Geezzz! Those are some high prices. This summer I was called to repair a Brown & Sharpe No 12 Horizontal Mill. This machine is an old dog, probably purchased prior to World War II. Anyway while nosing around in the plant for spare parts for the mill, I came across a pile of stuff. Looked like old machine parts, half milled steel parts, lots of old lube oil, steel shards, and other junk. But something deep in the pile caught my eye, a DEC PDP8e. I waded in and pulled it out. Turns out to be in rather good condition, despite it's environment. I asked the owner about it and he said that pile of junk was to be collected by the scrap guys in a week or so. The plant people were piling stuff there for pickup. I asked if I could buy the PDP8e, he said "sure for scrap price", paid him $50 and I dragged it home. By the way the Brown & Sharpe N0 12 Horizontal Mill was successfully brought back to life. I still have to clean the PDP8e before I bring it into the basement of the house. All the switches are there and none a broken off. I'm hoping that there are cards inside. I'm sure the power supply is there. You can see the fans thru the side and the thing is HEAVY. I may have a winter project. Mike
