On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 3:59 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

Any input from ye more experienced is appreciated.

My advice is don't over-do it. Pick one or two projects. There is fine
space and time. Bringing * that much * stuff is probably too much (or at
least bring one or two things inside at a time, then put them back in
your car to work on other things.)

This.  100% This.  I've overdone it so many times.  Wind up never touching
95% of what I bring.  Now I pack one or two things I plan to work on and go
from there.  I expend more effort in bringing tools, parts and supporting
gear.  For tools, it's soldering equipment, oscilloscope, multimeter, logic
probe, etc.  Supporting gear is my ROM burning workstation, blank ROMs,
floppy imaging system, supporting USB sticks, and modern laptop (for the
internet).  For parts, it's capacitors, connectors, all sorts of various
ICs, and other components.  It's easy for me to bring most of this stuff,
as I've made sure my tools and parts are easily portable.

I feel that multiples of a certain item are OK.  This time I'll be bringing
Commodore PETs.  I'll likely bring all of the PET machines I have, once we
are geared up to work on one, working on more than one is easy.  You can
also compare notes between machines.

I might also bring my SX64 as I think I need to burn a ROM for it, and try
as I might I can't seem to find the time to actually DO THAT when I'm on my
own.  So, workshop it is!

I may also bring a working Commodore 64 as a frame of reference for working
on the SX64.

One other tip from prior workshop experience, I usually wind up working on
other people's stuff instead of my own.  It's more interesting to
collaborate and generally the stuff I bring is boring and doesn't yield
much discussion/collaboration.

See ya!
-Todd

>I usually wind up working on other people's stuff instead of my own.

>... Wind up never touching 95% of what I bring.

has actually been 100% on some occasions  :)