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From: ralph on 10 Mar 2010 15:55 On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:41 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote: >MM wrote: >> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:16:36 -0500, "Nobody" <nobody(a)nobody.com> wrote: >>> "ralph" <nt_consulting64(a)yahoo.net> wrote in message >>> news:96ndp5546ejmhcoccqbtkifl1tq9sng1pv(a)4ax.com... >>>> It used to be available as a free-download. >>>> [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ee410535.aspx] ??? >>> >>> It's still freely downloadable from the link you provided. >> >> I've just downloaded ALL the items on that page. In these days of >> massive hard drives, plus DVD blanks for a few cents/pennies each, >> I've got nothing to lose by grabbing them while they're still >> available. > >They've already been taken down, at least once. Last time I noticed, I >rattled cages at MSFT until someone woke-up, and promised to get them >back online. Of course, no one knew where they were at that point. So >I pointed them to http://vb.mvps.org/tools/ControlsAndComponents.asp. >Notice any similarities? Yeah, they didn't know what the binaries >were, anymore, either. It's good to know I'm not the *only* one >providing backup storage for them anymore. ;-) Definitely appreciate the service. Hopefully everything is well catalogued. Though the years I have meticulously grabbed items (source, utilities, articles, ...) and stored them away. Have quite a useful collection, well ... kinda useful. They now all occupy several cubic meters in a closet. Now if I could only identify just where in that pile something was located ... -ralph
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 Mar 2010 16:07 ralph wrote: > On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:41 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> > wrote: > >> MM wrote: >>> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:16:36 -0500, "Nobody" <nobody(a)nobody.com> wrote: >>>> "ralph" <nt_consulting64(a)yahoo.net> wrote in message >>>> news:96ndp5546ejmhcoccqbtkifl1tq9sng1pv(a)4ax.com... >>>>> It used to be available as a free-download. >>>>> [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbrun/ee410535.aspx] ??? >>>> >>>> It's still freely downloadable from the link you provided. >>> >>> I've just downloaded ALL the items on that page. In these days of >>> massive hard drives, plus DVD blanks for a few cents/pennies each, >>> I've got nothing to lose by grabbing them while they're still >>> available. >> >> They've already been taken down, at least once. Last time I noticed, I >> rattled cages at MSFT until someone woke-up, and promised to get them >> back online. Of course, no one knew where they were at that point. So >> I pointed them to http://vb.mvps.org/tools/ControlsAndComponents.asp. >> Notice any similarities? Yeah, they didn't know what the binaries >> were, anymore, either. It's good to know I'm not the *only* one >> providing backup storage for them anymore. ;-) > > Definitely appreciate the service. Hopefully everything is well > catalogued. > > Though the years I have meticulously grabbed items (source, utilities, > articles, ...) and stored them away. Have quite a useful collection, > well ... kinda useful. > > They now all occupy several cubic meters in a closet. Now if I could > only identify just where in that pile something was located ... One of my main regrets is that I wasn't aware of (maybe it didn't exist?) WinImage at the time I started archiving MS-BASIC bits. :-( -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: ralph on 10 Mar 2010 16:42 On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:07:56 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote: > >One of my main regrets is that I wasn't aware of (maybe it didn't >exist?) WinImage at the time I started archiving MS-BASIC bits. :-( Mine is not immediately converting all my 5 1/4 floopies to 1.44 or CD when I actually had a working machine that could do that. <g> -ralph
From: Helmut Meukel on 10 Mar 2010 18:30 "ralph" <nt_consulting64(a)yahoo.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1d4gp5ps8sdtd3lv82vj9pd11mjqet5puf(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:07:56 -0800, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> > wrote: > > >> >>One of my main regrets is that I wasn't aware of (maybe it didn't >>exist?) WinImage at the time I started archiving MS-BASIC bits. :-( > > Mine is not immediately converting all my 5 1/4 floopies to 1.44 or CD > when I actually had a working machine that could do that. <g> > > -ralph I still have a working(?) 5 1/4 floppy drive. About three years ago i got a new PC and thought I would there install the old drive. No chance, the BIOS refused to recognize the drive. :-( I'm quite certain the drive is ok. It was ok when I removed it from an old PC and wrapped it into a plastic bag, about 15 years ago. Helmut.
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 Mar 2010 18:58
Helmut Meukel wrote: >>>One of my main regrets is that I wasn't aware of (maybe it didn't >>>exist?) WinImage at the time I started archiving MS-BASIC bits. :-( >> >> Mine is not immediately converting all my 5 1/4 floopies to 1.44 or CD >> when I actually had a working machine that could do that. <g> > > I still have a working(?) 5 1/4 floppy drive. About three years ago i got > a new PC and thought I would there install the old drive. No chance, the > BIOS refused to recognize the drive. :-( > I'm quite certain the drive is ok. It was ok when I removed it from an > old PC and wrapped it into a plastic bag, about 15 years ago. I stored a few old machines. Including a Pentium-200 that I rebuilt with Win95b about 5 years ago. It had both floppy sizes, CD, and Zip drives. I can bring that up on the network just by hauling it out of storage and plugging it in. (Had to be careful to hang onto the old keyboard with the *fat* plug, and a serial mouse, too!) -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |