The fix screws on the Model B had rusty washers, but inside it looked
> fine, if somewhat dusty.  No spiders, yet, surprisingly..
>
> All in all, a nice range of kit and software, plus lots of docs on how
> the network was set up (5 nets, pity no bridges came through) and
> troubleshooting guides, instructions how to fire up the fileservers,
> how to log on and select the menus, etc.  A very interesting snapshot
> of how econet was in use in the school.  Three of the drives still had
> floppies still in them!  Almost as if they were all swept up and
> thrown out while the kids were still sat at them!
>
>
> I think it's also worth preserving the fileserver data as-is.  What
> would be the best way of imaging the drives, before I try and fire up
> the servers themselves?  I've got a couple of scsi cards I can pop in
> a PC to connect them up to - would it be as simple as firing up a *nix
> system and dd'ing it off, or are we going to get the same issues with
> sector sizes we do with Beeb discs?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob
>
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