25 Jun
2024
25 Jun
'24
3:58 p.m.
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