pdp8/f

From: daniel <daniel_at_internet.look.ca>
Date: Tue Oct 12 21:50:47 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: pdp8/f


>Having already inspected and turned down this junker be it known that the
>system doesn't work. I wasn't able to isolate the problem to the front
>panel or the CPU but the boards didn't work. The 8/E chassis that went for
>around $400 on Ebay was a better deal. Consider Keyways for PDP-8 boards as
>well. I told Easy that the 8/f wasn't worth more than two or three hundred
>tops.

That 8/e chasis went for $1300 this morning!

>
>--Chuck
>
>At 09:13 PM 10/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>OK, the PDP8/f is in California. As i mentioned before they want $600
>>for it. This is what it contains:
>>
>> > 1 M8330
>> > 1 M8310
>> > 1 M8300
>> > 1 M837
>> > 1 M848
>> > 5 M1709
>> > 2 M8655 (NOT THE TWO LISTED BELOW)
>> > 1 M849
>> > 1 M8320
>> > AND 1 DATARAM DR118 CORE MEMORY
>>
>>I'm still dealing with them over the PDP8 boards I want to buy, which is
>>why i'm hesitant to mention the company at the moment.
>>
>>-Lawrence LeMay
>
>
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