Everything is Illuminated...

[Tenacious]

I have 16 Amigas and want to hang on to my hord.  OTOH, I acquired almost all of my collection by rescueing them from recycling or worse (My 3 A2000s were rescued from a public access station, a tech there wanted blow them up for his home video.)  I get them for a song and preserve them.  There is a finite number of these left in the world and it's getting smaller.  Besides, I have large, dry basement.  I'm also designing a compact display-work space.

After I get them, sometimes I'll expand them to some unique or logical purpose (a Toaster system, A500 married to A570, haunted house special FX, etc).  This is the fun part.

I would probably part with some of this stuff if there were local enthusiasts near me.  OTOH, I'd be furious if one of my former 500s were gutted and it's insides were replaced with an ATX mb.

[Tenacious]

Truely, Amigas are still cheap, especially 500s and 2000s.  At some point in the future, they will be rare and expensive.  

Have you ever been interested in early electronics?  In the 1970s, you could only give away a tube-type television or radio, if you could find a taker.  They were commonly viewed as outdated junk.  Now the few remaining radios are very collectible (Zenith's flagship 1930s Stratosphere now goes for thousands).  The far fewer televisions (more quickly obsoleted by color, UHF and cable) are becoming expensive.

[Tenacious]

I feel this.  I just wish they were selling them near me and not on Ebay where idiot snipers drive the prices so far north.  :lol:

I can't believe that there are ppl who want an Amigas but can't find one.  OTOH, I can believe the tower models, CDTV, CD32 are spendy.  

Does this mean ppl (new users?) wont bother with the older models?