[vcf-midatlantic] Bernoulli Drives needed in working condition

[Jeffrey Brace]

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 11:05 PM Gregg Levine via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Hello!
> Same here!
> And  Jeff B, then why did you react to mine when it came time to find
> the things.


Huh?


> -----
> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 9:50 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic
> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> > I can never figure out why people take fuzzy blurry pictures and post
> them.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from:
> > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
> >
> > > On May 18, 2021, at 9:41 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >  <jeffrey at vcfed.org>
> > >
> > >> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 5:06 PM Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic <
> > >> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> This caught my attention, because I likely have a clue about this
> tech.
> > >>
> > >> http://www.retrotechnology.com/aux/iomega10.html
> > >>
> > >> Are these the 'droids you are looking for?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Yes! They are the droids that I'm looking for! And FYI: Jedi mind
> tricks
> > > don't work with me ;)
> > >
> > >> First: the propositions, as stated by Jeff Brace:
> > >>
> > >>> Someone donated two 10x10 Bernoulli drives to VCF. They are in
> unknown
> > >>> condition. She gave us the manual, a cable and one cartridge. She
> wants
> > >> to
> > >>> donate the remaining cartridges, but would like to supervise the
> deletion
> > >>> of the data they have on them. So we need one in working condition
> first.
> > >>
> > >> and:
> > >>
> > >>> It is payroll data that the couple used for their business for many
> > >> years,
> > >>> so it is quite sensitive.
> > >> First:  this appears to be a legal contract over property and
> services.
> > >> Not that I'm a lawyer. VCFed Incorporated may wish to examine these
> > >> terms, as Dave McGuire pointed out, and see if the Corporation wishes
> to
> > >> engage in such contracts with clients. Hint. Hint.
> > >
> > > Yes, Dave gave us some contract and we are looking to use it out of an
> > > abundance of caution.
> > >
> > >> Second: how many carts is this about, anyways? Ebay price - by luck I
> > >> happened to look recently - some tens of dollars each. Point being:
> why
> > >> spin all our wheels, just over a few carts? And: *are there any in the
> > >> VCFed Inventory already*? Just a thought.
> > >
> > > There are about 30 to 40 cartridges, maybe 50. I had them give me one
> for
> > > testing purposes because I'm pretty certain that VCF *doesn't* have
> any of
> > > these. Tony and the Inventory Committee would know better than me, but
> I
> > > have never seen any in the warehouse.
> > >
> > > Related: "two 10X10 drives" is ambiguous. Is it one cabinet with two
> > >> drives, as per my unit? That's my guess, and I show an example.
> > >
> > > It is two cabinets with two drives per unit. So two units like the one
> that
> > > you have. One is labeled "working", but who knows when it was last
> working.
> > >
> > >> Third: I see no "data recovery" in these terms, as suggested in the
> > >> chatter. Just data security. So: let the client keep the carts, if
> they
> > >> choose to destroy them, that would be sad. But that solves the
> problem,
> > >> no. further. fuss. needed. That's my recommendation.
> > >
> > > She wanted to destroy the cartridges. I didn't have time to research
> how
> > > rare they were, so I asked if we could have them. Then she said that
> there
> > > was payroll data that she wanted deleted. She wanted to go through the
> data
> > > herself and delete it herself once we got the drives working.
> > > =========================================
> > > Jeff Brace
> > > Vice President & Board Member
> > > Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
> > > Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
> > > http://www.vcfed.org/
> > > jeffrey at vcfed.org
> >
> "Be careful with that! It's an heirloom.", said the Doctor, as the
> guard were using a crude method to try to open his TARDIS.
>
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Jeff Brace
Vice President & Board Member
Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
http://www.vcfed.org/
jeffrey at vcfed.org