Subj : Re: Floppies
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Aug 02 2024 06:33:00

-=> Shawn Highfield wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Have you asked in the Commodore or Classic Computers echo. And before

 SH> Yes, solutions have been offered but the cost of getting the cab;e made
 SH> etc, just doesn't seem worth it for one disk.

 DD> you spend a lot of effort you really should fire up a C=64 and boot
 DD> the disk. I've had them go bad on me just sitting in their storage
 DD> sleeve in a disk box. I blamed it on A) cosmic radiation or B) space
 DD> aliens.

 SH> Already checked it that way and the data is in tact. :)

I had a clewless G.F. once that found a disc laying on the kitchen 
counter where I had been reading the label to someone on the phone 
(pre cell phone days). So she stuck on the refrigerator door with
a magnet. OY! Vey ist mir.

Your solution may lie with TPUG if they're still in operation. 

If someone has the requisite gear they will probably be glad to he'p.

My local Commodore/Amiga groups and even the general confuser groups 
have died off for lack of interest. Only thing left around here is a 
group of folks wo logged on to Springfield's first BBS - named Minnie 
because it ran on homebrew software on a Burroughs B20 mini computer 
(mini for the day and in comparo to Burroughs main frames) It had 4 
dial-up lines so people could play the on-line games or chat with one 
another. Three to six of us "old timers" still get together on the 2nd 
Wednesday of every month for beverages and a nosh - and to shoot the 
breeze.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Toronto Pie
 Categories: Canadian, Cakes, Desserts, Fruits
      Yield: 9 Servings
 
    1/2 c  Milk; scalded, heated till
           -bubbles appear around
           -edges
      2 tb Butter
      1 c  Cake and pastry flour
  1 1/4 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Salt
      2 lg Eggs
    2/3 c  Granulated sugar
    1/4 ts Vanilla
           Raspberry jam
           Icing sugar
 
  "The Home Cook Book , published in Toronto in 1879, included
  a recipe for Toronto pie. Although continuing as a family
  favorite, the name slipped into disuse during the
  intervening years. A delicate, hot-milk sponge cake split
  and filled with raspberry jam, Toronto Pie belongs in the
  same family as Boston cream pie." During my 30+ years living
  in Toronto, I have never heard of this cake.
  
  Grease a 9 inch round layer cake pan and line with wax
  paper. Combine scalded milk and butter.
  
  Sift or blend together flour, baking powder and salt. Beat 2
  eggs until very light and fluffy. Gradually beat in
  granulated sugar and vanilla.
  
  With mixer at high speed beat eggs and sugar for 1 minute.
  Fold in dry ingredients and then stir in hot milk mixture.
  Turn into prepared pan. Bake in preheated 350ºF/175ºC oven
  for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly
  touched.
  
  Cool in pan. When almost cool, loosen edges and remove from
  pan. Split into two layers, sandwich together with raspberry
  jam and sprinkle icing sugar on top.
  
  MAKES: 1 CAKE
  
  Source: "The Laura Secord Canadian Cookbook"
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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