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Nixdorf Terminal - value?

  • 13-07-2012 4:22pm
    #1
    ahal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 536 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    A member on here (SteveSI) suggested it might be worth running this by y'all! I bought this terminal and paid a fairly hefty carriage fee to get it from Italia, but it's taking up huge space (still in the box it was sent in - no, not the original!) so I'm thinking I might be of a mind to sell it. It's very hard to get a handle on prices though ...

    This here is the actual machine; photos are much better than my camera could manage so I just decided to link:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/matteoc/1395711432/

    I've never actually powered it up.

    T.I.A.,

    Tony.


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Moved to Arcade & Retro

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  • #3
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,886 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    So it is clearly some sort of terminal that would have connected and controlled a mainframe.

    German link with a tiny bit of info on it.
    http://diskettenschlitz.de/content.php?page=diskettenschlitz.content.museum.nixdorfterm

    Maybe Dale has a bit more info as he is into this sort of thing.


  • #4
    col.in.Cr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 511 ✭✭✭col.in.Cr


    Is it running?


  • #5
    jhegarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    col.in.Cr wrote: »
    Is it running?

    It wouldn't do anything without the mainframe to go with it.


  • #6
    Dale Parish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Dale Parish


    Generally dumb terminals don't make much money but there are always exceptions. I've never seen this particular terminal and there doesn't seem to be much information out there on it? It looks like it's from somewhere between 1978 and 1982 (with a push of up to 84). Can't put a value on it but the higher end terminals seem to go for anywhere between £50-100 (you'll be hard pressed finding in Irish buyer). Could be completely wrong though; being so rare it might be worth a lot more. These sort of things are low in value because they're useless unless connected to a mainframe, the most you'll get out of one is a configuration menu.


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  • #7
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    ahal wrote: »
    I bought this terminal and paid a fairly hefty carriage fee to get it from Italia

    Why exactly did you buy it in the first place?

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #8
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Send it to Ulster Bank! They're in dire need of cutting edge mainframe technology.


  • #9
    ahal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 536 ✭✭✭ahal


    gadgetman496 wrote: »
    Why exactly did you buy it in the first place?

    I bought it because I had a personal link with the company ... I collect all Nixdorf stuff, but this is too damn big for comfort!


  • #10
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Looks like something people in the past thought the future would be controlled by!
    Awesome!


  • #11
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    I'm fairly sure it could be converted to a serial terminal for any *nix based machine, would have a large geek factor.

    Must see what I can do with my Minitel terminal :)


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  • #12
    col.in.Cr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 511 ✭✭✭col.in.Cr


    jhegarty wrote: »
    It wouldn't do anything without the mainframe to go with it.

    I should of said is it powering up


  • #13
    ahal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 536 ✭✭✭ahal


    I haven't actually tried powering it up I must admit.

    Hey, I've got a 1991 Minitel too :pac:


  • #14
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQX-wRYbzAU2fPdVHL3Lrwqgfi09MObpdw1ZL1wz5lKCwAkm6Sm


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