[karpour]

There are lots of people who view old machines as an investment, where the value will go up over time.

Cheap machines still exist, but they aren't being sold on eBay, but rather within communities. I picked up a very cheap O2 a couple years ago, even though I had no use for it. A while later, I sold it for the same price to someone who wanted to get into SGI, but did not have the money to pay ridiculous eBay prices.

eBay *has* changed. 15 years ago, people listed old hardware to sell it, nowadays people keep listing the same junk for years with the same insane prices, hoping that someone will actually pay it.