From: KatolaZ <katolaz@freaknet.org>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Floppy to modern files for Usenet maps
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 18:53:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190709165335.xdfxsrmeq6uwtmy7@unixfarts.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <03f3d34a-bc7f-4b26-559e-101ccd614ef3@mhorton.net>
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On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 09:28:04AM -0700, Mary Ann Horton Gmail wrote:
> I've succeeded in copying the files from floppy. Thanks to everyone for the
> great suggestions!
>
> I used a USB-to-serial adapter, combined with PuTTY and the usual serial
> tools (DB-9 to DB-25 adapter, gender changer, and null modem). I even dug
> out my AT&T PC 6300 MS DOS manual for details on writing BAT files (although
> the main script had a bad habit of exiting after the first file got copied).
> I wound up calling a 3 line script separately for each file to be copied
> over, and using PuTTY's scrolling history to save the files.
>
> I've collected these and other old Usenet maps here:
>
> http://www.stargatemuseum.org/maps/
>
> I hope to display these (and hand out a few copies!) in Seattle this week.
>
> Does anyone have anything put together that can easily do the "leroy" thing
> described here:
>
> http://www.stargatemuseum.org/maps/032383.GRF.txt
>
> and produce the graphical map it contains?
>
Hi,
if nobody has a "leroy" at hand, I could give it a go using a slightly
more modern graph drawing stuff (starting from the same files). Just
shout.
HND
Enzo Nicosia
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-09 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-23 23:10 Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-06-23 23:52 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-06-24 0:02 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-06-24 0:35 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-06-24 0:53 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-06-24 0:56 ` Larry McVoy
2019-06-24 1:12 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-06-24 1:31 ` William Pechter
2019-06-24 1:51 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-06-24 1:40 ` Bakul Shah
2019-06-24 3:20 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-06-24 0:50 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-06-24 21:07 ` Michael Kjörling
2019-06-24 21:30 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-06-24 21:59 ` Gregg Levine
2019-06-23 23:57 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-06-24 0:40 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-06-24 1:37 ` William Pechter
2019-06-24 3:17 ` Jason Stevens
2019-06-24 1:57 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-06-24 2:09 ` pechter
2019-06-24 0:03 ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-06-24 0:19 ` Seth Morabito
2019-06-24 0:33 ` Larry McVoy
2019-06-24 1:58 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-06-25 3:54 ` Jonathan Gevaryahu
2019-06-25 11:21 ` ckeck
2019-07-09 16:28 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-07-09 16:53 ` KatolaZ [this message]
2019-07-09 17:12 ` Henry Bent
2019-07-09 17:25 ` Seth Morabito
2019-07-09 17:34 ` Henry Bent
2019-07-09 19:19 ` Henry Bent
2019-07-09 19:41 ` Richard Salz
2019-07-09 20:09 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-07-09 20:58 ` Henry Bent
2019-07-09 20:54 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-07-09 21:30 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-07-09 21:35 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-07-09 21:37 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-07-09 21:46 ` Henry Bent
2019-07-09 22:02 ` Henry Bent
2019-07-09 23:23 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-07-10 0:06 ` Dan Cross
2019-07-10 0:26 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-07-10 0:38 ` Dan Cross
2019-07-10 0:49 ` Larry McVoy
2019-07-10 0:57 ` Clem Cole
2019-07-10 1:26 ` [TUHS] V0 B Compiler Warren Toomey
2019-07-10 1:29 ` Clem Cole
2019-07-10 1:32 ` [TUHS] Plot 10 Sources Clem Cole
2019-07-10 2:51 ` Charles Anthony
2019-07-10 3:00 ` Charles Anthony
2019-07-10 3:01 ` Clem Cole
2019-07-10 12:51 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe
2019-07-10 14:34 ` Clem cole
2019-07-10 1:02 ` [TUHS] Floppy to modern files for Usenet maps Arthur Krewat
2019-07-10 1:19 ` Larry McVoy
2019-07-10 1:34 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-07-10 0:28 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-07-09 22:01 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-07-09 22:44 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-07-09 23:14 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-07-10 0:24 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2019-07-10 1:13 ` Mary Ann Horton Gmail
2019-07-09 17:33 ` Clem Cole
2019-07-15 3:21 ` [TUHS] Historical " Mary Ann Horton Gmail
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