Combined Retro Tech and Vintage Computer Fair

[Richard Lynch]

On 2/27/09 9:19 PM, "Gil Carrick" <gilcarrick at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Arlington Museum of Information Technology (AMIT) is sponsoring the first
> annual Vintage
> Computer Fair Light - South  to be held in conjunction with The 15th annual
> Antique Science &
> Retro-Tech Show And Swap Meet. The combined event will be held Saturday, March
> 14, 2009 at the
> Ramada Hotel, Irving, Texas, 4440 W. Airport Freeway. from 10:00 am to 4:00
> pm. Admission is $5.
> 
> AMIT Director Gil Carrick said that this combined event should attract many
> visitors who are
> interested in displaying their vintage computing artifacts or in buying,
> selling, swapping or just
> seeing these artifacts. Vintage Computer Fairs have been held in other parts
> of the country, but
> this will be the first one in the South. Since this is the first of these
> events in the region, it
> will not feature any speakers and will only last one day - hence the term
> "lite."
> 
> Antique Science & Retro-Tech Show And Swap Meet organizer Skip Solberg said
> that for a decade and a
> half the event has been a favorite spot for fans of this antique gear to show,
> sell and swap their
> stuff.
> 
> Visitors interested in displaying or selling should contact Skip Solberg at
> 817-467-0368 or email
> solberg2 at airmail.net for pricing and availability of table space.
> 
> If you'd like more information about the Retro Tech Meet, or to talk with Skip
> Solberg, please call
> 817-467-0368, email solberg2 at airmail.net or see the web site at
> http://www.slideruleguy.com/tx-1q09.htm.
> 
> If you'd like more information about the Vintage Computer Fair, or to talk
> with Gil Carrick, please
> call 817-994-9213, email amit at tx.rr.com or see the web site at
> http://amit-tx.org/.
> 
> --
> A. G. (Gil) Carrick, Director
> Arlington Museum of Information Technology
> 1012 Portofino Drive
> Arlington, TX 76012
> 
Darn it!  I've been waiting for this for a long time, but I'll be out of
town that weekend :(  At least it will give me time to figure out what items
to bring to next year's show.  For an idea of what I have to choose from,
check out the January issue of the Dallas Apple Corps Applegram:
http://www.acd.us/applegramjan2009.pdf.  A short story on my collection
starts on page 6.
Richard Lynch