Well, amazingly, I'm still alive after my trip to the Dayton Hamvention... ;-) Got down there Friday nite, so I didn't get any chance to peruse the flea-market booths then (which is when I'm told most of the classic schtuff is available...) on Saturday, it rained like a ... Well, a lot. It didn't ease off until about 1600hrs, when I finally figured I'd "venture out into the wilderness", so most vendors were still wrapped up prolly figuring the entire day was a lost cause & went to drown their sorrows. I did see a Heathkit EPROM burner (4800? methinks) - guy wanted $50 but "might" take $40. I told him I'd think about it, it was gone Sunday. (It did have the personality modules up to a 27256.) Dunno if it was a good buy or not. That was all I saw for classic gear (other than PeeCees that were 10+ years old, I'm not counting that due to the boredom associated with said particular platform. ;-) [1] Sunday was nicer, overcast but warmer & no rain, so it was a good day to do some exploring, and all I saw was a TI-44/9a with 1 cart for $20, an unpriced Apple //e, and some unpriced assorted Suns. Altho I'm not "the most worldly wize d00d on the planet" I do know that most of the time, if it's unmarked, the price doubles when you ask. I generally don't waste my time or theirs. ;-) Nothing Tandy-ish, let alone Model 10x/200 which is what I was hoping for... :-( As a lead-in to another thread, tho, I did pick up a soldering station & desoldering gun. For $100 I got a Hakko 939 soldering station w/1 tip (it's fine for medium work, but for some fine circuitry I'd want a finer tip), photocopied manual, and key (yes, you need a small "punch-card" key to change the temperature & the configuration... each tip has a "temperature coefficient" that you key into the station, to keep an exact temperature, AFAICT)... Anyone else have any experience with this brand/model of soldering station? The cheapest I'd found on ePay (tho I didn't search completed auctions yet) was $150, and it looks like they still make 'em for about $400, so I think I did OK... I also snagged a $65 Soder-Wick SC-5000 desoldering gun. My only concern is that the guy told me the filters are no longer being produced for this model (he had the SC-7000, but I didn't have the $475 required to purchase the rascal). I've already googled around a bit for this model, and I got 1 website: His. The filter on it right now is "nearly new" and he stated that it would take me a long time to wear that filter out, but I'm still concerned about finding replacements. Anyone know or use this model? Oh, and I did find an AUI transceiver for my Vaxstation so when I have the room to set that up again... Externally powered (never seen one of those before) w/wallwart, $3. Not too bad... ;-) Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger [1] and there were a *lot* of them. Anything from a '386 & up could be had for anywhere from super-cheap to "what the hell are you smoking" prices. Sad, really... -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger | JC: "Like those people in Celeronville!" sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Me: "Don't you mean Silicon Valley???" zmerch(a)30below.com | JC: "Yea, that's the place!" | JC == Jeremy Christian