On 4/27/05, Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> The early shows were fun in Trenton and Atlantic City. The Itty Bitty
> Machine company had a booth beside the other IBM at one show.
> Fun times were had by all.

The Trenton Computer Festival is still going, but it's not what it used
to be.  My wife and I went on April 16th, and it was about 45% fleamarket
crud (a mixture of corporate networking upgrade cast-offs, people cleaning
out their garage, low-end computer dealers who couldn't afford a table in
the main vendors room, and a few actual interesting people selling stuff),
50% computer vendors in the main room (the same stuff you'd see at any
"computer show"), and 5% historic exhibits (old-time radios and TVs, and
an exhibit of old computers -- a FULL, WORKING DEC PDP8 system, a
man showing his collection of WORKING "antique" computers (including
a SOL-20, Challenger 4P, TRS-80 model II, and more), a collection of PDA's
from before the Apple Newton, and other such goodies).

I think the historic exhibits were the best part of the show, though I did
pick up some "standard" items (network hub and cables, etc) for a decent
price.

BTW:  While I'm waxing nostalgic, if anyone has any *OLD* (the older the
better, pre-1990 is best!) "shareware" CD-ROMs, please contact me privately.

Thanks,
   Bill


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