+DarkLord Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Here are pictures (and some video) from the VCF Midwest 2021 show. Amis, Paradroyd, and myself were fortunate enough to get to attend this year. Amis was kind enough to setup a message thread at his website (you don't have to create an account to view them): https://southernamis.wixsite.com/website/forum/general-discussions/on-the-ground-at-vcf-mid-west It was a great show and I personally had a wonderful time! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Nice! Thanks for all the pictures. That looks like an awesome show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 51 minutes ago, TheNameOfTheGame said: Nice! Thanks for all the pictures. That looks like an awesome show! Gotta give the most kudo's to Amis - he took most of the pictures and his phone camera is much newer and better than my ancient Sonim Enduro. It was an awesome show, with my only wish being that there were more of the ST line shown... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 No... fracking no..... Let's plan better... you and Dark Lord meet up with me and Stephen in Columbus. I'll find us a place to park our cars... then we get an RV and pick up Lonny (LP060) on the way. Most epic fraking road trip ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Tillek said: No... fracking no..... Let's plan better... you and Dark Lord meet up with me and Stephen in Columbus. I'll find us a place to park our cars... then we get an RV and pick up Lonny (LP060) on the way. Most epic fraking road trip ever! I'm surprisingly good with this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Wow, check out those floppy discs! And the monster disc drive! ... and I thought A8 computing was retro: ... Someone really loves that XE: Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMotorola Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Wow, that would have been a fun show to attend. Glad you had fun and love the "Live and breathe Atari" mask. Thanks for sharing the experience. BTW, any idea who the guy in the Atari Authorized Sales & Service shirt is? It caught my eye because I made a neon Atari AS&S sign back in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, MasterMotorola said: Wow, that would have been a fun show to attend. Glad you had fun and love the "Live and breathe Atari" mask. Thanks for sharing the experience. BTW, any idea who the guy in the Atari Authorized Sales & Service shirt is? It caught my eye because I made a neon Atari AS&S sign back in March. Fairly sure that's @cbelcher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelcher Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Yep - that's me! Bought it from Aliexpress. Would like to see the sign you made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom4728a Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I have heard about these shows, I want to make a trip next year an go see everything. It would be a great opportunity participate with a display too, show off some of the cool hardware I have collected and also I could setup hardware I want to sell. The best part is the customer can power up/ check out the equipment right there at the time of purchase. They don't have to worry that what they are buying isn't as advertised and you don't have to worry the item will get destroyed during shipping, the customer wont like it, or it just plain disappearing into the shipping system. Plus no ebay fees or shipping & handing fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 19 hours ago, MasterMotorola said: Wow, that would have been a fun show to attend. Glad you had fun and love the "Live and breathe Atari" mask. Thanks for sharing the experience. BTW, any idea who the guy in the Atari Authorized Sales & Service shirt is? It caught my eye because I made a neon Atari AS&S sign back in March. Funny thing about that mask. It came from Cafepress and I had ordered it as, "I Live And Breathe Atari". By the time I received it and realized they had made a mistake, it was too late to return it before the show. Also, that's a big mask. I don't have a small face and it felt like I was wearing a helmet. Hmm, honestly I have no idea about that guy. Maybe Amis, Paradroyd, or some of the other attendees do? Sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Hahaha, never mind - I see the "mystery" person has been identified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Oh, I posted this over at Southern Amis but here's the link to Paradroyd's pictures from VCF Midwest 2021: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNJoZ7JDhaAlyKvU8bT_U_pZO75P507NQa2lMhj3NSvwIdcLXfyg7Iey3M-10ifng?key=cWNsUnNqSkdUM1NfRlF3c2V1djZaMV9sdTRnV0ln Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calimero Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) Nice photos and unbelievable number of odd machines (among normals ) btw Rags (aka mask) over face are mandatory? I ask because I see only one person without... Edited September 15, 2021 by calimero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 36 minutes ago, calimero said: Nice photos and unbelievable number of odd machines (among normals ) btw Rags (aka mask) over face are mandatory? I ask because I see only one person without... Yes, they posted ahead of time on the VCF Midwest website that they were currently mandatory in that county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Yeah, it was kind of self-defeating. I noticed quite a few people remove their masks just as soon as they left the convention center and went through the Bistro and then the main lobby of the hotel. Not like the lobby was a high traffic area or any thing, ya know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 9:39 AM, Beeblebrox said: ... Someone really loves that XE: Rightfully so... that's a beautiful matching XE setup! Where's the printer?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 I just received a post VCF Midwest 2021 show e-mail update. More pictures and a video playlist. Make sure you check out the "urinal guy" story from the Youtubers panel video! http://vcfmw.org/past.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsoft Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Dang, that looks like a lot of fun! I really miss the Portland Retro Gaming Expo out West here... it'll be back someday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 It was fun squared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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