Most of these photos were from the 9032 room, not the ballroom's exhibits, but I will share my photos asap too as will others. B
On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 3:18 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Glad the photos help. I hope the average general public wasn't too > disappointed or discouraged by the crowd on Saturday - but I tried to think > of the positive side, of there still being interest in vintage computing at > all. A "web cam" preview of the consignment might have helped that line > - some were interested in a specific thing, then to wait 45min in line to > find it's already gone. But I guess that's just part of the experience. > > For exhibits, the interior noise/acustics got loud and made hard to engage > and ask questions (since you couldn't even hear them across the table). > I also felt a little guilty of intentionally getting there early to get a > close parking spot. I mean, I don't think there is anything really wrong > with that - but if I know I'm going to be there all day, I wouldn't mind > parking further away and taking a shuttle bus. In my defense, I knew I'd > be getting things from consignment and wanted to drop them back to the car > (I just got some of the laptops). > > > Sellam, thanks for the note about the geese!! Honkers, yes, that's very > appropriate! But why Honking at 3am!? haha, maybe I don't want to know!? > > > I'm on travel again for the rest of this week, so kind of rushed to get > notes up today before heading back to the airport. > > > -Steve > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 1:04 PM Brian L. Stuart <blstu...@bellsouth.net> > wrote: > > > Thank you very much for posting these pictures. I ended up having to > > cancel my plans at the last minute due to covid. Yeah, I had succeeded > > in avoiding it for 3 years, but it finally caught up to me. > > > > BLS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 05:39:04 PM UTC, Steve Lewis via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Videos are nice, but I still like to make a kind of "scrap book" of > events > > I've been to. Link is below. > > > > Also, most exhibitors were occupied interacting with the public and maybe > > didn't get a chance to see what else was presented at this VCF. Or, > maybe > > they didn't get to see what all else the museum and local area had to > > present - so seeing photos might give them ideas of things to check out > > next time. > > > > Or, in general, for anyone not able to attend, here are some photos also. > > > > https://voidstar.blog/vcf-east-2023/ > > > > > > Feel free to use/share, no permission needed. > > >
