[rescue] Did someone need a Tadpole N40 AIX hard drive image?

[Justin Haynes]

(non-profits were allowed to come peruse surplus)

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Justin Haynes <justin at justinhaynes.com>
wrote:

> I had mentioned having had access to several of those machines and sadly
> having lost them.
>
> I worked for University of Houston at the time and as property custodian
> of the department I worked in, I had access to the surplus barn where we
> could transfer inventory in and out of that barn.  This was in the early
> 2000s, during a time of UNIX machines being discarded in favor of windows
> machines.  Years earlier, IBM had unloaded 100+ of those N40 laptops to UH
> in what was published as a nice gift to the school, but I think they were
> basically unsalable.
>
> Later, Prepared Table Charter School (
> http://charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com/2010/05/prepared-table-charter-school.html)
> came and took all the extras.  I had checked mine back in, but had intended
> to purchase them if they went up for auction.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 1:54 AM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I seem to recall someone asking me for this from the list, but I can't
>> figure out who it was.
>> If you're still in need, I have an image for you!
>>
>> - Ian
>>
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>>    Ian Finder
>>    (206) 395-MIPS
>>    ian.finder at gmail.com
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