[vcf-midatlantic] Remember, if it's old, it must be worth tens of thousands of dollars!

[Dave McGuire]

   Well that's good at least.  His price will likely come down further 
after it sits there for a few months.

   We have two of these at LSSM, but they've not yet been restored.  Our 
DECmate-I, though, is on the exhibit floor and working great.  We just 
fixed up an LQP02 printer for it; just need to cable that up and it'll 
be a complete system.

              -Dave

On 6/26/24 10:22, Dave Shevett wrote:
> Thanks Dave, that makes sense.  I had a very nice convo with the guy 
> pointing out his pricing was... a little off.  The listing has been 
> updated, he's asking $5k-6k now, which given the condition of it, I 
> doubt he'll get, but he was super-nice about it.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 10:17 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic 
> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org 
> <mailto:vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 6/26/24 10:13, Dave Shevett via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>      >
>     https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/7313061908778748/?mibextid=6ojiHh <https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/7313061908778748/?mibextid=6ojiHh>
>      >
>      > As far as I can tell, this is a DECmate 1.  VT78 with an RX01
>     drive.  I
>      > don't know what an MR78 is though.
> 
>         No, the DECmate-I is the next generation of this, built into a
>     VT100.
>        This is a VT78.  As a complete system, working, it's probably worth
>     $3K or so.
> 
>         The MR78 is a boot ROM.
> 
>               -Dave
> 
>     -- 
>     Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>     New Kensington, PA
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave Shevett
> shevett at pobox.com <mailto:shevett at pobox.com>

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA