Altair - A different perspective - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Aug 1998

At 06:47 PM 8/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
...
   Whether that
is true or not is completely irrelevant to the pricing of
 Altairs as collectibles. 
Not at all.  It's the *perceived* significance and rarity that makes these 
Exactly!  That perception need not have any basis in fact.  

...
 Bill Gates first wrote BASIC for the Schmaltztair
rather than the Altair, 
I'm not sure how much Gates has to do with the perceived value of the
Altair; it may be that people just think of it as the "first".  

...
 those brilliant bastards at Ty came up with a scheme
for artificial 
Doncha wish ya was one of them?  8^)

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