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Northgate Computer Systems Software Kit (DOS 4.01, Win 3.0, Northgate Slimline drivers & utilities)

retrotechrestoration

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(I've uploaded this system software collection to archive.org and winworldpc.com.)

This appears to be a complete "Software Kit" provided with Northgate Slimline 286 & 386 computers. It includes the following disks.

Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Mouse-Drivers-Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk1.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk2.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk3.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk4.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk5.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Disk1.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Disk2.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Disk3.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Install_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Select_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Shell_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems_Slimline-VGA_Drivers_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems_Slimline-VGA_Utility_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Utility_v1.2_Disk.img

I've also included photos of the disks and box as well as the bad sector maps as read by Greaseweazle. Most of the disks read between 96% and 99%.

https://archive.org/details/northga...ms-dos-4.01-windows-3.0-utilities-drivers.-7z

Northgate%20Software%20Kit-box1.jpg
 
I still have the disks, but after some discussion on the WinWorld PC forum I decided not to upload any incomplete images (which was most of them).

If you'd like I can try re-imaging them with the latest Greaseweazel software and post what I get here for you.
 
Oh no! I guess I somehow didn't read the part of your post "Most of the disks read between 96% and 99%."....

I recently picked up a working Slimline in great condition with zero disks, paperwork, etc.. So I was just poking around online for any material at all may exist out there. I personally think anything that can be documented would be awesome. Disk images, Photos of boxes, even scans of paperwork would be awesome!
 
atari52oo said:
Oh no! I guess I somehow didn't read the part of your post "Most of the disks read between 96% and 99%."....

I recently picked up a working Slimline in great condition with zero disks, paperwork, etc.. So I was just poking around online for any material at all may exist out there. I personally think anything that can be documented would be awesome. Disk images, Photos of boxes, even scans of paperwork would be awesome!
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No prob... I'll post what I have this weekend.
 
After trying a couple different drives and updating my imaging workflow I have been able to recover much more data from the disks than before. I'll be uploading the results to Archive.org soon. Is just the disk image files fine for you or would you like the individual files extracted to a browsable folder as well?
 
That's awesome news! Disk image files seem totally fine. Pictures or scans of the disks and labels would be a awesome too if doable.
 
Here's the link https://archive.org/details/northga...n-30-northgate-slimline-drivers-and-utilities

I can always update it later.

And the README...
This appears to be a complete "Software Kit" provided with Northgate Slimline 286 & 386 computers. It includes the following disks.

If anyone else has copies of these disks, please contact me so we can try to image them and fill in the missing data!

[Greaseweazle_SectorMaps-NorthgateSoftwareKit_Disks.txt]
A Greaseweazle track map report for each disk image.

[Complete_Disk_Images]
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk1.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk2.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk3.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk4.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Disk1.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Disk2.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Install_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Select_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Shell_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems_Slimline-VGA_Drivers_Disk.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems_Slimline-VGA_Utility_Disk.img

[Partial_Disk_Images]
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft_Mouse_Drivers_Disk-99_percent.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Microsoft-Windows_v3.0-Disk5_9-percent.img (extensive head crash damage)
Northgate_Computer_Systems-MS-DOS_v4.01-Disk3_95-percent.img
Northgate_Computer_Systems-Utility_v1.2_Disk-99_percent.img

[Disk Photos]
'Northgate Software Kit-all_disks1.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-all_disks2.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-box1.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-box2.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-box3.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-box4.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-box5.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-box6.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit-box7.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MicrosoftMouseDriversDisk.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-DOS 4.01_Disk1_5.25-360k.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-DOS 4.01_Disk2_5.25-360k.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-DOS 4.01_Disk3_5.25-360k.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-DOS 4.01_Install-Disk_5.25-360k.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-DOS 4.01_Select-Disk_5.25-360k.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-DOS 4.01_Shell-Disk_5.25-360k.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-Windows 3.0_Disk1of5_5.25-1.2M.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-Windows 3.0_Disk2of5_5.25-1.2M.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-Windows 3.0_Disk3of5_5.25-1.2M.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-Windows 3.0_Disk4of5_5.25-1.2M.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_MS-Windows 3.0_Disk5of5_5.25-1.2M.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_Slimline-VGAUtilityDisk-PlusWin286&AutocadDrivers.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_Slimline-VGAUtilityDriversDisk_Ver2.0.jpg'
'Northgate Software Kit_UtilityDisk_Ver_1.2.jpg'
 

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Just downloaded the archive and looked it over.
Fantastic archival pics!
I'll probably write a few of the images to disk and play around with them later in the week.

Thanks for your effort!
 
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