Indianapolis Hamfest Haul

Many did not think it was a great hamfest this year, but if a whole carload of stuff hauled home is any indication then I say it wasn't bad. One good item was a Compaq Portable III, good clean condition, fully working, and had the internal modem installed. $5 This year I stuck around a little longer which means good deals on stuff they don't want to pack back up. One dealer had two eight foot tables full of customer returns and other 'as is'. I saw one item in particular and made an offer. He counter offered with a price for the entire contents of both tables for less than $10. I said what the heck. So far everything I have tested seems to work fine. I suspect a lot of customers try to install it themselves and just don't get it right and return it. Then there is the stuff that is pitched as it all winds down. A friend and I were standing next to a trash barrel when someone brought over some stuff. We grabbed some items. Among that was two full tower PC cases, and a old 486DX2/66 desktop. Turns out the 486 is a good machine for testing various components, so it has found a home on my test bench. Also a couple ATI video cards that are the same card as in the machine I am writing this on, the same right down to the firmware numbers on the EPROMS. It's nice to have some spares. Mike