27 Nov
2004
27 Nov
'04
6:57 a.m.
Something blue and white and it says Data General on the front. If it
says MV it would be even nicer.
Does anyone see these anymore? My brother was one of the developers of
AOS/VS and I would really like to restore one.
29 Nov
29 Nov
1:29 a.m.
On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 12:57:24PM -0500, james wrote:
Something blue and white and it says Data General on
the front. If it
says MV it would be even nicer.
Does anyone see these anymore? My brother was one of the developers of
AOS/VS and I would really like to restore one.
They do exist. I picked up an MV2500 about 4 years ago from a University that
had it standing in storage. A couple of the hard drives refused to run;
fortunately the OS drive was still operational.
I guess I should try and copy the drive data onto a spare disk in case it
decides to fail, unless anyone knows where I can get some AOS/VS media from?
Dan
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Save energy: be apathetic.
2:38 a.m.
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 07:29, Dan Kolb wrote:
On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 12:57:24PM -0500, james
wrote:
My brother died about 10 years ago from a heart attack. Unfortunately I
was living in the other end of the country and couldn't rescue his
material. He had hundreds of tapes and manuals, including his
documentation of source code for AOS/VS.
I've been kicking myself since.
Something blue and white and it says Data General
on the front. If it
says MV it would be even nicer.
Does anyone see these anymore? My brother was one of the developers of
AOS/VS and I would really like to restore one.
They do exist. I picked up an MV2500 about 4 years ago from a University that
had it standing in storage. A couple of the hard drives refused to run;
fortunately the OS drive was still operational.
I guess I should try and copy the drive data onto a spare disk in case it
decides to fail, unless anyone knows where I can get some AOS/VS media from? 
4:48 a.m.
G'day James -
I tried to contact you off-list yesterday concerning our Data General
preservation efforts and how we might be able to help you. Please let me
know if you did not receive my e.mail...
Bruce
bkr(a)WildHareComputers.com
...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.com
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From: "james" <james(a)jdfogg.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: Santa, for Christmas I would like
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 07:29, Dan Kolb wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 12:57:24PM -0500, james wrote:
> > Something blue and white and it says Data General on the front. If it
> > says MV it would be even nicer.
> >
> > Does anyone see these anymore? My brother was one of the developers of
> > AOS/VS and I would really like to restore one.
>
> They do exist. I picked up an MV2500 about 4 years ago from a University
that
> had it standing in storage. A couple of the hard
drives refused to run;
> fortunately the OS drive was still operational.
>
> I guess I should try and copy the drive data onto a spare disk in case
it
> decides to fail, unless anyone knows where I can
get some AOS/VS media
from?
My brother died about 10 years ago from a heart attack. Unfortunately I
was living in the other end of the country and couldn't rescue his
material. He had hundreds of tapes and manuals, including his
documentation of source code for AOS/VS.
I've been kicking myself since.
5:36 a.m.
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 10:48, Bruce Ray wrote:
G'day James -
I tried to contact you off-list yesterday concerning our Data General
preservation efforts and how we might be able to help you. Please let me
know if you did not receive my e.mail...
Bruce
No, I don't believe I did get your email. Can you resend?
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