On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:36:48 -0600, Jay West <jwest(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: That does seem to be a lot. I'm sorry I missed one his other auctions: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=%205145843403 For the eBay impaired, it's a BM08L, but not like the one I have... this one appears to be an OMNIBUS box with the right goodies (Posibus interface, etc.) to hang off of an -8/L and be memory and peripheral space. Mine is a custom-wired backplane with room for two MM8I core stacks and the wads of M and G modules one would expect in an -8/i or -8/L for the primary 4K of core. The seller comments that it's possible to turn it into a computer by adding the proper front panel and "appropriate boards" (KK8E, etc.) I would have been happy to have paid more than *double* the closing price (31 GBP) plus the shipping to the States... it's exactly the thing I've been looking for for _years_ - I've wanted to run OS/8 on my -8/L since 1982... I have a 8K expander box, but no mass storage for the -8/L (all I have are OMNIBUS things and a couple of Negibus things). This one is sans cables, but that's not even close to a problem... *sigh*... take a few days off scouring auctions and one slips by... -ethan P.S. - if anyone has any docs on _any_ flavor of BM08, I'd love to know about them... I've had this BM08 since college, but never had any docs for it. Now that I know about this other variety, I'd be curious to see if I could fiddle something up with a spare PDP-8/a chassis (I have several at home). It wouldn't be properly authentic, but it would still be 100% DEC.