12 Jul
1997
12 Jul
'97
5:43 a.m.
On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Ray Stricklin wrote:
I got actual hard drive modules so I'm curious as to what's stored on them.
Also saw and
picked up this Convergent computer thingy. Pretty cool. It
has modules that plug together. One is the PROCESSOR module, then
there's the EXPANSION DISK module. The boxes which make up this
Yep. I just picked up one of these systems myself, last weekend. I'm still
a bit baffled as to what can be done with it, but I have boxes of software
and manuals yet to work through. Bill Giurnius <thedm(a)somewhere.I.forget>
has been helping me out; between the three of us we can probably end up
somewhere useful. When you go back for the processor module, see if
they've got an extra
power supply lying about; I'm still one short. (:
There were two at the thrift shop I frequent but those went with the
terminals they belonged to. If I'd only known I was going to run into
this thing...
I'll see how many power supplies they got. I only saw the one, and I
left it there as well! I'll be going back next weekend.
I thought this was a pretty mundane box. Glad I got it. Seems real neat.
Sam
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