Possibly going up to VCF, stuff I would like to sell/get to proper people pdp8/12/HP stuff

[Ethan Dicks]

On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 3:43 PM Chris Zach via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I'm thinking about going up to VCF in Wall next weekend.

22-24 Apr, as mentioned...

I should be there too.

> I haven't been
> to it since it was the Trenton Computer Fest (think late 1990's)

Totally unrelated event.

> so I'm
> not sure what the protocol is on tailgating, trading stuff or whatnot.
> Appears that they have a "sale room" you drop things off in with prices.
> Ok....

Yes.  There's a "consignment room" and you leave your stuff with
labels and prices and there are volunteers staffing it to collect
money and record sales, etc.  There's a house cut (but I am unsure how
much it is so I don't want to just guess).

> Stuff I could bring to get out of my house and into the right hands:
>
> Big box of pdp12 schematics. This came from my olden days when I had to
> turn up a pdp12 because it will not fit in a station wagon. Still it
> looks like board locations and a lot of 12 stuff. Big box, heavy to
> ship, easier to drive over.
>
> Ton of pdp8/12 IO cables. These are the black circular wire ones, I
> think negibus.

There's definitely some discussion going on about those.  They are
desired by 12-bit folks.

-ethan