Thanks for that, Bill. Here's some extended info in case anyone is interested: http://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/tag/collection/

Any questions about what's actually there, feel free to email me directly. Final info and postings from the auction house should be available in about 3 – 4 weeks. Naturally, anyone in New Jersey or the surrounding area will have an advantage over others because only a small selection of around 100 items will be made available online. Everything else will be auctioned off on-site on May 31.

I may attend this on Thursday just to watch. Anyone else interested in going?

Thanks for that, Evan. I have a sort of "cheat sheet" summary here: http://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/2018/05/25/final-details-for-the-mass... Basically, the small online portion is running just a little longer, and is obviously open to bids and shipping from/to just about anywhere. The full physical auction takes place tomorrow, the 31st, and includes the vast majority of consoles, computers, handhelds, software, accessories, etc. Although it's best to be there in person if you're interested in the rest of the stuff (you can see 300+ photos using the referenced Facebook link), you can also absentee bid and they'll ship any wins in that manner as well. If there are any questions about what may or may not be there, including specifics about any particular hardware or software, I'd be happy to answer it as the time remaining ticks away. For anything auction-specific, it's best to contact Bodnar's directly. They're fielding all questions like that for obvious reasons (I really don't know how these things work). I want to again thank everyone for their support in this lengthy process. -Bill ======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ======================================================== On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:27 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

Thanks for that, Bill. Here's some extended info in case anyone is

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interested: http://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/tag/collection/

Any questions about what's actually there, feel free to email me directly. Final info and postings from the auction house should be available in about 3 – 4 weeks. Naturally, anyone in New Jersey or the surrounding area will have an advantage over others because only a small selection of around 100 items will be made available online. Everything else will be auctioned off on-site on May 31.

I may attend this on Thursday just to watch. Anyone else interested in going?

More info: https://www.bodnarsauction.com/may-31-gaming-collection

I don't know who Bill Loguidice is but his wife should be canonized immediately. -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 5:59 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Christian Liendo Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Bill Loguidice's Collection Auction Date 5/31 Edison NJ I happen to have a day. I will see On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:27 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

I may attend this on Thursday just to watch. Anyone else interested in going?

Bill is the co-creator of ArmchairArcade.com, he's on the list, and lives here in NJ. I know Bill and his wife. He is a lucky man. :) On Wed, May 30, 2018, 8:09 PM W2HX via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

I don't know who Bill Loguidice is but his wife should be canonized immediately.

-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto: vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 5:59 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Christian Liendo Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Bill Loguidice's Collection Auction Date 5/31 Edison NJ

I happen to have a day. I will see

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:27 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

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I may attend this on Thursday just to watch. Anyone else interested in going?

It's not an issue when people have spouses with whom they are actually compatible. Bravo for insisting on that. So few people do. -Dave On 05/30/2018 08:38 PM, Bill Loguidice via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

Interesting comment. That implies that perhaps having all of that stuff was somehow an intrusion on the lives of my wife and daughters, or in some way interfered with my own life. Fortunately, it was never an issue, nor would I have let it ever be an issue.

======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ========================================================

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 8:09 PM, W2HX via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

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I don't know who Bill Loguidice is but his wife should be canonized immediately.

-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

The live portion starts at 3PM and runs until at least midnight. Bodnar's will live stream at least some of it on Facebook around 3PM I think. Nice to see places like Ars Technica and NJ.com pick up on it today as well, although it's rather late in the process, obviously. -Bill ======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ======================================================== On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

I'll be there around 2:30 today. Heard from three other local members who are also going, plus one 'maybe', and one who's bidding remotely.

Anyone else?

Glad to hear you have a BBC Micro now. They’re fine machines, and as you rightly point out, require 240V power plus some sort of monitor. Ignore the PAL outputs and go straight for the RGB which is on a DIN connector. I vaguely recollect making up a special cable when I got mine going and hooking it up to a Sony studio monitor. Watch out for the X2 cap in the power supply which is a known point of failure. It’s easy enough to replace if that hasn’t already been done, but annoying to have it fail... Dave

On Jun 1, 2018, at 1:36 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

Well that was interesting!

Several of us were there: me, Doug, Chris F., Dean, Chris L., Brian C., Bill Lange (not Bill L. the auction seller), and Jason Scott. All of us but Bill made it into a photo (https://tinyurl.com/ydbuy6pd) kindly taken by Chris L.'s girlfriend.

The auctioned started at 3pm. I was the last to leave at midnight -- but the auction was still going strong! They had another hour or two remaining.

Some people got amazing bargains (valuable nuggets discovered after buying boxes of inexpensive items) and other people paid full retail or higher for various things. We spotted a few people who were professional sellers, but most of the people (maybe 100?) were individual collectors, and most of those were gamers, not computer collectors like us. However we did see a few people who said they attended VCF East, and I couldn't help myself from recruiting a few new folks.

VCFed itself had a good night:

- Dean purchased a box of stuff which happened to contain a CGA/EGA/VGA adapter -- exactly what I posted about us needing a few days ago -- so I commandeered that item for us. :)

- VCFed has several S-100 computers, but there was one item I'd never seen: an industrial (rackmount) chassis with a keyboard built into the front edge of the case. It is from a company called MBR. No boards inside, but it looked unique. At my request, Dean entered an absentee bid for it (it would be one of the last items auctioned due to placement in the room). He'll donate it to us if he wins. We will find out tomorrow.

- VCFed has an Amstrad 640 and various Sinclair computers, but we didn't own a BBC Micro. There was a first-gen (1981) unit available in the auction. At my request, Bill (and his wife Lucy) successfully bid on it and donated it to us. It also has some nice software. We'll have to get a power adapter for it to use an American outlet.

It was fun hanging out with several group members all afternoon/evening. There were a few times where some of the group members bid against each other ... a little healthy competition!

Overall a very successful time for Bill Log. and all buyers.