On 2017-Jan-10, at 11:37 PM, Brad H wrote: > -------- Original message -------- > From: Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> > Date: 2017-01-10 11:24 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you > own? > > On 01/10/2017 09:58 PM, Brad H wrote: > >> Am envying the Altair guys though. I want one but they always come >> up at just the wrong time. > > I've still got the 8800 I built (with all those crappy white stranded > wires) back in the day. It's not that great, trust me. > > I moved to an IMSAI box and finally to an Integrand box. Don't have the > IMSAI any longer, but still have the Integrand. > > Haven't powered any of them up in 30 years. One tends to forget about >> such stuff. > >> --Chuck > > For me it'd be purely about the history. Gates and Allen writing the > interpreter without an actual Altair to work on. Allen writing the bootstrap > on the plane he took to pitch to MITS. Gates' first written tirade about > piracy. > An Altair isn't out of my reach.. just.. other stuff (like the Mark-8 boards) > keeps coming up just as I've stored enough money to buy one.
In the vein of arcania, somewhere I have an original copy of the Altair newsletter with the letter from Bill about software pirating.
