Mardy
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I'm thinking about taking the PDP-8 plunge and have no idea what these are going for? How much should I expect to pay for a PDP-8/e that is in half way decent condition?
-Mardy
-Mardy
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I think the fare price depends whether you take a taxi or a bus.
--T
Terry! What a kneadless thing to say!
Any chance of getting this thread back on track? I suspect not...
Yeah that can be a big catch. Most the ones I've seen are as-is and not shown working condition. Unfortunately I don't know enough about PDP's to know their variance in sale vs model. I'd still probably check ebay's completed auction listings (or google search pdp site:ebay.com, or pdp-8 site:craigslist.com) and maybe you'll find a few older postings to go by.
Documentation, software, and showing it in a running state can sometimes double the value of the auction.
- John
I'm thinking about taking the PDP-8 plunge and have no idea what these are going for? How much should I expect to pay for a PDP-8/e that is in half way decent condition?
-Mardy
So after spending $1283.00 I now own what looks to be a fairly complete PDP-8/e including 20K of core memory. It is in very good cosmetic condition. As for it's operational state, that is still unknown. A lot of inspection and cleaning still needs to be done before I begin powering it up.
I know that the question of what is a "fair" price is very subjective, but in this particular case, I feel that I got my moneys worth.
-Mardy
i am a new member like you where i could take a pdp-8/e