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I'm at the this morning. I'll be posting photos in this thread as I go along. I'm not going to have time for Alt text or descriptions right now, but I'll add them in later.

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This was being offered by a former employee of Tektronix. I had no idea Tektronix even had a printer division at one time – Epson bought it up and it's their "Solid Ink" printer line now. It's a wax deposition printer, they had printed pages on hand to show it off. The prints have a very subtle texture that you can feel under your fingertips. The print quality was excellent!

A photograph of a Tektronix Phaser Printer, a large beige box approximately 30 cm x 30 cm x 60 cm. A handwritten sign is taped to the front, reading "Tektronix Phaser Printer + 3+ Boxes of Supplies $20 Must Buy together Will assist bringing to your car"
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These are molded cement paperweights and planters of old devices. The cement is extremely smooth and the detail is impressive. I loved the original game Boy and the VHS tape.

A photograph of a flea market table with the signs "PETRIFIED TECHNOLOGY" and "ELECTRONICS AT THE BEACH." The top of the table shows cement planters and molded paperweights looking like old computers, calculators, a Game Boy, and a VHS tape. There is also a comic book titled "Electronics at the Beach."
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I'm always tempted by tools I either don't need or don't have room for, or both. I've already stocked up at previous Swapfests for the tools I do use, but it's fun to look at everything regardless.

A photograph of a Swapfest flea market table selling power tools. Visible are, among other things, a Sears grinder, an electric chainsaw, an electric miter saw, and a benchtop band saw.
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Sooooo many tablets and laptops for cheap.

A photograph of two boxes resting on a parking garage floor. The left box is iPads and tablets, the right is laptops. The iPads are $5 each, 3 for $10. The laptop box reads "Ask for the condition of each laptop. If there is no price listed, ask for the price or make an offer."
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Audio equipment. Not my thing, but it looks cool and I'm sure someone else appreciates it, too.

A photograph of a table at the Swapfest, showing a Yamaha MD8 Multritrack MD Recorder and an Alesis MMT-8 Multi Track MIDI Recorder.
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Cool computers sighted!

A photograph of a Macintosh Portable, not powered on but looking very clean and to be in good condition. The keyboard has been laid down on the table to show the screen and front bezel.
A photograph of a Sun Ultra60 Creator 3D desktop workstation, with a DVD drive installed in the topmost 5.25 inch bay.
A photograph of an Amiga 2000. The case is a deeper brown than the usual beige of an old computer, and isn't fully seated on the metal chassis; it's raised up on the right side, tilting at an angle. Some of the plastic panels on the front are missing.
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Again, audio equipment isn't my thing, but these are beautiful.

A photograph of two audio devices, with dozens of nobs and input jacks between them. The lower one reads, in part, "Mutable Instruments," "Braids macro oscillator," and "soundhack ECHOPHON." The upper one reads "HEXINVERTER.NET."
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RAM. It's always helpful when a vendor sets out a price sheet or panel.

A photograph of a cardboard panel written up as a price listing. It reads "Ram Menu," and then a list of different computer memory types and their pricing. At the bottom is written "NO BULK Discounts."
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Even more laptops. These are usually off-lease corporate systems, with legitimate Windows installations and often still under warranty for another year or two.

A photograph of three milk crates full of laptop computers stacked on end, dozens of computers in total. All of them have taped to them a printed sheet of their specifications.
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(Sorry, posted a duplicate while I was running around this morning.)

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(Sorry, posted a duplicate while I was running around this morning.)

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(Sorry, posted a duplicate while I was running around this morning.)

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A Tandy color display, old beige Macs, and an IBM PC Convertible luggable! The IBM looks to be in great shape, and had a bunch of expansions installed in the back.

A photograph of a Tandy CM-5 RGB Color Monitor and an Apple Power Macintosh 5260/120 all-in-one computer.
A photograph of a Macintosh Classic and a Macintosh Plus.
A photograph of a Macintosh LC II.
A photograph of an IBM PC Convertible.
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As I was photographing this OS/2 for Windows box, another person asked the price ($30 USD) and handed over the money, all in the span of a few seconds.

Also, in the photo of the beige PCs, we didn't own that exact desktop on the far right when I was young, but I remember the curving front plate of the Gateway 2000 that we did have. Cool to see.

A photograph of a boxed copy of IBM OS/2 for Windows. The box says, among other things, "New!" and "Operate at a higher level.™"
A photograph of a sealed-in-box 16-bit ISA VGA card for IBM PCs and compatibles, from the company Video Seven. The box has stickers and graphics indicating that it includes high resolution drivers, a 50% discount coupon for a companion ticket on PAN AM airlines, and a driver for Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0.
A photograph of a very small CRT studio monitor by JVC. The screen is approximately 180 mm on the diagoal.
A photograph of three desktop and one tower PC, all beige and yellowed to different degrees. On the right side, the tower and one desktop are Gateway 2000 systems. On the left side, both desktop systems are by Packard Bell.
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Because @timixretroplays has been writing about Gravis game controllers, I photographed this one still in its original box (although this one is USB, and he's been writing about/working on GrIP controllers).

The duplicator (?) tower with the 8 optical drives made me curious what it had been copying.

Now that I'm digging into my Apple IIgs, the issue of inCider from 1983 caught my eye.

A photograph of Gravis USB GamePad Pro, in its original box.
A photograph of an ISA Enhanced IDE Drive Upgrade Kit, model DTC 2183-E, looking like it might never have been opened. The box text says that it's a 16-bit EIDE controller and supports drives with >528 MB capacity.
A photograph of a tall, black optical media duplicator tower, marked as being an ACARD PRO. 8 5.25 drive bays are filled with identical LG M-DISC optical drives. Two bays toward the bottom are empty.
A photograph of two publications. On the left is "The Secret Guide to Computers," on the right is an issue of inCider magazine from April 1983.
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The MIT Flea / Swapfest always has all the home audio gear a person could want. The only reason I don't ever buy any is because receivers and bookshelf speakers are, as far as I can tell, nearly immortal. My stereos are between 20 and 35 years old and work perfectly, and they're not even old by audio gear standards. I listen to them both every day.

A photograph of a Swapfest vendor's table. Every available inch of the surface is covered in home audio equipment, receivers and speakers and equalizers and more. On the floor are packed boxes of vinyl records.
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The Rhode Island Computer Museum had a table, and this flyer was there. I'm hoping I can check it out, I've never visited.

A flyer advertising a warehouse tour and flea market at the Rhode Island Computer Museum, to be held at 310 Compass Circle, North Kingstown, RI, on 2024-08-25.
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This was an all-in-one PC design that was completely new to me. It has a Windows XP Pro license sticker on the base, so that early-to-mid 2000s?

A photograph of a black 4:3 LCD monitor, branded as a "Gateway" at the bottom. The screen is part of an all-in-one PC system.
A photograph of the Gateway all-in-one PC from the side, showing the ports, stickers, and two card slots.
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We never had a Commodore computer of any kind when I was younger. They're interesting to me as one of the branches on the computing evolutionary tree. I wish they'd continued into the current era.

A photograph of a Commodore VIC-20 computer, still in its original box.
A photograph of a Commodore 64 computer, still in its original box. It's resting on three additional boxes, two of which are labeled in handwriting, "Single Floppy 1541 Disk" and "Single Floppy Disk," which likely were to be sold with the computer.
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Home audio equipment and all the oscilloscopes you could ask for, all in one convenient location.

A photograph of a Swapfest vendor stall. A low table in the front has home audio equipment with faux wood grain cases and brushed steel face panels and knobs. A folding table arrayed behind has a row of HP oscilloscopes in what looks to be excellent condition.
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The MIT Flea is also an excellent place to visit if you need a used machete or other agricultural hand tool in good condition, for a good price. No, I'm not joking.

Nearly ten years ago, I bought a pair of forged ice tongs from this same vendor, nearly identical to the pair just left of the middle of this photograph. They're about 100 years old and from the town I live in, dating to the last days of ice block harvesting before refrigeration became cheap and small enough to replace ice boxes.

A photograph of a blue tarp, laid out on the ground. Arrayed on the tarp are dozens of medium-to-large hand tools, including long-handled axes, pruning shears, and a pair of forged ice tongs large enough to easily grasp a human head.
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We never had an Atari of any kind when I was younger, either. A relative did, though, and I remember I *hated* the joystick. The games seem to be a lot more fun than I appreciated when I was a kid.

The PowerPad seems interesting, but I imagine something like that was pretty finicky. Anyone have any experience with one?

A photograph of a plastic bin containing Atari cartridges, with manuals, in plastic sleeves, as well as a Ziploc bag containing accessories for Rock Band.
A photograph of a PowerPad touch-sensitive tablet, still in its original packaging. The box text states that "It's a drawing pad, a multi-colored canvas, a piano keyboard, a jigsaw puzzle, a gameboard...and more. For use with Apple II, Apple II Plus, Apple IIe and IBM Personal Computer. Requires Apple or IBM Starter Kit."
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The GRiDCASE 3 looks very cool, but that price means I'm not going to do more than look. The Apple CD-ROM drive with caddy and all the old Macintosh desktops all had pretty high price tags, for that matter. Maybe that's what a working Macintosh of that era goes for?

A photograph of a GRiDCASE 3 laptop/luggable computer, black plastic with a nice compact keyboard. An orange sticker is labeled "550".
An Apple CD-ROM drive, old enough that it uses a disc caddy (in the drive) and still has the rainbow Apple log. The price sticker reads "150".
A photograph of a row of beige Apple desktop computers, listing specifications and all with a price tag of $175 USD.
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The same vendor as I was photographing in the post above also had all of this stuff, more interesting to me because it's a bit weirder.

A photograph of a box for Claris MacPaint, still sealed. The price sticker reads "25".
A photograph of a keyboard and mouse for a NeXT computer. A price label reads "150".
A photograph of a Sun SPARCclassic desktop workstation. The case is dingy. A note on the top reads, "Power on Needs HD replaced $150".
A photograph of a Silicon Graphics Indy desktop workstation, a dark turquoise computer. A label reads "$300".
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The same vendor again. Is a working Mac Plus really $200 nowadays?

The Commodore 128 in its original box was sweet, but again pricey.

A photograph of a three Macintosh all-in-one computers from the 1980s. The one in the middle has a note that reads "Max Plus, 4 MB RAM, 800k Floppy, Boots Fine, $200". In the foreground is a Commodore 128 computer in its original box, with a price sticker of $325 USD.
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This was something I'd never encountered before, an Atomiswave (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomiswa) arcade system. It's been "console-ized" for use at home. I love the red plastic, and the seller had a half-dozen or so cartridges to go with it.

A photograph of an Atomiswave arcade system that has been converted for home use. An expansion interface edge is sticking out of the leading edge, above which the words "Expansion I/O Cartridge" are molded into the plastic.
A photograph of the same Atomiswave arcade system, this time from the rear, showing video outputs, the power socket, and a power switch.
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I already have more games than time. For that matter, I don't read any Japanese, so I imagine I'm not getting much out of a lot of these.

I still nearly bought Maniac Mansion for the Famicom, because that's awesome.

A bin of Japanese GameBoy Advance titles, many still in their original packaging.
A photograph of a selection of PC Engine games, on HuCard and CD.
A photograph of a Swapfest vendor table, absolutely packed with games for nearly every system sold in North America over the last 40 years.
A photograph of "Maniac Mansion" for the Famicom, released by Jaleco.
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At first I thought this Apple II+ was overpriced, but then I realized that it had paddles, a Floppy Emu, the spiral bound reference manual, a ton of software, and more. I didn't get it, but I hope someone is having a great time playing tonight.

A photograph of an Apple II+, being offered for $300 USD or best offer, along with a large box of peripherals, software, and accessories.
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I'm not a chemist, but this sort of table makes me want to consider Mad Science.

A photograph of a Swapfest vendor stall, with multiple tables festooned with chemistry glassware.
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This bin made me think of the . The Colorburst 50 looks to have been a Polaroid competitor from 1979, the Polaroid Colorpack II is a decade older?

A photograph of a green plastic bin containing an optical media drive, two game controllers, a Kodak Colorburst 50 instant camera, and a Polaroid Colorpack II instant camera.
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The keyboard had an AT keyboard connector. The seller was asking everyone looking at it if they knew what it was from.

The Zenith TV was in lovely shape and very small (120 mm diagonal).

A photograph of a computer keyboard. The key layout is conventional enough, but the keys are color coded in red, pink, light blue, cream, turquoise, grey, and white. All of the keycaps are labeled with unconventional commands such as "A-MCH" and "GROUP PLAY". The letters are printed only on the forward faces.
A very small Zenith portable television. The front face shows a tuning wheel behind a see-through panel, and a marking reads "AC/DC/BATTERY".
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I have bought a number of items from these vendors in the past, including my TOMY Astro Shooter desktop pinball machine. They have good prices and their stuff always works properly, and they're nice people to just have a chat with, too.

A photograph of a vendor stall at the Swapfest, showing a range of video game hardware and software from the past 30 years. A silver Gamecube is hooked up to a small LCD panel and showing a "STAGE CLEAR" screen for Smash Bros. Melee, ready for the next player.
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This old Motorola radio was beautiful. I didn't get it, and I don't think I have regrets about that, but ...

The magnetic tape reels are, I hope, going to be someone else's treasure.

I have a good 3D printer, but they're "normal" enough that used models, both FDM and resin, are always for sale here.

That last table had a number of drones, including this large monster. It's a hobby that I think is interesting as long as someone else is doing it.

A photograph of a Motorola radio, with a wooden case and dials. The tune has ranges for "International Short Wave" and "Standard Broadcast".
A stack of magnetic recording tape in its original packaging. There's one box of Scotch 111 and three or four boxes of Sony PR-150.
A collection of 3D printers for sale.
A vendor selling multirotor drones and parts. The drone in the foreground is a home-built 6-rotor design, approximately 75 cm across.
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Back home from the now. I'll be updating all of the posts above with texts and Alt text as the day goes along.

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All the posts are updated with text and Alt text now. Good night, everyone. Hope this was enjoyable.

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I also wanted to share a few things I picked up for myself at the / this past Sunday (2024-07-21).

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This is a copy of Autodesk AutoFlix Version 1.0, still sealed in its packaging. Given the text of the printed letter and the packaging, this looks like it might have been a promotional copy?

I can't even use this (yet) – I don't have a computer with a 5.25 floppy drive at the moment. But, in my defense, it looked interesting and was sitting in a "free stuff" pile.

A clear plastic sealed package, containing a Mini Floppy Disk Mailer with a label that reads "Autoflix Version 1.0 720 KB Format." Behind the mailer is a a printed letter from Autodesk, dated 1989-08-16, which reads: "Dear AutoFlix™ Customer, Thank you for your interest in AutoFlix, an animation and presentation tool for IBM®-compatible and PS/2 computers equipped with EGA displays. With AutoFlix, you can assemble 'movies' and interactive presentations by combining Autodesk slide files, AutoShade® renderings, and standard text files. It is a powerful tool for making presenations of an educational, sales or informative nature. The AutoFlix softwre package includes two major components: • a set of tools, written in AutoLISP™, which are used within AutoCAD® to create a series of AutoShade renderings along a "walkthrough path" [the rest of the letter is obscured behind the mailer]
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I have not opened this yet. Either I'm going to get myself a Greaseweazle and a 5.25 drive, or I'll pass this along to anyone with a Greaseweazle/Kryoflux who will make and upload an image of it.

Also, if anyone out there sees this and has a burning desire or need for AutoFlix 1.0, please let me know.

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The other thing I found was this pair of Nintendo DS Lites and a pair of 3DS cases. Ignore the price stickers on the DS Lites, I got both systems and both cases for $40 USD. The DS Lites both turn on -- the lower screens/digitizers look to be fine, but in both of them the upper screen (more likely, the ribbon cables) are in poor shape and the display looks awful. The red one has a broken hinge on top of that.

#Retrogaming#NintendoDS
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I have a dead donor DS Lite (someone else tried to mod or repair it and killed it) that I'll see about harvesting a display and hinge from, hopefully to get one of these working properly. The other might get turned into a Game Boy Macro (gameboymacro.com/)?

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Turning into a Game Boy Macro the donor one sounds like the best way to give a new life to that Nintendo DS. 👍😉

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