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

[Jeffrey Brace]

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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>


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