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WIN-CEPTION

Collecting old hardware isn’t just a hobby now. There’s an element of archivism to it; of gathering important historical documents that might otherwise end up in landfill. Image how many Voodoo 3s are out there in landfill right now, covered in nappies and Hello Fresh leftovers and being pecked at by seagulls. Imagine.

Here’s the thing, though: it’s a faff, isn’t it? All the eBay alerts. All the postage fees. All the forum-trawling, the tracking down of ol’ manuals, the hoping and praying that various disparate beige parts will sing together in harmony rather than – more likely –

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