20 Aug
2023
20 Aug
'23
6:44 p.m.
On 8/20/2023 3:45 PM, Tony Jones via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 12:05 PM John H. Reinhardt via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hi Tony!
I got the impression that people were finding them for around $100 - $300 back then. The
prices I see on Ebay currently are all much higher. Certainly lower then when they were
new though.
Perhaps it's because I have only been looking about a month and my primary source is
Ebay. Currently on Ebay, that I can see, the cheapest I see is a 16702B with a couple of
16712A cards and no pods/probes for $300 plus $120 shipping and tax. The 16712A are the
absolute minimum I think that would be useful at 100Mhx and 8K/16K memory. I'd still
have to find at least 2 sets of pods and probes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225682194711
The next cheapest is a 16700B for $430. It has 4 interface cards but the listing
doesn't say what they are. But it's local pickup only
https://www.ebay.com/itm/314745893438
Then there is a 16702B for $449.99 which looks like and has a 16715A card and pods. But
the detail listing says "failed self test for: VRAM Serial Access Memory Inputs Test,
VRAM Serial Port Cell Test, and System Clocks (Master/Slave/Psync) Test." Not sure if
that's bad but is sounds like it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155632931934
And so on. Am I looking in the wrong spot?
Thanks,
John H. Reinhardt
I've seen a lot of posts at the EEVblog and
it seems I missed possibly the
golden age of 16700 LA by a few years price-wise.
Also unsure what you mean by this. I wouldn't pay more than $150 for an
empty 16700B, $250 for an empty 16702B and if you have patience I suspect
you could get a 16702B with multiple cards for $350 (sometimes with some
really nice cards). Now whether the cards work is another question.
Pricing is all over the place but prices have definitely falling over time.