Save The Wang

Project Status

This archive is being built from original Wang Professional Computer disks, manuals, binders, hardware, and recovery work. The initial focus is capturing fragile floppy media as flux images, documenting failures, and preserving the supporting paper records that explain how these systems were installed, operated, networked, and maintained.

142+ disk candidates

SCP flux images preserved

WPC systems restored

OIS materials recovered

Archive Areas

Software

Cataloging recovered Wang Professional Computer software, including system disks, utilities, language tools, communications software, WangNet-related disks, and application media.

Documentation

Preserving manuals, binders, installation notes, operating procedures, and technical references that provide context for the software and hardware.

Recovery Logs

Disk-by-disk notes covering imaging attempts, media condition, bad sectors, flux captures, rewritten test disks, and unusual recovery findings.

Hardware

Notes on Wang Professional Computer systems, cards, storage devices, floppy drives, hard disks, power supplies, and restoration procedures.

Why This Exists

Much of the surviving Wang Professional Computer ecosystem is scattered, undocumented, or locked away on aging magnetic media. Some disks still read. Some only partially read. Some fail mechanically or shed oxide after a single pass. Capturing them now preserves more than just files; it preserves evidence.

The goal is to keep both the successful recoveries and the failed attempts. Flux images, sector images, notes, labels, photographs, and manuals all matter. A damaged disk can still contain useful historical information.

Current Focus

Flux Imaging

Capturing original floppy disks using Greaseweazle-compatible workflows and preserving raw SCP files where possible.

WangNet Research

Investigating WangNet configuration tools, controller microcode, communications options, and related support disks.

OIS Preservation

Identifying and preserving Office Information System software, binders, procedures, and system context.

Media Triage

Prioritizing fragile disks, documenting media failures, and avoiding unnecessary rereads of deteriorating originals.

Availability

Public downloads will be added as material is verified, organized, and described. Large preservation files may be hosted separately from this website, with this site serving as the catalog, project log, and documentation index.