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

[Declan MacLeod <declan_macleoid@now-munged-for-your-protection.hotmail.com>]

In article <kuqdnaYjT9NYXYbfRVn-hg@comcast.com>,
 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> "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.
> 

I haven't had any luck imaging the "damaged" media.  I'm using Mac OS X 
and Disk Utility's "New Image from Device"....

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