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

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