So you're telling me that up until now and since I really got into computers ten years ago I have been really lucky getting $20 11/84's, $150 Lisa's, $10 Rainbow 100's, $30 Silicon Graphics computers, $20 Quadras, $2 ZX81's, $5 Commodore 64's, $15 Apple II+'s and mountains of free systems like 11/23+'s, HP-85's, VAX, Atari 800's, PS/2's and so fourth?
I'm sorry, I just do not see how all the sudden working with old computers became so expensive, exclusive and elite and I somehow dodged everything without ever even paying more than $300 on a single computer, complete or incomplete.
Either people are getting more greedy and more stupid, or I'm getting more aware and realizing just how much I don't belong in this hobbyist field because to do anything at all you need to start throwing cash into the wind with barely any knowledge on what I am doing.