20 Apr
2018
20 Apr
'18
6:24 a.m.
I see some company selling them on eBay for $122.? Are they really worth
anything like that?? I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I
don't expect to ever use again.? Just wondering if they are worth looking
for to sell.? In this hobby you can always use money for new (well, old
actually)
toys.
bill
20 Apr
20 Apr
6:30 a.m.
The standard answer is "they are worth what a buyer will pay for them". An
asking price isn't a value -- it may just be wishful thinking, or delusion.
It does seem like something that could be built for a lot less money.
paul
On Apr 20, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Bill Gunshannon via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I see some company selling them on eBay for $122. Are they really worth
anything like that? I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I
don't expect to ever use again. Just wondering if they are worth looking
for to sell. In this hobby you can always use money for new (well, old
actually)
toys.
bill
6:41 a.m.
I see some company selling them on eBay for $122. Are
they really worth
anything like that? I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I
Your best indication is to look at 'sold, completed'* listings which will
show you what people are actually willing to pay rather than what a seller
thinks the item is worth.
(*assuming there ARE any for RL terminators of course)
A
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On 20 April 2018 at 14:24, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org
wrote:
I see some company selling them on eBay for $122. Are they really worth
anything like that? I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I
don't expect to ever use again. Just wondering if they are worth looking
for to sell. In this hobby you can always use money for new (well, old
actually)
toys.
bill
7:07 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 9:24 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I see some company selling them on eBay for $122. Are
they really worth
anything like that?
I would hope they sell for less, but if they can get buyers then
that's the current price. It's not like there's an abundant source of
NOS or anyone making them now.
I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I
don't expect to ever use again. Just wondering if they are worth looking
for to sell.
You can always list them and see if you get buyers. For me, for over
$100, I'm inclined to make some new ones - I have a box of cable ends
from a departed friend who used to make and repair DEC
cables. I
don't happen to have a reel of the right cable (12-pair plus drain,
IIRC) and it's not cheap to buy (multiple dollars per foot, IIRC) so
I'm not likely to turn the ends back into whole cables. I don't know
where to get the right resistor pack from, but Vince Slyngstad has
this project which would likely work quite well...
http://svn.so-much-stuff.com/svn/trunk/Eagle/projects/DEC/RL0x/terminator/
-ethan
7:31 a.m.
I see some company selling them on eBay for $122. Are
they really worth
anything like that? I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I
don't expect to ever use again. Just wondering if they are worth looking
for to sell. In this hobby you can always use money for new (well, old
actually)
toys.
bill
It's a bit disappointing to see them priced so highly. I don't think
I've seen one even listed in the UK. So if you are trying to sell them I
don't see why $100 or so wouldn't sell, at least eventually. I believe a
company in the UK gave me a price of around ?70 ex VAT. I didn't want to
that much so I ended up building my own out of 2x40 perfboard, two pin
1x20 headers and a bunch of 82ohm resistors.
http://aaronsplace.co.uk/private/pics/IMG_1249.JPG
Aaron
8:16 a.m.
On Apr 20, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
It's a bit disappointing to see them priced so highly. I don't think
I've seen one even listed in the UK. So if you are trying to sell them I
don't see why $100 or so wouldn't sell, at least eventually. I believe a
company in the UK gave me a price of around ?70 ex VAT. I didn't want to
that much so I ended up building my own out of 2x40 perfboard, two pin
1x20 headers and a bunch of 82ohm resistors.
http://aaronsplace.co.uk/private/pics/IMG_1249.JPG
Nicely done.
Clearly this is easy enough. The parts cost can't be more than a few dollars; the
priciest thing is likely to be the connector.
paul
8:19 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
It's a bit disappointing to see them priced so highly. I don't think
I've seen one even listed in the UK. So if you are trying to sell them I
don't see why $100 or so wouldn't sell, at least eventually. I believe a
company in the UK gave me a price of around ?70 ex VAT. I didn't want to
that much so I ended up building my own out of 2x40 perfboard, two pin
1x20 headers and a bunch of 82ohm resistors.
http://aaronsplace.co.uk/private/pics/IMG_1249.JPG
Nicely done.
Clearly this is easy enough. The parts cost can't be more than a few
dollars; the priciest thing is likely to be the connector.
90% of the price/premium you'll see in the vintage market is for 'knowing
which parts to bodge together'. The parts themselves are rarely rare enough
to command the price.
Warner
On Apr 20, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Aaron Jackson via
cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
8:45 a.m.
I just bought one for about $28. That seemed reasonable to me. Enough to not bother to
build it.
73 Eugene W2HX
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Subject: RL Drive Terminators
I see some company selling them on eBay for $122. Are they really worth
anything like that? I have a couple sitting around here somewhere that I
don't expect to ever use again. Just wondering if they are worth looking
for to sell. In this hobby you can always use money for new (well, old
actually)
toys.
bill
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