PDP-11 price guides

From: John Allain <allain_at_panix.com>
Date: Sun Apr 18 20:26:13 2004

> Has anyone worked on, or thought about working on, a
> "price guide"... ... Thoughts?

I think PDP-11's, non-QBus, are damn rare today and will
only get more so in the future. Still I was able to get one the
other day for $50 totally by chance. That's supply. I don't
have a good idea as to demand. I suspect that most prople
who wanted one have one by now.
There will be exceptions. Like countries deprived of their
own computer manufacturing. They tend to hold on to old
stuff forever.

Trouble with Unibus PDP11's is they're just a tad too heavy
for one person to carry, especially when that one person is
someone wanting to set up a table at the flea market. I have
seen maybe 2 Unibus PDP11's after viewing maybe 20,000
flea market tables in over 10 years.

John A.
Received on Sun Apr 18 2004 - 20:26:13 BST