25 Nov
2004
25 Nov
'04
6:25 a.m.
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 08:21:52AM -0800, Charles P. Hobbs wrote:
>Still can't imagine a SYM-1 being worth $900.
From $75 to maybe
>$150 someplace is more like it. It has little to be note worthy
>of that I know of. The KIM is more recognized as a historic
>board...
I sold a couple of Rockwell AIM-65's for about
$100 each at VCF,
though I didn't really test or know the condition of them.
For a bare AIM-65 (no chassis or PSU)? Sounds fair. I still have
a couple spares that I'm restoring (missing/broken keyswitch on keyboard,
missing display board...), so if anyone has spare bits, I might be
interested in picking something up after I get home in a few months.
I did verify that the 6520 on the display board can be replaced with
a Motorola 6821, a part I have a number of spares of. As a result, I
was contemplating handwiring at least one display board (I have either
a full set or n-1 of the 4-char displays).
I've seen some of these board computers go for as
high as $300 on Ebay,
although Ebay prices tend to be higher because of the bidding wars...
Indeed. The one model of that class of machine I lack is a KIM-1. The
prices I've seen on eBay are enought to put me off most of the time. If
I can ever manage to get to a VCF, that might be something in particular
that I'd be looking for.
Cheers,
-ethan
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