[vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth?

[William Dudley]

Jeff had a well stocked booth of Arduino and Raspberry Pi stuff and if I
didn't
already have almost everything Arduino I'd have been a customer.  His was
one
of the few interesting (to me) booths.

Bill Dudley


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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> On 3/21/2016 9:57 AM, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>
>> When did they stop the outdoor flea market​
>>
>> Hi Dan,
>   They stopped the outdoor flea market about 5 or 6 years ago went the
> date was moved into March.  The event is no longer run by the user groups
> and is now run by the EE dept. at TCNJ.  The event was moved into March to
> coincide with the school's Spring Break schedule as the facilities are much
> cheaper to rent.  Some folks have said, "why don't thaey still have the
> outside flea market anyway"? Well I can tell you that it has snowed on the
> fest weekend at least 3 times in the last 5 years and one year we got quite
> a bit of snow on the day of the fest.  I have been selling at TCF for 37
> years starting at the 3rd fest (missed 2 in the 90's) and it hurts me to
> see the state of the flea market now.  However, business was brisk as I
> sell items of interest to the attendees.
> Regards,
> Jeff
>