[Fwd: raising awareness re: classic hardware]

Depends on what the card is - People don't need a cabinet full of DZ11s anymore, and there are some other now-worthless heaps of cards out there like synchronous serial - this could be hurting the perceived value of the machines. Overall though, I'd say you were right and that salvage sales is generally out of touch with the fairly new collector market for this stuff. There is sort of a stipulation to this though - it depends on what's being offered. I don't know many people who desire an 11/03. Is the market saturated yet? Absolutely not. Is it getting there? Yes, and at a steady pace. Qbus stuff is becoming less and less in demand, especially since these machines are continuing to get decomissioned and pop up on ebay or in collector markets. My regular salvage dealer recently sold an 11/05 on ebay for $1500 with no peripherals or rack - so, anyone that tells you there isn't a market for UNIBUS gear is totally mistaken. Even a mostly-complete CPU box will fetch at least $200 on ebay.