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Vintage Computer Festival East This Saturday!

alexkerhead said:
A couple b series ataris might be sweet to an atari person, but not many people are just atari people.
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Then it's a good thing I'm not just an Atari person either. I grew up with an Apple ][+, owned an early Mac, then a Tandy Model 16 running Xenix. I've got expertise in CP/M and some older Unix systems like the 3B2.

I probably would have displayed something else entirely at VCF. But a year ago, a bunch of us got together and created a room full of displays at the Trenton Computer Festival. We had all the popular manufacturers represented - except Atari. Not long after that, someone gave me an Atari; then another from someone else and another. I mean, if people just keep giving me stuff, why not put it on display? I could just as easily have decided to show CP/M machines at VCF.

And you know, I almost don't care what anyone thinks about my display. I expect to have a good time, meeting other people, checking out their stuff and just totally geeking out for a full day. I'd like to meet David Ahl, whose magazine _Creative Computing_ had a huge influence on me when I first started getting into computers. His talk should be excellent.
 
ahm said:
Then it's a good thing I'm not just an Atari person either. I grew up with an Apple ][+, owned an early Mac, then a Tandy Model 16 running Xenix. I've got expertise in CP/M and some older Unix systems like the 3B2.

I probably would have displayed something else entirely at VCF. But a year ago, a bunch of us got together and created a room full of displays at the Trenton Computer Festival. We had all the popular manufacturers represented - except Atari. Not long after that, someone gave me an Atari; then another from someone else and another. I mean, if people just keep giving me stuff, why not put it on display? I could just as easily have decided to show CP/M machines at VCF.

And you know, I almost don't care what anyone thinks about my display. I expect to have a good time, meeting other people, checking out their stuff and just totally geeking out for a full day. I'd like to meet David Ahl, whose magazine _Creative Computing_ had a huge influence on me when I first started getting into computers. His talk should be excellent.
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I wasn't attacking you personally. I was just expressing a misconceeded opinion. See, I have never been to a vintage computer show, because of my location. For this reason, I don't totally understand all of the nuances concerning the art of displaying vintage computing gear. Forgive me if I offended you in any way, shape, or form. The images Erik linked to helped better my understanding of this situation. I do look forward to when the work/school/money situation subsides enough for me to travel to a vintage computer festival.
 
On the topic of retro convents, the small one we're planning to have in two weeks nearby where I live are a bit worried that the power distribution (one or more 10A?) will not be enough for everyone having a booth - at this moment estimated to about 10 people. One suggestion was to have a table with TVs and monitors, and then when you want to make a presentation, move over with your gear to that table and show it. Otherwise leave it turned off at your own table. Several of those people I've met recently think boxed items are the most pristine, and may not even open the boxes to display the actual computers/video games. To me I feel a bit disappointed if it takes this direction, but I agree that everyone don't need to have their gear turned on all the time if there is noone else to watch it at the moment. Moving stuff around - computers, perhaps disk drives, software in various media and who knows what - sounds semi-productive.

Does anyone have experience of a such small expo, and how did you do it? This one will be hosted in a rented room in an apartment building. The event will take place from Friday afternoon to Sunday noon, and is expected to attract somewhere around 15-20 up to maybe 50 visitors, depending on media coverage etc.
 
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