16 Aug
2005
16 Aug
'05
9:46 a.m.
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, Eric J Korpela wrote:
On 8/1/05, steve <gkicomputers at yahoo.com>
wrote:
Well, it's his property, I guess. It's also rather short-sighted and...oh
sure, I'll throw in ignorant as well.
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I couldn't find anything either. A year or so
ago I
talked to both Robert Nielsen (apparently the
original owner of the seven Kenbaks) and John
Blankenbaker himself, both were totally uninterested
in providing me with any information whatsoever. I
guess its in the "vault":(
Yep, In Robert Nielsen's article he says that he has no intention of
making the documents or schematics available. I assume that's because
that would allow someone to recreate the machine and prevent Nielsen
from protecting the machine. "The only way I can protect the
Kenbak-1s, is "sell" them for a substantial price."
He does say that he would reproduce them for people buying is
machines. Yep, the only way to protect these machines is to prevent
information about them from being available to the public. No doubt
those paying ultra-inflated prices will agree with that sentiment.
It's all about the Benjamins.... :(