Re:Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 16
by th0ma5 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:11AM
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I have been to a few in the last decade. I picked up some Atari joysticks pretty cheap. I wasn't in the market for too many things, but there were lots of things to be had. You almost have to go there with a list of things that you have in mind. I primarily wanted to get a very large high voltage variable capacitor for a decent price, but I actually found out that everybody wants that and they go for a regular price most everywhere. I did see some vintage computer stuff going for a hefty price, but really not much vintage computer stuff really.
I haven't been to the Hamvention in many years now. The old Hara arena where it was held in those days is gone, and if there is still any 8-bit computer stuff at the flea market I can't imagine it is cheap any longer.