Re: HotZiggity and the Bios: Peter, we Need to Know

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter--

>But I do have a 486 that's close to
>sacrificial. Will that do? It has removable hard drives, same make but
>smaller and older, and there's three of them... and it isn't my second
>floppy. What are you thinking? You need to get out more.

But Peter, the only problem that's been reported
 is the problem with your second floppy.
 It's that problem that needs to be tested.

I would be very grateful if you could somehow
 protect find your way to trying it again.
 Otherwise there'll always be the suspicion
 that there's something wrong with our disk.
 If it happens again we'll know there is.
 (And you could probably get it going again
 much more easily.)  But if it doesn't happen
 again, that lightens the suspicion 85%-90%.

If it works on your 486, no surprise.

I understand your reluctance.  But you've
 expressed interest in working on this project.
 This is a concrete thing only you can do.

Best, Ted



At 02:54 PM 6/25/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Ted,
>
>>> I'm very glad you got your second floppy working
> again.  However, when you say
>>I don't know what
>>happened, but I won't be rudely interrupting a boot again any time soon.
>
>Please reconsider.  You're the only person
> who had this problem.  As of now, strictly
> from reasoning, we have to deny culpability.
> But I would like very much for you to try it again.
> If the problem *does* happen again, then we've
> got a big problem that we had better know about
> right away.  If not, the Long Arm of Coincidence
> is the presumptive culprit. <<
> 
>-or the Dangling Digit of Destiny... That computer is about to go to the
>Big Plug and be my internet server. But I do have a 486 that's close to
>sacrificial. Will that do? It has removable hard drives, same make but
>smaller and older, and there's three of them... and it isn't my second
>floppy. What are you thinking? You need to get out more.
>
>Peter
>
>
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