24 Feb
2020
24 Feb
'20
9:09 p.m.
Does anyone have an idea as to the value of a Bendix G15 Drum? Its time to pass mine to
another caring collector who would appreciate it but I am not sure how of its value.
Obviously it is rare but the market demand is unclear to me.
thank you
25 Feb
25 Feb
2:39 a.m.
I'd value something like a DEC head / track "drum" more than this. That
said, those are going for maybe 750 or so.? If Jack Ruben is still
watching, he sold one, may recall the value.
If you don't find some historical reason for this item for the machine's
value or notoriety it will probably come in no more than what the
branded, semi useful DEC or other such drum would.? The DEC ones are
typically not useful, but may have useful circuitry and is somewhat more
valueable.
I've got both a drum and a head / track myself, and would have to
research this issue myself.
If a museum has one of the machines, then they may be able or interested
in paying for the article as well.
Thanks
Jim
On 2/24/2020 9:09 PM, Barry Hills via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone have an idea as to the value of a Bendix
G15 Drum? Its time to pass mine to another caring collector who would appreciate it but I
am not sure how of its value. Obviously it is rare but the market demand is unclear to
me.
thank you
7:24 a.m.
Will Donzelli has a G15 in need of a drum
On 2/24/20 9:09 PM, Barry Hills via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone have an idea as to the value of a Bendix
G15 Drum? Its time to pass mine to another caring collector who would appreciate it but I
am not sure how of its value. Obviously it is rare but the market demand is unclear to
me.
thank you
9:12 a.m.
On 02/24/2020 11:09 PM, Barry Hills via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone have an idea as to the value of a Bendix
G15 Drum? Its time to pass mine to another caring collector who would appreciate it but I
am not sure how of its value. Obviously it is rare but the market demand is unclear to
me.
Well, without the rest of the machine, it is just an
ornament. I know there are some people who are still trying
to find G-15s that could be rebuilt.
Jon
11:34 a.m.
On 2/25/2020 10:12 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 02/24/2020 11:09 PM, Barry Hills via cctalk wrote:
I would say the reverse, the machine is the DRUM with added glowing
parts. :) I suspect a good spare drum would be hard to find. Old Iron
Price can wierd, you can't buy it for love of money
and the next day its hiding in dumptser.
Ben.
Does anyone have an idea as to the value of a
Bendix G15 Drum?? Its
time to pass mine to another caring collector who would appreciate it
but I am not sure how of its value.? Obviously it is rare but the
market demand is unclear to me.
Well, without the rest of the machine, it is just an ornament.? I know
there are some people who are still trying to find G-15s that could be
rebuilt.
Jon 
26 Feb
26 Feb
3:51 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:12:50AM -0600, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
Well, without the rest of the machine, it is just an
ornament.
ITYM "boat anchor" :-) It's pretty heavy for an "ornament". (Not
that
I have ever fiddled with one outside a machine.)
I know there are some people who are still trying to
find G-15s that
could be rebuilt.
My website about such things is currently down (too many things to fix
around here right now) but let folks know that I'm trying to collect
information about such projects. The Wayback Machine probably has the
most recent version of my site http://obscurecomputers.org anyway.
mcl
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