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 announcement.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 3:54 PM To: [email protected] 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 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 removal system with continuous roll forms ... featuring NCP (Network Commode Protocol).") It's a PDF of a medium quality scan, about 500K. If anyone wants a copy send me a private note: charlesm at mcn dot org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
