________________________________ ------------------SNIP-----------------, I think your friend watched too many James Bond movies, or was putting the wrong sugar tabs in his coffee. While many have waxed lyrical about the theory of doing this by reading the edges of a track, it has never been done successfully (at least in the public domain). Either that, or he was carrying a Scanning Tunneling Microscope around in his pocket.
Ron Ron: He was always truthful with me. So I have no reason not to believe him. BTW he also told me about the computer room deep underneath the White House that housed the IBM system(s). He told me they were using fiber optics for channels at least 10 years before they became generally available to us. Like I said he did not go into specifics on a lot of the recovery and I assumed it was "secret". I did ask a few questions and phrased them as what if's so as not to try and get into trouble. I do remember distinctly that IBM was really involved in attempting to get the data back and they did take the drives back to the labs (at least the ones that contained data). I do not remember if this was in CA or NY to be honest. Subsequently I lost track of him and did not reconnect until a reunion a few years back and I learned that his wife had passed away so that put a damper on the conversation for the evening. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
