[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Machine on auction site

[Christian Gauger-Cosgrove]

The VT-05 was not just a "silly old 9,600 baud dumb terminal" it was
DEC's first video terminal.


But it's *not* worth a quarter million. For a quarter million I'd want
the terminal to:
> Be NEW IN BOX state.
> Be fully functional.
> Absolutely blemish free.
> Come with original sales receipt.
> Be terminal serial number 00001.
> Be signed by Ken Olson (founder of DEC).
> Come with a new in box PDP-8/E w/also new in box RK05 hard disk and TU56 DECtape drive - also all signed by Ken Olson.
> And maybe five more VT-05s too, also in the same state as a first (except with serial numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.)

The average going price on a VT-05 is about 1.5K to 3K, mostly becuase
they weren't that populous and they were the first glass TTY made by
DEC.




On 29 June 2011 11:16, tony j. podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com> wrote:
> A silly old 9,600 Baud dumb terminal - and he has a
> BUY-IT-NOW for $350,000?
>
> "Seller says": I'm in a bind, and I'm way behind...
>
> Hope he makes enough on it so he can pay the lawsuit for
> stealing lyrics from Charlie Daniels  :-)
>
> UE,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNN
> ZCZC
>
> Chris Elmquist wrote:
>> On Tuesday (06/28/2011 at 02:26PM -0700), Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>
>>> Some people thing that because something seems exotic
>>> and valuable to them it _is_ exotic and valuable.
>>
>>
>> Heh...  no kidding.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330581357497&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
>>
>> Chris N0JCF
>>
>
>
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>                  | gazing at your dog, who is sleeping on the
>                  | couch, mentioning his name, and hearing
>                  | thud-thud-thud as his tail hits the cushions.
>                  |                          - Tony J. Podrasky
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