Time for the System Source Swap Meet pics I took... in no particular order. Let’s goooo! 🧵 time.

First we have an Amiga with some Macs, etc. Also, tons of interface cards. Some cool Apple stuff. And some IBM PCs!

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More PCs, macs, laptops, and some software! The boxed copy of StuffIt Deluxe caught my eye!

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One seller impressively had the original boxes for most of his stuff!

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More PCs, macs, laptops, and some software! The boxed copy of StuffIt Deluxe caught my eye!

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This commercial ISA card in the foreground is pretty neat, though I don’t know much about it!

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It just keeps going and going! I found this briefcase tester(?) system to be neat. Apple IIC. And Atari Home Computer in box!

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Memory, opticals, more laptops

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This was one cool table... I am not a Commodore guy, but Amigas are cool, as is the SX-64 **

Bin of cards, some more opticals, A beige box hiding under the table too. LOL

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So, I dug through this box of $1 cards and bought most of them 😂 **

This guy had some RARE cards. An original Sound Blaster. An ATI Mach64 VLB card too. And a SCSI VLB card (I should have bought it, but $40 was a little steep).

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We’re almost done, I PROMISE. Here are the last of the swap meet pictures I too. The guy selling the Mac setup literally wanted single digits for it. Someone should have taken it home!!!

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Tons of Mac laptops, and this Newton was cute!

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I got to see my friends too! I didn’t get nearly enough pics with them though. But we do have @veeb0rg, @wrljet , @techknight2 and @torbar here!

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