25 Jun
2024
25 Jun
'24
5:17 p.m.
Possible, however museums tend to catalog artifacts completely. Last I
saw the tape on the front where the MIT punch card with MIT-AI written
on the back was still there (I still have the punch card, kept it as a
memory and yes the tape will line up :-)
If the "handshake" deal is ignored then it points out clearly that
Paul's family has zero sense of honor and should never claim such in the
future. That does mean something. I'm not going to endlessly fuck with
lawyers and the like. I will offer to show up, pick it up, and find a
BETTER home for it if I can, or just be buried in it when I die. That is
the pact.
If it goes to auction then I'll place a bid on it high enough to ensure
that whomever DOES buy it takes on the role of the protector of the
thing. Then I can lay down that burden and concentrate on the last of
the ITS systems: MC which is safe in my work shed.
Oi....
CZ
On 6/25/2024 6:58 PM, Michael Kerpan via cctalk wrote:
What are the odds that the letter was removed and lost
when the system was
disassembled to be shipped to the auction house? I suspect that what was
ultimately a handshake deal is going to be ignored here.
Mike
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 6:31 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> You should draft the letter ASAP.
> Also send via registered mail.
> And if you are claiming ownership, send a copy to the auction house.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 25, 2024, at 15:27, cz via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, but at least for AI he actually seemed to care about it as
> something he used back in the early 80's.
>>
>> *sigh* I was wondering if it would come to this. I guess I need to draft
> a letter to the executor of this mess, asking them to please open AI, look
> in the inside metal pocket on the door, and read the letter I wrote when
> Rich came out to pick the system up.
>>
>> Because I knew inside that this would happen. It happened at MIT,
> happened at FTP, happened at Sandstorm, happened at Digex. And each time I
> had to go out AGAIN and pick the damn thing up to take care of it.
>>
>> Funny. I said at the time that Paul would never go bankrupt or lose
> interest and that AI was finally safe. But I knew in my heart it wouldn't
> be. So I guess it's time to rent a U-Haul
>>
>> Again....
>>
>> So who do I contact?
>>
>> CZ
>>
>> CZ@MIT-AI
>>
>>> On 6/25/2024 4:51 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>>>> On 6/25/24 13:28, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
>>>> If Paul Allen was unable to setup his museum, something he clearly
> cared
>>>> deeply about, in a way that would not be dissolved when he passed, who
>>>> could?
>>> Mr. Allen collected a lot of things, which, given his wealth, probably
>>> can be viewed in the same way that we have an attic full of old stuff.
>>> --Chuck
>