Welp "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you" haha.....
Jokes aside, once upon a time, i had nothing, and i did look at local ads for cool stuff, i did buy exactly like 3 times expensive retro HW, then i was like "FK this i will have great stuff, and i wont be paying much for them", and the rest is history as they say......... This is a hunch, now someone maybe will be able to to understand what it is, but it is exactly what i said...
But to help a bit, i said it before too in older post... So aside from what i said, there are places where u can get stuff... For example flea markets (i don't go there), thrift stores (i also don't go there, there was only 1 of these in my city, did go and buy 1 socket 7 pc for 5$ lol, but there was nothing more of any value)... Other primary sources i use are local craigslist sites, i have specific way of searching every day for retro HW parts (is how i found and got the ThinkPad's T60...)... I also have AD myself that i look for specific parts, and the IBM stuff and these now i get are from that Ad, a guy did contact with me.... I also when search for items, if i see promising AD, i just ask the seller if he has items that are not in the AD, and some times i hit jackpot... Another place you can use is facebook marketplace, tho for some reason after 1 year of me having my AD there i got banned or something, as i cant enter marketplace lmao, it was useful to get 1 times cool parts (sadly the ABIT NF7-V2 was dead).. Another place that i don't use is electronic scrap centers, u can find there amazing stuff, tho i dont go there either....
But as i said at first, me wanting to have amazing stuff for dirt cheap is the main reason, i have what i have.... I still dont own Gravis UltraSound, or Pentium Pro 1M Black Edition, or Voodoo V 6000, or Quantum 3D, hell i still look for NorthGate Omnikey keyboard, but i have IBM Model F122, i did not think i would manage to score IBM Model F of any sort, 1 time i was very close to get Model F AT, but someone else did buy it hah, usually with my specific system, i get 90% of all cool stuff before everyone else, and no i don't sleep in the AD sites or use bots/ software, i am just smarter then most ppl....
1 example, a guy was selling Mushkin 2GB DDR500 rare and collectible memory, i did go to buy it ofc, and the guy was impressed i did go to the other side of the city with my bike, just for the ram kit, so he told me, he have more stuff, and will just give them to me....
Another example would be scrapper have AD for scrap, and i send him few 3Dfx pictures of cards, and ask if he has any, he said he do, and i got like 7 cards from him, all working hah...
3 example would be, some guy have AD that he sells s370 CPUs, i asked if he have other stuff, and well u can see the picture...
I saved shit load of cool and rare retro HW, over the years, from idiots that would throw them in the garbage, or from scrappers with hammers, or from the trash can, so i believe i deserve what i get, as i preserve the computer history...
I think this should bring come insights....
The guy i get the IBM stuff, said they had before Zenith systems and IBM PC XTs, but sadly they were scrapped looong time ago... I still hope somewhere these is at least one XT system waiting for me, that he did not see.....
Guess i will use as donor the ThinkPad R50, as is on spare parts anyway, and it is not high end model, and some parts are missing as well, but the stickers are there, so i can get them, and plant them on the amazing T60....
Really like these SeaGate Medalist drives, they look so nice, and the icon is also nice to look at.......
Welp just did steal these nice logos from the TP R50, and i am not ashamed to do so, now this T60 looks at is suppose to, RIP lenovo....
