21 Sep
2012
21 Sep
'12
1:46 a.m.
Hey all --
(Here's hoping this makes it to the list, my last couple of mails appear
to have disappeared into the nothing...)
I was fortunate to come into possession of a very complete Sun-2/120
workstation last week. (Complete enough that it came in the original
boxes and included amongst other things a bottle of tape head cleaner
with a Sun P/N on it...)
Included with the system are maybe 8 feet of manuals and other ephemera,
I haven't done an extensive inventory but it seems to cover SunOS 1.0
through 3.0, some hardware documentation, and I have other assorted
goodies like the first few issues of the Sun User Group "README"
newsletter, sales pamphlets, sales invoices and correspondence between
the buyer and Sun.
I haven't found any digital archives of this stuff (but perhaps I've
been looking in the wrong places). Is any of it of particular interest
w.r.t. archiving? (Anyone with a bulk scanning setup willing to take it
on?)
- Josh
21 Sep
21 Sep
2:24 a.m.
On 21/09/12 06:46, Josh Dersch wrote:
Hey all --
(Here's hoping this makes it to the list, my last couple of mails
appear to have disappeared into the nothing...)
I was fortunate to come into possession of a very complete Sun-2/120
workstation last week. (Complete enough that it came in the original
boxes and included amongst other things a bottle of tape head cleaner
with a Sun P/N on it...)
Included with the system are maybe 8 feet of manuals and other
ephemera, I haven't done an extensive inventory but it seems to cover
SunOS 1.0 through 3.0, some hardware documentation, and I have other
assorted goodies like the first few issues of the Sun User Group
"README" newsletter, sales pamphlets, sales invoices and
correspondence between the buyer and Sun.
I haven't found any digital archives of this stuff (but perhaps I've
been looking in the wrong places). Is any of it of particular
interest w.r.t. archiving? (Anyone with a bulk scanning setup willing
to take it on?)
- Josh
Where in the world are you Josh?
2:57 a.m.
My scanner is not a great thing, but it has a decent paper feeder.
I don't have interest in take possession of these manuals (for space
reasons), but I could get some of them to scan and return to the
owner.
Assuming that they are in binders, of course. I'm constructing an
artisan scanner based in my Smarthpone for traditional book scanning,
but I'm going slow with it.
And having in mind that I live in Europe.
SPc.
2012/9/21 Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com>:
Hey all --
(Here's hoping this makes it to the list, my last couple of mails appear to
have disappeared into the nothing...)
I was fortunate to come into possession of a very complete Sun-2/120
workstation last week. (Complete enough that it came in the original boxes
and included amongst other things a bottle of tape head cleaner with a Sun
P/N on it...)
Included with the system are maybe 8 feet of manuals and other ephemera, I
haven't done an extensive inventory but it seems to cover SunOS 1.0 through
3.0, some hardware documentation, and I have other assorted goodies like the
first few issues of the Sun User Group "README" newsletter, sales pamphlets,
sales invoices and correspondence between the buyer and Sun.
I haven't found any digital archives of this stuff (but perhaps I've been
looking in the wrong places). Is any of it of particular interest w.r.t.
archiving? (Anyone with a bulk scanning setup willing to take it on?)
- Josh
6:30 a.m.
fre 2012-09-21 klockan 08:57 +0200 skrev SPC:
My scanner is not a great thing, but it has a decent
paper feeder.
I don't have interest in take possession of these manuals (for space
reasons), but I could get some of them to scan and return to the
owner.
Assuming that they are in binders, of course. I'm constructing an
artisan scanner based in my Smarthpone for traditional book scanning,
but I'm going slow with it.
And having in mind that I live in Europe.
SPc.
I have a rather complete mid-to-late 80s manual setup for the 2/120.
I'm in Sweden so it is possible to distribute the scan work if someone
with a scanner and who lives in Scandinavia is prepared to assist (no
i don't have an suitable scanner...)
ps
but then i think about it, i do have access to a semi-suitable scanner
(one of the Ricoh workgroup copy/and scan setups.)
ds
7:56 a.m.
Better option than mine. I live in Spain :-)
SPc
2012/9/21 Stefan Skoglund <stefan.skoglund at agj.net>:
I have a rather complete mid-to-late 80s manual setup for the 2/120.
I'm in Sweden so it is possible to distribute the scan work if someone
with a scanner and who lives in Scandinavia is prepared to assist (no
i don't have an suitable scanner...)
11:54 a.m.
On 9/20/12 10:46 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
I haven't found any digital archives of this stuff
I have most of the 3.0 -> 4.1.2 manuals and 1.1 scanned but not on line.
Doesn't look like I have anything on 2.0
Did you get the distribution tapes? 1.x -> 2.x is difficult to find and if
the are cartridges, are probably sticky.
1:13 p.m.
On 9/21/2012 8:54 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 9/20/12 10:46 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
I did get tapes, I have complete sets for 1.0, 1.1, 1.4U, 2.0, 2.3U,
3.0, 3.2 and 3.4U on QIC tape. I haven't attempted to read them since I
figured they're pretty fragile (and at the moment I don't have anything
capable of doing so anyway.) I've found archives of 2.0 and later on
the 'net, has anything earlier been archived?
A kind gentleman nearby (Seattle area) has offered his services to scan
some of this documentation, I'll see what I have that you haven't
already covered. (And thanks to everyone else who's offered help!)
- Josh
I haven't found any digital archives of this
stuff
I have most of the 3.0 -> 4.1.2 manuals and 1.1 scanned but not on line.
Doesn't look like I have anything on 2.0
Did you get the distribution tapes? 1.x -> 2.x is difficult to find
and if
the are cartridges, are probably sticky.
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