x86 junk, AT/370 boards, etc. (was Re: printer socket (Off topic))

At 18:44 21-09-98 +0100, Tony Duell wrote: --snip -- That's true in the States for sure as far as I have seen up here in the Northeast. Lots of the stuff is just plain unidentifiable to the untrained eye. Seems there's not that much good old ham gear and military surplus gear anymore :( The hamfests are overrun with computer related gear now and not the computer gear I'm into (the non-typical home computer stuff, i.e., commercial, business, industrial machines.) I did see an AT/370 boardset about six or eight years ago at the Buffalo Hamfest. Up to that time I had no clear idea what the heck it was. I saw a Moto 68K CPU on it and my interest was piqued (I'm into Moto SBC's, OS-9 systems, etc.) The fellow who had the fleamarket space explained what it was but at that time I was not into collecting classic computer hardware. I wasn't sure of its condition as it was amongst the heaps of PC boards piled in his space and refused it ($20 asking price, I think.) Oh well.... --Chris -- -- Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian Jamestown, NY USA Member of Antique Wireless Association URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/