It would be a great exhibit! We have had a few places in Europe represented at VCF East. We have a team that frequently brings a whole table of French offerings and occasionally we see eastern block offerings mixed in to an exhibit. More BBC and the like would be very welcome. Heck it wasn't until about 5 years ago that began even becoming aware of what happened in home computing across the pond while we were producing Apple IIs, PETs & C64s, TRS-80s and CP/M machines. I dare say you will have a blast doing it too. Its a great excuse to plan a big USA trip too! -Doug Crawford On 6/1/2023 9:00 PM, Chris Platts via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Hi all,
I’ve been sat in my spare room over several years fixing, restoring and tinkering with old machines, usually with the likes of Adrian’s Digital Basement or Usagi Electric on the TV to keep me company.
I only really learnt about the VCF recently… but since then, I’ve got the idea in my head of (carefully) throwing a bunch of my British home computers — and maybe an Atari or two — in a suitcase and flying over to the US to exhibit at VCF East 2024.
Does that sound like it’d be of interest? I’d bring all that I could — a selection of BBC Micros, Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad CPCs, etc. Whatever I could fit in 23 kilos! I’d happily let anyone have a play around on them and share whatever I know.
I suppose I’m asking where the ‘bar’ is for exhibiting. I’m certainly no Adrian or David — just a guy with a soldering iron and an oscilloscope and too much time on his hands. But I do love these old machines and it’d be nice to share.
If it’s not quite what the festival needs, I’m still planning on flying over in April to attend even if I don’t exhibit!
Any thoughts appreciated!
Cheers, Chris