Paul Terrel will be there from The Byte Shop and when Paul shows up, you tend to get unannounced special guests.
Anyway, if you do visit the show at the Computer History Muesum in MountainView, CA on August 1st and 2nd, pop by consignment where I am volunteering and say hello. Just ask for Corey. Look forward to meeting old friends and new ones from AppleFritter in person.
I'm also bringing my original NTI Apple-1 board (#69 on the registry) which will be on display at the show if you want an up-close view of the real thing. The unit on display normally at CHM is missing many of the board level power supply components (i.e. regulators) and is a byte shop board.
https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/
Awesome, thanks for bringing such a treasure! Looking forward to seeing it!
I'll bring my Apple 1 replica using Plabs' flash card, running various programs. If anyone has suggestions on what I can demo, let me know.
I had heard there was going to be another replica there running chatgpt, but I don't see it listed at the moment.
I will also have a selection of other early home computers from the 1970s. I'll be right next to the Sphere one exhibit, drop by to say hi.
Hi Corey. Looking forward to the show and saying hi. I'm not exibiting this year but will still bring a couple of my boards. Just in case...
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Well, the show ended. I'm exhausted and Woz showed up on Sunday. Hello again to everyone who said hi to me at the show and I look forward to seeing you all at the next one.
An impressive show! I enjoyed seeing the Apple-1s above, including a replica brought by system source. It was fantastic meeting everyone.
With Wozniak, Paul Terrell, Dan Kottke, Ronald Wayne, Liza Loop, Lee Felsenstein, Charles Pfister, ... (apologies for anyone I missed) it was hard not to be star struck. Truly nice people to chat with, generous with their time and stories.
The quality of the exhibits were top notch, with an impressive effort by everyone.
I was next to the guy who found and restored a sphere one computer! I bought his book and can't wait to read all about it.
Paul Terrell was collaborating on the creation and sale of 50 Apple-1 replicas with case options. I don't know how to order one, but if you're interested, I'd snap it up quickly unless they're already gone.
I even ran into Leonard Tramiel (son of Jack) who was a hoot to chat with. Some of Leonard's stores are here:
https://vintagecomputerstories.blogspot.com/
I haven't been to every vcfw, but I really enjoyed this one. Sadly, I wasn't able to see any of the talks. I'm looking forward to watching the videos on yt as they are released.
And like Corey, I'm exhausted and hoarse. Standing up for two days is tough!