[uccold] UCC 40th Dinner, 8" floppies, was Re: [artifactory-core] Interest in old VAX Server 11/780 (I Think)

[Nick Bannon]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 08:30:08PM +0800, Meg Travers wrote:
> Just let me know if you ever come across a drive for reading them :-) 

DM, Meg - did you cross paths yet?

I've left three in your locker, if that helps.

As for drives... There are a few around. I believe
https://www.ucc.asn.au/machines/murphy.ucc has one or two and in this
40th anniversary year (we've got a get-together in 4 weeks time, you'd
better hurry!) we might just be able to pull some clue together to get
something going.

I shouldn't really jump the gun, but... I will. Pass on the word!

TITLE:	University Computer Club 40th Anniversary Dinner
DATE:	18th September 2014
TIME:	1830--2230
VENUE:	http://www.universityclub.uwa.edu.au/
LINK:	https://www.dropbox.com/s/v8bpsasp7nolntk/Dinner-Ad.pdf
18+ event, Tickets TBA
 
Otherwise, ACMS(WA) may be the better place to work through a solution.

Either way, getting the machine attached to the drives running can be
tricky; though I think people have re-made interfaces to them - turning
it into a software problem. It may take more than a couple of hours of
volunteer time, of course.

Recently...

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/60-minutes-shocked-to-find-8-inch-floppies-drive-nuclear-deterrent/
by Sean Gallagher - Apr 28, 2014 5:38 pm UTC 

...and closer to home:
http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/blogs/what-are-some-challenges-digital-archiving
What are some of the challenges in digital archiving?
Sandi Davy Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 15:00

Nick.

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