Larry Niven's Altair

Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 01:44:06 -0500 Subject: Re: Larry Niven's Altair From: drlegendre at gmail.com To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Larry Niven's Altair?? That sounds an awful lot like Hitler's Canoe, if you know what I mean.. ;-) On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Jason Scott <jason at textfiles.com> wrote: > Already removed. > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:14 PM, <dave at 661.org> wrote: > > > > > An Altair 8800 that once belonged to Larry Niven is up for auction. > > > > Larry Niven has long been a member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy > > Society (www.lasfs.org). This group has existed since 1934 and was the > > starting point for many science fiction and fantasy authors. Larry Niven > is > > one of them. This computer was purchased by him, but mainly used by his > > wife. In time, she got a newer computer and this one was made the club > > computer. It served in that capacity for many years until it too was > > replaced and was taken in by another club member who didn't want to see > it > > parted out or thrown away. Fast-forward to 2008. I was contacted by that > > other club member to liquidate his collection. We went to Larry Niven's > > house whereupon he autographed this computer on the lid and the rear. > > > > I don't know if the drive unit was used by the Nivens with this computer, > > but it matches and is from the same collection. > > > > I also don't know where the client went. I haven't heard from him in > > years. > > > > You can see pictures in high resolution at > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/32548582 at N02/sets/72157653950476154/with/19938469936/ > > > > The auction is here (will be live July 25 at 3pm pacific) > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/231632418798 > > > > > > -- > > David Griffith > > dave at 661.org > > > > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: Top-posting. > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > >