On 2017-01-12 5:35 PM, Andy Cloud wrote:
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I know this is a bit of a personal question, so please feel free to ignore
> this email!
>
> If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what
drove
> you to spend as much as you did on that particular computer?
>
>
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Andy Cloud wrote:
> If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
> you to spend as much as you did on that particular computer?
>
Not money spent per se, but recently a Multics user ran the billing cycle
(apparently not setting it
Interesting question ... brings back good and bad memories :)
Probably $5,800 for an HP 3000 Corporate Business System (a 12-processor HP
3000/997).
it was a million dollar machine when new.
I bought it for $300, paid about $500 for delivery, and $5000 to get the
three-phase power installed for
On 01/13/2017 05:14 PM, Kyle Owen wrote:
I'd be interested in seeing some pictures of your
photoplotter, if you have a chance. Now with the idea of
direct toner transfer with modern laser printers, I can
see bringing a darkroom into it as being a bit of a hassle.
See http://pico-systems.com/ph
On 01/13/2017 04:52 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2017-01-13 7:24 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 01/13/2017 12:16 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 1/13/17 10:05 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter
(used).
I have a laser photoplotter I built a long time ago to
make cir
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
>
>>> I have a laser photoplotter I built a long time ago to make circuit
> board artwork. It does 1000 x 1000 DPI via a raster process, wrapping the
> film around a drum. After moving all the conversion software over to
> Linux, it occurred to
On 2017-01-13 7:24 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 01/13/2017 12:16 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 1/13/17 10:05 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
I have a laser photoplotter I built a long time ago to make circuit
board artwork. It does 1000 x 1000 DPI
On 01/13/2017 12:16 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 1/13/17 10:05 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
I have a laser photoplotter I built a long time ago to make
circuit board artwork. It does 1000 x 1000 DPI via a raster
process, wrapping the film
On 2017-01-13 5:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jan 13, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
...
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROM
On 2017-01-13 5:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jan 13, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
...
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROM
> On Jan 13, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
>
> On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
>>> ...
>>> AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
>>>
>>> Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication v
On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
...
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or
AppleTalk.
One of the first high resolution PostScript images
On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
...
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or
AppleTalk.
One of the first high resolution PostScript images
> On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
> ...
> AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
>
> Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or
> AppleTalk.
>
> One of the first high resolution PostScript imagesetters. Put a lot of feet
>
On 1/13/17 10:05 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
> AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
>
> Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or
> AppleTalk.
>
> One of the first high resolution PostScript imagesetters. Put a lot of feet
> of bromide pape
On 2017-01-12 5:35 PM, Andy Cloud wrote:
Hi Everyone!
I know this is a bit of a personal question, so please feel free to ignore
this email!
If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
you to spend as much as you did on that particular computer?
For me, the most
tor 2017-01-12 klockan 20:35 + skrev Andy Cloud:
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I know this is a bit of a personal question, so please feel free to ignore
> this email!
>
> If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
> you to spend as much as you did on that particular co
On 01/12/2017 08:55 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
> Well, in 1986, I paid something like $6700 for a KA630-AA (UVax-II CPU
> board).
> I got an Andromeda disk controller (MFM hard disk + floppy) and ran
> pirated VMS off a 40 MB drive. Slowly upgraded it all to a VaxStation
> II, then VaxStation II GPX (co
I agree with Terry. It's not just the initial cost, but the shipping,
blood, sweat, tears, and pushing my mind, spine, etc to the limits.
I don't usually put over a few thousand into one toy, but have gone way
past that for packages.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Rich Cini wrote:
> Hmmm. Wel
Hmmm. Well, in 1985 I spent something like $6500 or $7000 on a complete Mac
512k system. Ok, the box itself was only $2795 or something like that but it
was all of the other stuff like the software, printer, disk drive, modem,
numeric keyboard that added up. I still have the receipt somewhere in
Well, in 1986, I paid something like $6700 for a KA630-AA
(UVax-II CPU board).
I got an Andromeda disk controller (MFM hard disk + floppy)
and ran pirated VMS off a 40 MB drive. Slowly upgraded it
all to a VaxStation II, then VaxStation II GPX (color
graphics), added a bunch of tape drives.
> If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
> you to spend as much as you did on that particular computer?
The most I spent personally was a bit over $10,000 for my personal POWER6
server. I was actually ready to buy a brand new POWER7 (which would probably
have c
I find generally I haven't paid too much for the gear I've got.
However, it's not the initial payment, it's the shipping (huge when your
talking about New Zealand from anywhere), and then the bits and pieces you
might have to buy to repair/restore the said item. These two incidentals
often cost m
I rarely go above $1000.. I spent $1500 for my Mark-8 boards. And I considered
that a bargain considering what they were.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> $15,000 for a used Mekel microfiche scanner in the early-2000's
>
I have a Mekel M565 and an M525, with the greyscale interface card,
sitting in my office. They were a parting gift from my boss when we closed
the old company down. They get
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017, Andy Cloud wrote:
If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
you to spend as much as you did on that particular computer?
I got in a bidding war with someone and ended up paying $330 for six Onyx2
racks from Boeing surplus about ten years
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'm sure there are people who are offended and/or horrified by the
question. The number of responses (or lack thereof) will likely
indicate the size of that pool.
My upper limit has been at $800 surprisingly often.
After I purchased the "Technical Refer
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> $15,000 for a used Mekel microfiche scanner in the early-2000's
Oof!
> It turned out to be just past prototype stage, was missing the pneumatic
> fiche handler
> and never really got it working at production volumes. The small number of
> fic
$15,000 for a used Mekel microfiche scanner in the early-2000's
It turned out to be just past prototype stage, was missing the pneumatic fiche
handler
and never really got it working at production volumes. The small number of
fiche scans
on bitsavers from around then was the sum total of the out
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:51 PM, william degnan wrote:
>> I am sure you did not mean to cause offence but I don't that if this is an
>> appropriate question to ask here.
If someone paid a large sum, especially recently, they might not care
to
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:51 PM, william degnan wrote:
> I am sure you did not mean to cause offence but I don't that if this is an
> appropriate question to ask here. At least not on classiccmp. But I
> guess we'll find out what others think. I don't want to start a flame war
> either, just s
Haha! Great question - I primed her with shoes before the purchase then
casually told her I had just bought a $2,000 computer, she tried to be
angry but she got she shoes she'd always wanted so it nutralized it :D
_>Andy
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 20:46, Charles Anthony
wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Andy Cloud wrote:
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I know this is a bit of a personal question, so please feel free to ignore
> this email!
>
> If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
> you to spend as much as you did on that particular compu
I think the most expensive machine I ever bought (with my own money)
was a VAX-11/725 in 1986. $4000. I did it, in part because DEC was
eliminating free license transferrals with after-market hardware
sales. It looked like my cheapest option to have my own VAX, and for
a time, it was.
https://b
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Andy Cloud wrote:
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I know this is a bit of a personal question, so please feel free to ignore
> this email!
>
> If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
> you to spend as much as you did on that particular comp
Hi Everyone!
I know this is a bit of a personal question, so please feel free to ignore
this email!
If you're willing to answer it would also be interesting to know what drove
you to spend as much as you did on that particular computer?
For me, the most I've spent on a single computer is $2,000
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