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r/techsupport • … • u/Marinenukem

Help restoring a 1981 Novell Data Systems Computer

I recently acquired a 1981 Novell Data Systems computer and am in the process of getting it up and running. From what I can tell the monitor and the "tower" both work, but I don't have any boot drive to work with. It takes floppies, and since this is 2024, I don't have any at home, or even a floppy disk reader. Some friends have told me I should try to run Linux on it, but I'd love to have it running its original OS. However, resources about this thing online are very limited, and I have no idea where I would find a copy of the original OS. Does anybody know anything about this computer that could help, or even just anything at all. I know very little about this era of computers and would love to learn more.

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