+DarkLord Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Didn't want to post duplicate message threads but you can follow the link and see pictures (and some video) from the VCF Midwest 2021 vintage computer show: It was great fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 I was there Saturday. Nice show, but it needs more Atari. I want to bring my 8-bit hardware and maybe some new european games next year. I haven't seen any 16/32 bit Ataris this year (or even Amigas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 3 hours ago, DarkLord said: Didn't want to post duplicate message threads but you can follow the link and see pictures (and some video) from the VCF Midwest 2021 vintage computer show: It was great fun! Damn - the wife & I were supposed to attend this year but cancelled last minute due to covid concerns (i.e. I was not wearing a mask during the show so did not attend). The past 2 times I have gone, I ended up with 5 monitors and systems spread across two tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Nice, thanks for the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 6 hours ago, ZuluGula said: I was there Saturday. Nice show, but it needs more Atari. I want to bring my 8-bit hardware and maybe some new european games next year. I haven't seen any 16/32 bit Ataris this year (or even Amigas). Totally agreed. Early on Saturday, at the booth with several 800XL's 'n stuff, there was a Mega ST2 with an SC124 monitor, but it was already sold, even then. I'm not sure I saw any Amiga's either, although there were a lot of C64's...and Macs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Stephen said: Damn - the wife & I were supposed to attend this year but cancelled last minute due to covid concerns (i.e. I was not wearing a mask during the show so did not attend). The past 2 times I have gone, I ended up with 5 monitors and systems spread across two tables. Wish you could have made it Stephen - it was great. Let's all shoot for next years show! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Level42 said: Nice, thanks for the pictures. You're very welcome, but we gotta give Amis the most credit here. He took the most pictures and his phone camera is much better than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 23 minutes ago, DarkLord said: Wish you could have made it Stephen - it was great. Let's all shoot for next years show! Stephen... if you're bringing the wife, that's cool.. but if she wants to stay home with the girlfriends, you can hook up with me and Lonny Pursell next year. Old guy road trip!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Frak... broke a hip....... 1 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: Old guy road trip!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Frak... broke a hip....... Hey! I'll be making the hip jokes around here, thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 For me, the biggest and pleasant surprise of the show was a young man (I guess in his late teens, sorry I forgot his name) with a nice display of boxed XE setup. He had even a prototype XC1411 monitor. So there's still a hope that our Ataris will not end up in landfill when we will be long gone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 6 hours ago, DarkLord said: Hey! I'll be making the hip jokes around here, thank you very much! Man! Did you ever get screwed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 2 hours ago, ZuluGula said: For me, the biggest and pleasant surprise of the show was a young man (I guess in his late teens, sorry I forgot his name) with a nice display of boxed XE setup. He had even a prototype XC1411 monitor. So there's still a hope that our Ataris will not end up in landfill when we will be long gone. Noticed that XC1411…..I wouldn’t leave that alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 1 hour ago, bfollowell said: Man! Did you ever get screwed! ROFLOL! PS And it was actually total hip replacements for both hips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 3 hours ago, ZuluGula said: For me, the biggest and pleasant surprise of the show was a young man (I guess in his late teens, sorry I forgot his name) with a nice display of boxed XE setup. He had even a prototype XC1411 monitor. So there's still a hope that our Ataris will not end up in landfill when we will be long gone. I believe that was the S.C.A.T display. I got to talk to him Sunday morning, before everything started winding down. http://www.scatarians.org/ IIRC, that monitor wasn't there Sunday morning. He told me it should be fixed soon. I would have liked to have been around if/when he got it back and running but I had to go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 This is how it looked when I saw it Saturday evening. I hope it got repaired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 23 hours ago, ZuluGula said: I was there Saturday. Nice show, but it needs more Atari. I want to bring my 8-bit hardware and maybe some new european games next year. I haven't seen any 16/32 bit Ataris this year (or even Amigas). There are usually at least 3 or 4 more Atari displays on hand, this was just a bad year as Stephen, Slor & Myself all made the decision to either not attend or only go as spectators. I'm hoping that we are all there next year as between us we have some really cool things to show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Sorry, got confused - was the above for the West or Midwest shows? Thanks. Either way, hoping to see more people there next year (assuming I get to go to the Midwest one again, of course)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 25 minutes ago, DarkLord said: Sorry, got confused - was the above for the West or Midwest shows? Thanks. Either way, hoping to see more people there next year (assuming I get to go to the Midwest one again, of course)... VCFMW - If I recall a few years ago we had 6-7 Atari displays in the old location and took an entire section of the show floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 23 hours ago, orpheuswaking said: VCFMW - If I recall a few years ago we had 6-7 Atari displays in the old location and took an entire section of the show floor Okay, just making sure. Didn't want to get my VCF's crossed. There were a few Atari displays at VCF Midwest 2021. SCAT had theirs, one guy had a mixed 8bit and ST display (well, okay - 1 Mega ST) at the hallway outside the big room entrances. Some others had the 400 and 800 I took pictures of on display (but not running). Of course there was the 8bit Guy selling his games. One guy had a boatload of 2600 games, etc, etc,. It was pretty scattered. As I mentioned, I personally would have loved to have seen a lot more ST (or even TT/Falcon) stuff, but...oh well, maybe next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 4 hours ago, DarkLord said: Okay, just making sure. Didn't want to get my VCF's crossed. There were a few Atari displays at VCF Midwest 2021. SCAT had theirs, one guy had a mixed 8bit and ST display (well, okay - 1 Mega ST) at the hallway outside the big room entrances. Some others had the 400 and 800 I took pictures of on display (but not running). Of course there was the 8bit Guy selling his games. One guy had a boatload of 2600 games, etc, etc,. It was pretty scattered. As I mentioned, I personally would have loved to have seen a lot more ST (or even TT/Falcon) stuff, but...oh well, maybe next year. you should bring your own and exhibit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Funny you should mention that! Several of us have been talking about next year's show(s) and going in together on some kind of display. Guess we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 2 hours ago, DarkLord said: Funny you should mention that! Several of us have been talking about next year's show(s) and going in together on some kind of display. Guess we'll see. Trailer for the RV... got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+DarkLord Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Got an post show e-mail update from VCF Midwest 2021. There's more pics and even a playlist for their video's. Really cool stuff! Make sure you listen to the "urinal guy" story from the Youtubers panel discussion! http://vcfmw.org/past.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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