-------- Original message -------- From: Josh Dersch <dersc...@gmail.com> Date: 2017-01-02 7:37 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 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.