[EXTERNAL] VCF PNW 2019: Exhibitors needed!

[Michael Brutman]

Emulators do great things, but they can't replace the visceral
experience of touching real old working hardware.  Take the example
the sound of a modem making a 1200 bps connection, or the grinding
noise of a floppy drive zero-track seeking at bootup.  Or how
inconvenient it is to shuffle floppy disks around.  Or the slightly
out of focus look of a CRT monitor.  (If you focused one area, you put
another area out of focus ...)

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 1:22 PM rar <rar at syssrc.com> wrote:
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> I could imagine a talk/exhibit demonstrating vintage software.
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> The question that I have is how do we exhibit software (Hardware is challenging enough)
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> A quick stab is on our website at https://museum.syssrc.com/category/software/ where online visitors can run some of the important 1980's software.
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> I would love advice from the crowd on how to teach/display.  It is a bit daunting to just sit down with 30 year old software even though it boots up in the browser.
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>  (Perhaps laptops and monitors/projectors could be obtained locally, not really interested in in schlepping lots of equipment)
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> Bob Roswell
> broswell at syssrc.com
> 410-771-5544 ext 4336
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> Computer Museum Highlights
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 3:36 PM
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] VCF PNW 2019: Exhibitors needed!
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> I'm trying to throw a party, but like any good host I'm worried about the food and entertainment and if anybody will show up.  We already know there is no food at the museum so I need really, really good entertainment ...  Right now we have seven exhibitors who have formally registered.  We really need a total of 20 to 25 to make this work.  We are still a few months away so I'm not in full scale panic mode yet, but I can feel it coming. ;-0
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> If you are interested in joining the party again, please register.  An overview of what it means to be an exhibitor and the link to the registration form can be found here:
> http://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-pnw-exhibitor-registration/ .
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> If you participated last year and don't want to do it again, I can understand that.  To keep things interesting I'm trying to minimize the number of repeat exhibits.  However, you can still help in a few
> ways:
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> - Know somebody who should join the party? Talk to them about exhibiting at 2019. A little nudging and mentoring from a friend can make it easier to bring new people in.
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> - Have an interesting topic you want to talk about? We're looking for speakers too ...
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> - Can you volunteer a few hours?  Many hands makes light work, and also gets you into the museum for the weekend for free.
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> Have any leads on people I should talk to or ideas for making the show better?  Send them along ... I'd be happy to discuss.
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> One final note: Contrary to any previously sent communication, we are not "selling" spots ...  I'm actively trying to get rid of the exhibitor fee entirely, and will guarantee that it will be no more than $20 this year if it is charged at all.
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> Thanks,
> Mike
> VCF PNW President, CEO, and Executive Floppy Disk Shuffler