Larry Niven's Altair

[Randy Dawson]

Who picked this up -

I may have some cash for the buyer to mate it with my new ASR33, on its way via crate and freight.

Anybody got debug and startup tips on the 33, it probably has been siting for a while.
(like who has the melted hammer replacements and such, tape and paper sources)

I assume all the 8K, 4K BASICs are in public domain by now.  The demo for the kids will be the 15 minutes of paper tape, followed by READY.

Randy

> 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@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
> > >
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> > > A: Top-posting.
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> > >
> >