ENDING CPUS'S COLLECTION ERA?

[Robev]

On the 23rd of this month I turn 65 and the government starts paying me superannuation even though I will still be working and intend to keep working until I turn 70.

I used to be a seller but turned into a collector and joined the forum in 2006 I think.

I am still collecting CPU's and intend to do so into the future though I tend to mainly collect Pentium Pro and older CPU's

[Neology]

I'm 28. I started collecting CPU back to 2002, when I was in high school. Vintage CPU were so cheap back to then. I remember I bought most of my collection(386, 486 and Ceramic Pentium) about $1-$2 equivalent.

Here are some photos I took in 2005, just before I came to Australia. Then I stopped collecting for a while. I started again in 2010.

[Neology]

[Chook]

I'm 33 and started collecting in the late 1990s when I was given a small number of 386 and 486 cpus from a local computer shop. About the same time there was a second hand computer parts shop in Perth that had a very nice cpu collection in a glass cabinet in the shop. This is what got me started. A lot of my chips came from computers thrown out in kerbside rubbish collections. When I first started to look through these rubbish piles, there were many 8086, 386 and 486s being thrown out.

[hugo929]

this is such a good thread in recent years, the most attended I believe.

I would not talk something about prospect of CPU collecting. because we will see, the time will witness.

at last, I think we CPU collectors should thinks to Peter for his wonderful CPU-Galaxy websites which has brought more new collectors here.

[Neology]

[lhf_james]

I started collecting back in 2008 when I was in high school. The first chips I got was a R80286 and a Cyrix CX486. I'm an electronics enthusiast, and old technologies always fascinates me. That's why I started collecting.
Now my focus is going towards boards and complete machines rather than individual chips. I think a CPU is only complete with surrounding components, and is only alive if we power it up. And I enjoy taking things apart. Moreover, you can usually get rare chips on boards or machines rather than from individual sales, because the seller doesn't know the value. Although it's difficult to find ES with boards or machines, the process of searching is still very fun.

[Vlasta]

Maybe I am one of the oldies @ 49

[cedrik]

37 here in 2 weeks...

i think Hardwarecop is the youngest here ..


and i started in 2009 hen i was 30.. also one of the inspirations was cpu galaxy


one of the oldest were Stu and Silice... didnt hear news from Stu in the last year... and im afraid Silice passed away since he was very sick some time ago and no news since then....

[Marcin]

No the youngest is propably Genna's son

[zburget]

Hmmm, so I belong to the "older guard" wit my 44

[apa4]

I think the "new age" will not have interest in 4004 -8008 chips OR older ones... They just don't look worthy or cool. They do have historical value but who cares abut history nowadays.

Do you think CPU era will end soon? new technology etc?

[cedrik]

[mister_rf]

So, what was the initial thread for?

Well, that’s not the end of the IC collector’s era. That was just a normal eBay “glitch”. Some people weren’t aware of, some didn’t have time to participate, and so on.
By the way, I was lucky to win that auction.
Never had hope for such result. IMO there was no other collector very interested in the board acquisition, so there was no big collision to produce high results.

[monoxrom]

Im 29 years old
Starting collect computers near 10 years ago

I dont have many CPUs and want to buy them but...
2 years ago my salary was near 500$, now - 150$ (((
We have inflation in Ukraine, and now i can't buy many chips from ebay (((