On 3/31/2019 4:08 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: William Donzelli > > > It is very likely IBM does not have the information anymore - at least > > not in the archives. ... they simply did not keep much from that era. > > It was probably disposed of back when IBM was in trouble 30 years ago. > > Which emphasizes that it's important to make the point to IBM that we > wouldn't be asking for IBM to supply the information; rather, this is about > being able to reproduce info that IBM itself may no longer have. >
Been there, done that. Came to a dead end after about a year of emails and even a phone call or two. > Is anyone up for tackling IBM? If so, and we need support, I can ask my > Master, Jerry Saltzer, if anyone he knew at IBM is still there - he used to > have a lot of influence inside IBM (he's the person who got FS killed, I was > informed). But that was a long time ago... > > > From: Jay Jaeger > > > I suspect, but do not know of course, that the reasons that the owners > > would not part with their copies was ... concern over their value > > becoming diminished by having scanned copies around. > > One easy way to test that is to have Al ask the person with the ALD's if > they'd be OK with having that stuff scanned if we got an OK from IBM. > > Noel > Based on my experience, they will not ever give such an OK.
