Title: Trip Report FPS DIS MTU Cast of characters FPS USA personnel: Robert Wallace, Hero Dan Gorton, Field Support Engineer Dave Borer, S/W Applications Engineer
Germany Trip Report, June 1982
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From the personal collection
Author: Bob
Israel – Trip report from 1983
Preface: This took place in December 1983. I had just turned 32. Chapter 1 And the saints…. It started as a normal day, as normal as can be for a computer jock. I was lounging at my desk idly pondering the raindrops which glistened in the early morning light on the window. My feet were …
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