[TriLUG] A UNIX oldie and perhaps a goodie

Cristóbal Palmer cmp at cmpalmer.org
Thu Oct 29 15:51:28 EDT 2009


On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What's interesting here is *I think* this tape contains the /audio directory
> from sunsite.unc.edu prior to The Great Disk Crash.

Paul Jones laughed about this and told me the story, which I had not heard.

>  I have absolutely no
> way of reading the tape.  If anyone is interested in the tape and has
> something that can read it I'd be curious to know what's actually on this
> thing.  If the tape does indeed include the old audio directory from Sunsite
> I'd be interested in coverting the tape to some other useable format.  I
> have no idea what format the audio files are stored as but I would assume a
> plug-in for Audicity exists.

We here at ibiblio would be happy to give it a shot. :) Write me
off-list and we'll see what we can do.

Cheers,
-- 
Cristóbal M. Palmer
"The fun thing is to try to persuade others to share your opinions
about what rules and what sucks. Nothing is more fun than evangelism."
  --Larry Wall



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