Documenting how old computers were used

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Fri May 26 13:32:45 2000

>When people receive complete systems (with software, manuals, etc.) do you
>make any attempt to document the state of the system when you received it?
>For example, do you record what programs were on the hard drive, what
>peripherals were included, what the system was used for (either what you
>were told, or could infer), etc?

I dump the drive contents to a network server and periodically burn a CDR.
Too often in an older system the priceless element is the software.

I have a pair of IIci macs with MARS compression cards in them, that I have
left intact so I can later figure out what they do. I have MANY more cards
etc. though that I have little hope of ever making work again (DOME imaging
systems etc.).
Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 13:32:45 BST