Olminkhof wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Sunday, 4 January 1998 11:46
> Subject: Re: UNIX questions?
>
> >It'll be nice when Caldera follows up on their promise to release the
> >source code for CP/M and DR-DOS (now OpenDOS). _That_ will definitely
> >have some results on-topic for this mailing list.
>Ward Griffiths
>
> They already HAVE released the source code for OpenDOS. While it is far
> beyond me to do anything with it, I found it very well commented and
> interesting. I was amazed at the number of "fixes" for specific hardware.
You're right -- they _have_. It wasn't there a couple of weeks ago
when I was printing out all of the manuals (which are the best that
I've ever seen outside of the Linux Documentation Project -- they make
the manuals that used to come with MS-DOS look like crap). Well, that
takes care of my lunch hour Monday while I dump it from the T-1 to a
Zip disk. Have to remember to grab a sandwich at Blimpy's at Newark
Penn Station in the morning.
Yes, I know a Zip disk has a lot more space than will be needed -- but
for some reason I've taken to isolating my archives to avoid confusion.
All of my material from Tim Mann's TRS-80 site is on one, all of my
AT&T Unix PC material is on another, and so on for the Color Computer,
the ST, the Mod 100 etc. Eventually, I'll wind up burning a couple of
CDs -- since somebody was kind enough to find an excuse for one at work.
Pity that it's attached to an NT box, since I'd prefer to use proper
Unix filenames -- but maybe I can sucker^H^H^H^H^H^Htalk my boss into
letting me hook it up to one of my RS/6000s for a couple of hours.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
Received on Sat Jan 03 1998 - 23:12:51 GMT