value of RK05

From: johnb <dylanb_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue May 9 13:59:57 2000

----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: value of RK05


> > I base the price on *alot* more than one sale. Ie: 3 PDP-11/35s for
$6-7K
> > minimum.I don't think you want to know what Classic-11s (pre 11/20) sell
>
> Err, and just what _production_ PDP11s are pre-11/20??
>

Gordon Bell had 300 "PDP-11" minicomputers made that were *slightly*
different from the PDP-11/20. Most 11/20 boards are rev "A". I will list soo
the differences - most had to do with the UNIBUS.. but there was some
changes to the datapaths as well.

> > I said the RL01s were worthless to collectors. Price is of course based
on
> > rarity. I think *every* PDP-11/34 was shipped with RL01s ;-)
>
> Not always, at least not to non-collectors.
>
> Sometimes, price is based on utility. People will pay a lot for something
> they really need, especially if it's for real work. I know of people
> who've got serious money for things like IBM MDA monitors, simply because
> they were needed for some expensive instrument that happened to have an
> MDA output and where you can't simply drop in a different video card.
>
> -tony
>
>
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