Reply 20 of 35, by TheAbandonwareGuy
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wrote:wrote:Three early 90s machine with IBM 14" color CRTs of the VGA variety is the best I've seen in my area recently and because I'm rur […]
wrote:That's a really nice Craigslist score. No one ever really sells anything good on craigslist in my area, The only old computer related thing I have gotten from Craigslist was few years ago I paid I think it was $40 to get Two DTK Computer Pentium 166Mhz Machines, A Pionex 333mhz PII Machine, A Gateway PII 450mhz Machine, and a Gateway micro ATX K6 Machine. Before that I got a pretty good Atari lot for $50, I got a 7800, a 2600, an 800XL, and like 50 games, but really in the last few years there hasn't been much, I guess I should just be glad that I live in East Central Indiana where the cost of living is pretty low and I have the disposable cash to buy eBay parts if I really want them.
Three early 90s machine with IBM 14" color CRTs of the VGA variety is the best I've seen in my area recently and because I'm rural there still over an hour away as my Craigslist covers a great distance. A 486, an unidentified 96ish looking machine, a bottom line P3 700. And the asshat wants 100 USD for them. I offered him 25 and he claimed that I was attempting to rip him off. There was also some retard selling a early Pentium Toshiva Satellite for 125 (which in his defense, might have been worth $75 with the amount of accessory he had so I guess he wasn't THAT far off) and he wouldn't budge even 25 on it claiming he was already selling it for half it's value. Then I can remember the guy selling all the early tomb raider games for around $25 a piece.
Please don't even get me started on retro game consoles. Even the Facebook buy sell groups in my rural area have at least a dozen professional scalpers... I mean "resellers" and every one on Craigslist goes to there deep pockets before I get a chance. The good news is the buy sell groups are still viable for vintage PC parts (and a nearly unlimited supply of low-min end CRTs). I actually got my eMac and iMac off one.
The only thing protecting our hobby from having the same thing that happened with retro consoles is that the average human is far too sfupid, impatient, or busy to learn how to use this vintage equipment. I'm 17, and I don't know anyone else from my generation who can tell me what as ISA slot is *sad face*
How far downstate are you? If you ever get up into the city, hit me up.
I volunteer at a recycling center, and I've been saving anything decent and trying to set up a section of our shop to sell old equipment. I'll hook you up.
I'm about 200 miles south of Springfield unfortunately.
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I used to own over 160 graphics card, I've since recovered from graphics card addiction