25 Jun
2024
25 Jun
'24
5:07 p.m.
Dumb asses couldn't even get the computer right.....
"A highlight of the sale is a computer that Allen helped restore and on
which he worked, a DEC PDP-10: KI-10. Built in 1971, it’s the first
computer that both Allen and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ever used
prior to founding Microsoft. It’s estimated to fetch $30,000 to $50,000."
A) It's a DecSystem 20/20, not a KI.
B) They used it in the mid 80's
C) He really did care about it, but not enough to save it.
I am really annoyed with this. I don't WANT to have to go up there with
the U-Haul and get the damn thing. It's BIG. It has a TU77 magtape drive
that isn't working properly because the TM03's 18 bit fiddler is screwed
up.
*grumble*
CZ
On 6/25/2024 3:21 PM, John Herron via cctalk wrote:
What a disappointing shame. It happens to too many
good computer museums. I
wonder if there's a solution for the future. Hopefully they're in contact
with CHM and others prior to the auction but it unfortunately sounds like
they're looking for money more than preservation :-(
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 11:47 AM Christian Liendo via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for…
>
> Living Computers Museum + Labs, the Seattle institution created by the
> late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a hands-on showcase for rare
> computing technology and interactive displays, will not reopen, more
> than four years after closing just ahead of the pandemic.
>
> Allen’s estate, which has been managing and winding down his vast
> array of holdings since his death in 2018, confirmed to GeekWire that
> the 12-year-old museum is closed for good. The estate also announced
> Tuesday that some key pieces from Allen’s personal collection of
> computer artifacts, displayed over the years at Living Computers, will
> be auctioned by Christie’s as part of a broader sale of various Allen
> items later this year.
>