Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread Charles Mills
-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet I think the IP stands for Internal Plumbing. :-) Cheers, Martin -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread Scott Ford
Of Charles Mills >>> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 3:54 PM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet >>> >>> Here's a Friday topic if there ever was one. A friend who is clea

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread Martin Packer
/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Mike Schwab To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 09/15/2012 05:57 PM Subject: Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Or TCP/IP (Toilet Control Program / Internet Protocol). On Sat

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread zMan
inal Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Charles Mills > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 3:54 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attach

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread Charles Mills
: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:48:08 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >The response has been gratifying. > >My only regret is that it does not reference the USS (Universal Sanitary >System) feature. That must have been a follow-on

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread Mike Schwab
announcement. > > Charles > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 3:54 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread Paul Gilmartin
ge- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >Behalf Of Charles Mills >Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 3:54 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet > >Here's a Friday

Re: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-15 Thread Charles Mills
Mills Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 3:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet Here's a Friday topic if there ever was one. A friend who is cleaning out his place just sent me a scan of a purported IBM DPD press release (on

Phony IBM press release from 1980 for Mainframe-Attached Toilet

2012-09-14 Thread Charles Mills
Here's a Friday topic if there ever was one. A friend who is cleaning out his place just sent me a scan of a purported IBM DPD press release (on what appears to be genuine DPD letterhead) from 12/11/1980 announcing the model 3082 Attached Toilet. ("The 3082 is a multi-port, user-operated waste remo