It has been down for months, but I'm trying to get it addressed. As it turns out, Primus does not have the images. Regards, Joe On Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 8:59 PM Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
hasn't it been down for months??
Regardless, if I recall correctly, Doug Crawford was under the impression that Ian Primus had the image files.
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Jun 11, 2026, at 20:46, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Wow! That's a really high failure rate. I'll bet someone buying cheap MLC flash.
Buy good uSD cards from Mouser. Yes, you'll pay 4x the price, but they won't be fake and won't need replacing every time you turn around.
-Dave
On 6/11/26 20:32, Ian Litchfield via vcf-midatlantic wrote: Not too sure, but this is the 3rd time the system has become inoperable because of a failed flash in the past 4 years. Either someone isn’t shutting it down properly or the swap keeps wearing out the cards.. Can we please put a NOS drive like a U320 with an interface adapter or invest in an SLC Industrial SD card for the SCSI2SD so the system doesn’t become a brick every year? I’d consider donating a drive if it’s that much of an issue for the museum to buy one. They are only about 15-20 bucks.. Thanks, Ian L.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 19:56 Joseph Giliberti via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Attention all:
The museum's NeXT Cube needs the flash card rewritten so that it boots again. Who was the last person who got this done? Can you please do it again?
Regards, Joe Giliberti
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA