On Sun, 12 May 2002, Bob Lafleur wrote:
> At the end of the Spring 1982 semester, I spent a fair amount of time
> locating many source codes for all kinds of things – programs I had
> written, programs my friends had written, and a lot of things I probably
> wasn’t supposed to have access to. I made a list, and prepared to make a
> batch job to back it all up onto tape. My last night there, I submitted
> the job, and one of the last things I did before leaving campus that
> semester was go to the operator window to retrieve my backup tape. They
> had it there, with a big note on it “DO NOT RETURN”. It took a little
> coaxing, but I finally got them to give it to me. I’ve still got this
> tape, although I don’t know if it is readable, or how I could get the
> data off, or make use of it. I haven’t seen any Cyber 170 simulators,
> and don’t expect to find one anytime soon.
Screw the simulators. If you can make it over to Munich, Germany, John
Zabolitzky can load it on the Cyber 170 he's installing in an underground
parking garage ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 18:35:19 BST