Erik - bring the Kenbak! I'd love to see it in person. I'll be there with a bunch of old single board computers and some NeXT systems. I'll also be at Vince's workshop. Stop by and say hi!
I had the Kenbak at VCFs 7 and 8 (I skipped 9.)
I've had Altairs at all of the rest I went to (along with PCs, PETs, TRS-80s and the like.)
I've been told that variety is the spice of life. . .
My plans for this year included a Mark-8 (not yet finished in spite of pretty good progress - maybe next year) and a CompuColor II (down for the count at the moment - some idiot (me) ripped the H-Sig and H-Ret wires off the yoke.)
With those not an option I'm considering doing a display of my magazine collection. I can bring 40-50 Vol 1, #1 issues of a wide variety of computer magazines from the well known (Byte, Creative Computing, Kilobaud, Dr. Dobb's, Interface Age etc.) to the specialized (Computer Notes, Portable Companion, Atari Age, etc.) to the uncommon (ROM, MicroTrek, etc.)
Most, but not all, are pictured
here.
I figure the magazines are as much a part of the history as the machines themselves.
The downside is, of course, that the display isn't at all interactive.
Plus it's gonna cost me a small fortune to get frames/boxes for each issue.
And I haven't done any collateral (posters, ID cards, etc.) yet.
Plus I haven't come up with a name for the display. "Premier Issue Pandemonium?" "Firsts on Paper?"
I've got until Monday to decide, I guess.