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Article: 14322 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Columbia U Computing History - New stuff
Date: 22 May 2003 14:40:13 -0400
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In article <3ecd1437$1_3@news.iglou.com>,
Douglas H. Quebbeman <dougq@iglou.com> wrote:
: NORC is rather cool-looking though, with the glass cover panels
: for the racks... nice touch for those days!
:
Those photos were taken in the building where I work, still known as
Watson Lab, just a few feet from where I sit. Note, especially, the NY
Herald Tribute photo (looks best with browser maximized) in which the
engineer is standing inside the logic/control unit, velvet rope marking
off the walkway:
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/norc-herald.html
Not even HAL had a velvet rope.
- Frank