SMECC's book is on 16 c talks about adding front panel and display etc... 16 sw and 16 led book dated jan 74 16c seems to designate the card maybe 16 b is inclusive of PS an add on panel and case.. also have a 8C book too. ED# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) Odd I was just going though a crate 3 hours ago... what are the odds In a message dated 1/2/2017 9:15:05 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I have manual. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail ____________________________________ On Monday, January 2, 2017 Josh Dersch <[email protected]> wrote: On 1/2/17 7:58 PM, Brad H wrote: > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Josh Dersch <[email protected]> > Date: 2017-01-02 7:37 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: National Semiconductor IMP mini > > > On 1/2/17 7:22 PM, jim stephens wrote: >> This system looks pretty interesting, though pricey. I'm thinking it >> is going to be a development machine as all the switches and display >> would not probably have been on a production machine. >> >> I don't think National made many minicomputer format machines, in >> their history, someone correct me. That might make this pretty rare >> on that front as well. >> >> thanks >> Jim >> >> Beautiful-1974-NATIONAL-SEMICONDUCTOR-COMPUTER-model-imp-16p/ >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/252700755919 >> > Yeah, it's pretty cool but I don't think the seller has reasonable > expectations for actually selling it -- the auction started (I believe) > at $1500 (which may have been a reasonable price), then the seller > raised it to $2500, now it's at $3500 (which is fairly outrageous, in my >> opinion). I'm not sure what his strategy is. >> Bitsavers has manuals (of course...) >> - Josh > I think he figured toggle switches and lights = $$$$. He might be correct, given the obscene money I've seen laid out just for a PDP 8/e faceplate. You never know a) what will motivate a collector and b) when just the right collector for a given item will show up. Every day I thank my lucky stars they didn't, for whatever reason, show up for my Mark-8 boards. With the "No shipping cash on pickup" proviso the seller provides, I feel fairly certain no one's biting. But I've been surprised before... - Josh
