VCF East 2023 Review - The East Coast's Biggest Computer Party

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Spring has sprung and that means old computers have migrated north once again! Join me for a review of the 2023 Vintage Computer Festival East. What’s changed from prior events? What’s for sale? And what cool stuff could you see? Watch to find out.
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= Chapters =
00:00:00 - Opening
00:01:59 - Exhibits and Events
00:11:01 - Panels & Guests
00:13:36 - Consignment
00:24:12 - The Experience
00:28:28 - Outtro
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* InfoAge Science Museums - www.infoage.org
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@vcfederation Жыл бұрын

Great recap! Love your synopsis of the show. Lots of funny comments. Very insightful look at the show. Thanks for coming to the show and showing everyone what it like to be at the show and what it has to offer!

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for putting on a fantastic event! Every time I've been to the show has been great. I can't wait to see what 2024 has in store.

@Nicrophelia 10 ай бұрын

I did not know this existed, but I am so incredibly excited that it does! Time to dig through the bins of old gear for some (possible 😅) gems

@RetroTechChris Жыл бұрын

Great recap, and the best commentary on exhibits that I have seen so far in VCF recap videos! Nicely done. I appreciated your feedback on the consignment too, it's spot on.

@oldestgamer Жыл бұрын

My first VCF, and I can't wait to go again! There was so much see and do, and too little time to cover it all!

@gkhaled1 Жыл бұрын

Lovely recap! Beautiful camera work and interesting story telling. I usually get motion sickness watching videos like this but the steady cam and panning is what I need lol

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

Would you believe 99% of it was shot on a handheld iPhone without a steadicam/gimbal? I left my big camera in the car because there was just too many people and it would get in the way. The secret is to tuck your elbows to your sides and use your upper body/torso to do the move. It's all about slow, deliberate motions. I do have a grip (which helps) but even if you don't have one you can still record steady video!

@DamianMontero Жыл бұрын

Thank you. One of the best (and most professional) presentations and videos of VCF I've seen.

@OzzyMoto2K10 Жыл бұрын

Awesome - almost felt like being there! Thanks so much.

@NeverGiveUpYo Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's pretty cool. A lot of gems :)

@VintageVolts Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the review. As a volunteer who helped work and organize consignment, I appreciate your fair assessment of everything good and bad about the consignment area. You hit on a lot of talking points that were discussed amongst the consignment volunteers before and after the event. I wish we had more space, and a separated food vending area, but there are constraints to the amount of space made available to us. More importantly, we did not expect the consignment turnout this year, both for vendors and customers. It seemed to have doubled this year. The POS system we implemented for the past two events helped greatly to manage both sides of the processed transactions. This year's use of nearly automated online forms was a result in response to last year's first use of the POS system, to improve upon the process. We still have improvements to the process in mind, but we're glad to hear that you appreciated the improvements we implemented this year.

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the insider perspective. I recognize the difficulties with estimating turnout and I'm happy that the team had similar thoughts. The year-over-year improvements give me a lot of confidence that feedback is welcome and that things will be even better next year.

@kenfagerdotcom Жыл бұрын

Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for this video!

@kingforaday8725 9 ай бұрын

Seeing that Mac classroom reminds me of when I worked as a tech for a school district. In a warehouse they had hundreds of pallets stacked with 70's- 90's era Apples and Macs, printers, drives, monitors, of all kinds. They literally couldn't give the stuff away. No takers, including me! 😫They eventually PAID an e-waste firm to haul it all away!!!!

@precisionxt Жыл бұрын

That Prolinea 4/33 was a great find and and being weird as I am, the first thing I would have gravitated to. I have a thing for pre-HP Compaqs. I plan on going to VCF southwest next month, but hopefully not as cramped. I don’t do well with that many people. Worth the chance though.

@UsagiElectric Жыл бұрын

Excellent recap! A shame I missed you, would have loved to get the Centurion spun up for you to play with!

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

I did see it operational for a bit on Sunday! At least, I believe it was when you had a crowd around. We'll have to connect the next time we're at a show together for sure.

@BigBadBench Жыл бұрын

Really nice recap of the show! (hello from a fellow New Englander!)

@HarrisFS 5 ай бұрын

I met Jeri Ellsworth at a Hak5 event in 2011 in CA. Nice lady.

@JVHShack Жыл бұрын

VCF East 2023 was a fun event to experience. I was the one who had purposely put an ugly parts ProLinea I bought from Computer Reset in Dallas next to the one you bought, hoping that the two would go two would leave together. It did eventually sell to someone else, though. 😅

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm glad somebody bought it! I have a soft spot for those machines and I hope they manage to restore it.

@jdmcs Жыл бұрын

Hey, I saw myself watching Dosdude1 upgrade Action Retro's TAM logic board! Great recap video!

@mkonji8522 5 ай бұрын

awesome video. I don't know why I wasn't notified when you uploaded it! I usually only go to vcfse but was planning on going to this one at some point but there are just so many people at the events these days. Long gone are the days of 300-400 people but its neat to see so many interested in the obsolete gear. By chance you still have that dual socket PIII Dell server?

@userlandia 5 ай бұрын

Nope, I divested that server for parts a while back. Apologies!

@atarimex2643 Жыл бұрын

Using clear plastic totes and blue stackable bins to keep the lots for sale together may help.

@baghdadiabdellatif1581 10 ай бұрын

Nice festival.

@RandomTechWZ 5 ай бұрын

Id love to own that Dell server.

@ShifterChaos Жыл бұрын

Highlights, Low Lights, and LED Lights... boooooo OOF Living Books is something I havent though of in a long time Great video as always, really loving the more produced vlog style.

@mastrtonberry2 5 ай бұрын

Wow this is a lot smaller than I thought it would be.

@econtrerasd Жыл бұрын

Loved this recap of the party, lot's of details missed from other videos, for us, the poor souls who couldn't be there!

@parjf Жыл бұрын

So glad your keyboard and mouse were found! I saw you talking about it on Mastodon and was wondering if they would be. Regardless, it was a fun show despite that very lengthy consignment line.

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

Yep, the staff found them and made sure they were reunited. The VCF East staff are the best!

@drzeissler Жыл бұрын

excellent overview!

@colinstu 6 ай бұрын

Did you ever have a vid on that SUN system?

@userlandia 6 ай бұрын

Not on that particular one, but I have a SunBlade 150 with a SunPCI III that I refurbished still in my collection.

@stephenwhite506 Жыл бұрын

You jest about free laser printers but I would always look as you could find one with a rare Coldfire v5 400MHz CPU in it as the last Coldfire generation was only used in printers.

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

Hey, if you know that a printer has a particularly important part, then it's not questionable, is it? ;)

@anthonylteer764 Жыл бұрын

When will this VCF be coming to St. Louis, Missouri?

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

My advice is to look up VCF Midwest in Chicago.

@cathrynm Жыл бұрын

He can solder BGA's by hand? I thought you needed 'the machine' for that.

@NJRoadfan Жыл бұрын

My car makes a cameo in the parking lot. That Amiga 600 was indeed sold to the 1st or 2nd person in line. The 4000T was there still when I got in there. I've never seen this event that crowded before. Saturday was nuts and I have a feeling way more then 600 people were there. Sadly I missed a few talks on Sunday while waiting for my Amiga 4000 to be repaired. Also "Lower Decks"!

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

You're lucky I couldn't figure out a way to work in "The Bag-o-Change Expressway" into the script. ;) My understanding the 650-ish was just for the presales, tack on however many people bought tickets at the door and I'm sure they had a very big number.

@NJRoadfan Жыл бұрын

@@userlandia A certain person coined that phase.... and these days we have E-ZPass.

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

@@NJRoadfan Yep. I have connections to the roadgeek community... and EZPass is the way to go.

@furripupau Жыл бұрын

There was a model railroad?

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

The InfoAge science museum has a bunch of cool stuff, like WW2 miniatures, the radar museum, and yes, a model railroad.

@DiyintheGhetto Жыл бұрын

I'm from Jersey. Still in Jersey and how come I never heard of this?

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

Well, now you know! Go to the swap meet in June!

@DiyintheGhetto Жыл бұрын

@@userlandia I wish I can go out of town until aug.

@tenmillionvolts Жыл бұрын

Great walk through. Thanks for your effort. Would have loved to meet Adrian and Usagi but I'm on the other side of the world, sigh

@larryk731 Жыл бұрын

The food truck idea is great but it should probably be around 3 instead

@chumbawumba1959 Жыл бұрын

WHO puts a price tag sticker on the SCREEN GLASS of a vintage Mac ... UGHHHH! Maybe it was one of those that easily peel off, but still ... LOL

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

The stickers were the easy-peel type. I don't know if that Mac actually sold though, I saw it still on the shelf late on Sunday.

@Homemade-Blurb 10 ай бұрын

Where's LGR 😮

@userlandia 10 ай бұрын

He was not present at VCF East. Maybe he'll visit some day!

@supercompooper Жыл бұрын

Wow thats some real vinyage cornball writing 😅

@gmirwin Жыл бұрын

Every time you said the Federation... 🖖

@userlandia Жыл бұрын

I was rocking my RITOS shirt on Sunday. Lower Decks! Lower Decks!

@EnglishPolishOnline Ай бұрын

Motorola 88000? :) I guess you're not into Amigas:)

@userlandia Ай бұрын

Last I checked, Amigas never used the RISC m88k architecture in any form. If there's an obscure Zorro card that has an 88100 as a coprocessor I'd love to hear about it. :)