30 Jul
2005
30 Jul
'05
10:16 p.m.
Would love to hear from anyone who attended today -- how'd it go?
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31 Jul
31 Jul
10:01 a.m.
On Sunday 31 July 2005 00:16, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Would love to hear from anyone who attended today --
how'd it go?
Everyone I talked to seemed to think it went fantastically, especially
for a first time event. We ended up with 12 exhibitors (including 1
that showed up at the event with no warning), and all 8 vendor and
consignment tables will filled up.
The estimated head count for the exhibits was about 70 (paid) people,
which was a little less than expected, but still a pretty good turnout.
I think we had a slightly smaller turnout (~50) for the speakers.
From what I've been told, it was a better turnout
than either of the
VCF/Easts. ;)
Pat
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10:17 a.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Sunday 31 July 2005 00:16, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Pictures, pictures please.
Would love to hear from anyone who attended today
-- how'd it go?
Everyone I talked to seemed to think it went fantastically, especially
for a first time event. We ended up with 12 exhibitors (including 1
that showed up at the event with no warning), and all 8 vendor and
consignment tables will filled up.
The estimated head count for the exhibits was about 70 (paid) people,
which was a little less than expected, but still a pretty good turnout.
I think we had a slightly smaller turnout (~50) for the speakers.
4:21 p.m.
Bill Sudbrink declared on Sunday 31 July 2005 12:17 pm:
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Ok, my roommate has just posted the pictures he took. They don't yet
have descriptions, but that's something I can work on over the next
couple days...
The first pic its what I brought for the consignment sale myself. Pics
4141-4149 are of Ethan's talk; "4147" has me on the left, and Ethan
Dicks on the right. Pics 4150-4152 are of Hans's talk, 4153-4160 are of
Ray's talk, 4161 is me messing with the a/v recording stuff, 4162 is of
the cameraman (Alan Braunsdorf), and the rest are of exhibits.
I'll try to get proper labels and digitized video of the speakers made
available.
Pat
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On Sunday 31 July 2005 00:16, 'Computer
Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Pictures, pictures please. Would love to hear from anyone who attended today
-- how'd it go?
Everyone I talked to seemed to think it went fantastically,
especially for a first time event. We ended up with 12 exhibitors
(including 1 that showed up at the event with no warning), and all 8
vendor and consignment tables will filled up.
The estimated head count for the exhibits was about 70 (paid)
people, which was a little less than expected, but still a pretty
good turnout. I think we had a slightly smaller turnout (~50) for
the speakers.
5:50 p.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Bill Sudbrink declared on Sunday 31 July 2005 12:17
pm:
Uh, I don't seem to see them on your site... URL?
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Ok, my roommate has just posted the pictures he took. On Sunday 31 July 2005 00:16, 'Computer
Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Pictures, pictures please. Would love to hear from anyone who attended today
-- how'd it go?
Everyone I talked to seemed to think it went fantastically,
especially for a first time event. We ended up with 12 exhibitors
(including 1 that showed up at the event with no warning), and all 8
vendor and consignment tables will filled up.
The estimated head count for the exhibits was about 70 (paid)
people, which was a little less than expected, but still a pretty
good turnout. I think we had a slightly smaller turnout (~50) for
the speakers.
8:15 p.m.
Patrick Finnegan declared on Sunday 31 July 2005 06:21 pm:
Pictures, pictures please.
Ok, my roommate has just posted the pictures he took. They don't yet
have descriptions, but that's something I can work on over the next
couple days...
The first pic its what I brought for the consignment sale myself.
Pics 4141-4149 are of Ethan's talk; "4147" has me on the left, and
Ethan Dicks on the right. Pics 4150-4152 are of Hans's talk,
4153-4160 are of Ray's talk, 4161 is me messing with the a/v recording
stuff, 4162 is of the cameraman (Alan Braunsdorf), and the rest are of
exhibits.
I'll try to get proper labels and digitized video of the speakers made
available.
URL, since I'm aparently retarded:
http://www.sydelko.org/gallery/VCF-MW-2005?page=1
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Bill Sudbrink declared on Sunday 31 July 2005 12:17
pm:
> Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > On Sunday 31 July 2005 00:16, 'Computer Collector Newsletter'
wrote:
Would love to
hear from anyone who attended today -- how'd it
go?
Everyone I talked to seemed to think it went fantastically,
especially for a first time event. We ended up with 12 exhibitors
(including 1 that showed up at the event with no warning), and all
8 vendor and consignment tables will filled up.
The estimated head count for the exhibits was about 70 (paid)
people, which was a little less than expected, but still a pretty
good turnout. I think we had a slightly smaller turnout (~50) for
the speakers. 
1 Aug
1 Aug
11:47 a.m.
On 7/31/05, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
> Pics 4141-4149 are of Ethan's talk;
"4147" has me on the left, and
> Ethan Dicks on the right.
URL, since I'm aparently retarded:
http://www.sydelko.org/gallery/VCF-MW-2005?page=1
For those who couldn't make it, pics 4141 through 4146 are items that
I had with me at the South Pole last year. From the left: An
INS8073-based "MC-1" and partially completed protoboard copy, an Elf
made in the fashion of the 1970s Popular Electronics articles (256
bytes RAM, HP displays, PIXIE graphics), a Spare Time Gizmos SBC6120,
a MicroElf (Mike Riley's design), and a fully-tricked out SBC6120
w/IOB6120 and FP6120 (brought down already built, but the frame used
to be a scrap 2"x4").
I had a great time, and was sorry to have to leave at noon. I'll miss
next year (wintering at Pole again), but I would love to be able to
exhibit in 2007.
-ethan
1:02 p.m.
At 12:01 PM 7/31/2005 -0500, you wrote:
On Sunday 31 July 2005 00:16, 'Computer Collector
Newsletter' wrote:
Yes, many thanks to Pat for organizing the event as well as the others
who helped to managed the various workings of the day. We all had a great
time and it was good to put some faces to a number of the classiccmp
people...
--tom
Would love to hear from anyone who attended today
-- how'd it go?
Everyone I talked to seemed to think it went fantastically, especially
for a first time event. We ended up with 12 exhibitors (including 1
that showed up at the event with no warning), and all 8 vendor and
consignment tables will filled up.
The estimated head count for the exhibits was about 70 (paid) people,
which was a little less than expected, but still a pretty good turnout.
I think we had a slightly smaller turnout (~50) for the speakers. 
3:03 p.m.
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
From what I've been told, it was a better turnout
than either of the
VCF/Easts. ;)
The first VCF had 90+ attendees and the second even more but I never did a
proper count.
I'm not sure if a two day event would've increased the attendance or
resulted in the same count. But for one day that is a great success.
Congrats, Pat!
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7:28 p.m.
Sellam wrote....
The first VCF had 90+ attendees and the second even
more but I never did a
proper count.
I'm sure Pat would know better than me. However, I'd bet a stash of HP 12920
mux sets that there was significantly more people walking in that room than
70 people. My rough looking around figured well over 95.
Jay
10:50 a.m.
I arrived quite late, as it was a last minute trip for me that I didn't
really have the time to plan for. I brought stuff for the consignment
area. I missed the feeding frenzy, so I only sold 2 items, but did give
some stuff away. Pat was kind enough not to charge me the consignment
fee..... Thanks Pat!
I met Hans..... that was a treat. I mentioned the burgers and from his
reaction, I don't think I was the first :-)
Someones wife helped me get all of my stuff up to the 3rd floor,
carrying a box, and holding doors. I don't think I properly thanked
her. If that sounds like your wife, please tell her thank you for me!
I think her husband was a vendor, since she mentioned doing the same
thing earlier in the day with him..... I just don't know names!
Getting to Purdue from Michigan and getting back home seemed to take
forever! Instead of following Mapquests route, which looked to be out
of the way, I made my own way. That was a mistake! After telling
people the Mapquest route was 150 miles longer, I realized I had made a
mistake! The Mapquest route was only about 20 miles longer, but
probably much quicker.
It was nice meeting you all..... everyone was quite friendly.
Mike it was nice talking DEC stuff with you..... Maybe I'll try and get
my 11/73 up and running now that I have more space in my computer room!
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Would love to hear from anyone who attended today --
how'd it go?
7:13 p.m.
Pat wrote....
Would love to hear from anyone who attended today --
how'd it go?
Well, I just got back late afternoon today. As usual, it was a great time.
I was extremely impressed because of the turnout. To be honest, I wasn't
expecting much because it was the first time - and when I last checked the
exhibitor list was pretty small (all to be expected for a first midwest
event). I was very pleasantly suprised. There was quite a few vendors and I
found the speakers interesting. There seemed to be a pretty good amount of
hardware movement from the sale tables I saw too :>
I think Pat deserves a huge thank you for pulling it all together so well!
Kudo's Pat!
While the show itself was a resounding success, my favorite part was just
hanging out and BS'ing with all the folks from the list. Immensely fun.
Jay West
PS - No Trailer Incident this year :>
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