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.
Some metro areas have businesses that sell technology from our past lives, like WeirdStuff in Sunnyvale (which, uh, closed five years ago … oops) or RE•PC in Seattle.
Also this is one of my excuses to hoard things.
All Electronics in LA will ship, but they rarely have computer parts.