[Coco] old backups, RESTORED!

[gene heskett]

On Friday, January 07, 2011 05:38:35 pm Willard Goosey did opine:

> On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 07:20:29AM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> > Both of these devices are serious approaches to data archiving and are
> > vastly more reliable than rotary-head data storage (DAT and 8mm).  In
> > my opinion, reliance on a rotary-head drive is a poor bet.  I've had
> > nothing but problems with them - 8mm in particular.
> 
> Heh, no, I've never cared for rotary-head tape either.  First thing it
> does is tie the tape in a knot, then it expects to read/write it
> reliably?  Not.
> 
> > >xsurf is the tool.
> > 
> > I'll check it out.  Thanks!
> 
> Go through softhut.com.  My Xsurf3 works great!  Not only is it an
> ethernet card, but it also has IDE and 2 clockports (whatever exactly
> those are?) I've come across some limitations in smb-handler but those
> might just be my poor little A2000 running out of RAM.  AmiTCP works
> great!
> 
> OBCoCo:  I described Drivewire 4 to my ISP's sysadmin as a
> point-to-point network (over serial) supporting block and character
> devices, including the ability to telnet into the CoCo, since OS-9 has
> been multi-user and multi-tasking since '79 or so.  I think his jaw is
> *still* on the floor! :-)
> 
> Willard

Be careful & don't step on it or kick it.  I've used the 1984 time frame 
for that and been called a liar by many.  It was 85 when I discovered os9, 
and I was off the the races.

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