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This makes me nostalgic for the Dayton Hamvention flea market back in the early 1990s. There was always a ton of 8-bit computer stuff and I used to load up eve
by technothrasher 5y ago
This makes me nostalgic for the Dayton Hamvention flea market back in the early 1990s. There was always a ton of 8-bit computer stuff and I used to load up every year on cheap deals on Amiga, C64/128, Atari 400/800/ST, TI 99/4A, et al. I'd get boxes and boxes of stuff for almost no money. My favorite find was a C64 with serial number S00001185. Still the second earliest known C64 outside of prototypes. I got it with a couple other C64's and a bunch of software for $5.
I haven't been to the Hamvention in many years now. The old Hara arena where it was held in those days is gone, and if there is still any 8-bit computer stuff at the flea market I can't imagine it is cheap any longer.
- th0ma5 5y agoI have been to a few in the last decade. I picked up some Atari joysticks pretty cheap. I wasn't in the market for too many things, but there were lots of things to be had. You almost have to go there with a list of things that you have in mind. I primarily wanted to get a very large high voltage variable capacitor for a decent price, but I actually found out that everybody wants that and they go for a regular price most everywhere. I did see some vintage computer stuff going for a hefty price, but really not much vintage computer stuff really.