chris erichsen
New Member
In the mid 80's I used to go to the Trenton Computer Fest in April, held
at the Trenton State College parking lot. There were acres of tables
where used and new computer gear would bake in the spring sun all
day. I remember all kinds of retro computers, piles of them, especially
the lime green all-in-one terminals that would be selling for $1.
I bought parts to make my first first Franklin Ace 1200 at the fair. Once
when I was carrying tons of computer parts, including two floppy drives
under one arm, one of the floppy drives slipped out and was falling to
the asphalt when a nearby computer nerd threw himself to the ground
to catch it. What reflexes!! Those were the days.
I have a small collection but nothing special. Its hard to get too jazzed on
old computers when I vividly remember spending an entire Sunday typing
in a Basic computer game :shock: into my Vic20, then dubugging, then watching
the crappy game play out. I kept the machine on for the next day because
I didn't have a tape storage to save it to. I turned it off finally. Then I bought a C64 and rest is history.
Hard to image I spent $1,600 once for an XT! :wink:
l8r
at the Trenton State College parking lot. There were acres of tables
where used and new computer gear would bake in the spring sun all
day. I remember all kinds of retro computers, piles of them, especially
the lime green all-in-one terminals that would be selling for $1.
I bought parts to make my first first Franklin Ace 1200 at the fair. Once
when I was carrying tons of computer parts, including two floppy drives
under one arm, one of the floppy drives slipped out and was falling to
the asphalt when a nearby computer nerd threw himself to the ground
to catch it. What reflexes!! Those were the days.
I have a small collection but nothing special. Its hard to get too jazzed on
old computers when I vividly remember spending an entire Sunday typing
in a Basic computer game :shock: into my Vic20, then dubugging, then watching
the crappy game play out. I kept the machine on for the next day because
I didn't have a tape storage to save it to. I turned it off finally. Then I bought a C64 and rest is history.
Hard to image I spent $1,600 once for an XT! :wink:
l8r