>> AFAIK at least two disk, fro 8" floppy and
>> one tape drive is included (no idea about the types, since I'm
>> no DEC-o-maniac at all).
>The types make all the difference if someone wants a "real" price as
>opposed to a "haul it away" price. If I had to guess, I'd expect that
>it had a pair of RK05's, an RX01 and a TS03. It's only a guess, but
>it's a somewhat typical pure-DEC system.
My guess would be a TU56 (DECTape) drive rather than TS03, but again,
we're just guessing :-).
Reminds me of the apocryphal story of the old lady who's son died in
a hunting accident. She calls up a local car dealer, and asks how much
her son's car might be worth. Dealer asks her what the car is, and she
replies "a '67 Chevy". The dealer says that such an old car probably
isn't worth much more than $100 on today's market, so she puts an ad
in the paper and sells the car right away, for $100.
Of course, the buyer was very happy with his purchase, for it turned out
this '67 Chevy was a finely-preserved Corvette Stingray!
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--- Bill Sudbrink <bill(a)chipware.com> wrote:
> I've hunted around on the web to no avail...
> Can anybody give me the specs on these?
Try http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/stepper/tm100/ It has _some_ info, but
you didn't say what in particular you were looking for.
-ethan
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--- Hans Franke <Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de> wrote:
> Well, I don't like to push anyone, but I still need some hints
> what a working PDP 8f is worth, or until which amount it isn't
> a compleete rip off.
Recently on eOverpay, a friend of mine got over $400 for an as-is,
not guaranteed to do more than not smoke PDP-8/L with no peripherals,
software or docs.
> AFAIK at least two disk, fro 8" floppy and
> one tape drive is included (no idea about the types, since I'm
> no DEC-o-maniac at all).
The types make all the difference if someone wants a "real" price as
opposed to a "haul it away" price. If I had to guess, I'd expect that
it had a pair of RK05's, an RX01 and a TS03. It's only a guess, but
it's a somewhat typical pure-DEC system. There's the possibility of
third party stuff at any turn.
What would I pay for it? Not more than a few hundred. Of course, that
means that many others would no doubt snatch it out from under me, but
them's the breaks. I'm not going to pay $1000+ for an -8.
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Randy:
Approach these guys as often as possible, because timing is
everything. The one I deal with here locally, doesn't care
a whole lot about 'collectability' (which is actually a
blessing, because I can get stuff so cheaply). As a result,
if you're not there before it gets torn down (or rained upon,
as applicable), you're out of luck.
I recently missed a VAX 6000 this way. Never saw the machine;
just the (broken) bits in the bin when 'Axel' was done with it.
I recently uncovered a bin filled with HP 98xx's (sorry Joe).
It was obvious they had been under water for a *LONG* time.
Heartbreaking.
I've told them time and again that they should give me a call
when new material arrives with the d|i|g|i|t|a|l or hp logo
on them, but to no avail. They have bigger fish to fry
(like aircraft fuselage assembly jigs, for example).
Anyways, all I can offer you is to be vigilant, and poll
the yard frequently. They recently chopped up a NOVA IV-- all
I got was the 8" FDD's. Sigh.
Jeff
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 06:25:05 -0400 Randy Kaplan <rkaplan(a)accsys-corp.com>
writes:
> Hello to all -
>
> Has anyone used/approached scrappers as a source of collection? If
> so,
> what has been your experience? How do you approach these guys?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy
>
>
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A couple of relatively important things to keep in mind:
(1) scrappers sell the items they collect as scrap. Homogeneity is
important to this pursuit, i.e. unpainted pure aluminum scrap is more
valuable than mixtures of painted and unpainted aluminum, and there must be
no non-metal or non-aluminum mixed in, else the value goes WAY down. This
means that they have to add labor to the mix before they can scrap most
computer components, e.g. disk drives.
(2) they are ALREADY in business and ALREADY plan to make money with what is
in their lot. They already know what they will get for their stuff once
it's "cleaned" and sorted. That often means they have to add considerable
amounts of labor in order to get top prices.
(3) they already know that there is some stuff that YOU will pay for if you
think it's going to be of value. Some people will pay more for old stuff
than others, though and they know it is out there, though they don't know
what YOU specifically want.
If you treat them as though they know their business, and as though you know
yours, i.e. with appropriate respect, even though you may not believe either
to be true, a simple question at the outset about how he wishes to set
prices on the type of materials you wish to take home is probably all you
need to get started. Many yards have these prices posted somewhere, so look
around and read the signs before you start asking questions. It might not
hurt to start with a "look around" the yard. If you see others collecting
what you think might be of interest to you, then watch and listen. You'll
be surprised what you can learn!
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Kaplan <rkaplan(a)accsys-corp.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 4:31 AM
Subject: Approaching Scrappers
>Hello to all -
>
>Has anyone used/approached scrappers as a source of collection? If so,
>what has been your experience? How do you approach these guys?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Randy
>
>
I'd like to acquire an IBM 1401. It would also be nice to have the companion
1311 disk, and perhaps the 1402 Card Reader/Punch and 1403 Chain Line Printer.
Does anybody on this list have such a system, or know were I could get one?
Thanks! -Mike
Hello to all -
Has anyone used/approached scrappers as a source of collection? If so,
what has been your experience? How do you approach these guys?
Thanks,
Randy
A couple of weeks ago, I was told that a vax was to be thrown out at work.
I assumed it was the rather nice pair of Vax 9000 machines that was our main
server for many years, but alas no. It is a Vax 4000-305A (with some well cool
disk and tape accessories) It is a desktop box but lives in a DEC 3/4-height
19-inch rack that used to house a machine called SF200. Another shelf in the
rack houses a fun-looking tape drive of which I can't remember the number, and
two SCSI boxes (the sort that take about 8 drives in one box) are standing on
the floor of the rack.
Anyway, what sort of machine is the 4000-305A? AFAIK it was running VMS when
last it was running...
(The other question is... Where do I put it??? With luck, I may have rented
somewhere suitable within the next couple of weeks, but I don't know. And then
there's the SGI monitor I got given today. Aargh!)
Philip.
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>
> I respectfully request that the parties discussing Ebay in gory detail
> please spare us all and take it to E-mail.
>
> Sheesh...
I second that motion!
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