Started up the S/34 - It runs.

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Tue Mar 10 14:13:27 1998

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
>
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 14:13:27 GMT