5 Nov
2008
5 Nov
'08
1:22 p.m.
I guess this has been discussed to death in other
places(and here to),
but given the knowledgeable readers of this list, I'm just to curious
not to ask.
How many linc-8, PDP-7 and PDP-9 survived? I've only seen one of each,
and only one in the flesh so to speak. Do they carry any value? or are
they simply to large for the general computer affectionado?
What do people consider to be the 'holy grails' of classic computer
collecting?
That is, what machines are :
a) Not known not to exist any more -- so we exclude things like ENIAC
where there's aboslutely no chance of finding an original
b) Sufficiently uncommon to be a 'real find'
It would appear form the above that the PDP7 and PDP9 qualifiy. I would
add the PERQ 2T4, possibly the HP9831 (the Australian site claims they're
very rare, but I am not totally convinced).
-tony