Yep, that was the place - I can't remember their name, I think they were the Autocad rep, and carried a few complementary lines like plotters. The R1 was laying down on some stands, like a coffee table, plexi cover so you could set your drinks on it and see all the intricate wiring, tubes and construction.
One of the Texas Microsystems founders (and a Rice alum) got possession, and after a few years gave it back to Rice. Randy > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:09:48 -0500 > From: lini...@lonesome.com > To: rdawso...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: information about the Bendix G-15 and Rice Research Computer? > CC: cctalk@classiccmp.org > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 11:24:47AM -0700, Randy Dawson wrote: > > There was a 'slice' of the R1 floating about with some friends of mine > > in Houston. > > Were they the owners of a small office building off of Post Oak in Houston > in the 1970s-1980s? > > That's the only one I know about that survived. > > mcl