{"id":5238,"date":"2016-01-05T13:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T21:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sitev2.drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2026-03-24T07:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:07:27","slug":"pcworld-comment-le-createur-de-star-trek-gene-roddenberrys-a-ete-libere-de-vieilles-disquettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/fr-fr\/press-coverage\/pcworld-how-star-trek-creator-gene-roddenberrys-words-were-freed-from-old-floppy-disks\/","title":{"rendered":"PCWorld : Comment les mots du cr\u00e9ateur de Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9s de vieilles disquettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/418904\/star-trek-creators-lost-words-recovered-from-old-floppies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Article original publi\u00e9 par <strong>PCWorld<\/strong>.<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nLorsque l'ordinateur de Gene Roddenberry a rendu l'\u00e2me, il a emport\u00e9 avec lui le seul moyen d'acc\u00e9der \u00e0 quelque 200 disquettes contenant ses travaux in\u00e9dits. Voici comment ce myst\u00e8re technologique a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9solu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52566\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52566 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/trekmovie-100638088-large.png\" alt=\"L&#039;ordinateur de Gene Roddenberry\" width=\"579\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/trekmovie-100638088-large.png 579w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/trekmovie-100638088-large-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Si Gene Roddenberry est souvent associ\u00e9 au Macintosh, il a apparemment beaucoup plus \u00e9crit sur cet ordinateur de marque inconnue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Par Gordon Mah Ung, r\u00e9dacteur en chef, PCWorld<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Appelez la salle des machines et faites venir Scotty sur la passerelle : Lorsque les mots du cr\u00e9ateur de Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9s sur des disquettes de 5,25 pouces - oui, des disquettes - il a fallu un effort d'ing\u00e9nierie digne de Starfleet pour les r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n<p>Roddenberry, qui est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 en 1991, a apparemment laiss\u00e9 derri\u00e8re lui quelques conteneurs de la taille d'une bo\u00eete \u00e0 chaussures contenant ces grosses disquettes.<\/p>\n<p>Le probl\u00e8me ? Comme tout technicien le sait, les lecteurs de disquettes sont pass\u00e9s de mode au tournant du 21e si\u00e8cle. M\u00eame si vous achetiez un lecteur de disquettes 5,25 pouces d'occasion \u00e0 Cyrano Jones sur la station spatiale K7, vous ne seriez pas en mesure de lire les fichiers sur un ordinateur moderne, et encore moins de brancher le lecteur.<\/p>\n<p>La succession de Roddenberry connaissait deux ordinateurs possibles que l'auteur avait utilis\u00e9s pour \u00e9crire ces derniers mots. L'un d'eux avait \u00e9t\u00e9 vendu lors d'une vente aux ench\u00e8res caritative et le second ne d\u00e9marrait pas lorsqu'il \u00e9tait branch\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52564\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52564 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/floppy_disk_2009_g1-100635495-orig-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/floppy_disk_2009_g1-100635495-orig-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/floppy_disk_2009_g1-100635495-orig-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/floppy_disk_2009_g1-100635495-orig-1024x497.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/floppy_disk_2009_g1-100635495-orig-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/floppy_disk_2009_g1-100635495-orig-1536x746.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/floppy_disk_2009_g1-100635495-orig-2048x995.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La plupart des \u0153uvres perdues de Gene Roddenberry ont \u00e9t\u00e9 stock\u00e9es sur un disque de 5,25 pouces datant des ann\u00e9es 1970 et 1980, qui est ici flanqu\u00e9 de l'ancienne version de 8 pouces et de la nouvelle version de 3,5 pouces. CR\u00c9DIT PHOTO : GEORGE CHERNILEVSKY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>L'ordinateur est mort Jim<\/h2>\n<p>Plut\u00f4t que d'accepter ce sc\u00e9nario sans issue, la succession de Roddenberry s'est tourn\u00e9e vers DriveSavers Data Recovery. L'absence d'ordinateur op\u00e9rationnel \u00e9tait loin d'\u00eatre id\u00e9ale, mais Mike Cobb, directeur de l'ing\u00e9nierie de DriveSavers, \u00e9tait optimiste, compte tenu de la capacit\u00e9 de l'entreprise \u00e0 r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer les donn\u00e9es. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/452219\/smash-smartphone-throw-it-in-the-ocean-hope-drivesavers-doesn-t-get-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer des donn\u00e9es<\/a> de la plupart des supports informatiques connus aujourd'hui.<\/p>\n<p>Selon M. Cobb, la majorit\u00e9 des disques \u00e9taient des disques \u00e0 double densit\u00e9 de 5,25 pouces datant des ann\u00e9es 1980, capables de stocker 160 Ko - c'est-\u00e0-dire des kilo-octets - soit environ un dixi\u00e8me de la capacit\u00e9 d'une cl\u00e9 USB $1 d'aujourd'hui. Cobb a indiqu\u00e9 que quelques disques \u00e9taient format\u00e9s en DOS, mais que la plupart d'entre eux provenaient d'un ancien syst\u00e8me d'exploitation appel\u00e9 CP\/M.<\/p>\n<p>CP\/M, ou Control Program for Microcomputers, \u00e9tait un syst\u00e8me d'exploitation populaire dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 et au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1980, qui a finalement \u00e9t\u00e9 battu par le DOS de Microsoft. Dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 et 1980, c'\u00e9tait le Far West des formats de disques et de la disposition des pistes, a expliqu\u00e9 M. Cobb. Les r\u00e9cup\u00e9rations DOS \u00e9taient faciles une fois le disque localis\u00e9, mais les disques CP\/M demandaient beaucoup plus de travail.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLes disques plus anciens, nous avons d\u00fb comprendre comment les lire physiquement, la partie la plus difficile \u00e9tant CP\/M et le syst\u00e8me de fichiers lui-m\u00eame et la mani\u00e8re dont il \u00e9tait \u00e9crit.<cite>Mike Cobb<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Comme l'entreprise de r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des donn\u00e9es ne parvenait pas \u00e0 allumer le vieil ordinateur de Roddenberry, elle a d\u00fb d\u00e9couvrir la disposition physique des pistes sur le disque. L'ing\u00e9nierie inverse a pris trois mois ; Cobb attribue \u00e0 son propre \"Scotty\", Jim Wilhelmsen, le m\u00e9rite d'avoir trouv\u00e9 la solution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51881\" style=\"width: 2536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51881 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_2684-Edit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2536\" height=\"1691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_2684-Edit.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_2684-Edit-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_2684-Edit-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_2684-Edit-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_2684-Edit-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_2684-Edit-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2536px) 100vw, 2536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Cobb et Jim Wilhelmsen de DriveSaver avec l'ordinateur mort de Gene Roddenberry et une pile de disquettes qu'ils ont aid\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pour ne rien arranger, une trentaine de disques \u00e9taient endommag\u00e9s, avec de profondes entailles dans la surface magn\u00e9tique. Par chance, Cobb a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la plupart des dommages physiques \u00e9taient sur des parties vides des disques et il pense qu'environ 95 % des donn\u00e9es ont pu \u00eatre r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>Outre la recherche de l'expertise technique n\u00e9cessaire \u00e0 cette t\u00e2che, la succession souhaitait \u00e9galement b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d'une s\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e9lev\u00e9e, selon M. Cobb. Il n'\u00e9tait pas question de d\u00e9poser les 200 disques dans une bo\u00eete FedEx et de prier les dieux du transport pour qu'ils ne se perdent pas. Non, seuls de petits lots de disques ont \u00e9t\u00e9 distribu\u00e9s \u00e0 la fois, et chaque lot a \u00e9t\u00e9 livr\u00e9 en main propre aux installations s\u00e9curis\u00e9es de DriveSavers \u00e0 Novato \u00e0 partir de 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Une fois les donn\u00e9es r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9es par DriveSavers, il a fallu les convertir dans un format que le domaine pouvait ouvrir. Ce n'est pas comme si vous pouviez ins\u00e9rer un format de traitement de texte CP\/M des ann\u00e9es 1980 dans Microsoft Word, c'est pourquoi Cobb a personnellement converti chaque fichier en un fichier texte lisible.<\/p>\n<h2>La grande r\u00e9v\u00e9lation<\/h2>\n<p>Selon M. Cobb, si l'on exclut les fichiers du syst\u00e8me d'exploitation, ce sont environ 2 \u00e0 3 Mo de donn\u00e9es qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9s sur les 200 disquettes. Cette quantit\u00e9 peut sembler minuscule au regard des normes actuelles, mais dans les ann\u00e9es 1980, les fichiers de documents \u00e9taient petits. Les mots perdus de Roddenberry \u00e9taient consid\u00e9rables.<br \/>\nQu'y a-t-il sur les disques ? Des \u00e9pisodes perdus de Star Trek ? Le script secret d'une nouvelle s\u00e9rie ? Ou encore <em>Science populaire<\/em> once speculated, a patent for a transporter?<\/p>\n<p>Malheureusement, nous ne le savons pas.<\/p>\n<p>Cobb ne le dit pas. Bien entendu, lorsque DriverSavers est charg\u00e9 de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer des donn\u00e9es, il est \u00e9galement soumis \u00e0 des r\u00e8gles de confidentialit\u00e9. PCWorld a contact\u00e9 la succession Roddenberry, mais on lui a r\u00e9pondu qu'elle n'avait aucun commentaire \u00e0 faire sur les donn\u00e9es ou sur ses projets concernant les \u00e9crits r\u00e9cemment d\u00e9couverts de Gene Roddenberry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52565\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drivesavers-star-trek-recovery-2-100635508-large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drivesavers-star-trek-recovery-2-100635508-large.jpg 580w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drivesavers-star-trek-recovery-2-100635508-large-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Original article published by PCWorld. When Gene Roddenberry's computer died, it took with it the only method of accessing some 200 floppy disks of his unpublished work. Here's how this tech mystery was solved. While Gene Roddenberry is often associated with the Macintosh, he apparently did far more writing on this unknown-brand computer. 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