jimmyk@dasys1.UUCP (James Kirchner) (11/16/89)
AT&T Bell Labs used to publish a book called Engineering and Operations in the Bell System, known among Bell Labs employees as "EOBS". Does anyone know if any revised copies were printed/published after 1983? If so, does anyone know how to obtain this book? Thanks.
bmk@mvuxi.att.com (Bernard Mckeever) (11/18/89)
The question was asked. > AT&T Bell Labs used to publish a book called Engineering and >Operations in the Bell System, known among Bell Labs employees as >"EOBS". Does anyone know if any revised copies were printed/published >after 1983? If so, does anyone know how to obtain this book? Thanks. The answer is, alas, NO. Only two issues were available, and both used very different formats. My favorite is still issue I. The Foreword to issue II states that because of divestiture ...etc this is the final edition. The following information may be of some help if you are looking for a copy. International Standard Book Number 0-932764-04-5 Library of Congress Catalog Number 83-72956 AT&T Customer Information Center Select Code 500-478 As mentioned in Issue II the book was intended for new members of the Bell Labs technical staff, but it also served as a general reference for a much wider audience.
rjh@yclept.chi.il.us (Randolph J. Herber) (11/29/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0517m07@vector.dallas.tx.us> jimmyk@dasys1.UUCP (James Kirchner) writes: > AT&T Bell Labs used to publish a book called Engineering and >Operations in the Bell System, known among Bell Labs employees as >"EOBS". Does anyone know if any revised copies were printed/published >after 1983? If so, does anyone know how to obtain this book? Thanks. I know that it was reprinted as late as 1986 -- I have a copy so dated. <My wife has a copy of the 1st edition printed in 1978.> The book is Select Code 500-478. <Her copy also has a Select Code 500-478.> It is ordered via the AT&T Customer Information Center. ><I checked this last summer and at that time, at least, the second edition was still orderable.> Call 1-800-432-6600 (U.S.A, maybe Canada), or 1-800-255-1242 (Canada). Write AT&T Customer Information Center P.O. Box 19901 Indianapolis, IN 46219 Randolph J. Herber, Computer Polymath, @ home: {att|amdahl|clout|mcdchg|laidbak|obdient|wheaton}!yclept!rjh, rjh@yclept.chi.il.us