Timonium/The goods are out there...

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Sat Apr 5 18:05:47 1997

I attended the Timonium hamfest/computer fest today near Baltimore, and I
must admit to classics are still out there...

I saw many of the old standbys (Atari, Amiga, etc.), but the real treat
for me was the higher end stuff. Sun-3s are starting to come out in
adundance (I purchased an empty box for RCS/RI), even some older SPARCs
and an SGI, and plenty of other older workstations.

Also evident was a bit of old DEC stuff. I went away with quite a bit of
a PDP-11/20, and a small VAX 11/730 system.

I had to leave two PDP-11/44s and a custom DEC thingie (PDP-16?), plus a
Lisa 2, because my car was stuffed.

Was is my point (other than boasting about my latest find)?

If you do not go to the fests, GO!!!!! Most likely those PDP-11/44s are
furnace fodder, unless another collector gets them. The only way these
systems will be saved is if we collectors save them.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Sat Apr 05 1997 - 18:05:47 BST