On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:34 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I kind of feel the opposite way but two people can look at a painting and have different perspectives.
When I brought a bunch of SGIs to VCF and networked them and played BZFLAG and Dogfight, I got flack for that.
Christian and all, As the new showrunner for VCF East please know that I will offer flexibility in exhibits. Please know that you or anyone can contact me to discuss any complaints, questions, concerns or compliments. I am open to all of it. I welcome all of it. I’m always looking to improve the show. My philosophy is that the exhibits need to retain the tradition and nature of this show. Which is like a science fair to show off your stuff. Other shows are different and that is great. People come to our show (others) and expect a certain style and want it to continue that way. I offer flexibility as you can see in last year’s show with all of the variety of exhibits. For example, Jason’s phone exhibit. It wasn’t vintage computers, but I knew that the audience would welcome and love such an exhibit. I approved it because I know the audience. No one should feel hesitant about doing an exhibit ever! If it fits into what our audience will like and the style of our show, then I will approve it. I would also also like to say that I’m coming back from VCF West on a plane and asked Corey’s opinion. He said that his son saw your exhibit and got interested in vintage computers when he saw your exhibit, where he wasn’t before. Jeff Brace
I kept explaining how things like this were huge at the time, but nope.
And if you noticed. I never demoed again... ever..
Now I go. I watch, I volunteer and clean up. But I don't really want to demo.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 2:19 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Just to jump in...I think 80s computing is/was fantastic. What rubs me the wrong way is this widespread perception that it was always only about games and nothing else. It disrespects the entire industry, its achievements, and its people to reduce the groundbreaking work that transformed society to toys for tots.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org