17 Jun
2014
17 Jun
'14
9:02 a.m.
My saved searches coughed up a TU55 single-drive DECtape transport on the eBay this
morning. Then I looked at the listing and had a stunning case of sticker shock, as
it's listed for $6,900 buy it now. !
I know (?) that TU55/TU56 drives aren't too common these days, but is that price in
line with what they go for?
P.S.: No, I'm not even considering buying it. I'm just morbidly curious.
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
17 Jun
17 Jun
4:08 p.m.
On 6/17/2014 12:02 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
My saved searches coughed up a TU55 single-drive
DECtape transport on the eBay this morning. Then I looked at the listing and had a
stunning case of sticker shock, as it's listed for $6,900 buy it now. !
I know (?) that TU55/TU56 drives aren't too common these days, but is that price in
line with what they go for?
P.S.: No, I'm not even considering buying it. I'm just morbidly curious.
Have you seen the other things they listed about the same time? A rusty
PDP-8/L for $6k? Sad thing is that this company is about 20 miles or
less from me. They have some things I'd like, but obviously put a way
higher value on them than I do.
John H. Reinhardt
4:46 p.m.
On Jun 17, 2014, at 16:08 , John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> wrote:
Have you seen the other things they listed about the
same time? A rusty PDP-8/L for $6k? Sad thing is that this company is about 20 miles or
less from me. They have some things I'd like, but obviously put a way higher value on
them than I do.
I saw the other items later. I'd say their prices are around 5x what I might consider
reasonable.
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
23 Jun
23 Jun
3:25 p.m.
On 6/17/2014 7:46 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
On Jun 17, 2014, at 16:08 , John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> wrote:
They just sold a PDP-11/70 front panel for somewhere between $500 and
$950. At least I hope it was $500 because that how much I offered them
and they ignored it. ;) I've been geeking for one of those for a while.
Just not $950's worth.
John H. Reinhardt
Have you seen the other things they listed about
the same time? A rusty PDP-8/L for $6k? Sad thing is that this company is about 20 miles
or less from me. They have some things I'd like, but obviously put a way higher value
on them than I do.
I saw the other items later. I'd say their prices are around 5x what I might consider
reasonable.
6:03 p.m.
On 6/23/2014 3:25 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
On 6/17/2014 7:46 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
The good news is, the rusted BM08 they're selling is now on sale for a
mere $7000. That's less than $1000 per KW! Imagine what you could do
with all that memory. (Assuming the individual cores haven't fused into
a block of ferrous oxide...)
- Josh
On Jun 17, 2014, at 16:08 , John H. Reinhardt
<johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> wrote:
They just sold a PDP-11/70 front panel for somewhere between $500 and
$950. At least I hope it was $500 because that how much I offered
them and they ignored it. ;) I've been geeking for one of those for a
while. Just not $950's worth.
John H. Reinhardt
Have you seen the other things they listed about
the same time? A
rusty PDP-8/L for $6k? Sad thing is that this company is about 20
miles or less from me. They have some things I'd like, but obviously
put a way higher value on them than I do.
I saw the other items later. I'd say their prices are around 5x what
I might consider reasonable.
8:57 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:25 PM, John H. Reinhardt
They just sold a PDP-11/70 front panel for somewhere between $500 and $950.
At least I hope it was $500 because that how much I offered them and they
ignored it. ;) I've been geeking for one of those for a while. Just not
$950's worth.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141324609090
Sold for $750.00
(Click on See original listing, then click on the Print link to see
the best offer accepted sale price).
10:21 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:25 PM, John H. Reinhardt
Well, $1950 for an ASR-33 or 1200 for a PDP-11/60 front panel... eeekkkk.
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They just sold a PDP-11/70 front panel for somewhere between $500 and
$950.
At least I hope it was $500 because that how much I offered them and
they
ignored it. ;) I've been geeking for one of those for a while. Just
not
$950's worth.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141324609090
Sold for $750.00
(Click on See original listing, then click on the Print link to see
the best offer accepted sale price).
10:40 p.m.
On 6/23/2014 11:21 PM, E. Groenenberg wrote:
What was the NEW prices?
Ben.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:25 PM, John H.
Reinhardt
Well, $1950 for an ASR-33 or 1200 for a PDP-11/60 front panel... eeekkkk.
They just sold a PDP-11/70 front panel for somewhere between $500 and
$950.
At least I hope it was $500 because that how much I offered them and
they
ignored it. ;) I've been geeking for one of those for a while. Just
not
$950's worth.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141324609090
Sold for $750.00
(Click on See original listing, then click on the Print link to see
the best offer accepted sale price).
10:47 p.m.
On 6/23/2014 11:57 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:25 PM, John H. Reinhardt
Oh, neat trick! I spent a few minutes trying to get it to tell me what
the offer was but didn't think of that.
John H. Reinhardt
They just sold a PDP-11/70 front panel for somewhere between $500 and $950.
At least I hope it was $500 because that how much I offered them and they
ignored it. ;) I've been geeking for one of those for a while. Just not
$950's worth.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141324609090
Sold for $750.00
(Click on See original listing, then click on the Print link to see
the best offer accepted sale price).
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