Altair Registry

From: Doug <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
Date: Sun Jan 24 15:01:26 1999

On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, John Lawson wrote:

> I am really leery of providing personal info on a rare and perhaps
> desirably valuable item in my possesion.. which, in the case of my
> Altair, is not for sale or trade, and I'd rather it not be stolen,
> either.

I think there are valid reasons to be suspicious. Personally, I'm very
pleased to see a shrine erected to an old machine, any old machine. OK,
in David's case, he chose the Altair -- a machine that has already been
hyped into the stratosphere. That by itself is not "bad." There are
plenty of "good" Altair web shrines out there that focus on restoring and
maintaining the machine.

But David is pretty clearly in the Altair-as-collectible camp. He has
told us plainly that he leaves the nonsense about a $12,000 Altair on his
website for "publicity" value.

I think computer collecting is fine, but there are many flavors, and
David, to me, represents the Beanie Baby flavor. So, feel free to resist
his efforts if you don't like his spin. And feel free to express yourself
in whatever way works best for you! Personally, I prefer real articulate
diverse opinions to whimpy "can't we all just get along" appologies!

-- Doug
Received on Sun Jan 24 1999 - 15:01:26 GMT