31 Jul
2009
31 Jul
'09
2:43 a.m.
At 09:52 PM 7/30/2009, you wrote:
On the surface, it's an auction for a Kenbak-1.
In reality it's the "CTI" version. But moreso, the seller is
auctioning "full rights" to the current owner's autobiography ....
!? That is very strange.
Suppose someone wants to write a book disparaging this man.
Most documentation isn't that rare...especially the section on logic...
I would imagine the differences in the manuals is simply the
name. You can have mine for free. : ) It looked like there was a
handful of unique documentation, but not $30,000!
http://www.kenbakkit.com/manuals.html
Also, the transfer of copyright is mentioned...which is an
interesting point. CTI never paid the money agreed for licensing the
Kenbak (and in fact returned parts for ~40 machines before folding),
so I would imagine that printed materials licensed to CTI from John
would not have been transferred and therefore couldn't have passed
from CTI to Nelson. Not that it really matters! ; )
On a side note, I'm trying to sell an AutoCAD 1.4 machine...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250475137115