Holidays Operations Schedule from ICSA, 1973

The Institute for Computer Services and Applications issued a warning in its December 1973 newsletter: “Turnaround Slow This Time of Year.” My attention was particularly drawn to the the ominous sounding bit about the Night Owls Time Sharing Service on page 2.

This is my way of telling you that posting may be more erratic than usual for a while.

I almost left out the last page on the grounds that it was boring but then realized that it isn’t, at least if you were a social scientist back in the day:

Bonus: Back room of the Woodson, Christmas 2013.