Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/28c7/50cf94fd-31a5-424d-bbb1-9e44013b28c7/CampusToursArchives_100_ch9.jpg Channel 9 - Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives In this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours we give you an exclusive look at the treasure trove of wonders that is Microsoft Archives. Amy Stevenson is the curator of Microsoft Archives and her job is to document as much of Microsoft's 36 year history as possible. This is no mean feat as it involves sifting through (literally) tonnes of submissions in order to identify those special, rare items that require preserving in the bulletproof, soundprood, fireproof, floodproof, zombie-apocalypse-proof MS Archives vault. Enjoy. en Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:08 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:08 GMT Rev9 Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives Nice gloves, Clint!

posted by Duncanma

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322670770000000 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:11:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322670770000000 Duncanma Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives Dude, they had a cobol compiler!  COBOL!

posted by Clint

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322675600000000 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:19:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322675600000000 Clint Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives any chance to get a poster size copy of the mouse schematics? ;)
Andreas Balzer
MSP, Germany

posted by Andreas Balzer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322707330000000 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:12:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322707330000000 Andreas Balzer Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives That's one big software box!

I'm guessig it had lots of full sized paper documentation included wth it, probably in hard ring binders.

posted by dentaku

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322716910000000 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:28:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322716910000000 dentaku Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives @dentaku: it was over 50 pounds.  Not sure on binders but wouldn't surprise me.

posted by Clint

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322735830000000 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:59:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322735830000000 Clint Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives I remember those huge compiler boxes.  Those were the good old days when you had to clear off a new shelf for every version.  Oh how I miss those printed manuals as I currently sit here fighting with the current VS "help" system...

posted by ryanb

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322779100000000 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:11:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322779100000000 ryanb Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives Awesome. You should have shown the contents of the box! =D

posted by Marko89

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322862810000000 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:31:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634322862810000000 Marko89 Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives I used to have that c/c++ box!

posted by jopapa

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634323493960000000 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:03:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634323493960000000 jopapa Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives And I thought my Borland C++ box was big. My handle even broke when I was carrying the box to my car. It is most likely that the books in the Visual C++ box are softcover books without rings, as my Borland product predates the Visual C++ product and has regular softcover style of binding.

My first Microsoft compiler came with postscript files and had to be printed first before one could read the documentation. I spent days printing the pages.

posted by Proton2

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634324021670000000 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:42:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CampusTours/Microsoft-Campus-Tours-Microsoft-Archives#c634324021670000000 Proton2 Re: Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Archives @dentaku, proton2 is correct, regular soft cover on the books, which pretty much fill the box, with a small cardboard insert to hold the software (3.5" disks). 

@Andreas Balzer--you might have something there.  I'm working on various ideas for reproductions, etc. Not sure I can get this one by the IP police, but I might just try! - Amy

posted by Flashback

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