Actually there's two SOL's currently on eBay.
The 2nd one is currently "only" $500 or so:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2071406461
The difference being that it has no documentation (which I suspect accounts for
the price difference), and also it only has a single card in it - a non-PT 64K
memory card (I asked the seller if it was PT or not).
In recent history SOL's have sold for anywhere from $490 to $2500!
Documentation also seems to be what has so far driven this Altair to $4K:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2072033128
Ben
Glen Slick wrote:
>At least $1500, ending today....
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2071171983
>
>
>>From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
>>Reply-To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
>>To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
>>Subject: Re: Whats wrong with chip collecting?
>>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:04:53 -0800 (PST)
>>
>
>>I suggest the former. Prices for old computers are fairly well
>>established by now. These prices are independent of, for instance, the
>>CPU that may power the computer. For example, if a SOL-20 goes on the
>>market, chances are it could fetch up to $1,200, regardless of whether it
>>had an Intel C8080 on the original Processor Technology CPU board or if
>>it had a Cromemco ZPU with a Zilog Z80 (even a first run Z80). The CPU
>>has no bearing on the valuation of the machine.
Received on Mon Nov 18 2002 - 12:23:25 GMT