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stalepie
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How come these computers aren't sold on eBay? English eBay, I mean. You can buy software, but not the hardware.
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Most if not all sellers of Japanese computers (PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, FM-Towns, X1, X68000) are... yep, Japanese. Why should they sell those obscure systems to gaijins? English eBay is not a viable market for them, and I think there might even be recent electronic regulations that prevent them from exporting those ancient machines outside Japan.
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Kaminari wrote:Most if not all sellers of Japanese computers (PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, FM-Towns, X1, X68000) are... yep, Japanese. Why should they sell those obscure systems to gaijins? English eBay is not a viable market for them, and I think there might even be recent electronic regulations that prevent them from exporting those ancient machines outside Japan.


It must be regulations.
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Post by stalepie »

Found this buying guide after clicking on Kaminari's name:

http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/pc98/articles/pc9821na12.html
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