Subj : Good Place to Find Retro
To   : all
From : N1uro
Date : Sun Aug 22 2021 18:18:00

-=> mobbyg wrote to All <=-

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 mo> But long story short, keep an eye on local Amateur Radio swap meets.
 mo> There are always good deals with older tech that may come in handy, and
 mo> the occasional retro computer. Plus of course deals on a little more
 mo> modern ones, and accessories. Like 20" flat displays for $20. Hams are
 mo> pack rats, and we always seem to collect stuff we intend to use and
 mo> never get around to, and then the wife makes us sell it off, or we need
 mo> to make room for more stuff. LOL. But it's definitely worth the look
 mo> around one. Especially the one at MIT in Cambridge that runs every
 mo> month.

For only $15USD, one can also go for their Technician license and buy a nice
used HT (walkie talkie) at the same time - pending you pass your test. Amateur
packet radio is a great thing to use retro technology on and you can even do
TCP/IP with it without the need of a network card.

Cheers
N1URO
AmprNet coordinator for 1/5th of the USA.

.... Next incarnation, I have dibs on being a porn star.
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