Altair - A different perspective

From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net>
Date: Mon Aug 17 19:06:50 1998

At 06:47 PM 8/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> Whether that is true or not is completely irrelevant to the pricing of
>> Altairs as collectibles.
>
>Not at all. It's the *perceived* significance and rarity that makes these

Exactly! That perception need not have any basis in fact.

>Bill Gates first wrote BASIC for the Schmaltztair rather than the Altair,

I'm not sure how much Gates has to do with the perceived value of the
Altair; it may be that people just think of it as the "first".

>those brilliant bastards at Ty came up with a scheme for artificial

Doncha wish ya was one of them? 8^)


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