9 Apr
2001
9 Apr
'01
7:52 a.m.
On reflection, maybe "crummy" doesn't sound quite right. The archivist was
very helpful, but they simply didn't keep the docs.
-- Tony
At 07:19 AM 4/9/2001 -0400, you wrote:
Sellam -
I picked up the 1131 (minus keyboard and power supply) from Cornell in
February of 1999. IIRC, it had been sitting outside a math professor's
office for several years. I haven't done anything with the system since I
received it (kind of a _long_ term project), though I did get in touch
with a manager at IBM's corporate archives and confirmed that they don't
have much in the way of documentation for the system -- no prints or
maintenance guide.
I guess DEC/CPQ's not the only company to do a crummy job of maintaining
their history, though that doesn't really make me feel better...
-- Tony
At 08:13 AM 4/8/2001 -0700, you wrote:
On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, William Donzelli wrote:
Without searchable archives (and any reasonable reference to look for) it
would take an act of Jehova to find what you're speaking of.
I guess I understand if you just don't want to talk about it :?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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Look in the archives, if they still exist. Must be almost two years ago,
maybe more.