6 May
2001
6 May
'01
11:38 a.m.
Most of the DEC stuff in the area cleared through
Trenton over 4 year ago.
The show had tons of PDP8's and PDP11/23's and 11/34's and MicroVaxes
back in the late 80's.
I found the show disappointing. It wasn't nearly as good as previous
years - and I can't tell you how many times the dealers told me how much
they could get for the item I was interested in on eBay. (Hint: more
than I was willing to pay.)
The only semi-interesting items I bought that comply with the 10-year
rule were an ugly Mac 512k with a SCSI upgrade for $1 and a nice SCSI
floppy drive for the Mac for $5. Aside from a couple Apple IIe's, I only
saw two 8-bit systems: a Commodore 64 and a TI-99/4a. I bought the
Commodore for $1.
I passed on what looked like a Vax (I wasn't entirely sure - it was about
half missing and in horrible condition) for $600 and also passed on a $70
Apple IIgs.
Tom
P.S. Anybody have some cheap 70ns RAM for a DEC 3000?
Applefritter
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