Estimated Price Of A "Classic" PDP-8?

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Jan 26 12:13:25 2004

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 08:58:10PM -0800, Jim Davis wrote:
> > $3000 for an "8/S"?!?!, you have to be kidding? Did it include a lot of
> > equipment?
>
> When I asked Sellam about one that went for $1700 a couple of years ago,
> he thought that was a fair price.

That was a couple of years ago ;)

Over the years, I've noticed (and as would be expected or at least hoped)
that collectors, as we are, have refined our tastes and are valuing higher
the computers that deserve to be valued higher, also as a function of time
passed. So earlier minis like the PDP-8 (of all models, but especially
the earlier or rarer ones) are steadily increasing in value. $3,000 for a
very nice 8/s (as was the one that sold on eBay a short while back) is a
reasonable price.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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