i have the feeling Mac128Dotcom is Ken's alias On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Mac128DOTcom <[email protected]>wrote:
> > I find your comments rooted solely in ignorance. You find yourself > offended, and even once explained, you continue to shout from your > soapbox. I only redirect to Kevin's site, I don't own it. I have no > interest in making a dime off of his service, nor will I. As for the > images he uses, they are freely available all over the web, which he > states on his page (most of which is illegal by the way, which is why > I would never link to for that reason). All he is offering is the > service of transferring them to 400K formatted media for early Macs. > The fact that you make rude assumptions about my motives or his and > then demean my character by suggesting I wouldn't let you download the > images for free is not only libelous at best, but ignorant of the > service being offered. Indeed it shows a contempt to even try to > understand it, but rather just hammer your own point. > > WhyOSX, in case you missed the point, while the disk images are widely > available (those at Apple 100% legal, those at MacGarden are not), not > everyone has the means to make them into real disks. The Mac Plus, SE > & II use 800K disks and require the real hardware. USB floppy drives > can be used in modern Macs but only with 1.44MB disks and Snow Leopard > no longer supports the HFS file format. So the options even for pre-OS > 8 systems are getting considerably thin. > > Addressing d.colvin d.colvin's question, I bought macbootdisk before > Kevin Rye even set up his site. Once he did, I pointed my site to the > most useful location possible. If you don't understand this, it's only > because you've never been aware of the many masked URLs you visit > everyday. Try typing "Mac.com" and see where that takes you. As I > pointed out, Kevin will not offer the service for ever. When he stops, > I think having a consistent reliable URL that points to another source > (or sources) is preferable over dozens of dead links and 404 errors. > > platnicat, your very unfamiliarity with the need for and disinterest > in offering System 1.1, or anything less than System 6, is exactly why > I posted the link. I am thrilled to hear you are not only generous but > reliable thank's to Mack's review. And I am serious. If you'd like to > set up a web page, or would like me to set up a web page for you > offering your services, I am more than happy to point my link to you. > I am only interested in serving the community's best interests and > reliable free disk images is in the best interest. Had I known of your > offer when I pointed my site to Ken, I would have directed the page to > you instead. However, you need to be willing to offer the older > systems as well. In fact, I should set up a page which points to you > and his and describe the options available. It was just a whole lot > easier to forward my URL to his. > > My original intent for buying the site was to offer 400K disk images > with early systems prior to System 6. I too would have charged, but > the minimum for the disk stock and shipping. So my disks would have > cost about $4 or $5. Again I have no interest in making a profit, but > offering a service to the vintage Mac community. Personally I have no > interest in operating at a loss either. If platnicat wants to take on > that service entirely out of his own pocket, great. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
