DougIngraham
Veteran Member
Not all are in museums. I am 2nd owner of SN1173. Built in 1967 it has 8k with EAE and the power fail option. AF01, TC01 with 3 TU55 drives., 64k DF32, PC01 and 34D scope option. In other words it is three cabinets and I have the shelf in the front. Mine has the original glass in the front panel although I did repair the common peeling paint on the edge issue.Agreed.... I thought all of the Straight-8's were in museums - and not in private collections/ownership. There certainly can't be many out there.
The core has generally not been the issue. You tune it and it seems to stay good. Right now the front panel is glitchy. Probably just needs some cleaning.
The one on eBay looks decent but appears to be only 4k and no EAE. I didn't look to see if it has the extended memory option. I think a starting bid of 5k and a buy it now of 10k would be more likely to see some action. The real problem with the Straight 8 is that it is a Negibus machine and finding peripherals is difficult. Heck, finding cables is difficult. This machine as shown would be able to run the 4k paper tape software via the reader/punch on the teletype. A blast from the past but the novelty gets old very fast.