It seems that there is a lot of crossover interests between Vintage Computers and Ham Radio operators. Back in the late 80's and early 90's I was part of the Garden State Commodore User Group which was originally formed by ham radio operators. Great stuff! On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 2:00 PM Matt Reynolds via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sussex seems to be one of the best meets I've ever been to. I don't know how many other big ones there are outside of Dayton, but this one seems to be the biggest one in NJ at least.
I've gotten some cool stuff there over the years too, and a lot of it was computer related.
Last year I got one of the TRS-80 handheld computers that looks like an old scientific calculator for a few bucks.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 1:04 PM Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I have sold at & attended the SCARC in Sussex county hamfest for over 30 years and Kelly & his club always do a great job. I have scored quite a few vintage computer related items there over the years but the best bargain I got there was a KIM-1 Rev B for $20 back in 2016 . The seller said it didn't work but I brought it home, applied power, hit reset & it came to life. I think the seller might have confused the SST slide switch for a power switch. I entered the clock program & slot machine programs from the "First Book of KIM" and they ran fine. Hamfests are a great source for finding vintage chips, passive components connectors, ribbon cables, etc. I always ran into quite a few VCF list members at area hamfests and while many are hams, many are not. So if you get a can, check out the Sussex hamfest if you are able. 73, Jeff - N2KWK
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:14 AM Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Not to flog a deceased equine but... Sussex County NJ is home to a great hamfest too.
We have over a thousand buyers through the gates and over 200 sellers. Ann and I usually run the kitchen. We see all kinds of folks.
73 de KE2L
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