Re: SAVE CALTECH A2 FTP ARCHIVES - NOW!

[sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

minuet@indy.net (Cold Fusion) wrote:

>Charles "Floppy Bandit" Turley <gbmaidsf@wco.com> wrote:
>
>>PLEASE READ EVER WORD OF THIS POST!   And, after you do, ACT and ACT 
>>FAST! Send your donations and do it NOW!
>
>>Please spread the word (FAR & WIDE)  -> send all contributions to keep 
>caltech Apple2 ftp site archives available and do it NOW! Dont WAIT and don't 
>DELAY! We can't afford to loose this ftp site (it's got to stay alive, where 
>ever it may go).  It's urgent that you don't let it fade away!  ACT NOW - 
>before it's too late to act!  This is an URGENT NEED - that no respectable 
>Apple 2 user should ignore!
>
>Umm, what happened to your starving-kids-in-Africa-who-need-computers scam?
>Frankly, that was more believable than your current premise that one of the 
>biggest Universities in the country is not able to afford a $250 hard drive 
>to put all the meager Apple crap on. What is the scam going to be next week, 

Fusion, clue incoming on your six. I suggest you switch on your brain
before you post next time.

These are the facts:

o ftp.cco.caltech.edu no longer has an Apple II archive
o The university is not willing to host the archive if it is any
   larger than 25MB
o If the cco archive is to be resurrected, it will most likely be
   done by Daniel Zimmermann on his own computer, with
   his own funds

This is not about caltech being un_able_ to shell out the money for
the A2 archive, this is about caltech being un_willing_ to do so. 

Daniel has done a lot for the II community with his excellently-kept
archive, and I suggest you shut up about "Apple crap" and allegations
that the disappearance of cco is a scam.

Soenke
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