16 Jan
2018
16 Jan
'18
10 p.m.
Thank you for this, Todd! I believe I can help here, on all fronts. I
have several 3b1s, both complete and in varying stages of assembly. I'd be
glad to be the comparison on the hardware for sure. I can even donate
parts (and/or a whole 3b1) if appropriate, and would gladly do so to see
that much rarer S/50 get running.
And as far as the disks documentation, I believe I can, and would
definitely like to help there as well, thank you for being open to that. I
believe that the Dave Dunfield ImageDisk ".imd" files are what bitsavers.org
prefers for 5.25" floppy archive files (Al, Bear, please feel free to
correct me here...). I have a setup ready to go for that.
To keep from clogging this list with the logistical minutiae, I'll reply
from my Convergent MightyFrame-email address to you
directly, and let's see
what we can work out.
Thanks again!
-AJ
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:31 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> wrote:
Hi AJ,
Thank you, I've been looking for 3b1s and 3b2s for a while.
I plan to eventually be able to image the disks and scan the documentation.
It will however take a while to get to that point.
I'm open to loaning media and manuals to someone who can get that done
quicker (I'm in southern NH.)
I'm also happy to open up the machine and do what I can to help identify
differences though I don't have a "regular" 3b1 to compare against myself
(I'd love one and any 3b2s I could get my hands on as well.)
You or anyone else should please feel free to stay in contact with me
either on list or off.
Thank you!
Todd
On 1/14/2018 9:05 PM, AJ Palmgren wrote:
Todd, thanks so much for sharing, and I'm thrilled to know that a member
of this community is where it's going.
May I ask, what are your plans for archival of the included disks and
manuals, if any?
I'd also be quite curious to see if there are any internal circuit
differences between that machine and a "regular AT&T 3b1. If you ever open
it up, I'd love to see/hear about that.
I've put a fair amount of effort into preserving Convergent-branded OS and
programs, particularly from this era, solely out of personal interest.
Mostly for the MightyFrame, but my journey had to start with the AT&T UNIX
PC first, as that had the larger "still available" user group for learning
& support before I could revers-engineer how to get a MightyFrame to boot.
Anyway, I would really love to see those software/manual sets be preserved
in a bitsavers.org / archive.org fashion, and if there is anything that I
might be able to do to assist in that effort, I'd love to volunteer.
My site for preserving this area of Convergent software and equipment is
at http://MightyFrame.com
Please let me know how I might help, in any way.
Thanks so much!
-AJ
On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 8:26 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> wrote:
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Thanks,
AJ Palmgren
http://fb.me/SelmaTrainWreck
http://SelmaTrainWreck.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010931314283
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-palmgren-4a085516/
Hi AJ (and list),
I got that one.
Todd
On 1/13/2018 10:02 PM, AJ Palmgren via cctalk wrote:
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Thanks,
AJ Palmgren
http://fb.me/SelmaTrainWreck
http://SelmaTrainWreck.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010931314283
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-palmgren-4a085516/
I'm just wondering if anybody here did (or
knows who) bought this one.
http://ebay.to/2DaRr13
Even though these were all manufactured by Convergent Technologies, this
one is actually BRANDED by Convergent, as their model S/50.
And there's software included here. I tried to buy myself, but just
missed
it.
I'd really like to connect with the buyer here, to see if we can do a
more
expansive documentation project on this machine, as well as an archival
of
the software that was included.
As far as I know, this is the only Convergent S/50 I've ever seen that
has
survived, especially with all the CONVERGENT software and manuals (vs the
AT&T ones)!
Thanks!
-AJ
http://MightyFrame.com