Fun story on accidentally buying Douglas Adams' Mac IIfx from ebay: http://web.archive.org/web/20051127025410/http://www.vintagemacworld.com/iifx.html http://we

Fun story on accidentally buying Douglas Adams' Mac IIfx from ebay: http://web.archive.org/web/20051127025410/http://www.vintagemacworld.com/iifx.html http://web.archive.org/web/20051127025410/http://www.vintage... "When switched on for the first time, it was clear that the last user had little understanding of how to store files on the hard disk. The root directory contained hundreds of MacWrite documents. Scrolling through them was a pain and, as I have no interest in other people's private affairs, I selected the lot and deleted them. /.../ I started up MacWrite Pro and noticed that it was registered to "Douglas Adams, Serious Productions Ltd". I paid little attention to this as I had seen warez copies of Claris software where the registered user was Douglas Adams. I then started Claris Resolve, ignoring a warning dialog (mistake number two), and noted that this software was also registered to Douglas Adams. The copies of Claris Works 4.0 and Now Up-to-Date were registered to Jane Belson; I was unfamiliar with the name but a quick web search determined that she is Douglas Adams's widow." Also discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7091793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7091793