NO... HAS NOT STARTED YET! ED# . In a message dated 7/24/2015 8:32:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ja...@textfiles.com writes:
Already removed. On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:14 PM, <d...@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 > d...@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? >
