Interesting. Seems like that would make a number of things more feasible, eh trag? Click to expand... Yep. Affordable PCB prototypes makes a *lot* of projects more feasible.…

Yes, yes. But why now? Why at a time when the world's economy is depressed and people of all walks are spending more conservatively? Why not two years ago when the economy was thri…

Can you tell me the value of capacitor C9 on the LC520 motherboard? I'm doing a cap job on mine, but the value printed on that capacitor is worn off.

...No it isn't, and it hasn't been for many decades... Click to expand... Bunsen is right about this. "Money", as the term is generally used in 1st world societies, is a fiat (…

There are threads started here about SE/30 upgrades that might have moved people to dump quite a bit of money into their SE/30's. The thing is with forums you only find them (as a …

Well, it may not be the seller's fault, look at the bidding logs. Click to expand... I believe that is the point I have been making from the start. I am NOT blaming the sellers…

I have 2 6100's. A PDS video card is the best way to go since it is fast, has much more RAM for color depth and video resolution, and it has the more common mac video connector. On…

Exactly. For example, you can't give 6100s and early PCI Macs away at the moment. By creating and maintaining the content on this site - which almost always lists high on any goo…

Kids don't spend $500 for a retro mac, people with money do (people with jobs, trust funds, other valuables they can sell, etc). I bet most people here who have collected for many…

Well, those are things certainly of value, much more so than old computer junk. Click to expand... You may have a loose understanding of the meaning(s) of the word "value". …

In Tiger I could open a window full of MP3's select one and hit the little play bar underneath it to listen. In Leopard you cannot do this as it uses preview and the minute you mov…

The most I ever paid for a Mac was $1800...for a new iMac G4 in 2003. For a used Mac, I think the most I ever paid was $50 for a mint in-box Plus (if you're counting only 68Ks) or …

heh my powermac 8500 was the most I had in a mac, ... bout 30$ :-/ either I am a good shopper, or a bad enthusiast

...Aside from Paralel's admission, I'm not necessarily seeing these parentally-wealthy teenagers here... Click to expand... Just so no one gets the wrong impression, I'm no tee…

Well, it may not be the seller's fault, look at the bidding logs.

You should stick 1.25GB in it, or 1.5GB. I use mine as a file server and on and off web surfer when I'm in a desktop mood. It also runs a triple screen setup, downloads videos and…

as a much more active member of hobby electronics than here I find trag's post a little bit too negative, 1 its not THAT bad and 2 no one said this had to be on par with dell's pro…

Interesting. Seems like that would make a number of things more feasible, eh trag?

Agreed. About the only thing that makes the onboard video bearable is 1MB of cache - and the easiest way to find that is onboard a G3 upgrade. Once you've got one of them (which …

Well, those are things certainly of value, much more so than old computer junk. And seeing as how gold is money, it'll never become worthless.

When money abandons one market, it seeks another. Record prices are being paid for gold and artworks too, I believe.

Yeah, I understand what you mean. Ordinarily, it shouldn't matter what other people are spending on their vintage stuff. It's not my money. The problem comes when sellers realize …

Not everyone is on hard times. Click to expand... Very true. This is also the case in much better economic times. Yet the prices are really up there currently during the worst …

...it's not like the 128K is particularly rare... there is NOTHING rare about them. Click to expand... I'm sick of seeing the words "rare" and "vintage" in eBay auctions…

Not everyone is on hard times. And Scott Baret is probably over-generalizing when he says that it's all teenagers buying this stuff. A Frenchman spent $1,000 about a month ago for…