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Where do you guys get parts? (lemmy.world)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You you happen to live near a large urban area? I haven't been able to find much around there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.