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Absolutely overpriced.

• nsxwolf 13y ago
  Overpriced in terms of today's RAM prices (yes!), or overpriced for a Soviet 4K RAM module of its type? I've never seen one before so I have no idea.
  • noobs 13y ago
    Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory states that: "in 1980, the price of a 16-kW (kiloword, equivalent to 32kB) core memory board that fitted into a DEC Q-bus computer was around US $3,000." This one is a 4kW or 9kB from 1983, I'll let you do the math!
    • leddt 13y ago
      If you consider inflation and, more importantly, rarity, I think it's not that overpriced.
    • mikeash 13y ago
      A 1914 D wheat penny was worth, you guessed it, US $0.01 in 1914, but that doesn't mean the current going price of around $3,500 is overpriced.
  • jdubs 13y ago
    Let me just call my Soviet era RAM module guy.
• smackfu 13y ago
  I agree. Generally you can get completely obsolete very cool old hardware for not much of a premium on raw shipping cost. Yes, in theory, museums should want this stuff, but they don't. And it doesn't matter if the board cost $50k originally and is military-spec and uses crazy high-end components. Most sellers just want an alternative to throwing it out. There's a guy on Youtube who buys stuff like this and takes it apart to see what weird stuff they did: http://www.youtube.com/user/mikeselectricstuff http://www.youtube.com/user/mikeselectricstuff
  • jacquesm 13y ago
    I guarantee you that this assembly did not cost the local equivalent of $50 originally.
    • jlgreco 13y ago
      Maybe in raw materials. ;)