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[Ethan]

> I think the difference between the Apple-1 and the early Cray computers 
> is that the Crays were a controlled item.  You couldn't buy or ship one 
> without US government approval, so there is a paper trail for them. 
> The Apple-1 was a hobbyist/consumer computer so once sold, if a record 
> of that was even kept, they disappeared into a black hole until they 
> emerged.

When I originally bought my set of Crays they made me sign the 
"acknowledgement that it is a munition" document. It came from a 
government contractor and the space it was in was TS. When I sold one of 
them to someone in Sweeden or Switzerland, it took me a little bit of work 
to make sure I was actually allowed to export the thing.

Fun times!