[vcf-midatlantic] VCF East Swap Meet - Save the Date - Saturday November 7 (Rain: Sunday November 8)

[Sentrytv]

Good afternoon

Just wondering about the proposed “swapmeet”.

If it is still happening?
If there is a link to a “sign up”?

It is a few weeks away and I, like most people, would like to be a vendor at this event if possible.

Please feel feee to get back to me at your earliest convenience. 

Thank you 
Mike Rosen

There have been a few questions asked about this, but not may answers.


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>>>> I am assuming that you do not want to have the swapmeet turn into a “fleamarket”.
>>>> 
>>>> But my question is:
>>>> 
>>>> What are the requirements / restrictions for what people will sell?
>>>> 
>>>> Will it be only limited to computer related items?
>>>> Will it be all electronica related items?
>>>> Will you allow ham radio or radio related items? (Hamfest)
>>>> 
>>>> If you’re not limiting it to computer related items only, then here is my suggestion.
>>>> 
>>>> A cooperative swap meet with the antique radio club.
>>>> 
>>>> This will allow you to have more vendors, more attendance and have a broader scope of what can be sold, bought, traded or swapped.
>>>> More people, more advertising, more of a possibility of opening up peoples eyes to what InfoAge and VCF are all about.
>>>> 
>>>> Mike Rosen


> On Sep 17, 2020, at 9:00 PM, Sentrytv <sentrytv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the correction 
> I don’t know where the hell that email address came from but it just automatically populated when I typed in Adam.
> Hopefully Siri will correct in the future 
> who knows 
> thanks
> 
> Sent from:
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> 
>> On Sep 17, 2020, at 8:37 PM, Tony Bogan <tony.bogan at vcfed.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Mike, adams e-mail is adam.michlin at vcfed.org
>> 
>> You should also be able to email the steering committee as a whole. We recently changed the settings for the steering committee list so anyone can send to it.
>> 
>> steering_vcma at vcfed.org
>> 
>> Tony Bogan
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Sep 17, 2020, at 5:57 PM, Sentrytv <sentrytv at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’m sure there are more people I should copy on this but I have a question that pertains to the swap meet.
>>> 
>>> I am assuming that you do not want to have the swapmeet turn into a “fleamarket”.
>>> 
>>> But my question is:
>>> 
>>> What are the requirements / restrictions for what people will sell?
>>> 
>>> Will it be only limited to computer related items?
>>> Will it be all electronica related items?
>>> Will you allow ham radio or radio related items? (Hamfest)
>>> 
>>> If you’re not limiting it to computer related items only, then here is my suggestion.
>>> 
>>> A cooperative swap meet with the antique radio club.
>>> 
>>> This will allow you to have more vendors, more attendance and have a broader scope of what can be sold, bought, traded or swapped.
>>> More people, more advertising, more of a possibility of opening up peoples eyes to what InfoAge and VCF are all about.
>>> 
>>> Mike Rosen
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from:
>>> My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 16, 2020, at 6:57 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> =========================================
>>>> Jeff Brace
>>>> Vice President & Board Member
>>>> Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
>>>> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
>>>> http://www.vcfed.org/
>>>> jeffrey at vcfed.org
>>>> cell: 732-759-1783
>>>