Starting a new hoard

[k2x4b524[]

I have decided, after seeing the prices in both the VCF Marketplace and EBay, to attempt to start my own hoard again. I originally had a decent sized one, with quite a few rare and hard to get odds and ends, but ended up having to downsize at certain times, when i was also compelled to scale back in my forum activities. I think i am now at a point where i can try to make my hoard what it once was, but with a bit less mess, meaning systems that don't get used. Ideally i want one testing machine, a tweener, and a daily driver from circa early 80's, i have the last one down, my old zenith z-158. For a tweener i can't decide on cleaning up and repairing my portable 3, or building a whole machine from ground up with either a 286 or 386, i have a k6-2 i could press into service, but that means finding everything to build around it.

Main part is, i miss and want to regrow my hoard now that i am able to again.

Suggestions on where to start?

My last hoard just fell into my lap over the course of a year, and i've got the "itch" again...

 

[facattack]

For the horde! Zug zug!

 

[lyonadmiral]

For the horde! Zug zug!

For the Alliance! Drag his sorry mug back to Stormwind for interrogation.

 

[lyonadmiral]

Suggestions on where to start?

Where ever you want. That is the fun about this hobby or obsession as my wife calls it, is we can do whatever we want. I think you have a good idea about a testing machine, a tweener, and a daily driver. Why not leave it there? Pick some systems that have some sentimental value.

When I had a large collection, I had a PC, an XT, and an AT, then I had an Aptiva Stealth as my tweener, then my Dell XPS 720 as my main machine. Of course all of that was before a bomb was dropped on my house... proverbially, not literally.

So keep us informed on what you want to do...