The information I have indicates that the University of Wisconsin paid
$10,200 for one in 1975. But that was a bid, and the quote returned
indicated that it was a GT40-AA "Demonstrator Model". So, it was probably
not new, and was presumably discounted. I actually obtained that machine
later on, and restored it.
By the way, I am curious where you got your lander program... I ask
because a few years back, I contacted Jack (via a pointer from the Computer
Museum in Boston), and what he had was a 9 -Track tape that he had gotten
from someone who had preserved a copy while he was at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He sent me the tape, and I read it and returned the
contents to him, including the lander program, some demo programs, etc.
Jay Jaeger
At 09:07 AM 10/3/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Does anyone happen to recall the original price of the DEC GT40
>graphics terminal? I'm exhibiting one at the VCF, running the
>famouus Lunar Lander game by Jack Burness, and several people have
>asked me what the terminal originally sold for.
>
>Thanks!
>Eric
>
>http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/dec/gt40/
>
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Received on Sun Oct 03 1999 - 10:18:37 BST