thanks Dan. These guys have a lot of great stories. bd...
21507
Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
May 30, 2011 10:42 pm
... Yes, they sure do. They should be brought back again sometime in the near future. Just because it's a very good thing to hear again - some people might...
21508
s100doctor
May 30, 2011 11:58 pm
http://www.retrotechnology.com/restore/vcfe7.html Here's a Web page I created to discuss my activities at VCF-E, as an attendee, a dealer and a participant in...
21509
s100doctor
May 31, 2011 12:07 am
... Bill reminded me his SWTP 6800 system was older than my Northstar. Curses! ;) I got DG photos from a number of folks, thanks. Turns out I have some DG...
21510
epsilonprocess
May 31, 2011 3:14 am
I really enjoyed seeing more vendor activity at VCF this year and hope the trend continues. The only reason I looked forward to TCF every year was for the flea...
21511
Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 31, 2011 4:08 am
... This year was the first time we had a vendors area. We'll do it again next year, hopefully with more vendors, but that's the extent of it -- we want to...
21512
epsilonprocess
May 31, 2011 6:21 am
Agree...didn't mean to sound like we need an all-out flea market. The consignment area and a few "vendors" bringing pieces like what Herb and others brought is...
21513
s100doctor
May 31, 2011 5:07 pm
... As a vendor this year, I think Evan's fears are unfounded or confused, and I can prove it with facts. The facts are simple. There were three vendors -...
21514
Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 31, 2011 7:12 pm
... That's not the context I intended. What I meant is that VCF needs to be primarily the traditional exhibits. By "cannibalize" or "dilute" I meant that I...
21515
s100doctor
May 31, 2011 10:24 pm
... I don't want to go on and on about this, but I don't think Evan and I are far apart about this. My short answer, is that the solution to Evan's issues is...
21516
Evan Koblentz
evan947
May 31, 2011 11:09 pm
I think we're using different definitions, and that's causing a simple misunderstanding. From my perspective the traditional exhibitors and the new vendor...
21517
rolenta
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 am
... For the record, I am a publiher of videogame-history related books and that's what I was selling. One of the books that I sell was written by Ralph H....
21518
B Degnan
billdeg
Jun 1, 2011 12:04 am
There were at VCF MidWest a mixture of vendors/sellers/exhibitors. They're mixed in wherever. bd...
21519
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 1, 2011 12:07 am
... From: B Degnan <billdeg@...> Sender: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 20:04:18 To: <midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com> ...
21520
B Degnan
billdeg
Jun 1, 2011 12:14 am
it was much less formal...
21521
Justin Jernigan
jus10j
Jun 1, 2011 12:24 am
It was like a big jam session, big plus (IMO) was that you weren't locked into the presentations - there was different stuff to do at all times. Sent from my...
21522
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 1, 2011 12:35 am
Having lectures in the AM and exhibits in the PM is the best way to ensure that exhibitors and vendors can attend the lectures, without leaving their booths...
21523
B Degnan
billdeg
Jun 1, 2011 1:27 am
... I like them both, but VCF E is my home team event. The VCF MW is worth attending if just to meet the MW crew, but what sets our event apart (no offence to...
21524
epsilonprocess
Jun 1, 2011 2:25 am
Eh guys, sorry didn't mean to light a fire. You're right, we're just saying the same thing. When I said flea market vendors, I didn't mean we should have...
21525
Michael Lee
mikeleemm
Jun 1, 2011 2:31 am
Just for the record, VCFMW were guests of ECCC (Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention) and was a privately paid for "party" of sorts. There was no plans...
21526
B Degnan
billdeg
Jun 1, 2011 2:38 am
... Anthony, One thing that a lot of people don't consider is that the "old days" had great stuff because a lot of these things were not so old at the time....
21527
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 1, 2011 2:41 am
... I know. Didn't mean to pick on you guys, I was just trying to head off any suggestions that VCF East should be more like VCF Midwest. :) ... That's my...
21528
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 1, 2011 2:43 am
Can we sell some of our surplus Jeffs and Bill D.s?...
21529
B Degnan
billdeg
Jun 1, 2011 3:04 am
... $9 ea...
21530
Michael Lee
mikeleemm
Jun 1, 2011 3:11 am
... I'm sure you'd be excited to see a Packard Bell Legend "Multimedia" 486SX25 running windows 3.1 at a VCF :) It's at least 15 years vintage now. We'll...
21531
epsilonprocess
Jun 1, 2011 3:21 am
That's one of my regrets, not taking advantage of some of the stuff that you used to be able to find there when there was more of it. I got my first Altair in...
21532
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 1, 2011 3:28 am
... Is "Chicago" even a real city, or just a made-up, silly-sounding name?...
21533
B Degnan
billdeg
Jun 1, 2011 3:48 am
It is going to happen, vintage computing is going to split some time soon into two generations. The 16/32 bit GUI era stuff will have a separate place, just...
21534
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 1, 2011 3:55 am
... From: B Degnan <billdeg@...> Sender: midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 23:48:02 To: <midatlanticretro@yahoogroups.com> ...
21535
Evan Koblentz
evan947
Jun 1, 2011 4:09 am
Doh ... 'sent' my previous reply too soon ... thus an empty message. ... I disagree. But I strongly agree that it's wise to get young people interested in...
