Reply to post: Re: A reel of tape valued at £1M

A floppy filled with software worth thousands of francs: Techie can't take it, customs won't keep it. What to do?

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Joke

Re: A reel of tape valued at £1M

> It turned out that the lower three drawers of the center two cabinets were full of half inch mag tape. Half were labeled "Sperry", and the other half were labeled "Burroughs",

I was hoping for something more exciting! But it has reminded me back in 1987 or so when Sperry was looking to merge to save it from bankruptcy, we did have fun inventing new names for various possible megers: Sperry + Burroughs to become Spurroughs and Sperry + Univac to become Spunivac.

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