Convergent Technologies Wall-MiniFrame boots...as two separate machines! @ForgottenMachines
Convergent Technologies Wall-MiniFrame boots...as two separate machines!  @ForgottenMachines
Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
See youtube.com/watch?v=A5UaKWK-WKQ : Scott Baker's video series showing the overview and restoration of the "Egyptian MiniFrame" I demonstrate booting at 18:39

Here you can see close-up pictures of all MiniFrame boards that I have mounted on this slab of plywood for demonstration: mightyframe.blogspot.com/2019/06/miniframe-parts-found.html

0:00 Intro
0:13 Status LED Orientation
0:35 MiniFrame Hardware Manual
2:02 Boot and Loader LED Status Code table
2:35 David Gesswein MFM Reader/Emulator
2:48 Motorola 6300 Overview
3:45 Status LED Orientation again
3:53 Terminal Connection
4:34 Terminal Emulation Setup - PuTTY
7:21 MightyFrame Console output for comparison
9:15 MiniFrame Boot Start on Motorola 6300 hard drive image
11:19 Login Successful
18:39 Hard Drive Image setup for the Egyptian MiniFrame
20:37 Login Successful
21:37 Bad Block Table?
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Convergent Technologies "Wall-MiniFrame" boots...as two separate machines!

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