On Mon, 23 May 2005 16:44:37 -0400, Michael Coslo wrote:


I've been going for three years now. There were less vendors this year
than last. But there was less crap than last year also. And a lot of the
crap that went missing this year was the people selling ancient
computers and old HT junk. If you wanted ham radio items, there was
plenty to be had. And I'd rather have fewer vendors selling more ham
radio equipment than more vendors selling IBM XT's and Old Handi-talkies
that some Fire department got rid of in 1990.

That's too bad since this is one of the few flea markets where you can
find this "old stuff". In fact I found exactly what I was looking for,
some old 72 pin 32MB EDO memory sticks and some 128MB 168 pin DIMM memory
sticks. It was FAR cheaper than any vendor on line I found, if they even
had what I was looking for in the first place. Those old computers get put
into service as packet nodes, dedicated remote rig control computers, DSP
based sound card digital modes, etc. I would rather tie up the old PII
333MHz machine I'm using right now, got it for $80 including the monitor
at a local Ham fest, than my new AMD FX-55 system. Now all I have to do is
find some Linux based sound card software.

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO