[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The IMSAI (and it's contemporaries) pre-date the mass computer > market - they were the hobbyist computers of choice (at least > until the Apple came along). They're uncommon, but not exactly > rare. Finding one that's still in working condition is a bit > harder - they were home-assembled, so the quality depends very > much on how good the original hobbyist was with a soldering iron. >
Many of the cards came pre-assembled, all you really had to do was plug-em in, good luck getting them to work however, with a lot of custom driver code potentially needing some hacking to get it right. The motherboard/case however, usually came as a kit and you had some soldering to do. Those were the good ole days! > There are always a few examples of these (and of PDP-8s) at the > Vintage Computer Festival; prices in the hundreds of dollars Thats what happens when your audience is limited. Once you open it up to the world through ebay, the true market value shows itself. I wonder how many of those computers sold in these festivals end up on ebay? > are normal. Anything is possible on eBay, but paying thousands > for anything but a system with all the rarest peripherals seems > excessive. > > > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 01:33:01PM -0500, Gonz wrote: > >>A working IMSAI 8800 (8080?) seems to be another one that has >>appreciated also, at least last time I checked. I've seem them go for >>thousands of $ on ebay. Remember those? >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 08:21:39PM +1200, David Mann wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Sep 11, 2006, at 6:27 AM, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>A consideration: >>>>>We must remember that these DSLRs are now just computers and >>>>>the longer we hang onto older technology the faster it loses value. >>>>>The faster upgrade may be the cheaper way to go. >>>> >>>>In that case, my gear must be gaining value as antiques. >>> >>> >>>Speaking as an expert in the field (or at least an expert by marriage; >>>my wife works at the Computer History Museum) it's a rare piece of >>>computer equipment that's worth more than scrap value. If you've >>>got a working CDC 7600 (or any part of Edsac) it may be gaining in >>>value, but most of the mass-produced stuff is basically worthless. >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
