I received a tip last year that a long time
computer business located in Mobile, Alabama was
a virtual storehouse of vintage machines.
I payed them a visit and could not get past the
receptionist. I was told that they occasionally
donated the things to be used in educational
institutions but that they were absolutely not
interested in selling anything.
About six months later I learned that the business
had closed. Subsequently, I was told by a veteran
employee of this firm that when they shut their
doors they hauled two Xerox Altos (among many others)
to the landfill.
I told this person that it was unlikely
that they would ever have been in possesion of Xerox
Altos but he was adamant that they were indeed Xerox Altos.
In hindsight, I now wish I had fibbed to that receptionist
and told her
that I was connected with the University of Alabama.
Bob Wood
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Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 00:46:57 BST