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VCF Midwest Updates and Special Guest

Silent700

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Hello retro fans - we are approaching the one month point before the Eleventh Vintage Computer Festival Midwest and plans are quickly
coming together. Here are a few announcements and updates to bring you up to speed:

- We're happy to announce our very special guest speaker, former Commodore engineer, Bil Herd! Bil will deliver an entertaining 90-minute talk and Q&A on his time at Commodore and his many post-Commodore adventures in engineering that continue today.

- We are going to be packed FULL! And that means full of great exhibits, including the ones listed here: http://vcfmw.org/ex.html. The main hall's tables are all accounted for but there will be some unassigned space in one of the side rooms for late-comers and impromptu displays.

- VCFMW Auction - an experiment last year, now a feature! Quality entertainment and a fundraiser for the show, 4pm Saturday will see another auction of donated items at low starting bids. If you have items you wish to donate for auction, please get in touch with show organizers Friday night or early Saturday. Auctions items need not be classic computing related. No registration is required for the auction.

- The Free Pile tradition continues! One corner of the "Grove" side room (http://vcfmw.org/HIEGV_FloorplanDetail.jpg) will be dedicated to the infamous Free Pile - leave your junk there but be prepared to take it home if it's still there Sunday afternoon! No printers, please!

- Hotel rooms are still available at the $84/night convention rate; please follow the link at http://vcfmw.org or use the code "VCF" when calling the hotel; if you are unable to obtain the con rate, please let me know as I may have to ask the hotel to expand the reservation block.

- We remind you that VCF Midwest is a community-funded show; we receive no funding from any other organization. If you appreciate what we do and you are able, please visit the donation links on our site at http://vcfmw.org.

For those arranging sales or trades at the show, feel free to post item and want-lists here in this thread.

Help us get the word out and re-post this message in your favorite vintage-related forum. Thank you for your interest and support and we'll see you in September!
 
Presentations update: The presentation slots are completely full :D with speakers such as Bil Herd, David Greenlish, and Jack Rubin moderating a panel on the PDP series. Full list of speakers and topics: http://www.vcfmw.org/pres.html

While we no longer stream the presentations live, all of the them will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube shortly after the show concludes.
 
Videos of the talks will be posted at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu3UDdi0llxiSaFKq-p5gYQ within the next 2 weeks as they are edited, encoded, and uploaded. There were very many interesting demos, but we're all still quite tired :) and I can't remember them all to recount them here. I shot enough material to make a 5-7 minute "here's what was at VCFMW11" video and that will be uploaded after the talks.
 
Trixter said:
All of the VCFMW 11 talks have been edited and posted, along with a short snapshot of the show. Visit the VCFMW 11 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE-Iywr9LQESedwj_46tFIaPoyrUf-mHs

Many thanks to all of the speakers, who freely gave their time and experience for the benefit of everyone attending.
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Because I was remiss in my posting duties, I get to follow-up to Trixter's announcement with my thanks to him for handling every aspect of our Talks production this year, from filming to speaker handling to editing to posting, and really turned our talks into a professional operation this year.

We're really proud of our interesting, diverse set of presentations this year, as well as having kicked the production quality of our videos up quite a few notches. We hope you find something of interest among them.
 
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