2 Feb
2006
2 Feb
'06
3:50 p.m.
In article <43E2891F.16D14260 at rain.org>,
Marvin Johnston <marvin at rain.org> writes:
[...] The TRW
swapmeet in El Segundo, CA has gone from a great source of "good stuff"
[...] BTW, buys there by myself and others include a
lot of classic computer stuff including S-100 cards, DEC stuff, Imsai,
Alpha Micro, Atari 400/800 computers, Cosmic Elf, Popular Electronics
including the Jan/Feb 1975 Altair issues, and the list goes on. Now, it
is rare to find anything classic computer related or the parts to build
stuff with.
I think this is why people need to revise their advice about where to
find classic computing gear. I keep getting told "go to a hamfest or
swapfest", but they don't even exist in my area and I don't think that
there would be much stuff like that in these places if they did exist
in my area. This advice seems to be coming more from old memories
than "I saw a PDP-8 down at the hamfest just last week" sort of story.
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