IBM Engineers

From: David V. Corbin <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
Date: Wed Apr 7 20:19:29 2004

I will agree wholeheartedly.....

No if I could only get in-touch with some of the "greats" from those
days...David Hill, Arlan Leeds, Ralph Stammerjohn.

If anyony on the list has any contact informtion...please forward my
interest to them.

David V. Corbin
Formerly of ILC Data Device Corp, Bohemia, NY.

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
>>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jim Arnott
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:06 PM
>>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>>> Subject: Re: IBM Engineers
>>>
>>> I'll second that. Eighties were the heyday of DEC service.
>>> I was the keeper of a small Dec-net(work) that had an 11/44
>>> as the boss hog. It was, IIRC, the first field install of
>>> RSX-11M+. There were a few s/w problems. DEC didn't
>>> hesitate to send an engineering team out from Maynard (to
>>> San Diego). Wrote the necessary patches sitting in my office.
>>>
>>> The FSE (Roy) that looked after the systems never (I
>>> repeat, NEVER) showed up without the proper parts,
>>> diagnostics and knowledge to fix the problem. (How did he
>>> know to have a spare HDA for that dead RA-80?)
>>>
>>> To all the (real) DEC employees on the list, THANK YOU! You
>>> built a great product and took care of your customers.
>>>
>>> Jim Arnott
>>> 78-94 GD/C San Diego
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, Apr 7, 2004, at 16:47 US/Pacific, Antonio
>>> Carlini wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > The DEC FS people who used to service the VAX-11/750
>>> (this is late
>>> > 80s, early 90s) and the associated RA60 were actually pretty good.
>>>
Received on Wed Apr 07 2004 - 20:19:29 BST