News Centre for Computing History seeks cash for Jupiter auction

Needs at least £10K to secure new exhibit.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/05/14/jupiter-ace-fund/1

 

That's 'cos the original directors aren't part of Boldfield Computing anymore - which I might not have made clear in the article. The auction is being run by the original directors, who were directly involved in the Jupiter Ace. From your link: "[...] including the Jupiter ACE assets, were transferred to the directors personally at a pre-sale stage in 2005."

I've edited the piece a bit to make that clearer!

 

As far as I'm aware, no. Vickers and Altwasser founded Jupiter Cantab, which went bust in 1983 when nobody bought the Ace; the company was bought by Boldfield in February the next year. The Jupiter Cantab assets currently belong to the original directors of Boldfield, now known as either Cambridge House UK Limited or Boldfield Limited depending on which company registry you're querying. Its current directors are listed as Paul and Claire Downham, and given the "Contact Us" email address on the site starts "pauld@" I'm guessing they're the ones making the sale.

I would imagine there's a very good chance; they're not going to want to scrap it if it doesn't sell at £10K when there's a chance they could walk away with £5K. The question, of course, is: will anyone make the minimum bid in the next four days?

 

A: How much do you think I get paid, and 2: I'm planning to do the opposite when I get a chance. I miss having a floor in the office - never mind work surfaces...

 

Oh, the irony: I understood it was a joke, and was attempting some light-hearted banter of my own. Damn text-based communication! (Seriously, though: I really need to set some time aside to sort out this office. It's absolutely chocka.)