Interest in Lawrence Livermore Labs MST-80 Intel 8080 Trainers?
All, One of my parts/test equipment suppliers has contacted me with an offer on 6 or 7 Lawrence Livermore Labs MST-80(B?) trainers. These are 8080 trainers in a briefcase -- I brought mine to VCF East a few years ago. They have a keypad and three hex displays and can be controlled via a ROM monitor. Expansion is really simple, and the MST-80 provides DIP headers for address/data/control signals, as well as onboard I/O ports and 10 LEDs. The manuals are available online (IIRC Doug Crawford scanned his manual and that's the copy most people have), I don't yet know if any of these come with a hardcopy of it. What I'd like to know from list members is: - What would you pay for a repaired/tested/working unit? - What would you pay for an "as is" but not trashed unit? (cosmetically OK, all bits present, just untested) - What would you pay for just the board, in the event the briefcases are torn up? (haven't seen them yet) I'm trying to figure out what a fair offer is. They will of course be made available to VCFers if I purchase them! Thanks, Jonathan
I paid $51 for mine and it is a working unit. On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Systems Glitch via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
All,
One of my parts/test equipment suppliers has contacted me with an offer on 6 or 7 Lawrence Livermore Labs MST-80(B?) trainers. These are 8080 trainers in a briefcase -- I brought mine to VCF East a few years ago. They have a keypad and three hex displays and can be controlled via a ROM monitor. Expansion is really simple, and the MST-80 provides DIP headers for address/data/control signals, as well as onboard I/O ports and 10 LEDs.
The manuals are available online (IIRC Doug Crawford scanned his manual and that's the copy most people have), I don't yet know if any of these come with a hardcopy of it.
What I'd like to know from list members is:
- What would you pay for a repaired/tested/working unit? - What would you pay for an "as is" but not trashed unit? (cosmetically OK, all bits present, just untested) - What would you pay for just the board, in the event the briefcases are torn up? (haven't seen them yet)
I'm trying to figure out what a fair offer is. They will of course be made available to VCFers if I purchase them!
Thanks, Jonathan
Wow! I got a mention. Thanks Jonathan. I got a working one from the big auction in the sky for something just over $100. The one you have cost me $80, which was awesome cause of it being early with the ceramic 8080. If I could get deal on a non working early- even just a board- I think I'd take it for $100. DC
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The one you have cost me $80, which was awesome cause of it being early with the ceramic 8080.
Agreed. The ceramic 8080 is worth over $100 I like my MST-80. It's built really well. Its really cool to play with and display. People get a kick out of the fact that it is in a attache case. I see them from time to time.. The last one on ebay sold for $89 and thats without the power supply. http://www.ebay.com/itm/PART-OF-Vintage-Lawrence-Livermore-Labs-MST-80-/2916... They are pretty cool. If I didn't have one already. I would get one.
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