Re: Buy a permanent archive! (was Re: now on cco.caltech.edu ..)

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <1993Apr9.033459.29953@news.csuohio.edu> fnet@backus.cba.csuohio.edu (Greg Boh) writes:
>In article <bazyar.734317417@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>>
>>   If we could get a bunch of people to pitch in and buy a hard drive,
>>Colorado SuperNet will be happy to install it on their Sun and set it up 
>>for FTP access.  All it would take is $5 each from 40 people to get a 
>>nice 130MB Maxtor drive stuck on a Sparc to house, eternally, Apple II 
>>archives.  Let's think about it folks.

>Thinking...ok...done.

Thinking...done. :-)

>>   I'd be willing to accept donations for the project, only depositing the
>>checks when/if the full amount arrived.  I know where to get the 130MB Maxtors
>>for just over $200 (and no, it's not retail, and no, I can't buy them
>>for anyone).
>>   Let's show a little solidarity and do this - permanent Apple II archives
>>are pretty important.  
>>   Finally, we'd need another $20 to get an account set up on SuperNet so 
>>someone could log in to maintain the archive.  I don't have the time for
>>that.

>Just tell me where to mail a check. 

Yeah, sounds good to me too.


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