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  1. The Great 3B2/600-G Restoration

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    Tape Drive
    The 3B2/600 only knows the Wangtek 5125ES SCSI tape drive, and mine is getting flaky. It doesn't want to write tapes any more. So...
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    man pages!
    Thanks to a friend from the Rescue List, I've got some man pages. These are from the CLIX Operating System, a SVR3 derivative that...
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    UPS
    I've always had the 3B2 plugged into a decent surge suppressor, but I was still feeling uncomfortable, so today I purchased some...
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    Weekend Status 3/13/2011
    Mostly software work this weekend. Got a man(1) command working. This one will format pages with nroff if necessary, and then...
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    C Compiler and Building Software
    I've been having major problems compiling old software packages on my 3B2. Some things compile fine, others don't. I thought the...
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    Weekend Status 3/6/2011
    After a lot of hassle this weekend, I finally got the ethernet and tcp/ip working. The process was painful and involved rebuilding...
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    Weekend Status 2/27/2011
    I spent a good part of today completely rebuilding the Conner 1.05GB drive and reinstalling all the software. This time I...
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    Weekend Status
    After a lot of frustration, I finally switched out the floppy drive on my /600 with the one from my /400, and now it all works as...
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    More Good Progress
    This week I've been able to get the tape drive going, make a new boot tape on a DC150 tape, install several AT&T packages, and...
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    Weekend Status
    I didn't get everything I wanted to done this weekend. I was able to reformat the 1.05GB disk drive and put /, /usr/, /home, and...