[Coco] Jason Scott is awesome... Re: Working on Coco Files

[John W. Linville]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 09:05:52AM -0800, Mark D. Overholser wrote:
> On 25-Nov-16 15:53, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> > I tried, they just said upload the ~ 14GB and we would look at it.
> > Preposterous. Some of the files are online, but no one is responsible
> > and the friend will stop hosting the site.
> > 
> > http://www.os9projects.com/
> > 
> > Other CoCo files have just been deleted.
> > 
> > One example:
> > 
> > https://ia801507.us.archive.org/isoview.php?iso=/22/items/cdrom-coco-archive/coco_archive.iso
> > 
> > 
> > It also disappeared from:
> > 
> > http://oldcomputerhut.net/files/Coco/
> > 
> > Yes it still in on RTSI, but how long will it last there as well as
> > so much more:
> > 
> > ftp://www.rtsi.com/OS9/OS9_6X09/coco_archive.iso
> > 
> > And what about the files here:
> > 
> > ftp://www.rtsi.com/RSDOS/incoming/
> > 
> > That is our oldest archive.
> > 
> > The idea that the CoCo files will be available for much longer needs
> > to be examined. The people wanting to use the files will disappear.
> > 
> > SHF
> > 
> 
> Stephen et al.,
> 
> I have been in contact with Jason Scott of archive.org..  You can see the
> Conversation below..
> His e-mail is <jason at textfiles.com>
> 
> If the members of this group that have CoCo Archives want to contact him, he
> will provide an FTP Address or a mailing address for DVD-ROM to be mailed
> to.  You can also follow up with him to make sure that the CoCo Archives,
> get Archived..
> 
> 
> MarkO

Thanks, Mark!

I have dealt with Jason Scott on multiple occasions. Whatever you
think of his public persona (which I enjoy but I can imagine that
others may not), there should be no doubt about his dedication to
the preservation of retro computing information and his willingness
to accomodate those that want to advance "the cause".

In short, get your stuff on archive.org! Everything! Got a flier from
CoCoFEST! 7? Send it in! A scan of the instructions for an unreleased
Diecom game? Send it in!  A diskette with stuff you wrote in BASIC
during the afternoons of your fifth grade year? Image it, and send
it in!

No whining, no complaining, no BS -- just send it in!

John

> >On 10-Dec-16 21:53, Jason Scott wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Mark D. Overholser
> <marko at markoverholser.com
> >> <mailto:marko at markoverholser.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>>    On 12/10/2016 21:37, Jason Scott wrote:
> >>>
> >>>        Sounds like some strange miscommunication.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>     That is what I thought.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>         So, in general, I've generally liked having an item with all the
> >>>         stuff
> >>>         (that's where the massive items out there, like "all of Asimov"
> or
> >>>         whatever come from, numbering in gigabytes). That way no matter
> what
> >>>         people might think about curation done afterwards, they can get
> >>>         to the
> >>>         original.
> >>>
> >>
> >>     Do you have a Getting Started Guide for Submitting your "archive" to
> >>     archive.org <http://archive.org>??
> >>
> >>
> >>>         After that, it's possible to pull out items to make them more
> >>>         accessible
> >>>         (making manuals viewable, or programs playable, etc.)
> >>>
> >>
> >>     That makes sense.. Archive first, then Organize....
> >>
> >>>         Sometimes people don't understand 1. We have plenty of space, 2.
> We
> >>>         don't mind redundancy so that some stuff is saved, while other
> >>>         pieces
> >>>         are made available. If you want to convince people of that, go
> >>>         for it.
> >>>
> >>
> >>     I will "settle" for knowing what steps are needed to submit an
> >>     Archive, and how you go about setting up something like the Asimov
> >>     Archive..
> >>
> >>     It appears that there are three or four Tandy CoCo sites, which
> >>     includes Cassette Images, RDOS ( Radio-Shacks original DOS ) Images,
> >>     and archives for the Tandy CoCo versions of FLEX OS and OS/9..
> >>
> >>     Thank You for spending a few minutes to look into this matter...   I
> >>     really appreciate it....
> >>
> >>     MarkO
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >If someone assembles stuff into ZIPs, I can give you an FTP site to
> >upload them all (or send DVD-ROMs, whichever's easier.)
> >
> >
> 
> 
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