I just looked at the prices on eBay—yikes! All of my HP hardware from that era was pretty inexpensive a few years back.
What are people using the B180L for that’s driven the prices so high? I assume it’s another “there’s a piece of equipment that was built around this specific platform 20+ years ago, and we’re still running it so we need spares” situation, just like the equipment that was built around the VAXstation 4000 Model 90 which keeps the price on that insane. Is there a specific need you’re trying to fill? I wound up with an additional B- or C-series workstation as part of a deal, I can check what model it is (it’s in storage right now) and we can talk off-list about maybe getting it to a good home. (I’m in the SF Bay Area if that helps, no idea where you are.) -- Chris PS - There’s a Vintage HP Computers group at https://groups.io/g/VintHPcom/ where you’ll also find lots of folks talking about the entire range of HP computer hardware.
