VCF suggestions...

I was rambling a bit, and not really clear. A calendar showing the VCF exhibits would be practical. The coffee table book I was suggesting would not be limited to exhibits. Many collectors on this list have prized systems or large installations that just are not practical to bring to a VCF. To make a coffee table book documenting these machines, each collector who wants to submit a system would provide (or arange for) digital images of their system, and some detailed documentation on its history and state of preservation, etc. Maybe collect these on a web site over some preset time period, and then evaluate and judge the entriesafter some through research. Sort of a web-based virtual VCF. Basically the 'prizes' would be how much coverage your system got in the book. This approach would be nearly ideal for the really heavy iron thats too large or valuable to truck around like a microcomputer system (not that such a book / contest project would not accept micros...). There could even be enteries for the CDC 6500 up at the museum, or the PDP-1 restoration, etc. It should not matter if the 'collector' is private or professional (maybe seperate these by catagory if needed...).