Great idea, we would be glad to have you, and as you can see from the number of responses there seems to be significant interest in seeing British computing on display! As Ethan mentioned, there are likely others here who would be happy to collaborate with you and fill in some gaps if needed. I'm happy to offer my Acorn Electron and boxed set of Sinclair's US stepchildren :-) Collaborations are also helpful during the festival itself as others can look after your display from time to time so you have the opportunity to walk around and experience more of what VCF East has to offer. -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org] On Behalf Of Chris Platts via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 9:00 PM To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org Cc: Chris Platts <chris.platts@gmail.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Thoughts on exhibiting 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