How much to charge for classic computer rental

[Richard]

In article <8C83124981A76AE-281C-12A42 at mblkn-m09.sysops.aol.com>,
    jthecman at netscape.net  writes:

> I have a very large US computer company wanting to rent a classic
> computer fo r 12 months to help fight a lawsuit they are in.  They have
> offered me $50 a mo nth to hold and use the computer for the next
> 12 months.  what is a fair price?
>   This could save them millions from the lawsuit. Thanks, the computer
>   is about 15 years old (on topic).  John

It all depends on what the computer is...

$50/mo is what I would charge to rent a CBM 8032.

If I were renting my PDP-11/03, I would charge probably $250/mo,
provided I didn't have to transport the disk drives.

If I were renting a PDP-11/70, I would charge like $1000/mo.

None of those prices would include the shipping to/from, which I would
make them pay for as well.

Basically the bigger the computer and the harder it is to transport,
the more you should charge them.  Also figure in the rarity factor in
case it dies while in their hands and it has to be repaired/replaced.
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