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Chancing His Arm With A Pdp-8/f?

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This advert on eBay! A bit of a chancer! Condition unknown and collection only in the U.K. but you apparently have to pay to import it too so who knows?

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DIGITAL/DEC, PDP8/F microcomputer, assembled on December 8th, 1974 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for DIGITAL/DEC, PDP8/F microcomputer, assembled on December 8th, 1974 at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
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The key was advertised separately a couple of weeks ago IIRC.
 
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Well, if he bought high and shipped that might account for the high asking price?

Not too sure about the description either - an 8-bit machine, therefore using octal not hex...

Dave
 
I assume its this one:-
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DIGITAL/DEC, PDP8/F microcomputer, assembled on December 8th, 1974 | eBay

The pdp8 is a 110v 60Hz DEVICE. I saw it working, but I haven't dared to power it up since it got here. DEC pdp8/f microcomputer dated 8th December 1974. The college is near greenville,SC, east coast of the USA.
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very cheeky showing items not included. As for the price, you can always come down from an asking price but not go up if lots of interest.
I wonder what this one will fetch
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Vintage Rare Digital DEC BM08 #101 M27 + PDP 8/L - 2919 - Very Clean Inside! | eBay

No further history is known on these units. You can see that the cables that connected them together have been cut. I know there is ways to create IDC type couplers or replace the cables in their entirety.
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Thanks. Well ... geez. Much more interested in seing the sales price later today on the BM08+8/L combination. The PDP-8/L was my first hands-on system (1972). We badly wanted a BM08 but were a poor-as-church-mice lab and did without until a few years later when I implemented a full 28Kw of 21L02-based SRAM and the accompanying controller in a home-grown expansion chassis.
 
The 8/L and BM08 auction has about 7 hours to go but the reserve price has not yet been met. It is currently at US$4050.
I agree that this much more interesting. I expect some mad last minute bidding resembling a "massacre". 😜
 
thunter0512 said:
The 8/L and BM08 auction has about 7 hours to go but the reserve price has not yet been met. It is currently at US$4050.
I agree that this much more interesting. I expect some mad last minute bidding resembling a "massacre". 😜
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Surprisingly there was no last minute bidding war on the 8/L+BM08 and the reserve price was not even reached.
The system has now been relisted with a "buy it now" price of $9500 and "Make and Offer" enabled.
I was surprised about the restraint of the bidders, but it shows a more realistic market valuation of $4150.
 
Agree with your estimate of market valuation. Apparently it wasn't as "iconic" as the seller hoped (and apparently still hopes). Maybe the current "rough ride" US stock market has put a damper on the availability of ready cash for a splurge? I'm guessing that it will get quietly sold for a bit more than the final bid, but it might take a while for the seller to get realistic in their expectations.
 
bobaboba said:
This advert on eBay! A bit of a chancer! Condition unknown and collection only in the U.K. but you apparently have to pay to import it too so who knows?

www.ebay.co.uk

DIGITAL/DEC, PDP8/F microcomputer, assembled on December 8th, 1974 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for DIGITAL/DEC, PDP8/F microcomputer, assembled on December 8th, 1974 at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
www.ebay.co.uk

The key was advertised separately a couple of weeks ago IIRC.
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So the asking price is slowly dropping but still much higher than it’s worth. I guess unsurprisingly there’s been no acceptable offers either.
 
Yikes. Asking $9460 (£8,100) for a PDP-8f system for parts and not known to be working. Not even full backplanes. Maybe time to list my fully working fully populated mint PDP-8m's ...
 
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