Subj : Re: First Computer
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Sat Sep 21 2024 09:50:00

³ There was a whole "swap meet" culture in the bay area back then, lots of
³ hobbyists and computer stores selling their wares at the Cow Palace, an
³ old livestock convention center in San Francisco. I remember walking
³ into a (what seemed to be huge) selling floor, people selling used hard
³ drives, lots of cards and components out of boxes, tubes of loose memory
³ chips; I bought a new clock chrystal for my 286 to speed it up. I was
³ studying computer science, I should have bought a 287!  :(
ÀÄ[PF=>MP]
 
LOL, there used to be a PC swap meet (or a few) in Louisville in the late
1980s-early 2000s.  There was also a similar meet in Lexington that, the
last time I attended, was also there in conjunction with the model train
swap meet/show.
 
I enjoyed that one.  I probably came away with a few model train goodies
while the person I went with was there for PC stuff.
 
Mike
 
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