matthew180
Experienced Member
I have been looking for a PDP-11 for a while and I might have a chance to get one. Aside from the desire to get my hands on real hardware, I'm finding it hard to figure out a *fair* price for a CPU or other components like disk drives or tape units.
Sometimes I see prices in the multiple thousands, and other times I see people getting them for free (like in May the PDP-11 that was rescued in SoCal). That is kind of a drastic range, and makes me wonder if waiting for someone to be ready to dump a unit is the best option. The price I am faced with currently is looking like it might be beyond my means, but I have no idea if it is a good deal either. It is really hard to swallow paying a few thousand for a system when you see someone get one for the cost of driving to pick it up.
Sometimes I see prices in the multiple thousands, and other times I see people getting them for free (like in May the PDP-11 that was rescued in SoCal). That is kind of a drastic range, and makes me wonder if waiting for someone to be ready to dump a unit is the best option. The price I am faced with currently is looking like it might be beyond my means, but I have no idea if it is a good deal either. It is really hard to swallow paying a few thousand for a system when you see someone get one for the cost of driving to pick it up.