Terrifyingly Good Deals at the VCF Swap Meet!

[@RealSeanSmart]

i’d be overwhelmed, I’d want to buy so much of these beautiful vintage computers

[@TheBasementChannel]

So many cool things! Thanks for sharing.

[@RetroFox]

Great video, always fun taking a look back at the things other people noticed at the tables and what they picked up! :)

[@greenbox3594]

It was awesome meeting you!

[@iiidiy]

MULTIPLE Molars in the thumbnail? Heck yes I'm dropping everything to watch! :) Looked like a good time. I think $25 for those thrashed & corroded Molars is pretty fair, given the amount of love and care they need! Nice haul, looking forward to the desk resto!

[@aa-au]

I would have loved to pick up one of those Molar Macs for $25.. now, to ship it to Australia.. hmmm......

[@bobweiram6321]

They'll need some dental whitening.

[@paulforester6996]

What events like this are in the future? I like early 8 bit systems like Apple iie. I am out of the loop, and don't hear about events like this until afterwards. Thank you in advance.

[@TheOriginalCollectorA1303]

Very cool! Looks like you got a bunch of awesome additions to the collection! I didn’t know the MacTable was even a thing, but that is super cool! I’m sure you’ll be able to use that well. Great video!

[@BigBadBench]

Oh wow, congrats on the Mac Table!

[@MikesFutureRetro]

I was really looking forward to this event, but had a close member of the family pass away and we had a funeral on Saturday. Thanks for sharing… I’m all jealous now . 😅

[@thadjaszek]

Fun seeing you at the swap meet again. Also fun seeing my treasures at the end of your recap! Had a very successful day selling and giving away my stuff, and had a great time doing it. Awesome community.

[@Mac84]

It was great seeing you - I’m glad you had a successful day! 👍

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

What an epic score!

[@GarthBeagle]

12:12 the post show printer walk of shame! 😁

[@VernonRoss-o2n]

Oh man, they changed the date! I was looking forward to going next weekend! I totally missed it

[@mmmlinux]

thank you, so im not crazy. i was super looking forward to it, but its my fault for not double checking and just trusting what i had blocked out in my calendar...

[@stevencarlson5422]

so many good deals my van would have been full of good stuff, sure wish something like this could happen up northwest

[@macman142]

Thanks for the video. I love the MacTable, what a score!

[@VintageVolts]

I bought that TI-1200 calculator at 2:19. My first calculator was a TI-1200. Good to buy back my childhood... then type 5318008 on it after I put a 9V battery in it. :)

[@blazingwisp]

I’ve wanted a molar mac for so long!! I’d definitely would have grabbed one… or maybe two! Also what a score on the Mac Table!!

[@DanielRodriguez-ff5cs]

Thanks!

[@ramfrancisuk]

That guy was SMART walking around with a JACKERY Solar Generator to test things before buying

[@kylejones8392]

Steve, that Macbench 3.0 CD isn't archived as best I can tell. I've been looking for a decent price on that for a while! If you'd be so kind as to upload it to the garden that would be awesome!

[@TechTimeWithEric]

It was awesome meeting you there. I got there just before 10. Dang the Genesis guy had Xboxs. Also those Molar Macs were gone before I got there. That guy with the good prices was where I got that dual Pentium 3 Dell I was filming on the trunk of my Camry when you walked up lol. I got that Dell and that tall AT tower from him. I’m also a car guy so I got a full tour of that awesome white/blue 92 GMC Suburban and that 90s Celica. The last show was so incredibly hot I couldn’t stay too long because my both my son and I couldn’t handle it lol

[@VintageVolts]

Ahhh... you caught me away from my table at 5:49!

[@stefanbasslorraine8061]

wow at 4'58" you have a flight case of TRS80 model I !! just accross the boxed Imagewriter II

[@jcc3279]

Steve, Thank goodness i wasn't there most of that stuff would be coming home with me to Florida lol. I'd be one of those folks to roll into the parking lot for a VCF swap meet with a retired school bus and load it with all kinds of goodies lol. I had a Mac Table at my old house in Michigan was my main computer desk for many years. Sadly a basement flood in 2012 ruined it. Thankfully the Mac Pro I had at the time was not at home as it was at the apple store waiting to be picked up after being serviced. That little HP Netbook would make a nice little Linux Laptop. And here i am using my iMate ADB TO USB adapter on my M1 Mac Mini so i can enjoy my lovely Apple Design Keyboard and just use a Cheap Logitech Mouse until i can get a replacement new apple keyboard and mouse as both of mine quit holding a charge.

[@timmooney7528]

I should keep an eye for nearby VCF swap meets. I have several older laptops and peripherals I would rather give away than send to a scrap dealer. These items have more sentimental value than monetary value.

[@VicTheVicar]

Omg! You should do an interview with the kid that gave you that LC. Is he soldering on computers twice his age in his boy room? We need to know! When I saw that Mac Table it was a genuine "Shut up and take my money"-moment, despite its flaws. I'm so glad that you got it. PS Looking forward to that Lisa (and Apple ///) content coming

[@cjsebes]

I had planned on going, but after walking into my basement and seeing the mess of computers I have laying around, I decided it would be better for my marriage and my sanity if I just stayed home. After seeing your video, I still have mixed emotions. But probably better off that I didn't go. And the ad agency I worked for in the 90s and early 2000s had a few of those Mac Tables. They really were nothing special, but it was kind of cool to use something so low-tech by a tech company. I wish I knew what happened to those tables when the ad agency closed shut down. I shudder to think.

[@socketwench]

That portable tandy for $60 😢

[@siem8160]

This market is great. It would put my life in danger, because my wife has had enough of my museum of “old things”, for me they are my treasures. I own a large collection of Macs (all Macs destop since 89 and all iMacs up to 2017) and the only Performa I own is the LC 475 in which I installed a 68040 and an Ethernet card. I used to see this range as mass-market and unjustly hated it for that reason alone. My favorites are the Quadra 700, Quadra 950, 840av and one that I respect like my dear Macs: The Be Box (whose BeOS CD was given to me by the great Jean-Louis Gasse himself). I'm sorry I don't have a Daystar Genesis MP (Quadra 950 on steroids), but I'm not giving up. In another genre, the HP Kayak XU, SGI Indy, O2 and Octane are also excellent machines that I've enjoyed using and bought when they were affordable.

[@bobweiram6321]

The nice mechanical keyboards and Sony PVMs were probably the first to go.

[@douro20]

Who was the one who had the Japanese headlined price tags? That NEC Spinwriter would have been a good buy. They are built like a tank and they use a rather unusual vertical axis "pinwheel". They were made both as serial terminals and as standalone printers.

[@VintageVolts]

You missed the tables on the side of the lot, beside the Free Pile, like the table where I was selling a boxed 30" Apple Cinema Display. :)

[@Mac84]

I didn’t miss those, they just didn’t end up on the final edit. There was so much cool stuff available! I did see the Cinema Display, but I always have 4 of them, I don’t need another 😅

[@GendoPrime]

I so wanted to make the journey up there, but my job would not allow me to take the time off. It would have been worth it for one of those G3 AIOs.

[@OctavioGaitan]

I would have taken that QuickSilver G4 for a reasonable price.

[@douro20]

Whoever had the Jackery power station should have tied it down!

[@PROSTO4Tabal]

This looks like a gold mine to me. I'm buying now with my eyes

[@comitells]

WOAH what is that brown crt monitor at 7:02? it looked like the classic youtube icon from the early iphone!!

[@Hadisabetghadam]

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[@jmlapedis49]

Is there a website where I can find one of these in Los Angeles County (besides the Rose Bowl)?

[@Mac84]

Your best bet is to look up vintage computer and electronic groups on Facebook etc.

[@Blue5wirl]

I would've leapt on the Atari Jaguar. Pounced, one might say.

[@KayakTN]

I need a IIgs color monitor but couldn't find one in Dallas. 😢

[@RanHam]

Was that a replica apple 1 in the brief case?

[@Metal_Maxine]

I might be a bit dense but what does a Mac Table do besides being a flat surface?

[@Mac84]

It had adjustable flaps because it was the 1980's, so why not.

[@aa-au]

Great video again for one of these swap meets. Every time I saw something that I liked, I slowly blinked, and heard a Ka-Ching sound...

[@IOSam]

Was that @userlandia at 11:19 ?

[@userlandia]

Sure was! We actually did a live narration but it was spoiled by some nearby walkie-talkies so I had to re-dub it after the show.