Had a letter from Don Oviatt that wanted a copy of D.U.S. so that he could use it again. Somehow his working copy and backup copy got trashed. I complied with his request and got him going again with that. D.U.S. is Disk Utility System for the LarKen disk interface. It is a software with good utilities that do things that none others do. Got a disk that might have bad blocks? Use one of the programs and it will go through the disk and mark all the bad tracks and when it is done you will see that the capacity has been decreased if there were bad blocks. Or use it to FORMAT a disk and it reports how many bad bytes there are.
Luke Perry wanted to know where to get TS-1000 software so I referred him to Jack Boatwright. Jack has some TS-1000 software that I think he got from Frank Davis.
I have been boxing and shipping a bunch of stuff to Jack Boatwright that I must get rid of. I have gotten what I have cut down and I will have more for him if he wants it when I get more sorted out and packed. Letting go is so hard to do. But on the other hand have not looked at or used them for so long and it is time to get it into the hands of people that can use it.
I haven’t come up with a way to get the data on some disks (2068 sent to the Z88) and I may never get that accomplished that way. It looks like I may have to make hard copy and then scan it into the PC that I will eventually get or else (heaven forbid) type it into the Z88. I do need to keep my financial records so that I will know what I have and where.
Crazy weather! Went shopping 20 miles away. Left here in sunshine and returned in a heavy snowstorm that didn’t stay long on the ground.
I tried to get to the T/S pages on the Internet at the library but while I did see some stuff it was very little. But of course I haven’t learn to navigate the Internet. I sure hate to read a very thick book to learn what I need to know that is only two pages worth of information. I will have to get back to the library and try again.
I go to the computer stores and stores that have computer departments and I have asked questions and have read magazines. No wonder I like the TS-2068 so much. Getting into the PC is like taking flying lessons on the 747 as the first airplane you’ll fly, you are overwhelmed before you even begin! 0/0.