Estimated Price Of A "Classic" PDP-8?

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Jan 26 12:17:19 2004

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, O. Sharp wrote:

> > $3000 for an "8/S"?!?!, you have to be kidding? Did it include a lot of
> > equipment?
>
> If that's the auction I remember from about six months ago, that 8/S was
> an anomaly - it didn't have any peripherals attached, but it was well
> kept up, and it was listed as having... <drum roll> ...serial number 0.

That's right, and low serial numbers always add to the value. Why? Well,
there could be many reasons (symbolic, technical, etc.) The Computer
History Museum will not take common machines unless they are low serial
number (i.e. less than 10).

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