26 Jan
2004
26 Jan
'04
4:37 a.m.
It seems that the going rate for a complete but "rough" PDP-8/E/F/M pulled
from industrial service with no cleaning or restoration
is around $1000 on
EBay, at least that's what I had to pay to win a couple of
auctions
recently. These are rather common machines compared to the earlier PDP-8
models. I saw a nicely cleaned up 8/E go for $1700 on Ebay. But in that
context, $3000 for a rare 8/S in good condition for operation and display
doesn't seem out of line. Annoying, because I'm not collecting for
investment and would rather the 8s go for the closer-to-scrap-value prices
so many other minis fetch. But I suppose growing values and marketability
will help get more machines into the hands of collectors and away from the
scrap dealers.
Ethan: *Two* straight 8s *and* DF-32s? My envy knows no bounds... ;)
.
--Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <dickset(a)amanda.spole.gov>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: Estimated Price Of A "Classic" PDP-8?
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 08:58:10PM -0800, Jim Davis
wrote:
Z
$3000 for an "8/S"?!?!, you have to be
kidding? Did it include a lot of
equipment?
When I asked Sellam about one that went for $1700 a couple of years ago,
he thought that was a fair price.
-ethan
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