AT&T 3B2 300

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Sun Jun 13 15:45:19 1999

>
> On Fri, 4 Jun 1999 03:05:05 GMT, lemay_at_cs.umn.edu said:
> >Does anyone here have experience with AT&T 3B2 300 hardware/software?
> >I apparently have a pile of doc and software which is in complete disarray.
> >The software is all on 5.25" DSDD diskettes, and i'm not even sure if
> >i have what i need to format and reinstall an operating system. Does
> >anyone know what type of hard drives these computers support, or know
> >if the floppy drive can be upgraded to high density?
>
> This is going to be tricky. I have a 3B2/400 which seems to work, but
> I have never dared to do much with it because I do not have any software
> on tape or floppies at all, only what is on the hard disk. To install or
> maintain the system, you need a special 'system manager' floppy which has
> the needed formatter and other tools, and that even until the end of life
> of the systems was only available from AT&T direct for a stiff price.
> Even the tcp/ip communications software was an (expensive) option.
> I don't have it, my machine only has serial ports. BTW, you need special
> RJ45 to DB25 cables for the serial ports, do you have those?

Hmm, Apparently I would also need the 5 3B2 Core System floppy disks,
which I dont have.

This is what I have on floppys:

UNIX Writers Workbench
Ver 3.0 SVR 2 (4 floppy set)

Spell Utilities

3Bnet Utilities

Basic Networking Utilities

Inter-Process Communication Utilities

Terminal Filters Utilities

Documenters Workbench (4 disk set)

Line Printer Spooling Utilities

Unix Pascal Compiler

FORTRAN Programming Utilities (2 disk set)

C Programming Utilities (issue 3.1) (3 disk set)

Extended Software Generation Utilities (3 disk set)

Extended Software Generation Utilities (issue 3.1) (3 disk set)

The Unix System V utilities pack containing:

* Directory & File Management Utilities

* Terminal Information Utilities (2 disk set)

* System Administration Utilities

* User Environment Utilities

* Editing Utilities

* Help Utilities

* Security Administration Utilities


-Lawrence LeMay
 lemay_at_cs.umn.edu
Received on Sun Jun 13 1999 - 15:45:19 BST