17 Apr
2023
17 Apr
'23
7:50 p.m.
Most of these photos were from the 9032 room, not the ballroom's exhibits,
but I will share my photos asap too as will others.
B
On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 3:18 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Glad the photos help. I hope the average general
public wasn't too
disappointed or discouraged by the crowd on Saturday - but I tried to think
of the positive side, of there still being interest in vintage computing at
all. A "web cam" preview of the consignment might have helped that line
- some were interested in a specific thing, then to wait 45min in line to
find it's already gone. But I guess that's just part of the experience.
For exhibits, the interior noise/acustics got loud and made hard to engage
and ask questions (since you couldn't even hear them across the table).
I also felt a little guilty of intentionally getting there early to get a
close parking spot. I mean, I don't think there is anything really wrong
with that - but if I know I'm going to be there all day, I wouldn't mind
parking further away and taking a shuttle bus. In my defense, I knew I'd
be getting things from consignment and wanted to drop them back to the car
(I just got some of the laptops).
Sellam, thanks for the note about the geese!! Honkers, yes, that's very
appropriate! But why Honking at 3am!? haha, maybe I don't want to know!?
I'm on travel again for the rest of this week, so kind of rushed to get
notes up today before heading back to the airport.
-Steve
On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 1:04 PM Brian L. Stuart <blstuart(a)bellsouth.net>
wrote:
Thank you very much for posting these pictures.
I ended up having to
cancel my plans at the last minute due to covid. Yeah, I had succeeded
in avoiding it for 3 years, but it finally caught up to me.
BLS
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 05:39:04 PM UTC, Steve Lewis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Videos are nice, but I still like to make a kind of "scrap book" of
events
I've been to. Link is below.
Also, most exhibitors were occupied interacting with the public and maybe
didn't get a chance to see what else was presented at this VCF. Or,
maybe
they didn't get to see what all else the
museum and local area had to
present - so seeing photos might give them ideas of things to check out
next time.
Or, in general, for anyone not able to attend, here are some photos also.
https://voidstar.blog/vcf-east-2023/
Feel free to use/share, no permission needed.