What are the odds that the letter was removed and lost when the system was
disassembled to be shipped to the auction house? I suspect that what was
ultimately a handshake deal is going to be ignored here.

Mike

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 6:31 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> You should draft the letter ASAP.
> Also send via registered mail.
> And if you are claiming ownership, send a copy to the auction house.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 25, 2024, at 15:27, cz via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, but at least for AI he actually seemed to care about it as
> something he used back in the early 80's.
> >
> > *sigh* I was wondering if it would come to this. I guess I need to draft
> a letter to the executor of this mess, asking them to please open AI, look
> in the inside metal pocket on the door, and read the letter I wrote when
> Rich came out to pick the system up.
> >
> > Because I knew inside that this would happen. It happened at MIT,
> happened at FTP, happened at Sandstorm, happened at Digex. And each time I
> had to go out AGAIN and pick the damn thing up to take care of it.
> >
> > Funny. I said at the time that Paul would never go bankrupt or lose
> interest and that AI was finally safe. But I knew in my heart it wouldn't
> be. So I guess it's time to rent a U-Haul
> >
> > Again....
> >
> > So who do I contact?
> >
> > CZ
> >
> > CZ@MIT-AI
> >
> >> On 6/25/2024 4:51 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> >>> On 6/25/24 13:28, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
> >>> If Paul Allen was unable to setup his museum, something he clearly
> cared
> >>> deeply about, in a way that would not be dissolved when he passed, who
> >>> could?
> >> Mr. Allen collected a lot of things, which, given his wealth, probably
> >> can be viewed in the same way that we have an attic full of old stuff.
> >> --Chuck
>

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