7 May
2015
7 May
'15
6:57 p.m.
On 05/07/2015 01:02 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Thu, 7 May 2015, Jon Elson wrote:
Lots of 360's were owned in the later days. All the ones I
knew of, with the possible exception of Washington
Universities' first 360/50 were owned (and bought used).
So, they went on lease, then somebody upgraded, and we
bought them used.
There was a HUGE market in leased and off-lease 360 and 370
machines in the 70's and 80's, some brokers got insanely
rich on that trade. Some of those lost it all when the
market collapsed. The smart ones knew to not keep too many
machines in inventory.
Jon
Just a curious thing I've noticed. Given the
historic
significance, and the large number of machines produced,
I'm kind of amazed at the incredibly small number of
360's that apparently exist.
Yes, I know, any would-be collector could drag home a PDP-8
Sometimes by simply physically dragging it out of dumpster!
(And then not having a place for it at home, and leaving
it out in the back yard to rot naturally)
Were 360s owned by the customer, or LEASED?
If leased, then they didn't go into "dumpsters" when
"decommissioned".
Wow! I'd like to see a dumpster that size.