Message #: 1
From: Mike Katz
Date: 8/3/2024 23:55
Subject: Trade HP Rack for DEC Rack
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For trade: one model A1884A server rack similar to the one seen here at the HP Museum site. This one lacks the HP Systems banner and the integrated power switch. Photos of the actual rack are here.

Measurements are:
 23 11/16" W
 33 5/16" D
 64" H
 28.125" deep mount (front mount holes to rear mount holes)

I'm looking to trade for a DEC H960 compatible 25" deep mount (front holes to rear holes) rack, as older DEC rails will not fit in between the HP rack's vertical mounting rails.

I would prefer to have the rack picked up from my home in Glen Ellyn, IL but can deliver to VCF Midwest if we can make arrangements.

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Message #: 2
From: Sellam
Date: 8/5/2024 15:21
Subject: Hardware for Sale
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Have these for sale coming from California, with possibility of having it delivered to VCFMW if you act soon:

Diebold Rotary File - $50.00
Honeywell DPS-6 (for parts) - $200.00
Plasma-Therm Process/Seq. Controller (nice cabinet and interesting parts) - $250.00
19" Equipment Cabinet 5' High - $75.00
StorageTek 9714 Library Storage Module - $50.00

Click the item links for corresponding VCFed Forums posts for more information and photos.


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Message #: 3
From: Michael Schaffer
Date: 8/6/2024 00:21
Subject: NeXT / Lisa / Apple IIe
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Looking to trade up - NeXTStation for a NeXTStation Color at VCFMidwest - Please let me know if you'd be interested, obviously it would be a trade + cash to trade up.

ISO Lisa Computer in working condition - please contact me prior to VCFMidwest.

Looking to sell Apple IIe Platinum w/ Monitor and additional cards - please contact me prior to VCFMidwest and we can arrange at the meeting.

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Message #: 4
From: Ronald Coon, Jr
Date: 8/6/2024 17:56
Subject: Wanted: Canon Disks
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I'm looking for any media (disks 5 1/4 and 8") disks for a Canon CX-1 computer. It used obscure disks that I've learned how to reproduce on normal disk media. They will have "X-8309" on the label. But looking for any software. I'll have this computer at the show to demonstrate what it was used for as a business class machine.

Message #: 5
From: Matt Reichert
Date: 8/23/2024 13:52
Subject: FS/T: Atari 7800 / Sears Video Arcade II (2600)
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For Sale or Trade:

Item 1: SOLD!

Item 2: Atari 7800 Console with Composite Mod - 100% tested and working. - $120
Comes with:
* Power Supply
* Pole Position II cartridge (can include Desert Falcon or Food Fight upon request)

Item 3: Sears Video Arcade II (Atari 2600) - 100% tested and working. - $120
Comes With:
* Power Supply
* 2 boxed Sears Video Arcade II Paddle/Joystick controllers - These are unique to the SVA II and are a combination joystick/paddle controller
* 256 in 1 Multicart

Item 4: Intellivision System Changer (play Atari 2600 games on your Intellivision II) - $75

Item 5: Scott Adams Adventures Hint Book - $25

Item 6: Macintosh NuForm Keyboard - Uses ADB connector. Combines mouse pad and ergonomic keyboard. - $15

Item 7: SOLD!

Item 8: Atari ST Power Supplies - I believe these are for a 520ST and Disk Drive - $10

Item 9: Dreamcast Mad Catz Lightgun - $50

Item 10: Panasonic RQ-2104 Tape Recorder NIB - $50

Item 11: Translator One - Allows you to use Atari ST disk drives on the Macintosh - $10

I also have a whole list of things for sale here, please make an offer: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/370153-tempests-big-list-of-tradesale-stuff

Trades: I am looking for an Amiga computer (2000, 500, 600, etc.) in good shape. Also looking for an Interact One Computer and Exidy Sorcerer items.

I'll have the table with the VideoBrain and Exidy Sorcerer, you can't miss it.

Message #: 6
From: Ken Van Mersbergen
Date: 8/25/2024 19:39
Subject: Various Items for Sale
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For Sale:

Item 1: SOLD!

Item 2: Boxed Apple Macintosh LC II system - $300
Comes with:
* Boxed Monitor
* System Needs recapping

Item 3: Boxed Magnavox Odyssey 2 system - $100
Comes With:
* Power Supply
* 2 joysticks

Item 4: Tandy CM-11 RGB Monitor - $100
* Door is broken

Also have the following items for sale:

* Nvidia R7260X Video Card w/ 1GB of RAM - $20.00 each

* Seagate Barracuda 500gb HDD, SATA, DELL OEM - $10.00 each or 4 for $35!

* Creative Sound Blaster 32 PnP - $100

*Tandy DMP-300 Printer, includes 2 ribbons and manuals - $50

* HP ProCurve Switch, J9088A $40
10/100, 48 ports

* HP Aruba Switch, J9777A, 10/100/1000, 8 ports, does NOT includes power supply - $50

* C64 Kung Fu Flash Cart $45

I also have the following software for sale, all complete, all for Atari Computer Systems

* James Bond 007, sealed! - $100

* Archon: The Light and the Dark - $100

* Axis Assassin - $100

* Enchanter Folio - $100

* M.U.L.E. - $250

* Pinball Construction Set - $50

* Planetfall Folio - $100

* The Seven Cities of Gold - $50

* Sorcerer Folio - $150

* W.O.R.M.S.? - $50

I accept PayPal, Zelle or cash. Feel free to make me an offer! I will be at two tables in Zone Q!

Message #: 7
From: Curt Shehow
Date: 8/23/2024 13:52
Subject: Wanted: Working Travan-3 Tape Drive
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I am looking for a verified working Travan-3 drive tape drive in particular an Exabyte Eagle TR-3 but will consider others. The main thing is that the rubber on the capstan in the drive not be all gooey which is a common problem with these older tape drives. I have a dozen or so tapes I want to retrieve the data from before it's too late, if possible.

I also have some QIC-80 tapes so would consider a drive that reads those if a TR-3 can't be located.

Message #: 8
From: A Steele
Date: 8/23/2024 13:52
Subject: For Sale: Many Things
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I have the following items I am willing to part with:
MAKE ME AN OFFER

Computers:
IBM 5150 w/ matching monitor and keyboard. Comes with assortment of software.
Boots 50% of the time and 50% of the time reports a memory error. Suspect the memory needs reseated. $200?

Macintosh SE (2 - 800k drives), keyboard and mouse. Turns on and appears fine but I do not have any boot disks. $150?

Osborne 1 Turns on and works except for the built in monitor which isn't getting power. I have the adapter to hook up to an external tv. Comes with a few disks from previous owner. $125?

Unbranded x486 computer preloaded with many games. $350?

A 466mhz e-machines set up with Windows 98. $100?

Casio Cassiopeia A-21S (not working) comes with box and manuals. $15?

Big Box Games:
CATACLYSM (sealed)
AMOK (sealed)
THE SHADOW OF YSERBUS
F22 (WINDOWS 95)
JETFIGHTER IV
DAVE MIRRA FREESTYLE BMX (sealed)
GRAND PRIX 4
TOURING CAR CHALLENGE (sealed)
18 WHEELS OF STEEL
HARD TRUCK II
MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIM 2000 (sealed)
PRO PILOT 99 (sealed)
Several LINKS games
a few other golf games PGA, Jack Nicholson
Minigolf
$5-$20 for the games

A decent amount of games on 5 1/4 inch floppies but no boxes for them.

A bunch of old random unopened software from 5 1/4in floppies up to CD

Drives and Media Storage
Unopened 1.5TB Serial ATA HD 7200/32MB/SATA-3G
Unopened 10GB ditto MAX professional drive
Floopy Disk Storage stuff

New Panasonic LF-D521U DVD Burner II

MAKE ME AN OFFER

If any of this interests anyone e-mail me. I will have pictures and answer questions (if I'm able to). I'll be at the VCF Saturday and for a while on Sunday. I'm leaving on Thursday to head up there so if you haven't messaged me about something by then don't bother as I won't have it packed.

Message #: 9
From: Ken Van Mersbergen
Date: 8/23/2024 13:52
Subject: Wanted: Commodore 1084S NTSC Monitor
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I am looking for a working Commodore Amiga 1084S NTSC monitor. Please let me know if you have one for sale. I will be in row "Q" at VCFMW.

Message #: 10
From: Macintosh Librarian
Date: 8/28/2024 22:11
Subject: Wanted: Working Gashapon Machine
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I am looking to either buy, rent or borrow a gashapon machine to put on my table at VCFMW! These are the little capsule toy machines from Japan. You can find me at the east end of table pod "H", sharing a small corner of Mac Effects' exhibit.

Message #: 11
From: Clark Otodus
Date: 8/29/2024 04:55
Subject: Wanted: Atari Store Display Items
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Currently I am looking for any Atari store display items. This includes signs, kiosks, banners, cabinets, service center/employee items, original posters, and promo items/clothes. I am also interested in other similar era store displays for other computer & video game brands, such as Vectrex, Commodore, Intellivision, Nintendo, Magnavox, IBM, Coleco, Sega, etc.

Notable Atari displays I am looking for include:
- Anything for the XEGS
- Atari Service Center Banner
- imagic or Parker Brothers Kiosk
- Small Atari Computer kiosk
- Atari lynx kiosk/s
- Atari Eric or mindlink kiosks?

***Other unrelated items I am looking for***
-Nvidia GeForce 256 (nv10 chipset)
-Sharp Magnetic Bubble Memory CE-100B, CE-100M, or CE-103M
-Basic Cartridge for Sharp PC-5000
-MS-DOS Cartridge for Sharp PC-5000?
- TRS-80 expansion interface

If you have anything which I may be looking for, please let me know! Again, I am especially looking for Atari display items!

One last thing to note is that I also have plenty of items for sale at my table (P18), including lots of Atari software, a few Atari computers, and a handful of vintage PCs/CRTs/related stuff. Come check it out!

Message #: 12
From: Divarin
Date: 8/29/2024 04:55
Subject: Wanted: Atari Store Display Items
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IBM 5160 PC-XT with "Tiny Turbo" 286
- Switchable between original 8088 and 80286 CPU
- 640kb ram
- XT-IDE with 256mb CF card
- Original 20mb MFM HDD still inside, and works just not connected (using XT-IDE instead)
- Sound Blaster 16
- VGA graphics
- 25 Pin RS-232 Serial Port
- 360kb FDD
- IBM 4865 External 720kb FDD
- Original documentation
- CRT VGA Monitor included
- IBM Model F keyboard
- Asking $500 obo

Circa 2000 Athlon System
- ATX Mid-sized tower
- Motherboard: MSI K7T Pro2-A
- CPU: AMD Athlon MMX at 1,100 mhz
- RAM: 256 MB
- Video ATI Radeon 9000 PCI (64mb vram)
- Hard Drive: 40 GB IDE
- 1.44MB Floppy Drive
- CD/DVD-Rom Drive
- OS: Windows 98se
- Packard Bell Keyboard
- Microsoft Mouse
- Speakers
- LCD Monitor included
- Asking $125 obo

Also selling (make offer): Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo 1), 486 motherboard with DX-33 cpu and 32mb ram, ET4000 ISA VGA video card.

Details and pictures at divarin.net

Message #: 13
From: John La Porta
Date: 8/31/2024 19:56
Subject: FS: Lots of Mac Items
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I will have a vanload of Mac accessories and other computer items for sale at VCF Midwest. I will not have a table so please contact me via email. Too many to list, so here is a spreadsheet!

Message #: 14
From: CSF
Date: 8/31/2024 20:42
Subject: FS/T: GRiDCASE 1550, SGI LCD, Sun Blade 100
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MAKE ME AN OFFER on any of these. I am local to VCFMW so I am in no rush. Pictures available upon request.

GRiD GRiDCASE 1550sx laptop
A very early laptop with orange mono VGA screen and integrated pointing device
- working, boots into Win 3.1
- two untested batteries, working power adapter
- manual and cables
- GRiD branded carry case!

SGI 1600SW monitor and compatible video cards
A perfect mate for your SGI workstation, and can work with more modern PCs
- original box/packaging/manual, everything included (power, stand)
- Number Nine Revolution IV OpenLDI card in original packaging
- Ultra-Flex GFX-1600SW OpenLDI-DVI card in original packaging
- working when last tested

Sun Blade 100 system with Sun peripherals
64 bit SPARC, should also run OpenBSD/NetBSD (and FreeBSD 12)
- working, NVRAM mod pending
- 1152 MB ECC RAM, ST315320A disk
- Sun DP17MO monitor
- Sun USB keyboard and mouse
- Solaris 8/9 media
- manuals, cabling
- two quad port PCI/PCI-X Ethernet cards also available

Would trade for some combination of Apple II- or NeXT-related items, including: Apple IIgs system, repair/refurbishment of Apple //c (mostly keyboard), Apple II storage and video (HDMI) items.

Message #: 15
From: Paul Anderson
Date: 9/2/2024 01:00
Subject: FS: DEC Equipment (PDP/VAX/etc)
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I have a warehouse of DEC boards, drives and chassis for DEC PDP and VAX machines as well as other odds and ends. If there is anything you are looking for, send me a list via email and I will see if I can bring it to the show on Saturday.

Message #: 16
From: Shaun Kim
Date: 9/2/2024 18:16
Subject: FS: PDP-8 Systems and Peripherals
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I have a PDP-8a, e and L for sale as well as many boards and peripherals including DECTape Drive (TU56), Highspeed Paper Tape Punch/Reader (PC04), Floppy zDisk Drive(RX01) and Cassette Drives with all interfaces. Also have PDP11/03s and the boards.
If interested, I'll bring them to the VCF Midwest show over the weekend.

Message #: 17
From: John Walton
Date: 9/3/2024 17:48
Subject: FS: PC Hardware
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I'll be bringing the following items for sale on Saturday 7th. Let me now ahead of time if you're interested, willing to bargain:
IBM - PS/1 Expert (2133/s13), 386sx 25mhz, 129mb hd, 2mb memory, 1.44 & 1.2, Windows 3.11 - $175
Gateway - LP MINI TOWER KAD Select 800, AMD Athlon, 800mhx, 27mb & 53mb hd, 384mb memory, 1.44, CDR, CDRW (inoperable), Windows 98, NIC card, Sound card, keyboard - $125
Dell - Optiplex GX115, Pentium 3, 1 ghz, 127mb hd, 512mb memory, 1.44, CDRW, Zip 250 (untested), Windows 98, integrated NIC/Sound - $100
Dell - Inspiron 513, Celeron 440, 2 ghz, 232gb hd, 4gb memory, CDRW, Windows 98 - $40

Video & pictures here.

Email me for contact information or details.

Message #: 18
From: Dylan Blair
Date: 9/3/2024 20:12
Subject: FS/T: Dell Latitude C400
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I will be selling a Dell Latitude C400. I will also be considering trades, though I am not currently in search of anything particular. View photos here.
If I recall, it has an Intel Pentium M CPU. I believe it is a tad too new for Windows 98 to understand. It is running Windows 98 SE, as I have mentioned, though it has Windows XP branding and a Windows 2000 product key on the bottom. It also comes with multiple Windows 98 games, as well as some software. See photos for the list of games.

It has 512 MB of RAM, DDR1 I'm pretty sure. It has 256 MB integrated, and a 256 MB SODIMM. It also has a 40 GB hard drive that is in good health. The battery DOES NOT hold a charge, and neither does the CMOS battery. I do have a replacement (that should hopefully be compatible) that I never got around to replacing, and will be included with the laptop and its power supply. See photos.

This laptop does NOT have a CD Drive, nor does it have a floppy drive. Though it has USB, it is USB 1.1 speeds at best, and will be difficult to upgrade the OS. USB booting is unsupported, as far as I have tried.

I will be attending on SATURDAY THE 7TH. Not Sunday the 8th. Chances are I will be leaving shortly after the YouTubers panel.
Feel free to send me an offer. I will be considering trades, and will update if I am in search of anything. I did buy this laptop at VCF last year for at least $20USD, so please take that into consideration. I say "at least" because I can't actually remember how much I paid for this.
Feel free to ask questions about the laptop as well, and I will do my best to answer them. Just use common sense. This system will not fare well with the modern internet, and will especially not run modern programs.

Message #: 19
From: Katherine Rohl
Date: 9/4/2024 11:33
Subject: Wanted:
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Hey, I’m local to Chicago and will be attending VCF. I’ve got a few things that I am on the lookout for to power my PS/2 projects:

- Kingston MC/64 RAM upgrade card or IBM @FDDE (the one with the option ROM)
- Kingston Lightning/486 upgrade or Cyrix with cache interposer board

Long shots:
- Either Reply 486 upgrade planar for Model 80
- INMOS B017 (MCA equivalent of the B008)

I don’t have a table, but will be around most of Saturday. Contact me via email.