Just found my old BBS Floppies

ceedy · 15 March 2011, 16:58

Been Rooting throught my boxes of discs ans found a Multi-floppy backup of my OLD Amiga BBS I used to run yonks ago...

Will haveto see it its all there and have a nostalgia trip!! .

Ahh ! when I wer a lad'... etc etc ..

sneeker · 16 March 2011, 05:03

Be cool if you could stick them up online once youve got them all working.. or even get your old board running again, love looking through bbs archives etc.

vk3heg · 17 March 2011, 05:38

The crowd wants to know.... What software?

I used to run:

Tag
Paragon
Starnet

ceedy · 17 March 2011, 13:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by vk3heg

The crowd wants to know.... What software?

I used to run:

Tag
Paragon
Starnet

I did try a few .. ..

One was AMicon ?? .

The BBS was called The Whoppa ..

C.

ceedy · 17 March 2011, 17:01

Just had a go at restoring the BBS... it was done with quarterback..

Did a 13 disc system restore with no problem . but the but the First BBS disk is fuddled up..

Is there any sneaky way of ready quarterback disks without the index disc . or a way of trying to do a scan/repair on a Non dos disc ?... twas all so looooong ago!!!

vk3heg · 21 March 2011, 05:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceedy

Is there any sneaky way of ready quarterback disks without the index disc . or a way of trying to do a scan/repair on a Non dos disc ?... twas all so looooong ago!!!

There is a thread on here about rescuing a quaterback backup. (If my bit rot hasn't got to far).

ceedy · 21 March 2011, 13:08

Just had a read through a load of threads... not much help really ...

I know my version of Qback...
I only had 1 version

ands its still on my other amigas, plus I have the Flopps .

prowler · 21 March 2011, 22:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceedy

Just had a go at restoring the BBS... it was done with quarterback..

Did a 13 disc system restore with no problem . but the but the First BBS disk is fuddled up..

Is there any sneaky way of ready quarterback disks without the index disc . or a way of trying to do a scan/repair on a Non dos disc ?... twas all so looooong ago!!!

Hi Chris,

You are welcome to send the first QB disk in your BBS series to me, and I'll try every trick in the book to recover that floppy disk for you.

I have about 30 Amiga floppy drives to run it in (a tremendous advantage) , plus a whole load of disk recovery software with which I have salvaged over 95% of about 250 floppy disks which have been submitted to me for this purpose.

Do you know for sure whether the other BBS disks are okay?

If you are not sure, it might be better if you were to send me the lot.

It sounds to me terribly important that you recover that QB archive. Please let me know if you wish me to help you achieve that goal.

ceedy · 22 March 2011, 14:11

Hi Prwlr. , i
ts not that important to me .it just seemed a good idea at the time...

Also I've tried the problem floppy in a few other drives and got it to read, well actually it partially boots up.. which is a problem in itself as it looks like its being over written by something else. not me !! probably by the kids or grandkids , who have all had sessions on the miggys over the years.

so looks like its a no go .. unless info can be grabbed from the other dozen or so discs ??

many thanks anyways ..

Chris
------------

prowler · 22 March 2011, 23:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceedy

Hi Prwlr. , i
ts not that important to me .it just seemed a good idea at the time...

Hi Chris,
I meant that it's important to everyone else.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceedy

Also I've tried the problem floppy in a few other drives and got it to read, well actually it partially boots up.. which is a problem in itself as it looks like its being over written by something else. not me !! probably by the kids or grandkids , who have all had sessions on the miggys over the years.

Are you sure? It would have to be a pretty deliberate act to overwrite a QB floppy, as they're normally filled to capacity.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceedy

so looks like its a no go .. unless info can be grabbed from the other dozen or so discs ??

I'm not sure that any uncompressed data can be salvaged from a QB archive where one or more disks are corrupted. AFAIK, the archive has to be complete.

(Edit: No, if disks are missing (not sure about corrupted disks) then a partial restoration of the archive is possible provided the first disk is intact.
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=39061 )

It's a lot of data to lose, which is why I offered to try salvaging that first floppy and any others which might be corrupt.

But if you're convinced that in the case of the first disk it's not possible, that's most unfortunate.

cosmicfrog · 23 March 2011, 01:32

ceedy me thinks prowler wants something to do and use his magic powers to rearrange those bits into the right place

and do what other mystical stuff he dose with all those floppy drives he has

What you got to lose ?? price of postage for may be a chance of getting it all back, got to be worth a go

he is also very trust worthy and has had a few successes, in fact I will almost go to say he is our EAB floppy lazerath type person thats capable or reserecting dead or tired floppys.

15 March 2011, 16:58	#1
ceedy Old-Amiga-Git Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Somerset , in the UK Posts: 175	Just found my old BBS Floppies Been Rooting throught my boxes of discs ans found a Multi-floppy backup of my OLD Amiga BBS I used to run yonks ago... Will haveto see it its all there and have a nostalgia trip!! . Ahh ! when I wer a lad'... etc etc ..

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sneeker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Manchester! Posts: 308	Be cool if you could stick them up online once youve got them all working.. or even get your old board running again, love looking through bbs archives etc.

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17 March 2011, 17:01	#5
ceedy Old-Amiga-Git Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Somerset , in the UK Posts: 175	Just had a go at restoring the BBS... it was done with quarterback.. Did a 13 disc system restore with no problem . but the but the First BBS disk is fuddled up.. Is there any sneaky way of ready quarterback disks without the index disc . or a way of trying to do a scan/repair on a Non dos disc ?... twas all so looooong ago!!!

21 March 2011, 13:08	#7
ceedy Old-Amiga-Git Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Somerset , in the UK Posts: 175	Just had a read through a load of threads... not much help really ... I know my version of Qback... I only had 1 version ands its still on my other amigas, plus I have the Flopps .

22 March 2011, 14:11	#9
ceedy Old-Amiga-Git Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Somerset , in the UK Posts: 175	Hi Prwlr. , i ts not that important to me .it just seemed a good idea at the time... Also I've tried the problem floppy in a few other drives and got it to read, well actually it partially boots up.. which is a problem in itself as it looks like its being over written by something else. not me !! probably by the kids or grandkids , who have all had sessions on the miggys over the years. so looks like its a no go .. unless info can be grabbed from the other dozen or so discs ?? many thanks anyways .. Chris ------------

23 March 2011, 01:32	#11
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	ceedy me thinks prowler wants something to do and use his magic powers to rearrange those bits into the right place and do what other mystical stuff he dose with all those floppy drives he has What you got to lose ?? price of postage for may be a chance of getting it all back, got to be worth a go he is also very trust worthy and has had a few successes, in fact I will almost go to say he is our EAB floppy lazerath type person thats capable or reserecting dead or tired floppys.

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