6 Jul
2005
6 Jul
'05
5:39 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:14:07 -0500
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival declared on Tuesday 05 July
2005 12:15 am:
How about an IBM 650? Are there people out there with them still
operable?
I still have one loose-leaf binder for the 650.
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, William Donzelli wrote:
$50K.
$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.
$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).
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'.
I am
already shocked about the price being higher than $1000 !!!
How should students like me be able to play with old computers
if some people thing that these machines have the value of their
weight in gold....!?!
Get a Data General or an Interdata - they tend to be cheaper by a
good stretch.
I was actually thinking about starting an informal pool on the
Straight-8 sale, but did not get around to it. When the next
awesome machine hits email, lets set one up.
Anyone want to venture what a PDP-1 would fetch? S/360?