29 May
2016
29 May
'16
9:15 p.m.
Over the past six months or so, I've been selling install floppies for the
Xerox 8010 Star. I had no idea if I had a full set or not. I'd just put
together a set of as many unique floppies that I could find from my stash.
Then last week I was asked if I had a full set. This person then stated
that Al Kossow might or might not have a full set. In any case, it's not
on Bitsavers. Al expressed interest in a set that I offered a couple
months ago, but he never followed up on that. So, would someone please
confirm the existance of a full set of install floppy images for the Xerox
8010 Star somewhere?
The floppies I have left are these:
ViewPoint 1.1 (file check)
ViewPoint 1.1 (essential applications)
ViewPoint 1.1.6 Common Software
ViewPoint 1.1.2 Local RS232C Communications Access
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30 May
30 May
7:54 a.m.
there is not a full set. Bear and I are trying to put one together from what he got and
what exists from other sources
unfortunately, we didn't connect when you offered all of the ones you had in 2009, and
Bear didn't win all of
the auctions
the last four would be helpful, and they should go to Bear
On 5/29/16 9:15 PM, David Griffith wrote:
Over the past six months or so, I've been selling install floppies for the Xerox 8010
Star. I had no idea if I had a
full set or not. I'd just put together a set of as many unique floppies that I could
find from my stash. Then last week
I was asked if I had a full set. This person then stated that Al Kossow might or might
not have a full set. In any
case, it's not on Bitsavers. Al expressed interest in a set that I offered a couple
months ago, but he never followed
up on that. So, would someone please confirm the existance of a full set of install
floppy images for the Xerox 8010
Star somewhere?
The floppies I have left are these:
ViewPoint 1.1 (file check)
ViewPoint 1.1 (essential applications)
ViewPoint 1.1.6 Common Software
ViewPoint 1.1.2 Local RS232C Communications Access
9:42 a.m.
On 5/30/16 7:54 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
there is not a full set. Bear and I are trying to put
one together from what he got and
what exists from other sources
Specifically, if someone should come across this message in the future, as of May, 2016,
there is no generally
available full copy of 8010 Viewpoint versions 1 or 2.
Copies of the original Star OS 5.0 and 5.2 exist, as well as
copies of Viewpoint 1 and 2 for the 6085. It should be possible to reconstruct 8010
Viewpoint from the
6085 disks, if the 8010 unique parts of the OS (Pilot) can be found. Some of this may be
in the development
environment (XDE) disks for the 8010. I've sent some messages out to people who may
have copies, but I've
not heard anything back.
I think CHM was in the middle of moving everything offsite for the exhibit construction in
2009, so I had
my mind on dealing with that. Normally, I'm really careful in trying to reconstruct
the software history of
the D-machines.
12:18 p.m.
On May 29, 2016, at 9:15 PM, David Griffith wrote:
This person then stated that Al Kossow might or might
not have a full set. In any case, it's not on Bitsavers. Al expressed interest in a
set that I offered a couple months ago, but he never followed up on that. So, would
someone please confirm the existance of a full set of install floppy images for the Xerox
8010 Star somewhere?
I've been buying those lots on eBay as I've seen them come by. I sent Al copies of
them last week, or possibly the week before (the days run together). I'm not sure
whether they constitute a full set of anything, either, but I assume Al will let me know.
ViewPoint 1.1 (file check)
Of the four you listed, this one I don't have.
ok
bear.
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