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Well what do you know – The Electronics Flea Market (EFM) has moved back to Saturday mornings and if you park in lot 2 it is free. Looks as we get to share the campus with the farmer’s market, so I get to peruse fruit & veg for the week and get my nerd on. Hopefully I will find another security appliance from a vendor I do not have yet for my test rack in the garage.

The first date is Saturday March 14, 2026 at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA (south bay area): http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/

See you there!

#EFM #eflea #siliconValley #SillyValley #ham_radio #ham_operator #HamRadioOutlet #ham
#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvintagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops #vintagelaptop
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware
#lenovoHardware #Thinkpadnium #ThinkPadRepair #vintageDell #DellComputer #upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNoWantNot #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle
#IT #ITsupport #hardwaresupport #computerrepair #retroNetworking #networking #wifi #homeWiFi #homenetworking #AP #accessPoint
#apple #VintageApple #VintageMacintosh #macintosh #mac #mac_pro #mac_osx #MacintoshPr0n
#sunmicrosystem #vintageSun #sunOracle #SAS #sparctember #suntember

FYSA The next Electronics Flea Market (#EFM) on Sunday Sep 14, 2025 at West Valley College - which will be the last one for #2025

For details see https://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/

IMHO and from my experiences normally the last one for the year is the better ones for selling/attending.

#sparctember #suntember #sunmicrosystem #vintageSun

#eflea #siliconValley #SillyValley
#vintagecomputing
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk #vintagehardware
#computerHistory #retro
#retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech
#apple #VintageApple #VintageMacintosh #macintosh #mac #mac_pro #mac_osx #MacintoshPr0n
#ham_radio #ham_operator #HamRadioOutlet #ham
#vintageDell #DellComputer #laptop #vintagelaptop
#sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvintagehardware #computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNoWantNot #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle
#retroNetworking #networking #wifi #homeWiFi #homenetworking #AP #accessPoint

The #declutter efforts are mixed #TBH

I hate it, but started an #ebay account again https://www.ebay.com/usr/3vil_1
To help pay it forward on some items

And the things that are not moving on the local #Craigslist :02sad:

eflea #siliconValley #SillyValley
#vintagecomputing
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro
#retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech
#apple #VintageApple #VintageMacintosh #macintosh #mac #mac_pro #mac_osx #MacintoshPr0n
#ham_radio #ham_operator #HamRadioOutlet #ham
#vintageDell #DellComputer #laptop #vintagelaptop
#hp #Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise #hewlett_packard

#Friday and #Saturday is the vintage computing festival West at the computer history museum in mountain view, ca
#vcfw #vcfw2025 #ca #mountainview #siliconvalley #sillyvalley
#computerHistorymuseum

I have three tables full of stuff in the consignment room, please come buy it all. It supports #vcfw and gets it out of my garage
#sf #sfbay #sfbayarea #sfnerd #sfgeek #retro #vintage #computing #computers #Dell #ibm #lenovo #thinkpad #sunmicrosystems #solaris #amiga
#scsi #usb #sony #vaio #apple #macintosh

#EFM #eflea #siliconValley #SillyValley
#vintagecomputing
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro
#retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech
#apple #VintageApple #VintageMacintosh #macintosh #mac #mac_pro #mac_osx #MacintoshPr0n
#vintageDell #DellComputer #laptop #vintagelaptop #sparctember #suntember

#sunmicrosystem #vintageSun

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Three tables full of retro computing gear

One of my tables in the consignment area at VCFW: DAt tapes & drive, keyboards, SUNstation, travel cases, and other retro and vintage computing items

Another of my tables in the consignment room, with an iMac and other apple Macintosh boards, new in the box CDRW and external drive case, video capture cards, etc

Another of my tables in the consignment room, with multiple thinkpads, dell laptops, a DEC 486 laptop, and other retro computing items

Some other #vcfw #vcfw2025 finds
#slackware #linux install CDs
#expresscard #smartcard reader
#sony #mediacard reader
#netgear #ethernet #pcmcia card
#dlink #wifi card
All good to have on hand for those #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing projects

#vintageDell #DellComputer #laptop #vintagelaptop
#EFM #eflea #siliconValley #SillyValley
#vintagecomputing
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro
#retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech
#apple #VintageApple #VintageMacintosh #macintosh #mac #mac_pro #mac_osx #MacintoshPr0n

MICROSOFT ELIMINATING PASSWORDS
Mastodon Post

Microsoft Is Eliminating Passwords in August: Here's What You Need to Do to Prepare

Microsoft Authenticator has already stopped autofilling passwords, but the biggest change comes next month.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/microsoft-is-erasing-your-passwords-next-month-do-this-asap/

I have been with Windows since pretty much the beginning. My first Windows computer, at work, was Windows 2. The guy across the hall had Windows 1, which I sometimes used. These days, Microsoft and Dell keep prompting me to upgrade to Windows 11, an OS that is about to take a first step toward becoming obsolete. I'm giving very serious thought to upgrading to something other than Windows.

Windows once was cool and the Windows team was a bunch of cool people. Those days are dead and gone. At some point Windows staff got in touch with their inner NAZI. This is a small example. Microsoft is eliminating passwords because customers don't use passwords THEIR way - CORPORATE orientation. Their updates are a form of inexplicable mania and their use of OneDrive is equally insane. It is getting harder and harder to use my computer MY way because of Microsoft's extreme and growing CORPORATE orientation and their pretty nearly nonexistent CUSTOMER orientation.

Microsoft thinks its judgment prevails on fantastically too much, it thinks its ways of doing things prevail, and I, for one, am getting fed up.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says, People keep getting technology when what they really want is just stuff that works. Microsoft management needs someone to explain that to them.

: #computers #corporateorientation #customerorientation #dell #dellcomputer #dellcomputers #marketing #microsoft #passwordauthenticator #passwords #pins #technology #windows :