WOW!!!! $15k DEC PDP-8 CLASSIC MINICOMPUTER SYSTEM DIGITAL PDP8

[Scott Stevens]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:14:07 -0500
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:

> Vintage Computer Festival declared on Tuesday 05 July 2005 12:15 am:
> > On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, William Donzelli wrote:
> > > > I am already shocked about the price being higher than $1000 !!!
> > > > How should students like me be able to play with old computers
> > > > if some people thing that these machines have the value of their
> > > > weight in gold....!?!
> > >
> > > Get a Data General or an Interdata - they tend to be cheaper by a
> > > good stretch.
> > >
> > > I was actually thinking about starting an informal pool on the
> > > Straight-8 sale, but did not get around to it. When the next
> > > awesome machine hits email, lets set one up.
> > >
> > > Anyone want to venture what a PDP-1 would fetch? S/360?
> >
> > $50K.
> 
> $1M!
> 
> Wait, are we supposed to give realistic numbers?
> 
> $50k for a -1 seems high but not totally unreasonable for a machine
> that is in excellent (running) condition, if it were sold through a
> 'real' auction house, like Christie's, under the best possible
> circumstances.
> 
> $50k for an S/360 does seem too high, though, because the S/360 has a 
> lower 'collectability' (interest, and more of them were produced).  
> Price on the S/360 would probably also follow what CPU model (among 
> other factors).  A Model 30 would likely produce nowhere near as much 
> interest as a Model 91, and peripherals would likely make a bigger 
> difference with the S/360 than they would with the -1.  At best, I'd 
> give a number in the $10k-$20k range for a relatively complete,
> working, and scratch-free S/360 setup (with the most desirable CPU and
> 
> peripherals) under the 'best conditions'.
> 

How about an IBM 650?  Are there people out there with them still
operable?

I still have one loose-leaf binder for the 650.