VCF 9

Hello all, Just to put my belated two cents in about VCF 9.0... This was my second time around and this year was even better than the last! I particularly enjoyed the build sessions for the Replica I (bravo Vince!) and the ELF 2000 (a big bravo to you Bob!, thank for swapping my board for yours!). If Sellam is a lurking out there, I sure hope there are more build sessions in future years. Maybe a P112 or Howard Harte's eZ80 perhaps? Just like David's better half, my wife also made the semi-long trip from home (Calgary, Canada) to Mountain View and actually took in some sessions on Sunday. Evan's session on collecting helped her understand my obsession (and yes I'm going to take your words to heart about specializing... spreadsheet software! it made my career possible and nutures it today) She also quite enjoyed Christine's talk about retro-tech (among other things). Got some great deals on the sales floor and shipped them all home via UPS. I learned that most UPS stores (my sample of one at least!) have never sent anything out of the country, no wonder so many of my eBay sellers are reluctant to ship to Canada! But after only an hour of filling and re-filling forms they went on their way. Arrived in good shape thanks to copious amounts of bubble wrap. I know my bad embay experiences with bad packing jobs would have some eventual benefit. (Ha! that would be a whole other thread, like the 50 lb North Horizon I got packed in a flimsy box with some balled-up plastic grocery bags!) Anyway, it was nice to meet some of you in person, and I hope to see you all next year. My best wishes to Sell and his crew for an excellent job! GF This was a message from Gary Fisher GaryDFisher at shaw.ca