MV-III CPU vs RD53 drives

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Wed Jan 2 16:35:15 2002

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> > I've been offered a trade of a MV-III CPU, 8M memory board to match,
> > and a graphics board for the naked BA123 in the garage. I have some
> > spare RD53 disks, and a couple of TK50 drives. The gentleman is asking
> > how many disks the CPU boards are worth, and I haven't a clue.
> > Any opinions?
> >
> > Doc
>
> I've an opinion, but it's probably not what you want to hear. No amount of
> RD53's is worth a KA650 CPU! I'd personally value a MicroVAX I CPU higher
> than RD53 drives. Now an RQDX1 or RQDX2 for a RD53 might be more like i.
>
> BTW, yes, I hate RD53's and consider them worthless!
>
> Zane
>
>

Actually a _working_ RD53 ought to be worth quite a bit since they are
so rare ;-)

Peter Wallace
Received on Wed Jan 02 2002 - 16:35:15 GMT