I visited the MIT Flea today! A great selection of vintage '70s and '80s computers this time. I saw people happily boxing up VIC-20s and TRS-80s to take home. This is going to be a thread of some of what I saw, followed by what I ended up with myself.
I'm going to be selling for the first time at the #MITFlea on April 21st. I am clearing out a lot of hardware that has been taking up a back corner for too long. Most of it even works! A lot of it is relatively modern and working (i.e., you can install at least Windows 10, or any modern flavor of Linux), some of it is leaning retro: working 3.5" drives, an original Macintosh carrying case, and this Intellimouse that I pulled out of a box today.
Just saw a Dell E151FP monitor along the sidewalk. 2002 manufacturing date, VGA input only. No idea whether it works, but it looks to be in good condition. I have a good monitor for VGA input, so I don't need this one. But, is this something useful to anyone in the #Retrocomputing community?
Retro Friends, is there anything I should watch out for with with regard to to electrolytic caps vs. tantalum caps? It seems like they are effectively interchangeable.
Interested in working as it should rather thanbeing period accurate.