When I first paid the dollar admission, I got a flyer stating next Saturday all Sellers get a discount to rent a stall. Okay, maybe between the rain forecast and the discount next weekend the reason for the low turnout? This means next Saturday will be a great day to find deals, I'll be there! Two weeks and I still can't test the Trakball out, I'm dying here! Meanwhile I did get a couple of things while the sellers were packing.
Power Adapters - $1.00 Each Swap Meetmjmjr25 posted to another member wrote:Nice find - the official GEN AC adapters can be tough to find, getting it all boxed/bundle like that is pretty sweet.
Well I didn't get a Genesis but was on a hunt for a power supply for an Atari 2600 Jr. Digging thru a box I found a 10 Volt 0.85 Amp official Sega power Adapter. I almost did the SEGA yell when I spotted it. Looking further at another stall produced a 9 volt power adapter with a 1 Amp rating. Hey this is more powerful then the Sega adapter, yet smaller in size. I know the adaptor has enough milliamps for an Atari. Reading the label, it ran a motor on a breast pump.
PC Command and Conquer Generals - $3.00 Swap Meet
I know PC games are cheap and piles of them at the Thrift store. But specific titles are a pain to find buried in with music CDs. I played the older Command and Conquers and enjoyed them. Since it called me and dammit I'm buying a game thru this rain, had to get it. I have not played the strategy style game since the Red Alert series, nice that Generals allows lining up multiple builds over soldiers and vehicles. Less multi tasking this way, may affect the game though. Win7 compatible.
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I already own the Macally trakball so I had to get the matching Playstation look alike controller when I spotted it. It even has vibration motors, the drivers an easy download at the support site. Supposed to work on older Power PC macs only, perfect for my G3 iMac. I actually passed up on this the weekend before, seller wanted $5.00 and not three. I offered again for three the following Saturday and got the discount. Not just a regular controller, this can also emulate the keyboard and mouse allowing complete compatibility in all the games!
The controller is dead. What is it with the skinny wires in Mac products? Just like my daughter's Mac charger the thin wire is fragile, a bend right at the base. Lucky the controller is an easy fix, lop off the end and resolder to the connector inside. I'll heat up the solder iron in a couple of days and tackle the Controller and a Mac Keyboard I bought earlier.
http://www.macally.com/en/techsupport/drivers.asp
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Gamecube Memory and LCD Screen - $10.00 Swap Meet
I saw an Indigo Gamecube sitting on a table. It looked trashed but had a weird power connector Y adapter with an extra auxiliary pin. Why both an Auxiliary Power pin and an AC connection at once? Then I spotted an Intec screen laying two tables down, and realized they went together. The Y Cable allowed for a very simple hookup to a Gamecube. The best part was there is still a protective screen, kept the LCD from damage.
Seller wanted ten and would not take my offer of five. I then spotted a 251 Gambecube Memory card. Seller wanted $2.00, but then told me make it ten for both the memory card and LCD screen. Okay why not, the memory card goes for twenty bucks used at Gamestop. After getting home I found out it has an AV input for other devices. A weird RCA Audio and Video converted to a mini jack. I went back and found it the next day from the same seller who gave it to me free.
Gamecube Wavebird and Receiver - $3.00 Swap Meet
The same seller also had this. As in the LCD screen, a part missing and was at another table, this time piled among miscellaneous wires. I had the Wavebird in hand and spent ten minutes in a mad search looking for the tiny Receiver, a very lucky find!
