Subj : SD COMPUTER SOCIETY
To   : Tom Walker
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sun Feb 06 2005 11:59 am

Hello Tom.

03 Feb 05 06:22, you wrote to me:

 TW> -> I think I've got 5 100meg disks full of Fidonet stuff. That and
 TW> I've been -> compiling Fidonet stuff under a 4COPY2CD folder with
 TW> plenty of sub-folders -> to sort out what is what. I may have enough
 TW> to fill a 650gig CD one of -> these days.

 TW>  That is the only way to Archive nowdays.
 TW> And if one uses a "Virtual Drive" program you can have the contents
 TW> of many CD's on the Hard drive for Instant access.

I'm doing just the opposite. I'm clearing some really old Fido stuff off
of my HD. Not that I need the room, just that I no longer need the
archives.

 TW> For the Win XP folks Microsoft has a FREE download of one that works.

Won't help here. W2k...

 TW> The only glitch is that you need to store the CD contents on the Hard
 TW> Drive as an ISO file.

That's what I've found.

 TW> But most buring programs will convert the CD contents to an ISO file.

Yeup.

 TW> I set up one Win XP machine so they could run the "Thomas Map"
 TW> program without putting the CD in the Drive.

I've been thinking about getting that map CD...might come in handy with
some of the club cruises I do around the county.


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