On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 2:56 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > This: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/275084268137 > > ... > > Anyway I fully expect it to go ... for a _lot_ more than the opening > price. > > Much to my surprise, it didn't sell at all (although a number of other > lots, > likely from this machine, did.) > > I'm rather puzzled that an -11/70 will sell for north of $10K, while a /780 > can't fetch $5K. I can only guess that PDP-11'S are seen as more important > in > the collector world (even though the BSD work, which had such a huge > impact on > UNIX, which has now - in the form of Linux - taken over the world, was > centered on the VAX). > As others have mentioned, power is one concern, but my guess is this: No blinkenlights. It's not exciting looking. This tracks for PDP-11s (and 8's!) as well. No one pays big money for 11/04, 11/34, 11/44 or LSI-11 systems (though prices are creeping up like everything else) but 11/05, 11/40, 11/70, etc. sell for huge amounts every time. There's an 11/70 front panel at over $500 on eBay right now with two days left, it'll probably sell for $2500. - Josh > > Noel > >