23 Oct
1998
23 Oct
'98
8:16 a.m.
> these things are headed for landfill big time.
Along about 2010 or 2015 and
> trying to put together a representative 486 system from the "early
90's" is
> going to be damn near impossible. Look at the PDP-8's which spanned 15
> years of production and are now pretty difficult to get hold of.
That's because only several thousand PDP-8's
were ever produced. Trust
me, I don't think you're EVER going to have problems finding a 486
motherboard, at least not in the next millenium.
There has been a time when I thougt that picking up
a ZX80 from dirt is not worth ... and now ?
Also PET - have you seen the PETs on ePay ? I got
most of my PET/CBMs way below USD 50 - and now ?
Hard to finde won at a reasonable price.
Gruss
Hans
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
24 Oct
24 Oct
7:38 a.m.
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Hans Franke wrote:
But again, my point is that there were so many made that it won't matter.
Although my numbers may be wrong according to Tim's post, still though,
we're talking orders of magnitude of 486 boards produced more than any
PDP-8. Finding 486's 20 years from now will be about as fun as finding a
C64 is today.
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That's
because only several thousand PDP-8's were ever produced. Trust
me, I don't think you're EVER going to have problems finding a 486
motherboard, at least not in the next millenium.
There has been a time when I thougt that picking up
a ZX80 from dirt is not worth ... and now ?
Also PET - have you seen the PETs on ePay ? I got
most of my PET/CBMs way below USD 50 - and now ?
Hard to finde won at a reasonable price. 
10:44 a.m.
Sam Ismail wrote:
Although my numbers may be wrong according to Tim's post, still though,
we're talking orders of magnitude of 486 boards produced more than any
PDP-8. Finding 486's 20 years from now will be about as fun as finding a
C64 is today.
You said PDP-8 computer; did you also imply the whole family or just that
one model? I would think the difference in production numbers could be
significant :)!
12:24 p.m.
On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Marvin wrote:
That's probably what I was thinking about when I posted that original
number. The "Straight"-8 was produced in numbers around 3,000. I hope my
anecdote is right this time.
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Although my
numbers may be wrong according to Tim's post, still though,
we're talking orders of magnitude of 486 boards produced more than any
PDP-8. Finding 486's 20 years from now will be about as fun as finding a
C64 is today.
You said PDP-8 computer; did you also imply the whole family or just that
one model? I would think the difference in production numbers could be
significant :)!
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