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I am in the SF Bay Area, until Thursday, for a conference, so I figured that I should check out the Computer History Museum, which I have never seen, to my shame. But then I found out that it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, which pretty much makes it impossible for me, as I have customer meetings all day Wednesday and Thursday.

Does anyone else have suggestions of things worth doing, other than the standard Weird Stuff/Halted visits?

Sorry I didn't see this earlier - hopefully you still have time for a couple more stops, both in Sunnyvale: First is Weird Stuff Warehouse - sort of a last stop before recycling for corporate cast-offs. You never know what you'll find there, and a lot of it is stuff at the bottom of the market (48-port managed Ethernet switches, etc.), but I saw an HP-2000 Access system go through there a few years ago, and there's frequently a least some bits and pieces from that era. Another fun place is Halted Specialties. Vintage test equipment, odd laboratory equipment, tons of components (new, surplus, and reclaimed) - and again, you'll never know what you'll find. I'm a lucky man in that my wife likes this place almost as much as I, so we've spent a lot of hours (and a bit of money, too) there over the years. They moved recently, after a gazillion years in the same location, and I'm not sure the new location has quite the _cachet_ of the old, but still a fun place.

FYI - My old band is playing at Slim's in San Fran the Thurs night before VCF West, I will be there, but I have not played with the band in many years, I will not know any of their songs to sit in unless they do some of the oldies from my days with the band. It will be fun to pop in though, a surprise.

http://spindriftwest.com/wp/shows/

I'll definitely make a plan to see them - and you, if our paths cross. It would be great to meet you in person. ~~ Mark Moulding