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

[bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church)]

In article <93100.083722FDMWINK@UCF1VM.BITNET> FDMWINK@UCF1VM.BITNET 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 $5 each from 40 people to get a
>>nice 130MB Maxtor drive stuck on a Sparc to house, eternally, Apple II
>>archives.  Let's think about it folks.
>>--
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>
>Just a benchmark for --Apple II Forever!--
>
>About 6 months ago the Macintosh (GASP!!!!) Community raised over
>6K$ in about 3 weeks for a massive hard drive for the info-mac
>archive at sumex-aim.
>
>It will now be very interesting to see if all those very vocal Apple II
>proponents are willing to back their talk with their $$$$s.
>
>My guess is that, like most plans for the future of the Apple II, this
>one will die a lonely death.
>
>Anyone care to PROVE me wrong?
>
> --Larry Wink (fdmwink@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu <or> ljw@pro-magic.oau.org)

WEll, I can try. I'll pledge $25.00 towards the drive. If/when someone 
puts this deal together I'll send in my check, stamps, pop bottles or 
whatever. Actually, if this really takes off but comes up short I could
maybe come up with a little more.

Bob Church