8 Mar
2010
8 Mar
'10
1:25 a.m.
A straight-8 has come up for sale. I am representing the seller. I have
photos and details. If you're interested please e-mail me and I'll send
over some information.
Preliminary photos are here:
http://siconic.com/computers/PDP-8/
We'll take opening offers and if there's one good enough then we'll cut to
a straigt (8) sale. Otherwise, it'll move on to a VCF web auction at a
future date.
Thanks!!
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8 Mar
8 Mar
1:47 a.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
A straight-8 has come up for sale. I am representing the seller. I have
photos and details. If you're interested please e-mail me and I'll send
over some information.
Preliminary photos are here:
http://siconic.com/computers/PDP-8/
We'll take opening offers and if there's one good enough then we'll cut to
a straigt (8) sale. Otherwise, it'll move on to a VCF web auction at a
future date.
Thanks!!
Two questions of no great consequence:
1. Why does the flip-chip extender appear to extend only half the pins?
2. How did Humphrey Bogart get in there?
Or is it straight-8 -> treasure -> happy?
2:17 a.m.
Brent Hilpert wrote:
Sellam Ismail wrote:
Skip this one, I looked at a couple of flip chips I have and see the edge
connectors are single sided, so all the pins can be accounted for on the extender.
A straight-8 has come up for sale. I am representing the seller. I have
photos and details. If you're interested please e-mail me and I'll send
over some information.
Preliminary photos are here:
http://siconic.com/computers/PDP-8/
We'll take opening offers and if there's one good enough then we'll cut to
a straigt (8) sale. Otherwise, it'll move on to a VCF web auction at a
future date.
Thanks!!
Two questions of no great consequence:
1. Why does the flip-chip extender appear to extend only half the pins? 2. How did Humphrey Bogart get in there?
Or is it straight-8 -> treasure -> happy?
9:12 a.m.
Skip this one, I looked at a couple of flip chips I
have and see the edge
connectors are single sided, so all the pins can be accounted for on the extender.
I just looked at a couple of flip chip modules - they're all double sided. But
they are M-series
modules (slightly newer, using 74xx TTL ICs, from pdp8/i and pdp8/l and RK05)...
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1:52 a.m.
A straight-8 has come up for sale. I am representing
the seller. I have photos and details. If you're interested please e-mail me and
I'll send over some information.
Preliminary photos are here:
http://siconic.com/computers/PDP-8/
We'll take opening offers and if there's one good enough then we'll cut to a
straigt (8) sale. Otherwise, it'll move on to a VCF web auction at a future date.
Thanks!!
I'm going to watch this transaction with utter fascination, simply to
get a better idea of what ours (MARCH's) could be worth. What do you
folks think ..... a decent-condition Straight-8 with documents, software
on paper tape, etc. should be worth more than (for example) an Apple 1,
right?
1:59 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 01:52:50AM -0500, Evan Koblentz wrote:
I'm going to watch this transaction with utter fascination, simply
to get a better idea of what ours (MARCH's) could be worth. What do
you folks think ..... a decent-condition Straight-8 with documents,
software on paper tape, etc. should be worth more than (for example)
an Apple 1, right?
Indeed, but an Apple 1 is more widely known which speaks in its favor.
/P
9:14 a.m.
Hi.
a decent-condition Straight-8 with documents,
software
on paper tape, etc. should be worth more than (for example) an Apple 1,
right?
I think you cannot count the software and (most) manuals.... This stuff
seems to be widely available.
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1:41 p.m.
Evan Koblentz wrote:
I'm going to watch this transaction with utter
fascination, simply to
get a better idea of what ours (MARCH's) could be worth. What do you
folks think ..... a decent-condition Straight-8 with documents, software
on paper tape, etc. should be worth more than (for example) an Apple 1,
right?
Anything between zero and a million according to mutual agreement between
buyer and seller? :-) I've really given up trying to attribute monetary worth
to things* - for most things it all seems rather random these days (and I
have a tendency to blame ebay, but even before it came about there were
bargains and rip-offs aplenty)
What it might come down to is how many surviving S-8's are "known about" and
who owns them (if all of them are among collectors and museums who would
likely conduct high-profile sales, the "worth" is likely to be different than
if there are still some rotting in barns where a farmer might sell "that old
bit of junk" for a few bucks)
* at least for exchanges of items; I think it's perhaps a little clearer-cut
in the insurance world as you can go for the highest number likely to be
encountered and add a percentage for "hassle factor"
cheers
Jules
2:13 p.m.
folks think ..... a decent-condition Straight-8 with
documents, software
on paper tape, etc. should be worth more than (for example) an Apple 1,
right?
I am not conviced. Everyody has heard of Apple (if only for things like
the Ipod, Iphone, etc). Many fewer people have heard of DEC. I am not
sure rarity is the only factor in determining the price (and desing/build
quality certainly isn't...)
Put it thsi way. From where I am sitting I can see 3 machines which are
a _lot_ rarer than either the Apple on or the straight-8. But I doubt I
could get more than $100 for any of them (This is not an offer to sell
them...).
-tony
2:47 p.m.
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
I'm curious what these three machines are.
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folks think
..... a decent-condition Straight-8 with documents, software
on paper tape, etc. should be worth more than (for example) an Apple 1,
right?
I am not conviced. Everyody has heard of Apple (if only for things like
the Ipod, Iphone, etc). Many fewer people have heard of DEC. I am not
sure rarity is the only factor in determining the price (and desing/build
quality certainly isn't...)
Put it thsi way. From where I am sitting I can see 3 machines which are
a _lot_ rarer than either the Apple on or the straight-8. But I doubt I
could get more than $100 for any of them (This is not an offer to sell
them...).
3:08 p.m.
Put it thsi
way. From where I am sitting I can see 3 machines which are
a _lot_ rarer than either the Apple on or the straight-8. But I doubt I
could get more than $100 for any of them (This is not an offer to sell
them...).
I'm curious what these three machines are. 
3:19 p.m.
New subject: OT:(rare systems) Re: Taking offers on PDP-8 (straight-8)
On Mar 8, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
PERQ AGW3300 (aka PERQ 3a), PERQ 2T4 and AMT DAP 610
-tony
Sign me up. I have a AMT DAP 610 with all the manuals, software and the sun
workstations that went with it.
Rob
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com
22 Mar
22 Mar
2:43 p.m.
New subject: OT:(rare systems) Re: Taking offers on PDP-8 (straight-8)
On Mar 8, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Robert Borsuk wrote:
I drool uncontrollably. Is it operational? Have you run it?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
PERQ AGW3300
(aka PERQ 3a), PERQ 2T4 and AMT DAP 610
Sign me up. I have a AMT DAP 610 with all the manuals, software
and the sun workstations that went with it. 
3:29 p.m.
Not for nothing, but pretty much any collector that has been around
for more than six months has a few really rare machines.
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Will, jaded.
3:37 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Taking offers on PDP-8 (straight-8)
Not for nothing, but pretty much any collector that
has been around
for more than six months has a few really rare machines.
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Will, jaded.
I have been collecting since 2001 or so, nothing rare here just a few
uncommon units and parts.
3:32 p.m.
Put it thsi way. From where I am sitting I can see 3
machines which are
a _lot_ rarer than either the Apple on or the straight-8. But I doubt I
could get more than $100 for any of them (This is not an offer to sell
them...).
I'm curious what these three machines are. 
2:46 a.m.
Hi, Sellam.
I was looking at the photos of the Straight-8. The front panel
looks to be in good shape, but it has clearly been separated from
the remainder of the machine. Is it complete and with all of the
cabling?
Is there a controller (TC01) in the rack with the TU-55s?
Do you know if this equipment is operational? When it was
last in service? Does the material for sale constitute the
entirety of a once-operational system, or is it "bits-and-pieces"
that were salvaged?
Best regards,
--Bill
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