5 Jul
2005
5 Jul
'05
8:01 a.m.
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
$1M!
Wait, are we supposed to give realistic numbers?
$50k for a -1 seems high but not totally unreasonable for a machine that
is in excellent (running) condition, if it were sold through a 'real'
auction house, like Christie's, under the best possible circumstances.
It's a high number but as you say, not unreasonable.
Anyone want to venture what a PDP-1 would fetch?
S/360?
$50K. $50k for an S/360 does seem too high, though, because
the S/360 has a
lower 'collectability' (interest, and more of them were produced).
How many PDP-1's have you seen around? How many IBM 360's? There are way
more PDP-1's known to still exist than IBM 360's, and there's only a
handful of PDP-1's left. The 360 also has a huge following of historical
nuts.
Price on the S/360 would probably also follow what CPU
model (among
other factors). A Model 30 would likely produce nowhere near as much
interest as a Model 91, and peripherals would likely make a bigger
difference with the S/360 than they would with the -1. At best, I'd
give a number in the $10k-$20k range for a relatively complete, working,
and scratch-free S/360 setup (with the most desirable CPU and
peripherals) under the 'best conditions'.
You may be right.
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