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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:40 am    Post subject: Expensive way to get some ALUs Reply with quote

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did you buy it Johnorun.. seeing it was in Chicago Surprised

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

that's a museum item, probably only one in such condition exists on the earth now.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hugo929 wrote:
that's a museum item, probably only one in such condition exists on the earth now.


Nope, there is actually a fair number of them, even in working condition.

Xerox made, and mostly gave away, 2000 of them in the 8 years they were made.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh and each one has 4 very nice 74S181 ALUs Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

CPUShack wrote:
hugo929 wrote:
that's a museum item, probably only one in such condition exists on the earth now.


Nope, there is actually a fair number of them, even in working condition.

Xerox made, and mostly gave away, 2000 of them in the 8 years they were made.


I have fair reason to believe that most of them were scraped already. probaly only one or two are survived. Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

CPUShack wrote:
oh and each one has 4 very nice 74S181 ALUs Smile


Hey, at $30,000 for the entire system, that's $7,500 for each 74181. I should start selling some of my spares LOL
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I should offer my PDP11/34 (working, nice condition).... Confused
Only $20,000 - someone interested?!? Razz

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pretty cool system to have. $30K is expensive for not working system, but better than the same price for Apple 1. Here is a video of the first Alto's networked first person shooter Smile -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7chDIySXK2Q

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That time you haven't wasted a thought on
how to tweak the box to get some more fps
or better graphics out of it Wink

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Expensive way to get some ALUs Reply with quote

No-I had to drop out at $30,000 Wink

Actually, there was one of these exact units on display at the VCF-MW last month, by two brothers from Chicago!


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did you buy it Johnorun.. seeing it was in Chicago Surprised

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