FAQ (Re: PDP11/23+ frustration)

[Tom Jennings]

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:

> Rather than (a) yelling at someone new for doing something WE know
> should not be done, and then (b) go on (at length) at WHAT SHOULD
> have been done, why dont all the experienced head-cleaners on here
> work together (OFF_LIST !) on producing a HOWTO on this subject:
> "HOWTO proceed with reviving an Old Disk Drive".
>
> That way, the result can be posted, forwarded, archived in the KB,
> so when people DO bump into this task, they WONT fuck up the disk
> by just powering it up, but, instead, follow that procedure.

I agree -- get to it Fred! :-)

Seriously, I will gladly munge my notes. THere were a few
non-complaining replies in the recent thread, they'd be a good
start.


PS: Fred, R U getting my emails? It seems you are not. I got only
your recent inquiring re: mail. I replied to the ones I got.