Sold on eBay: Convergent Technologies S/50 a.k.a. Unix PC, AT&T 3B1 Unix Workstation

[AJ Palmgren]

Thank you for this, Todd!  I believe I can help here, on all fronts.  I
have several 3b1s, both complete and in varying stages of assembly.  I'd be
glad to be the comparison on the hardware for sure.  I can even donate
parts (and/or a whole 3b1) if appropriate, and would gladly do so to see
that much rarer S/50 get running.

And as far as the disks documentation, I believe I can, and would
definitely like to help there as well, thank you for being open to that.  I
believe that the Dave Dunfield ImageDisk ".imd" files are what bitsavers.org
prefers for 5.25" floppy archive files (Al, Bear, please feel free to
correct me here...).  I have a setup ready to go for that.

To keep from clogging this list with the logistical minutiae, I'll reply
from my Convergent MightyFrame-email address to you directly, and let's see
what we can work out.

Thanks again!

-AJ

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:31 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> wrote:

> Hi AJ,
>
> Thank you, I've been looking for 3b1s and 3b2s for a while.
>
> I plan to eventually be able to image the disks and scan the documentation.
>
> It will however take a while to get to that point.
>
> I'm open to loaning media and manuals to someone who can get that done
> quicker (I'm in southern NH.)
>
> I'm also happy to open up the machine and do what I can to help identify
> differences though I don't have a "regular" 3b1 to compare against myself
> (I'd love one and any 3b2s I could get my hands on as well.)
>
> You or anyone else should please feel free to stay in contact with me
> either on list or off.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Todd
>
> On 1/14/2018 9:05 PM, AJ Palmgren wrote:
>
> Todd, thanks so much for sharing, and I'm thrilled to know that a member
> of this community is where it's going.
>
> May I ask, what are your plans for archival of the included disks and
> manuals, if any?
>
> I'd also be quite curious to see if there are any internal circuit
> differences between that machine and a "regular AT&T 3b1.  If you ever open
> it up, I'd love to see/hear about that.
>
> I've put a fair amount of effort into preserving Convergent-branded OS and
> programs, particularly from this era, solely out of personal interest.
> Mostly for the MightyFrame, but my journey had to start with the AT&T UNIX
> PC first, as that had the larger "still available" user group for learning
> & support before I could revers-engineer how to get a MightyFrame to boot.
>
> Anyway, I would really love to see those software/manual sets be preserved
> in a bitsavers.org / archive.org fashion, and if there is anything that I
> might be able to do to assist in that effort, I'd love to volunteer.
>
> My site for preserving this area of Convergent software and equipment is
> at http://MightyFrame.com
>
> Please let me know how I might help, in any way.
>
> Thanks so much!
> -AJ
>
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 8:26 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi AJ (and list),
>>
>> I got that one.
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
>> On 1/13/2018 10:02 PM, AJ Palmgren via cctalk wrote:
>>
>>> I'm just wondering if anybody here did (or knows who) bought this one.
>>>
>>> http://ebay.to/2DaRr13
>>>
>>> Even though these were all manufactured by Convergent Technologies, this
>>> one is actually BRANDED by Convergent, as their model S/50.
>>>
>>> And there's software included here. I tried to buy myself, but just
>>> missed
>>> it.
>>>
>>> I'd really like to connect with the buyer here, to see if we can do a
>>> more
>>> expansive documentation project on this machine, as well as an archival
>>> of
>>> the software that was included.
>>>
>>> As far as I know, this is the only Convergent S/50 I've ever seen that
>>> has
>>> survived, especially with all the CONVERGENT software and manuals (vs the
>>> AT&T ones)!
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -AJ
>>> http://MightyFrame.com
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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>
> Thanks,
> AJ Palmgren
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Thanks,
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