I met Alexandra (the seller) at a nearby Starbucks
to pick up my loot (a core assembly and front panel)
at her suggestion. We had coffee and talked about
computers and electronics. It turns out that she
deals mostly in microwave and radio gear, and had no
idea that PDP-8s were so highly prized. I asked her
about the status of the rest of the machine. It turns
out that she had one box, dirty and a bit rusted,
that she had discarded, not realizing that it too
would fetch a good price or that the machine in
one piece would fetch top-dollar, shipping and all.
I think she was rather blown away by what people were
bidding. I imagine if she ever comes across another
classic machine, she will treat it with a bit more
respect. I gave her a few pointers to the sort
of things that were particularly collectible or
interesting to members of the list, for example
anything DEC, HP, or with "blinkenlights". She knew,
that HP calculators are collectible, but didn't
realize that anyone wanted the minis for anything
other than parts or scrap.
--Bill
--- Al Kossow <aek_at_spies.com> wrote:
>
>
> > AARGH... Just looked on e-bay. There are a large
> number of pdp-8 items
> > listed by a single vendor. Looks like 1 or more /m
> systems has been
> > disassembled. Feel like I am watching
> humpty-dumpty, will the pieces ever
> > get back together again......
>
>
> nope..
>
> nothing heavy for the guy to ship either.
>
> 153.51 H212
> 102.50 H212
> 102.50 G111
> 50.00 G111
> 102.50 G233
> 86.00 G233
> 97.00 front panel
> 30.09 plex
> 74.77 8/M Omnibus
> 201.50 16 x top cons
> 50.00 M837
> 201.50 M7104
> 50.00 M8330
> 50.00 M8320
> 52.00 M8337
> 201.50 M7105
> 201.50 M7106
> 52.00 M840
> 52.00 M8335
> 52.00 M8336
> 50.00 M8300
> 50.00 M8310
> 52.00 M8655
>
> ======
>
> 2114.87
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 00:58:36 BST