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I have about a dozen Pentium and 486 machines sitting in the attic. I wonder how long until they become valuable ($XXXX) artifacts.
by 1970-01-01 5y ago
I have about a dozen Pentium and 486 machines sitting in the attic. I wonder how long until they become valuable ($XXXX) artifacts.
- bombcar 5y agoGet one setup as a "blast from the past" machine and try to sell it. I bet there's people out there that would pay for a nostalgia pentium ready to roll, especially if you did all the work getting it to go.
- iguessthislldo 5y ago$XXXX specifically isn't likely for that era, at least anytime soon. If it's something rare or unique like the Thinkpad 701 with its butterfly keyboard, then it easily can go into hundreds. If they're normal machines in working order, then I wouldn't expect a ton, but many people want them for retro gaming or some other reason like the author does. Even a non-working machine has parts some people might want. I have a couple of working, but worse for wear machines with sentimental value that I've been trying keep an eye out for non-working counterparts to salvage and for spare parts. One of them is actually a Thinkpad 240 that's close to the 240x author got.