jeffluszczPhotos from today’s MIT swap fest in Cambridge, Massachusetts. #cambridgema #hamfest #mitswap #mit
A Macintosh plus showing an image, model, F and model M mechanical keyboards, a Amstrad computer
A NASA space flight case, Digital DEC cdrom, baby doll with growing red LED eyes, Univac binder
Walkie-talkies with Morse code written on them, Heathkit electronic trainer, a plastic bag with a radio built into the wall of it
Some of the first HP Apollo gear I’ve seen, one of my first jobs was decommissioning Apollo equipment, interesting 386 single board computer and a Kaypro in very nice condition
Computer-related books and software on cassette, a very rare intellivision cloth cover, and Byte magazines for like $10 a copy
Rounding it out with some interesting children’s computers, a possible Google glass or similar heads up display, old sashes that say foo, and a complete Mac 128 for $250
Games That I Missed@jeffluszcz I had no idea that Infocom put out choose-your-own-adventure-like books. I would have loved to check that out.
I'm glad I was selling today, but seeing your pictures I wish I'd been able to roam around and explore, too. Thanks for posting all of these.
@GamesMissed What was you main table like? I might have taken photos!
@jeffluszcz I didn't have anything special, I just needed to clear things out of my office. By the time I had everything out of my car and was set up to take this picture, I'd already sold my two biggest items (a G4 Graphite PCI and a PowerMac 7200/90 with a 300 MHz G3 upgrade card, along with accessories and a StyleWriter II) to another vendor.
Everything else was $5 or less, but I sold steadily for the rest of the day.
@GamesMissed ah yes! I saw the free whistles. Didn’t notice it was you!
AI6YR Ben@jeffluszcz $275K?!?!?!
@ai6yr I think they accept Venmo!
@ai6yr @jeffluszcz The price has gone up over the past decade, but they were always six figures at least.
I once chatted with the proprietor. He told me he typically sells 1 per year, and lives a very good life.
@jeffluszcz MAC CLASSIC! WITH WORKING SCREEN! lol I spent way too much of my youth playing with Macs.
@ai6yr before I moved across country from California. I gave away my original Mac plus and hard drive and software to a friend who would take good care of it, I regret that a little bit because it was such a pretty machine.
Tushar Chauhan@jeffluszcz A model M ? T_T Did you score one ?
@tchauhan I have a model F for all my clicky clack keyboard needs!
Red_Shirt_no2@jeffluszcz
Didn’t they used to call this swap-fest “Eli Heffrons & Sons”? ;)
Didn’t they used to call this swap-fest “Eli Heffrons & Sons”? ;)
@Red_Shirt_no2 I think that is a separate (and still existing) company that does resale of older computer systems. This is s flea market run by an MIT club that's held in a coverage parking garage on the MIT campus.
@jeffluszcz
I know it’s not the same (hence the wink). However, Eli’s used to have that sort of vibe; stacks of sparsely-identified equipment at haggleable prices.
I know it’s not the same (hence the wink). However, Eli’s used to have that sort of vibe; stacks of sparsely-identified equipment at haggleable prices.