What's your specialty?

From: Huw Davies <Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au>
Date: Thu Feb 7 06:22:05 2002

At 07:45 PM 6/02/2002 -0800, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>--- Huw Davies <Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au> wrote:
> > I think I'm trying to collect all of those computers I wanted to buy new
> > when I was younger but didn't have the money.
>
>You, too? I think that is a factor for lots of us.
>
> > On the list of things to buy:
> >
> > PDP-8 (I think I want an original but might take an -8S)
>
>They don't cost more now than they do when they were new (few things
>we collect do), but they are closer to the old prices than they used
>to be ($15,000 USD and $9,995 USD, respectively). I was offered
>$1,500 USD for one of my Straight-8s (Classic-8 or "original") many
>years ago (before the .com boom), and it doesn't even have console TTY
>interface. I do not know what one would sell for now. I don't really
>want to know; it is not for sale.


Well, I was out at a History of Computing talk given at the DECUS LUG this
evening and in chatting to one of the attendees, he'd just been given (yes,
given) a straight 8. He might have an 8E or 8S that he can "loan" me as
long as I get it running, so I might be one more system down on the list of
things to get.

I guess I should add an AlphaBook to the list of (more recent) things I
lust after....

Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au
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