Its the natural progression of computers, useful for work then outdated, worthless nobody wants them even if free, recycled by the millions, people start looking for them, and finally they are collectable and worth a few dollars.
I recall seeing pallets of B&W G3s at a recycler and having 2 of them not giving them a second glance (and CPU upgrades would have ended up in the CPU tray to dig through later). Kind of like early G4 towers now.
There is nothing wrong with them other then having a few already. If anything I kick myself for not snagging a Beige G3 MT I seen at the same recycler because I had one already (I so much like the MTs more then the desktops which are still common).
Anyway I recommend snagging machines when they are worthless and playing around with them. If you like them find a spot to store them even if it is in a closet you never know when/if you might want to mess with them later. Not long ago IIgs were junked and now people pay a few bucks for them. Maybe I look back on before I collected computers and recall seeing tons of IBM XT's being junked and regret not saving one, I had to pay $30 just in shipping to get one in today.
I recall seeing pallets of B&W G3s at a recycler and having 2 of them not giving them a second glance (and CPU upgrades would have ended up in the CPU tray to dig through later). Kind of like early G4 towers now.
There is nothing wrong with them other then having a few already. If anything I kick myself for not snagging a Beige G3 MT I seen at the same recycler because I had one already (I so much like the MTs more then the desktops which are still common).
Anyway I recommend snagging machines when they are worthless and playing around with them. If you like them find a spot to store them even if it is in a closet you never know when/if you might want to mess with them later. Not long ago IIgs were junked and now people pay a few bucks for them. Maybe I look back on before I collected computers and recall seeing tons of IBM XT's being junked and regret not saving one, I had to pay $30 just in shipping to get one in today.