Thanks, Mike. I'd really appreciate any kind of contributions at all, send 'em my way! Depending on interest, it'd be great to be able set up a meeting to trade/brag/eat...though I think that's already been working just fine without any help. One thing I'd really like to do is have a space at CalPoly every month so that people could just bring one or two things to trade/sell without having to worry about the hassle of getting their own spot. Any ideas on cost/restriction? I seem to recall that it's open to anyone, for something like $10-$15 a spot? I wouldn't mind having an occasional "classic computing barbecue" though; maybe I'd actually get to use that pool table in the garage. To tell you the truth, what I'm really hoping to have come out of "legitimization" is to create a name presence in the area associated with restoring and collecting old computers; i.e., an entity that's willing to pick up and find good homes for equipment that's getting thrown away. I found an XT in a dumpster (I saw the monitor cable hanging out first, honest) right on Alosta Ave this past weekend, with a dented case and broken CRT. Ok, it's an XT, granted, but I'd like to have even 1 in 100 people in that situation say, "You know, there was this group of guys at the CalPoly swapmeet that might want this stuff." My other immediate plan, in the works right now, is to make up a "Computer Rescue Alert" flyer and mail it out to all these industrial/engineering places throughout Irwindale/Industry/etc, offering to haul away and clean up after any ancient hardware they might be decomissioning. Last, but not least, I'm going to create an adoption registry for anyone interested, where a mail list is notified when a system comes into our posession and needs a home. Aaron On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Mike Ford wrote:

You are about to pull a kitties tail, and I bet the cat has black and orange stripes and weighs 700 pounds. Truck, preferably with a liftgate and some serious storage space are the items I would put near the top of your list, saving the topmost for what exactly is to be done with what you get? For example that ASR33 we left last time, but in general most of the hamfest guys have items they would be glad to find good homes for. Once word gets out that you will be at the hamfest each time, stuff will start piling up at your space (maybe not til 11:30, but piling up none the less).