22 Feb
22 Feb
6:27 p.m.
New subject: Things are getting bad
Things are getting bad i just come back from a Radio Rally ( Ham fest
to you lot across the pond ) 4 Hours walking around and did not pick
up one old computer , I only saw 2 two old computers in the show a
Dragon 32 and a BBC both in rubbish condition , as i already have a
few off these i did not bother . Nothing else except a few old 286
PC's and lots of new PC bits . It looks like its going to be a lean
year , It was only a couple off year ago that every Radio Rally and
Boot sale I came back with a Van load off old computers . Lets hope
the traders don't get to know old computers are getting rare and put
the prices up .
Chris
6:30 p.m.
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7:52 p.m.
New subject: Things are getting bad
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:30:41 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:
Yes I suppose your rite but I don't seem to be passing them by a few
years ago every other stall had a spectrum or commi 64.
Things are getting bad i just come back from a Radio Rally ( Ham fest
to you lot across the pond ) 4 Hours walking around and did not pick
Yes, there wasn't that much (computer-related) of interest at the C&DARC
rally last weekend, alas. I did get some radio stuff, strange test units,
and a lot of service manuals, though.
Apart from the Daybreak which I bought, there was a battered Dragon 32
(but I have a pile of CoCos...), a Spectrum, a couple of BBCs, and a lot
of modern-ish (386, 486) PC-clone parts. Oh, and some PS/2's, which I've
decided against collecting... Not even any interesting PC add-on cards.
Boot sale I came back with a Van load off old
computers . Lets hope
the traders don't get to know old computers are getting rare and put
the prices up .
In my case, I think it's more that I already have most of the machines on
offer... A few years ago I'd have been looking for a BBC
micro - now I
have 7 of them (!).
Same here always get 6 or 7 of the same just incase you need
them Hi .
Ditto for most other home computers. So i'm
tending
to ignore a number of machines that I would once have grabbed.
Let's hope something interesting appears soon... You never know what may
turn up next.
=20
Chris=20
-tony 
23 Feb
23 Feb
10:54 a.m.
New subject: Things are getting bad
I see this problem alot at hamfests. You can't blame them. They want
to bring what will sell and they're most likely to not have to carry
back home. They perceive no value to ancient computers so they assume
nobody else will either.
My answer is to print off fliers on my digital press saying that I have
a museum, collect old computers etc...and it doesn't hurt that I'm a
ham either. Then I hand these fliers out to all the tables and put a
stack up front for people to take. I've gotten a bit of S100 gear from
hams once they knew I wanted it.
Anthony Clifton - Wirehead
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Christopher Denham wrote:
Things are getting bad i just come back from a Radio
Rally ( Ham fest
to you lot across the pond ) 4 Hours walking around and did not pick
up one old computer , I only saw 2 two old computers in the show a
Dragon 32 and a BBC both in rubbish condition , as i already have a
few off these i did not bother . Nothing else except a few old 286
PC's and lots of new PC bits . It looks like its going to be a lean
year , It was only a couple off year ago that every Radio Rally and
Boot sale I came back with a Van load off old computers . Lets hope
the traders don't get to know old computers are getting rare and put
the prices up .
Chris
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