When Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry passed away in 1991, he left behind 200 5.25-inch floppy discs of unknown content, all locked through his custom-made word-processing software. A company called DriveSavers has finally managed to extract the data, but they haven’t revealed the disks’ content yet. What do you think…
Originally published by blastr. The late Star Trek creator left behind untold numbers of documents that may give us a glimpse into the workings of that show and perhaps more. According to The Wrap, the story begins sometime in the late ’60s, when Roddenberry wrote scripts for the original Star Trek…
Originally published by Me TV. It’s been nearly 25 years since the death of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, but he’s still coming out with new ideas. It was announced Monday that documents were recovered from almost 200 floppy disks owned by the late TV pioneer. Roddenberry started writing for the…
Originally published by Popular Mechanics. How an outdated operating system could have kept some Star Trek material from the public eye on the 50th anniversary of the show. Gene Roddenberry’s “lost” files have been restored again, just in time for the 50th anniversary of the show. But it wasn’t that they…
Originally published by Newster. (NEWSER) – A data recovery company has boldly gone where no man has gone before (or at least in 30 or so years): Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s extensive floppy disk collection. The Roddenberry estate handed over nearly 200 wildly outdated floppy disks to DriveSavers, hoping the…
Originally published by Boing Boing BBS. Several years after Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry died, his heirs found a cache of floppy disks. It’s taken until now, some 20 years later,for the data to be recovered. The reason it took so long is awe-inspiring: he made his own computers, only switching…
Originally published by CNET. Lost data—no, not the Star Trek character Data—has been found on floppy disks that belonged to Gene Roddenberry. Does this mean new adventures that take place in the final frontier? Leave it to Gene Roddenberry to give us Star Trek fans hope for more sci-fi adventures long…
Originally published by Cinema Blend. Fans of Star Trek: The Original Series recently had reason to bow their heads in mourning after George Clayton Johnson, writer of the very first episode of the show, passed away. But now there’s a reason for fans to cheer, as a virtual smorgas-Borg of creator Gene…
Originally published by The Wrap. Recovery comes just as 50th anniversary of “The Original Series” approaches. Documents written by “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry have been recovered from 200 floppy disks owned by the late TV writer and producer. DriveSavers and eDiscovery announced Monday that after months of work they…
Originally published by Spinoff Online/Comic Book Resources. When the creator of “Star Trek,” legendary writer and producer Gene Roddenberry passed away in 1991, the world mourned the loss of a great man. Roddenberry’s unique vision of the future made a lasting impact on television, film, and even technology. His assets passed to…
