On Sun, May 5, 2019, 10:41 AM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >> So I would expect all you need to do is make an image copy of the disk. > > On Sat, 4 May 2019, J. Peterson via cctalk wrote: > > I'm trying to avoid the actual task of loading the CD, waiting for the > > computer to read all the bits, eject the CD, rename the file, load the > next > > CD, etc. > > I want to send a stack of disks someplace, have somebody else do that > 3-4 > > dozen times, and send the disks backs with a thumb drive containing all > the > > ISO files. > > 3-4 dozen??!? > That does not sound amenable to find a service to send them to! > > That sounds like "hire the neighbor's kid". > College kids will do anything for minimum wage. > While the disk is copying, s/he/it can also type in whatever metadata is > on the labels into a spreadsheet program for making a database. > In the past, when I needed to read 300 floppies, I wrote a script to read to a file. It printed a number and I made a tiny label with that number and put it on the diskette. Old then photograph the interesting ones. The script tossed me into an editor and I transcribed the label. The script also ran tools to try to list the dos or cpm files, saving the results. I had to hit return to start the next one. So I had two piles of diskettes and I'd transfer them one to the other after reading. I'd change them between meetings or when I thought about it. It took weeks to get through the 300, but there was little time that wasn't otherwise wasted devoted to this.... Warner >
