Actually it doesn't seem that weird to me. I don't recall anyone who bought a system from Xerox (as I recall they were in house development only and cost about $75,000 each to produce). But I do remember when they were being scrapped and the word went out that some ex-Xerox employees were rescuing them and looking for others to take some. I was sorely tempted to take a Dandelion machine (this was the mid-range D-machine that I was most familiar with). I could easily imagine that Alan said "I'll take one" and whomever was organizing the rescue made sure all of the "parts" were included when it was long past the time when you could easily boot one up and see if it worked or not.