16 Nov
2005
16 Nov
'05
3:49 p.m.
woodelf wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
I am not sure I would pay $1 for a candy bar from the year 1975, at
least not for consumption ;-)
SCNR
So what's an 8008 chip worth? I've got
one that I don't need. I'll
entertain reasonable offers.
Cheers,
Chuck
Well what does the buyer need it for? Most people here want it blinking
lights not collecting dust. In 1975 a candy bar was about 15
cents, today it is
a $1.00 That is a about a 6:1 price change , so a $60 8008
could be up
to $360 for a fair market price today, how ever many people are use
too -- it is outdated
so carry it away for $1. Myself would not pay more than $100 considering
how easy it is possable to damage it.
I think the 8008 logic would fit into a larger CPLD today. So even if
one would like to have some hardware
for the blinkinlights, it could be affordable to reengineer it in the
same style like the 6120 or 1802 systems
at sparetimegizmos. This is closest to the look and feel of the real
thing, in comparison to some simulator software
on a PC. IMHO, you only need a real 8008 for displaying an original
board into a show case, or for real nostalgic
feelings; but then, the whole enterprise is not complete without
"original" TTLs timestamped XX75 and original
power supplies, etc.
Holger