<So I would be penalized for getting my SWTPC CT-1024 video terminal to wor <and enter it? First I changed the number of characters/ line from 32 to 64 Common mod, mine has it too. <Then I added a cassette "bit bopper" to it. I found the 60Hz line sync BIT boffer, Kilobaud. common enough and aimed at CT1024. The 60hz sync was a component problem and once the offending pot and cap were replaced I found it to be very stable. <didn't work right, so took it out. Lastly, I added some graphics display i <parallel to the characters. Now 20 or so years later, it doesn't seem to <work, and the "original" ic's are all soldered in. likely forgot how to turn it on. ;) Seriously, the VFC Vintage criteria if applied as it is to old cars a chopped and decked 49 Chevy is a valid entrant even if the engine is a later model. The key is it's not catagorized as stock/restored. Like Tim said, nont one member of LICA has a "pure" machine. Some part was non stock and often the reason was price or availability. I can't say how many Altair and IMSAIs with floppies from neither vendor were seen. If anything a pure machine was more the TRS80 era or later when a vendor would actually sell all the desired parts. Allison