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BY PAUL E. SCHINDLER, JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont '66, Benson High '70, MIT '74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

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CSN House Ad

Computer Systems News House Ad, May 5, 1979

Preserved and scanned by Paul Schindler

My first day at CMP was April 16, 1979. At the time CSN was published bi-weekly; the first issue after my arrival was April 23, the second was May 5. I do NOT know who the artist was that created this house ad, but most of us not only haven’t looked that good since, we didn’t look that good then.

Here's a preview. If you know the artist, let me know so I can give them credit.

Csn house ad full page_web version

If you want a printable copy, I have produced four versions, depending on what you can handle.

118mb www.schindler.org/csn/csn house ad 8by10 b.pdf
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225mb www.schindler.org/csn/csn house ad full page.pdf
89mb www.schindler.org/csn/csn house ad full page.png

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