Saving the Death Star will not be easy! (opens in new tab)

Stephan’s recent post about the collection of micros going to the CHM reminded me of something… A while back a series of events led me to find that the original computer that was used to create the “attacking the Death Star will not be easy” animation in the original Star Wars was, at the time, sitting in a warehouse in Chicago. The machine still has the original tapes, removable disk, and the VG terminal that drew the graphics. I wrote to the CHM and they expressed their interest, but never ...