Scott Baret
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It seems there aren't too many Mac II's on eBay anymore. Any theories?
I think what he probably meant was that if a G3 is only worth $50, then a II must have a market value a lot lower than that, so no-one is going to want to pay $50 for one - finding one locally is the only option that really makes sense with something as heavy and with so little commercial value as a Mac II - if the don't have a market value of anywhere near $50 then no-one will want to pay that much for one, regardless of whether the money is going to the seller or is going on shipping expensesIf somebody wanted a G3 they would buy a G3, if you are going to buy a Mac II I would think you had a specific use for it.
A IIfx would be kind of cool - I did actually have a serious think about going for it when I saw one offered for free locally (about a year ago now), but looking at size online I decided in the end that I just couldn't :-/ I do quite like "big" computers like the Mac II, and yes if you have lots of interesting cards they are good machines for that too, but sadly they are just a bit too big...Personally I would love a II or a IIx (or a spare IIfx), mostly because they are easy to work in and I collect tons of Nubus cards and need someplace to install them. Granted I don't think I would pay more then $20 for one, and would have to invest another $10 getting 2 PRAM batteries, but it would be worth it for what I use them for.
8-o 8-O 8-o That's crazy! I'm sure I could get a 486, P100 etc easily from Freecycle, there always seems to be loads of that kind of stuff around and not a lot of demand for it. A lot of people seem to have old bits like that hanging around, and upgrades like the old video cards etc. I haven't seen a 68k Mac for a little while now actually, whereas ancient PCs seem a lot more common. Someone did have an SE on Freecycle a couple of months ago, that was probably the most recent 68k I've seen (and there seem to be quite a lot of people interested in that kind of thing ie more collectable/interesting old machines around here, so they always go quickly).486/Pentium 1 machines seem to be in demand for DOS gamers on ebay, I have seen quite a few hit $80 or $100 if they are setup for DOS gaming and have the correct hardware for it (soundblaster, both floppy drives, decent video card).