At 07:05 PM 4/5/97 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
>I attended the Timonium hamfest/computer fest today near Baltimore, and I
>must admit to classics are still out there...
i agree it was pretty wild. but you really do have to scrounge to find the
pre-PC era stuff (translation: there were TONS of 286/386s, PS/2s, etc.)
On the other hand if you wanted to put together the pieces of an "original"
PC or PC/XT it would be a cinch (PC video and other cards going for as
little as 10 cents; hard disks for 50 cents! cabinets for a buck or two).
on the pre-PC front there was still a fair amount of commodore stuff (e.g.
i picked up a $3 C/16 plus a box of Vic 20 stuff) but you have to shop for
price. i didn't see any "cool" microcomputer stuff like any S/100,
Heathkit or other early era systems or SBC's like the KIM, but if you go to
enough of these something's bound to turn up.
there were handouts there for upcoming ham/computer fests, e.g. Luzerne Co,
(PA) on 7/6, Frederick Co. (MD) on father's day (6/15), and Manassas (VA)
on 6/1. There doesn't appear to be a web site for any of these hamfests.
then again there's always the upcoming Trenton Computer Festival on 4/26
and 4/27:
http://www.tcf.net/index1.html
- glenn
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Received on Sun Apr 06 1997 - 11:40:53 BST