15 Jan
2010
15 Jan
'10
6:30 p.m.
* On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:18:59AM -0500, Mike Loewen <mloewen at
cpumagic.scol.pa.us> wrote:
What is it about this PDP-8/L that makes it so valuable, to a few
at least?
Basic economics, really. It's rare. It's the first 8/L I've ever seen
come up for sale on eBay, though I'm sure others have change hands
privately. Rare + DEC = Very Collectible, and therefore there is much
more demand than supply. Supply will never go up. Demand will.
20 years ago, of course, you could probably have gotten it for free, or
for scrap value. But it's not 20 years ago (more's the pity!)
-Seth