No Scott, I don't have a copy hidden away.  

Thanks for the compliment on ACF2.

Barry

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 6:50:45 AM UTC-6, scott wrote:
> Mr. Schrager,
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> You wouldn't happen to have kept a copy of ACF2 from back in the MVS/370 
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> days would you?  Thank you for a great product!
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> 
> 
> With respect,
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> 
> 
> Scott Vetter
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> [email protected]
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> On 04/09/2013 07:34 AM, Barry Schrager wrote:
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> > Sam,
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> >
> 
> > Thank you for keeping this going.
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> >
> 
> > A little history, the CBT Tape (Connecticut Bank and Trust) was originated 
> > by Arnold Casinghino of CBT as part of the SHARE MVS Group's push to 
> > exchange software that we were all writing.  People would submit updates to 
> > Arnold and he would incorporate them into the tape and then people would 
> > send him blank tapes and he would fill them and send them back.  We owe a 
> > lot to Arnie for his work on this.
> 
> >
> 
> > I'm trying to remember the dates -- but, I was asked to form the MVS Group 
> > in, I think, 1976 and left SHARE in 1978 when I started SKK and developed 
> > ACF2, so this would have had to take place in 1976 or 1977.  At that point 
> > in time, SHARE did not allow any vendors other than IBM, so I could not 
> > continue to participate in that great mainframe organization.
> 
> >
> 
> > Anyway, thanks to Sam and Arnie for providing this valuable service.
> 
> >
> 
> > Barry Schrager
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> >
> 
> > On Sunday, April 7, 2013 12:14:02 PM UTC-6, Sam Golob wrote:
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> >> Hi Folks,
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>      A new version of the CBT Tape, Version 486, has been cut.  The
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> >>
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> >> www.cbttape.org website has been updated to reflect this (hopefully in
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> >>
> 
> >> all the right places).  Thank you for your continued support.
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>      All the best of everything to all of you.
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> Sincerely,    Sam
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> >>
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