Yeah, those DEC machines are pretty expensive right now. I was mildly surprised at how much it would cost me to get a DEC AlphaServer (not HP or Compaq), let alone with freight shipping as they’re always on the opposite end of the country as me. Unfortunately all the retro stuff I have in my wishlist now are rare enough to be in the thousands at least.

I remember reading stories of kids finding S/360s on Government auction sites for dirt cheap. Sadly government auction sites never have anything cool whenever I look.

> This reminds me that it's time to look after our Tektronix 40xx, TI Explorers and Xerox Stars...

I’m still waiting to see if I’ll ever find one of the Tektronix 44xx Smalltalk workstations. Even some of the more rare machines in my wishlist I’ve seen for sale, even if they were far out of my price range, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen on of those period.