From: Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] the old floppy set
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:31:19 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.64.0908081628520.20861@malasada.lava.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <509071940908081011m72370cf3q9c311b8dbb1be226@mail.gmail.com>
> probably the easiest of the three to deal with, if someone were
> really, really inclined.
>
> but really: don't be. these are kernels for very, very outdated
> platforms, some of which even eBay has trouble turning up. cobbling
That's besides the point. This stuff should be saved for
posterity, and hopefully at some point, shared for its educational
and historic value. The legal issues will probably lead to
the software being lost sooner or later, if not resolved...
If someone is really, really inclined, please DO... There are
lots of us who would be very grateful.
Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-09 2:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-07 4:55 John Floren
2009-08-07 5:04 ` Anthony Sorace
2009-08-07 5:12 ` John Floren
2009-08-07 18:47 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2009-08-07 19:49 ` Anthony Sorace
2009-08-07 9:15 ` Steve Simon
2009-08-07 10:11 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-07 11:06 ` Uriel
2009-08-07 14:46 ` Benjamin Huntsman
2009-08-08 4:36 ` lucio
2009-08-08 4:49 ` John Floren
2009-08-08 14:48 ` Anthony Sorace
2009-08-08 15:45 ` ron minnich
2009-08-08 17:11 ` Anthony Sorace
2009-08-08 18:23 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-08 18:53 ` Benjamin Huntsman
2009-08-09 2:31 ` Tim Newsham [this message]
2009-08-08 17:05 ` Uriel
2009-08-13 14:11 ` michael block
2009-08-13 14:23 ` John Floren
2009-08-13 14:26 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-13 15:11 ` michael block
2009-08-13 15:27 ` erik quanstrom
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