The weather in my region, let me remind you, this is Valencia, has been consistently warm, even hot. But if it is unexpectedly 38 in Córdoba right now, and the people are already suffering from the heat, then it is 22-28 here, so I once again enjoyed moving from Granada (where it is about 35) to Valencia.

Why is it me? Now I go to the flea market without anything that pleases me, because it is easier and more convenient to look at everything that the sellers offer. And their assortment is very good – in terms of details. Well, according to tradition, I will show photos of various “pieces”, i.e. gadgets, the purpose of which is not sure. Let’s try to identify these things together. Let’s go!

What was there at the flea market today?

Let’s start, perhaps, with stamps and coins – this time there was a lot of interesting things. It seems that specialists, that is. philatelists and numismatists are welcome here, as there may be many valuable specimens in this pile of everything. But this must be understood. Here, for example, is an open album with stamps, plus coins – if you are an expert in these matters, tell me if there is anything worth paying attention to or not?

And here are some negatives, which, as far as I know, are also collected by collectors. At my place, a woman bought a stack of old photos for a fairly decent amount for a flea market – something like 50 euros. I guess such artifacts also have their value in certain circles, don’t they?

Next on the course – game consoles of previous years, both clones of famous brands and original models. By the way, I bought a TV Boy 2, which I understand is a console with a hundred simple games in memory. The Atari company released the device. Unfortunately, the batteries were found inside, and the electrolyte filled the entire board, so it cannot be restored. There, as one familiar repairman says, “a small Hiroshima.” EVERYTHING is damaged, oxidized, corroded, absolutely everything. I have never seen such a thing. I didn’t take a picture inside, I forgot, but this console in the photo is from a flea market. I bought it for 2 euros, so it’s a small loss.

The PS1 is in good condition, the controllers were next to it, a little to the other side, so they didn’t get into the frame. But I’ve already accumulated a strategic stash of PS1s and PS2s waiting to be inspected and tested. So I didn’t buy another copy, I don’t have anywhere to store it.

Well, I also met a Famicom clone, this is not a modern, but a vintage copy. With power supply and controllers. They ask for 20 euros for it. In general, the price is not that high, but if you are going to buy it, you want an original console, not a clone, even if it is the same vintage (well, almost) as the original.

Ah, yes, and there are other such accessories, also not original, in very good condition. As I understand it, these are the controllers, the gun and the charger, which are also suitable for the original consoles. Maybe these accessories are even new and not released once. It’s hard to say here.

Hey, let’s take a look at the laptops, keyboards, and desktop PCs I came across while browsing the flea market. First, here is such a keyboard, with a trackball. Conveniently, surely someone worked with this or something similar?

A few more cool and comfortable-looking keyboards are from Microsoft, Logitech, and HP. Ergonomics as it is! I worked for several years with the keyboard from Microsoft, Sculpt, I really liked it. But then I decided to change it to an ergonomic split keyboard, which is even more convenient. It also worked with Logitech, not bad either. All these multimedia keys, the layout of the buttons and the shape of the keyboard are cool.

Here is another keyboard for gamers, such as those produced by many companies, from gaming to not so much.

Then I saw a walkie-talkie, a GPS receiver and binoculars – it seemed that somewhere a whole company of tourists/hunters or fishermen had been robbed. But, most likely, it was just all in someone’s house, the house was sold, and the sellers from the flea market were asked to clean it. Here the scheme is simple – they clean the house of unnecessary things, and they either pay for it and give away everything that was in the house, or simply give away everything that they considered unnecessary.

After this picturesque group, I saw several trading places with boards, laptops, and desktop computers. There is also a lot of interesting things there.

Everything in the photo is in good condition, most likely working. These are devices that remained from some organizations that restored the fleet of equipment. Most often, when updating, old devices are not sold, but handed over to a limpio point, a collection point for old and non-working electronics. Well, the employees of these points are already selling the devices or simply keeping them for themselves.

Now some interesting synthesizers and representatives of the “squad” of audio equipment. The synthesizer, which is located vertically – its width is about 2 meters, may be slightly smaller. Does anyone know why it is so big?

By the way, the photo above is an amplifier, as far as I understand. What is it for, with such a bunch of all kinds of buttons, controls and switches? Is this gear for musicians or the home?

And yes, there happened to be a huge bucket, almost full of batteries from modern devices, from Samsung and Apple, there are also a couple from HP. Several batteries from iPhone 10, 11, there are from MacBooks and something else, I just couldn’t dig around there for a long time – it’s uncomfortable and hot. There was a whole box of whole protective glass for old iPhone screens next to it – I think it’s from the 6 Plus, but I could be wrong.

Yes, I almost forgot, there was just a mountain of control panels from radio-controlled systems – like drones. Who threw them out, why is a mystery.

They also got a violin – obviously with a crack on the case. And an electric guitar. Does the latter have any value or is it something like a toy?

Well, the review is completed by a picturesque group of these robots.

What is this thing?

As always, I have come across several devices whose purpose can only be guessed at. Let’s look and think together what it is and why.

Piece #1. Some kind of control panel. With a wire, therefore, was connected to something. The remote control is large, 15 inches diagonally, apparently. The screen is just huge considering it’s a remote.

Piece #2. In general, I did not understand what it was for. In past posts, I wrote that I do not look for the purpose of such things on the Internet, since it is more interesting to discuss them on Habre. The comments are very interesting and as complete as possible.

Piece #3. It is clear that it is a remote control, but from what? Obviously something large and probably a long distance away from the operator, as the remote is large and probably powerful.

Piece #4. A board for connecting (as it were) an external video card. Who has worked with such systems and what systems are they intended for?

Well, that’s all. This knight is saying goodbye to you (he is small, in fact, 25 centimeters tall).

Don’t switch.

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