[cctalk] Re: DEC Processor Books

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Mar 17, 2024, at 12:35 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 10:12 AM Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/17/24 09:13, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have often wondered about the people we find in the various
>>> DEC Processor (and other) books.  Were they models in staged
>>> photo-sessions or were these candid shots from DEC facilities
>>> and if so, can anyone identify who they might be.
>> 
>> I know that a guy I used to work for, who later hired on at
>> DEC, was on a cover of one of the DEC publications.  Yes,
>> the photos were certainly stages shots, but at least one
>> person was not a hired model.
> 
> That matches what a DEC FE told me, at least about the VAX version: the
> people were just DEC employees that caught somebody's eye when they were
> planning the shots. Don't think they got extra modeling fees..

I wouldn't expect modeling fees, given the wording of the standard employee 
agreement.

        paul