Re: Group purchase of Lisa, Lisa 2, Apple II, Apple III, Early Mac Software CD?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Declan MacLeod" <declan_macleoid@now-munged-for-your-protection.hotmail.com> wrote in message
declan_macleoid-1A85B3.17481522022005@news1-ge0.southeast.rr.com">news:declan_macleoid-1A85B3.17481522022005@news1-ge0.southeast.rr.com...
: In article <j8udnX8sKLnXDIbfRVn-gg@comcast.com>,
:  "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
:
: > "Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.no.spam.please.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message
: > news:cvg2cq$qlh$1@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
: > :
: > : It wasn't mishandled or anything - just went bad.  Odd that I could get a
: > : directory listing, but nothing else.
: >
: > That IS very odd, indeed. Have you tried making a global
: > image of the CD and burning it back onto better media???
:
: I've had a bunch of properly-cared-for CD-Rs go bad.  Apparently
: adhesive labels are bad juju.  Maybe Sharpies as well...

I used to put on the paper labels printed and sharpied, but
although they wouldn't read properly as directories/files,
a global image reburned to an unlabeled CD-R would bring
tham back to life. That is why I asked if you tried that.

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