malphorian1973 wrote:
I saw that posting as well on eBay. It is my opinion that he had it way underpriced! .
They’re not all that rare. Just rarely sold. Walk into any major, old, university computing centre and you’ll find them hooked up to minis. Large city bank buildings have them in the basement hooked up to DEC and IBM systems.
It’s more the fact that they don’t die. Some 40 years old and still turning away!
Heavy stainless steel platters with wide, spaced, tracks make it easy to repair in a clean environment without going /clean room/.
Single step hierarchal file system made recoveries simple.
And don’t fret too much about dropping it. Like old disk hubs, the heads park totally off the platters in most models.
DOA I’d probably have gone $50-$75. Wiped the disk, parted it out. Wait forever to sell the parts.
Working I’d expect $150-$300 depending on space, age, use intention, etc.