30 Jul
2012
30 Jul
'12
1:41 p.m.
On Jul 30, 2012, at 3:57 PM, JP Hindin wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012, Mike Loewen wrote:
A quick Google search for "7090 core oil" turned up the following:
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-ibm-stretch.html
Knowing the TLAs I know, I assumed ADM stood for "Archer Daniels Midland",
an agricultural products company. It's not entirely out of the question
in my mind that they might have dealt in whale oil at one time, but I
have no idea if it is them or not. It's a very useful material, though it
comes at a great environmental cost. I hear it can give rosewood a very
nice sheen if applied liberally.
-Dave
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012, William Donzelli wrote:
I must be a bit late coming to this... what's core oil? What would ADMs
want with 'whale oil'?
I can't work out if this is a joke, or not. There's just enough esoterica
in vintage computers that I'm not positive. On a related note, a friend of mine found in his
collection a full
sealed can of whale oil, from ADM, no less. We are not sure what to do
with it.
Look for a squeaky whale?