Re: Archive Update 4/27

[cwilson@toast.wpd.sgi.com (Chan Wilson)]

In article <1993May4.004823.10204@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>, snelson@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu writes:
> From article <1s3sf8$qbh@fido.asd.sgi.com>, by cwilson@toast.wpd.sgi.com (Chan Wilson):
> > 
>    misc. deleted
> > 
> > I am willing to donate a 780Mb Seagate scsi drive.  Any takers?
> > 
> > --Chan
> > 	 Chan Wilson  ---  cwilson@sgi.com  ---  415/390-5006
> > 	      Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA 
> 
> Chan, I can't speak for the net, and can only informally speak for grind.isca.
> I don't think anyone would object to the donation.  ISCA prefers 1Gig drive
> only to maximize space for its seven SCSI Ids.  But I doubt they would refuse
> to put up a 768Meg drive.

Heck, you want a 1G drive, I've got one of those too.  Take your pick.  :)

> Why don't you put up the drive on your system?  Or is there admin. concerns
> at your site?  I'll keep archiving cba2 at grind.isca regardless if the
> main archive site is here, I think.  I offered grind.isca because I know they
> are willing to put up a drive.  I'm still looking for volunteers to maintain
> the actual file contents.  I think anyone with telnet access could maintain
> the archive(s) just fine. 

Well, "my" site, sgi.com, wouldn't really be appropriate.  Wuarchive.wustl.edu,
the site I take care of, probably doesn't want to muck with third-party
donated drives, and although I could put my home machine on the net
fairly easily, it would be only a SLIP link.

Insofar as file contents go, I'm in the process of updating wuarchive 
(which auto-archives all of cba2), and for all valid files, I am creating a 
.info file which does a bare-bones description of each file.  This helps
archiving...

--Chan
	 Chan Wilson  ---  cwilson@sgi.com  ---  415/390-5006
	      Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA 
It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism when they come
separately.  When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get out, 
if only to preserve one's sanity. -- Adam Dalgliesh