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    From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 19 16:22:28 2021
    Just found a 5 1/4" floppy marked "Rats". Probably from a B20.

    I'll see if Al Kossow has a drive that can read it for preservation.

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  • From Paul Kimpel@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 19 11:32:45 2021
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    Subject: Rats
    From: [email protected] (Scott Lurndal)
    To:
    Date: Fri Feb 19 2021 08:22:28 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

    Just found a 5 1/4" floppy marked "Rats". Probably from a B20.

    I'll see if Al Kossow has a drive that can read it for preservation.


    I have a bunch of B20 equipment (which I'd like to get rid of). None of
    it's been used in at least 20 years, but I'm sure there are 5.25" drives
    that can be made to work, and maybe even a system that will boot up. I'm
    in San Diego.

    Paul

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  • From Stephen Fuld@21:1/5 to Paul Kimpel on Fri Feb 19 11:57:31 2021
    On 2/19/2021 11:32 AM, Paul Kimpel wrote:
    -------- Original Message  --------
    Subject: Rats
    From: [email protected] (Scott Lurndal)
    To:
    Date: Fri Feb 19 2021 08:22:28 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

    Just found a 5 1/4" floppy marked "Rats".   Probably from a B20.

    I'll see if Al Kossow has a drive that can read it for preservation.


    I have a bunch of B20 equipment (which I'd like to get rid of). None of
    it's been used in at least 20 years, but I'm sure there are 5.25" drives
    that can be made to work, and maybe even a system that will boot up. I'm
    in San Diego.

    You might want to contact the Computer History Museum to see if they
    want it as a donation. That way, you even might get a tax deduction.

    https://computerhistory.org/

    BTW, it is in Mountain View, just off the 101. It is a great place to
    visit (of course, once they reopen).



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    - Stephen Fuld
    (e-mail address disguised to prevent spam)

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  • From Paul Kimpel@21:1/5 to Stephen Fuld on Sat Feb 20 09:46:58 2021
    On 2/19/2021 11:57 AM, Stephen Fuld wrote:
    On 2/19/2021 11:32 AM, Paul Kimpel wrote:
    -------- Original Message  --------
    Subject: Rats
    From: [email protected] (Scott Lurndal)
    To:
    Date: Fri Feb 19 2021 08:22:28 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

    Just found a 5 1/4" floppy marked "Rats".   Probably from a B20.

    I'll see if Al Kossow has a drive that can read it for preservation.


    I have a bunch of B20 equipment (which I'd like to get rid of). None
    of it's been used in at least 20 years, but I'm sure there are 5.25"
    drives that can be made to work, and maybe even a system that will
    boot up. I'm in San Diego.

    You might want to contact the Computer History Museum to see if they
    want it as a donation.  That way, you even might get a tax deduction.

    https://computerhistory.org/

    BTW, it is in Mountain View, just off the 101.  It is a great place to
    visit (of course, once they reopen).



    Thanks. I've already talked to CHM. They have quite a bit of B20 and CT
    stuff, and are interested only in unusual items they don't already have,
    like say, graphics slices.

    Paul

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  • From Convergent MightyFrame@21:1/5 to Paul Kimpel on Mon Mar 1 00:28:38 2021
    On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 1:32:47 PM UTC-6, Paul Kimpel wrote:
    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: Rats
    From: [email protected] (Scott Lurndal)
    To:
    Date: Fri Feb 19 2021 08:22:28 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

    Just found a 5 1/4" floppy marked "Rats". Probably from a B20.

    I'll see if Al Kossow has a drive that can read it for preservation.

    I have a bunch of B20 equipment (which I'd like to get rid of). None of
    it's been used in at least 20 years, but I'm sure there are 5.25" drives that can be made to work, and maybe even a system that will boot up. I'm
    in San Diego.

    Paul

    Paul, thanks for your generous offer. While CHM is a logical home for this, it is true that they already have items such as this. BUT, they don't usually bring them back to life, as I am doing, shown by my recent work resurrecting Convergent AWS Turbo
    machines (equivalent to your B20) on my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/e88v-mD841A
    and convergentaws websites http://convergentaws.com and https://convergentaws.blogspot.com

    I'd like to offer to be a good home for your hardware. Can you please contact me via email? I can be reached here,

    https://convergentaws.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

    and thank you!

    Also, Scott, I can easily image your disk of RATS , and would love to do so! You've no doubt seen my previous posts hunting for earlier B20/AWS (pre NGEN) versions of RATS

    Thank you both!

    Best,
    AJ

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