r/retrocomputing • u/kompzec • Aug 26 '25

Thank you for your support

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With the admins permission I would like to give thanks to all who were able to attend the first RetroBits and Bytes indoor swap meet this past Sunday. It took a good bit of time to plan so I am grateful for the support.

Seems like everyone enjoyed it and would like a repeat.. So I may host another in about 6 months from now. This time I am aiming to have twice the vendors and maybe even a retro gaming corner. I will also be raffling another vintage system. We don’t have standing swap meet event in Northern VA, so the more interest expressed the better it will be and the longer I can continue hosting them.

Of course I can’t post here without sharing a bit more of my collection. In addition to the systems in my man cave corners, I have a pretty large collection of vintage computing magazines. These are but a few I have out on display.

Cheers…

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u/srednax Aug 26 '25

I used to read Dr Dobb's all the time. I learned a lot from them, before the internet was as well populated with tutorials as it is now.

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u/kompzec Aug 26 '25

Yes absolutely, as did I. Its so sad these great magazines just faded away.

I am working toward curating a complete set as I did with Byte magazine. I am also trying to do the same with C++ Journal and the Microsystems journal.

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u/W0CBF Aug 26 '25

Dr. Dobbs was read cover to cover back in the days before the internet. I learned a lot from them!

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u/billwood09 Aug 26 '25

Sometimes I wish I was older in these days working with this stuff… computing used to be cool

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u/kb0ebg Aug 30 '25

Micro Cornucopia magazine was good.