Orlando Hamfest

I just returned from two days at the Orlando Hamfest. The hamfest was HUGE this year but I really didn't find much of interest. I think that's largely becuase I've gotten so good at scrounging up stuff that I already have better stuff than they have for sale at the hamfest. There was very little PC stuff there and only saw three classic MOL computers. A guy there had three Amigos with the video toasters that he was trying desperately to sell. I think he finally gave up and just left them there when he left. I tried to call a couple of CC Listers that I though might be interested in them but never got an answer and I didn't want them so I left them behind. I did pick up up an HP-42S, HP-49G with manuals, an operator's manual for the Xerox 820 and a couple of options (A68 and A09) for the HP 1611 Logic Analyzer. The options are pretty neat. They are complete packages and appear to have never been used. One option (A68) is for the 6800 and related CPUs and the other (A09) is for the 6809 and related CPUs. Each includes the Operators and Service manual plus two boards that install in the 1611, a pod that plugs into the CPU socket of the target system and a panel that mounts on the front of the 1611 to the right of the CRT*. These allow the 1611 to monitor and control all of the control and data lines for that CPU as well as decode the data back into the mneunonics for that CPU. I also got a GOOD deal on a New Hermes Engravograph (pantograph) with several sets of brass type patterns. * You can see what the panel for a 6809 looks like on this picture of a HP-1611 for sale on E-bay. Item number: 3820281013 Joe