Floppy Days 66 - VCFMW 11 Live Event Diary

Welcome to Episode 66 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where we try to relive our youth by talking about computers nearly as old as we are.  Vintage Computer Festival Midwest #11 recently happened on Sep. 10 and 11, 2016 in Elk Grove Village, IL and I managed to find my way there again this year.  Once again, I had an incredible time at the event and thought I’d share some of it with you.  I managed to get a few interviews, meet several people I had never met before, catch up with old friends, and come home with far more items than I left with.  So, I plan to give you a quick run-down of the event through my eyes and I hope you find this interesting. Links Mentioned in the Show: my presentation, you can find it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNTiEZl30Fg Edladdin controllers - http://www.edladdin.com Podcast on the Exidy Sorcerer - http://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-episode-17-the-exidy-sorcerer-live-from-vcfse-20 Peter Bartlett - http://bartlettlabs.com/ Evan Wright - http://mrwrightteacher.net/ Transkey II - http://ataribits.weebly.com/transkey-ii.html John Strong - http://strongware.net/ Jim Brain - http://store.go4retro.com/ Chicago TI-99/4A User Group - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=HomePage Cosmac Elf - http://www.cosmacelf.com/news/win-an-elf-at-vcfmw.html 00:00 Theme Song 01:20 Ads 01:49 Intro 02:34 CoCo Crew Ad 03:21 Presentations Discussion 05:53 My Presentation (audio) 27:56 My Exhibit 31:21 Intro to Peter Bartlett Interview 32:00 Peter Bartlett Interview 34:54 Intro to Evan Wright Interview 35:35 Evan Wright Interview 44:41 Intro to Simon Wells Interview 45:18 Simon Wells Interview 59:26 My Purchases 1:07:36 What I didn't buy, TI-99 UStream, and Cosmac Elf Exhibit 1:11:19 Conclusion