12 Apr
2005
12 Apr
'05
6:43 a.m.
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Interesting assortment, but unless one needs lots of
lamp drivers
(W040), dunno how useful most of those are. Without looking up each
listed handle number, I can only take a stab, but ISTR most of the
numbers out of my Straight-8s don't match. To be sure, some do, but I
see lots of unfamiliar handles in the auction picture.
Those lamp drivers do seem to pile up :-). The auction reminds me of the
pile of Rxxx, Sxxx, and Wxxx that I have here.
Unless someone _really_ needs to replace the console
light board on an
otherwise intact 08/S, I can't see how that auction is going anywhere.
I could see someone doing a project like Henk's, where an emulator is placed
behind the switches and lights. Even if it were only the face plate, it's a
running start at an 8/S emulator :-).
AX08... the closeup looks like Negibus notation.
Can't tell much more
than that from the limited pictures.
I've been curious about the AX08; maybe someone will buy it and scan it.
The price is down in the impulse buy range, so there is hope for the auction
:-).
Vince