9 Mar
1998
9 Mar
'98
9:17 a.m.
Daniel,
Does the system 34 use *" floppy disks? I don't know anything about S34
but I think I got a bunch of disks this weekend and I think some them are
original disks for the S 34.
Joe
I don't know about Daniel's machine but every System/34 I've ever seen
does. It takes them either singly or in "magazines" of ten diskettes.
I recommend that anyone with a S/34 tries to get hold of some of the
empty magazines - or even full ones.
AFAIK, IBM's idea was you kept yor software, backups etc. in magazines,
unless it was 3 disks or fewer. I imagine most people did what people
nowadays will be forced to do - keep the disks in conventional boxes and
load the magazines immediately before insertion into the S/34.
Philip
10 Mar
10 Mar
2:13 p.m.
Phillip,
Thanks for the info. I picked up a bunch of original IBM disks that I
think are for a S 34. I wonder if they're worth preserving or should I
just reformat tem for use in my machines?
Joe
At 03:17 PM 3/9/98 GMT, you wrote:
Daniel,
Does the system 34 use *" floppy disks? I don't know anything about S34
but I think I got a bunch of disks this weekend and I think some them are
original disks for the S 34.
Joe
I don't know about Daniel's machine but every System/34 I've ever seen
does. It takes them either singly or in "magazines" of ten diskettes.
I recommend that anyone with a S/34 tries to get hold of some of the
empty magazines - or even full ones.
AFAIK, IBM's idea was you kept yor software, backups etc. in magazines,
unless it was 3 disks or fewer. I imagine most people did what people
nowadays will be forced to do - keep the disks in conventional boxes and
load the magazines immediately before insertion into the S/34.
Philip
1:14 p.m.
[Format suspected S/34 disks?]
What's the labels say?
What are your machines using 8" disks?
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2:52 p.m.
At 11:14 AM 3/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
[Format suspected S/34 disks?]
What's the labels say?
I just posted a list of a *few* of them.
What are your machines using 8" disks?
2 Tandy 6000s and Intel MCS 80/85. I have some more 8" drives so I may
hang one on my Altair.
Joe
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2:24 p.m.
Thanks for the info. I picked up a bunch of
original IBM disks that I
think are for a S 34. I wonder if they're worth preserving or should I
just reformat tem for use in my machines?
By all means they are worth preserving. The S/3x family of machines were a
major player in the mini market in the 1970s and 80s (and now, if
the AS/400 is included).
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
4:33 p.m.
At 02:13 PM 3/10/98, you wrote:
Phillip,
Thanks for the info. I picked up a bunch of original IBM disks that I
think are for a S 34. I wonder if they're worth preserving or should I
just reformat tem for use in my machines?
If you want I'll trade you some new 8" diskettes for the S/34 diskettes. I
think I can still get the 8" "flippy" style that can be used as either 1
or
2D--otherwise I'm sure I can scrape together a box or two of IBM disks that
have already been archived. That way you have your disks, and I can dump
the S/34 stuff to a CD-ROM and add it to the archives. We never get any IBM
requests for the S/34 stuff anymore, but I'd still like to be able to make
it available to museums and collectors.
Thank you,
David Wollmann
dwollmann(a)ibmhelp.com
DST ibmhelp.com Technical Support
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11 Mar
11 Mar
7:23 a.m.
At 04:33 PM 3/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
At 02:13 PM 3/10/98, you wrote:
David,
That sounds like a good idea. But one question first. Do you make this
stuff freeely available or does your company charge for it?
Joe
Phillip,
Thanks for the info. I picked up a bunch of original IBM disks that I
think are for a S 34. I wonder if they're worth preserving or should I
just reformat tem for use in my machines?
If you want I'll trade you some new 8" diskettes for the S/34 diskettes. I
think I can still get the 8" "flippy" style that can be used as either 1
or
2D--otherwise I'm sure I can scrape together a box or two of IBM disks that
have already been archived. That way you have your disks, and I can dump
the S/34 stuff to a CD-ROM and add it to the archives. We never get any IBM
requests for the S/34 stuff anymore, but I'd still like to be able to make
it available to museums and collectors.
Thank you,
David Wollmann
dwollmann(a)ibmhelp.com
DST ibmhelp.com Technical Support
http://www.ibmhelp.com/
--
Support for legacy IBM products.
Data, document and file conversion for legacy
IBM file and media formats.
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