Hi JT,
There remains the question of just what real world (stability) characteristics the particular aircraft might have had in the circumstances, hand flown at high FL without the computers' assistance.
I have been pondering the same thing ever since the first report was received.
The computers gave the crew direct Roll Control with the ailerons and spoilers, but they retained the management of the position of the elevator and stabiliser.
I think that without the computers' assistance, the crew would have had to trim the load from the elevator themselves as the speed washed off during the stall warning and probably the crew would have had to reprogram their own flight directors to a positive VS (if that is what they really wanted).