On Apr 11, 2005 5:03 PM, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote: Ahhh!!! What an _awful_ weekend to pick! I'm sure it was easy to line up convention space, but most people have *plans* Memorial Day Weekend. I would love to be able to support a VCF, especially one that's 4 hours from my house. There's so much *stuff* I could bring to exhibit (not interested in selling much). As it is, I have to choose between a *huge* science fiction convention (MarCON) that I give science lectures at, and one of the biggest medieval events of the year, near Cincinnati. It doesn't help that I might be working in Madison, WI, by then (30 minutes further away than from Columbus, OH, where I live). I should know in the next week or so when my start date is. If I _am_ in Madison, West Lafayette is at least a lot closer, but then I have to pay for a hotel that otherwise wouldn't be in my budget. On the off chance that I will be available to attend VCF Midwest, what do the exhibit spaces look like? I would be able to bring DEC equipment (like a PDP-8/e perhaps, or at least an SBC-6120 with front panel), and I certainly would be able to bring a *number* of 1802 systems (Quest Elf, Micro/Elf, Poptronics Elf, Spare Time Gizmos Elf2K, MSI 88/e, Studio II, RCA terminal, COSMAC VIP) because they are small and fit in a rather small box. I also have a large quantity of larger DEC systems, but if I'm in Madison, I won't have that stuff with me. I plan to bring the 1802 stuff with me to work on when I'm not _at_ work, as well as the SBC-6120. The PDP-8/e is a real maybe, since I'm presently working on getting it running with a modern RX01 interface that attaches to the Posibus. I _might_ take that with me to Madison (-8/e and table-top RX02 plus small VT320-compatible terminal) If someone else is going to be there with lots of DEC equipment, I can certainly give mine a pass. Please let me know how the exhibits are shaping up in case the events of the next few weeks shape my Memorial Day weekend to the middle of Indiana. -ethan