Rumor has it that Vintage Computer Festival may have mentioned these words:
>On Thu, 20 May 2004, Dan Veeneman wrote:
>
> > As others have said, the amount of classic computer equipment at
> > Dayton seems to be dwindling year by year. Occasionally there are
> > interesting items (the Micro PDP-11, for instance), but you have to
> > dig to find them.
>
>I think it depends on how good you are at looking or perhaps what you're
>interested in looking for. Your report varies greatly from the other
>report that got posted. Your report makes it seem like the Dayton
>Hamvention is still a good place to vintage computer crap.
You *have* to get there early... I've heard that before, and it sure seems
to hold true in my experience...
And dangit, I would have *loved* to have snagged the expansion board for
the Heathkit 3400 trainer... <sniff>
Now I know to take Thursday off next year, too... if there is a next year,
that is.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Randomization is better!!!
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Thu May 20 2004 - 13:21:06 BST