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.
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.