November 19, 2013

Re: Convergent Technologies Mightyframe anyone?

It seems that the most recent conversation about this system is found here:  
http://bit.ly/1i8DTiY


I am hoping to get in contact with Larry Marsden, who back in 2012 said that he had "boxes of old Convergent tapes in my basement from a Cdn support centre".  That would be really helpful for our project:   
http://bit.ly/1mGcpl7 or http://bit.ly/1mVBfQU



There are older conversations that I found when searching on mightyframe: 
http://bit.ly/1gao9uo

And similary on miniframe:   http://bit.ly/1dS8sJ0


There seem to be more recent discussions on the OS, CTIX, found here:  

http://bit.ly/JVZa2R


AND, it appears that there may be a popular alternate spelling:   Mitiframe
http://bit.ly/1jeBQxi


Other than that, it seems that all of the related recent discussion on vintage-computer.com were initiated by us (firebirdta84):  http://bit.ly/1gLE0ny


Tom Trebisky dedicates a page to the MiniFrame:
http://cholla.mmto.org/computers/miniframe/index.html

And here is the only pictures I can find of a MiniFrame.  How's your German?
http://niki.hammler.info/wiki/Convergent_Systems_MiniFrame
Now in English: http://bit.ly/K9DkJw
And it contains a "review" of this machine from November 14, 1986:  http://bit.ly/1cIHu5b

This page links to a conversation I don't quite understand, but with better pictures.  Is that a floppy drive I see?
http://www.stiftingtal.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1036
Now in English:  http://bit.ly/2bkrHRp

An interesting "paper" that R. D. Davis published on the MiniFrame back in 1996, with some tidbits about the MightyFrame, is here:
http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/convergent/miniframe/miniframe-v0.003.faq

Computerworld March 10, 1986, page 39:
"Convergent's Mightyframe/JWS, Aida's CAE workstation debut"
http://bit.ly/1zgvW4K

Then there's articles that may or may not add value:
Data Processing - Volume 28, Issue 2, March 1986, Pages 107 (or is it page #107 only?)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0011684X86901231