does it work? If only I kept my old computers they would have retained their value , and then some . who could have guessed that old computers would be a good investment
Of course the Apple 1 is reallly expensive.
A working Alto would be amazing.
And now the collection is parceled off and scattered six ways to Sunday, so an heiress can add a few million to her inheritance of billions, presumably.
How many of these will languish and fall to neglect? And why the fuck did none of the rich tech bros buy out the museum to keep it open? What will become of that CDC 6500?
I wouldn't want to speculate on what Paul Allen's sister would have asked for everything, or whether she's even someone who can be dealt with. But I do tend to think we're going to see these priceless historical artifacts go for pennies on the dollar. There's a lot that could be said about that, but certainly the work of the people who were employed at that museum was a great part of its value.
"Allen’s wishes were for his considerable assets to be sold off and for the proceeds to go to charity." - Jody Allen, Paul's sister and manager of his estate
That makes no sense Jody.
My first college course used a 6600, and there was nothing "super" about it, except the time you waited for your job to run.
The 6500 was equivalent of 80M USD new when released.
"Finally, many customers found plugboard programming easier than programming with code, both because they were more familiar with it and because it is visual and direct."
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-history-computing-... https://www.righto.com/2022/04/reverse-engineering-mysteriou...
Preferably then donated the entire collection to some non-profit or whatever other way to organize. and include some clause that selling them off is not possible.
That person being Gates would have made sense. But obviously this did not happen.
As philanthropy.
Background for others that may not know. I don't understand Jody Allen's motivations here.
Discussion about the closure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40789179
