Stuff I found at Dayton - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 May 1999

--- Christian Fandt &lt;cfandt(a)netsync.net&gt; wrote:
...
  Here's a bit of a report of what I found at the
Hamvention... 
...
  a couple of AUI-to-BNC translator modules for $10 each
(Too much?
 Just right?) 
I wouldn't pay more.  They are $10-$19 new, when you can find vendors
that still carry them.

...
  Also saw a pallet full (4' x 4' x 5' high)
of Sun SPARC LX boxen 
I saw that pile, over by the white tent in the corner.  I didn't get an LX
(they were stripped and dirty), but I did buy an SMC segmented hub from those
guys (the AUI seems to be non-functional, but the RJ45's all work)

...
  a Grid computer, don't know exact model as I
don't know Grids, but I'd
 wager it was early. No model # on bottom or back. It weighed a ton it seemed,
 painted black. Guy wanted $30 but by then I was flat broke by then :( ; 
I saw one of those near the corner of the building, probably the same one.

...
  lots of C64 and C128 machines and accessories...

One guy near the Grid had a box of C-64 and C-128 parts.  I didn't make an
offer because I didn't want to haul them back to the car.  The only interesting
device there was what looked like a 64C (wedge-shaped case) with no C= logos
on it and a sticker on the bottom that indicated that the case was made in
South Australia.  A Dick Smith special perhaps?

...
  Wonder what the attendance was this year? No motel
rooms available within a
 75 mile or more radius. Columbus area was reported to be closest rooms. 
I'm glad to live close enough to day-trip.  Motel rooms in that part of
the state book up well in advance.  Attendance in years past was many
thousands of people.  I'm sure it's still thousands, but my impression is
not as many thousands as it used to be before the spring and summer Dayton
Computerfests at the same venue.  *Those* are nice because all the tables
are indoors and people like us bring things to sell to other people like us.
(And this August, from what I hear, the Dayton Amiga club and Columbus Amiga
club (AmiCON) are planning on putting on something jointly).

-ethan

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