Found a PDP-8 today!

I went with a buddy of mine to pick up some DEC equipment today. I got to talking to the equipment owner and asked if he had a PDP-8. He did! But it's already on E-bay :-( I took a look at it anyway and it's NICE! If anyone is interested in buying a PDP-8, be sure and check it out. Unlike most "systems" this one is a complete and working system and not just a collection of cards, boxs and bits and pieces. This one has a PT reader, PT punch, CPU, THREE RK-05 drives and an interface (it was once a controller for a GenRad test system.) It's in a rack and everything is mounted the way it should be and everything is cabled up and ready to operate. Since it was a test system controller, it probably has a butt-load of IO cards too. Everything works and it boots and runs OS-8. The three drives are all aligned and you can swap the disks into any drive and read them. The system is clean and in VERY nice condition. It's wrapped in shrink wrap so the picture on E-bay doesn't do it justice. <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5207512513 &rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW>. Me? I got a CAR FULL of DEC software and documentation! Joe