..careful what you say...I used to program the pdp8 in octal..paper tape feed...later DBL and DEC assembler.
Ed
In the 90’s I owned an electronics reclamation business and came upon 7 DEC machines that were fully populated.
Sold em for $8,000 a piece and they were 7 years old at the time.
Found a company that could move them direct to customers who still needed them.
Same with TeleVideo. I would run into companies that had never used terminals, keyboards and cables.
I would keep them on a shelf in the original packaging and get calls from people looking for parts.
My favorite was getting calls for cables and I would sell them for $75, which would cause some pretty terse words thrown at me.
I would respond “Hey, I’m cheap compared to my competitors who charge $150-$300”
They would begrudgingly pay the freight.
Like they had a choice....