14 Apr
2013
14 Apr
'13
9:28 a.m.
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 5:17 PM, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
On Apr 13, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
Yeah, I was probably thinking of some of the better deals on pieces
that I have gotten in the past, not what you might be likely to find
in the market today. Maybe closer to $500, plus shipping, for the
configuration I mentioned in the current market. The (2x) BA23 and
(1x) BA123 systems I have were obtained locally and I didn't have to
pay for shipping so those were nice deals for me.
Don't see too many complete Q-bus PDP-11 systems sold on eBay to get a
good feel for the market value of complete systems.
This one last August seemed a bit odd to me at the time. $1200 for a
PDP-11/73? http://www.ebay.com/itm/300690807559
Then there is someone giving away a PDP-11/23+ in unknown condition in
Pennsylvania:
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?36657
A ballpark figure might be around $300 for whole
system with an M8190
KDJ11-B, (2x) M8637 MSV11-J, CMD CQD-220/TM for disk and tape, and a
BA23 chassis. If you had to buy each pieces separately on eBay you'd
probably pay more than that. Sometimes you can get lucky and someone
is practically giving a whole system away if you are in the right
place at the right time.
That seems like an optimistic price on eBay, especially
for chassis. They go for a lot on eBay and cost a lot
to ship because they're HEAVY. You're better off trying
to find someone (perhaps from this list) that has one to
spare/sell that is close enough you can drive to.