Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Computer history up for auction

Computer geeks who love history have a chance to get their hands on rare documents and technical relics at <A HREF="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=6&u=/nm/20050221/tc_nm/life_computers_dc">The Origins of Cyberspace sale</A> in New York next week, Christie's auction house said on Friday. Lots on offer include an early version of a data storage disc dating from 1951, weighing 5.5 pounds which could only hold about the equivalent of one paragraph of text. Pre-sale estimates for the lots range from around $200 to $70,000 and the total for the collection adds up to between $800,000 and $1.2 million. At the sale on Feb. 23, buyers will have an opportunity first to bid for the entire collection as a whole and only if it does not reach an unspecified reserve will the lots be sold separately and the collection split up.

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