A wealth of misinformation

[Simon Fryer]

All,

On 03/07/07, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170127828046
>
> After reading this, I wondered if the seller had any idea at all
> of what he actually had.
>
> It's too bad most people won't recognize the plastic ends on the
> patchboard wires place this at bit later (like 50 years) in time
> than seems to be implied by the listing.

There are a surprisingly large number of links on that page to
www.columbia.edu, and I don't see a single reference to the source.
Plagiarism I guess.

Simon

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