Computer Replicas

I think the number of people on this list with PDPs of some flavor would be quite high - maybe at least 20 percent? It is a rough guess, but judging from the posts here and there over the years... As far as "$ to stockpile" - almost anyone on this list could have a PDP-8 (with the exception of a Straight, LINC-8, or -8/S) if they put their mind to it. They are still out there, so if money is problem, old fashioned legwork will eventually pay off. An then there is ebay, of course, and we all know that quite few PDP-8s appear every year. Spending $1000-2000 for a PDP-8 (maybe an 8/E) is really not completely insane. Put in some overtime, wheel and deal, sacrifice a few other luxuries, whatever - budget and save and that $2000 will appear. Now an S/360 is a different matter. I have worked my legs for something like seven years for one, and nothing has come my way (although I missed that model 22 by a few weeks, I think). I have also made a serious budget for one if Ebay finally pops one up, but none have. Where am I to get one? William Donzelli aw288(a)osfn.org