I’m all in for this hobby. For years now I’ve been messing around with emulation, but now I’m thinking about building the 486 computer I dreamed of when I was a little boy.
Is it me or people on eBay are overpricing their stuff?! Like… “Here’s literal garbage, haven’t tested it, no guarantees, that’ll be 300$. Oh and by the way you’re gonna get screwed again with shipping costs.” Sigh…
I feel like there’s no way to get into the hobby unless you either break the bank or you know someone who’s got spares to give away or sell.
You you happen to live near a large urban area? I haven’t been able to find much around there.
Yeah, I do. I can imagine if you didn’t happen to be close to a major metro area you probably would have a heck of a time finding anything.
As it is, the pickings have gotten slim because the garage sale/estate sale scalpers have figured out that old computers sell on eBay for stupid prices, and they’re snatched up by the “pros” pretty fast.