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Offline Madshib

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Re: Vintage Computer Festival East X (10)
« on: April 14, 2015, 11:02:16 PM »
Amiga/Retro fans 35 minutes away? I'll be there. I wanted to go last year and meet Haynie, but missed it due to scheduling conflicts. I missed the past few TCFs as well, but I'm bringing the whole fam for this one... :)
 

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Re: Vintage Computer Festival East X (10)
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2015, 11:20:03 PM »
The show was really cool! I really enjoyed talking to both the Amiga and Atari guys. Both had very impressive tables from an equipment standpoint. My wife was not thrilled with the conversations going on and was bored out of her mind, but my son and daughter seemed to be interested in the show from a general stand point.

It was a very nice family outing and the rest of the exhibits are very nicely presented. I giggled over the C64 exhibit. It reminded me so much of my dad's desk in '84.
 

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Re: Vintage Computer Festival East X (10)
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2015, 12:45:26 AM »
Quote from: pwermonger;788127

Madshib, sorry your wife was bored but glad you and your kids had a good time.  One of the best things was seeing kids playing with Deluxe Paint on the 4000. Nice to see an Amiga can entertain them as much as it did us.

We should get some more get togethers going on from the North East down to DC. Bring back some of the sense of community we had in the days of users groups.

Now, to figure out what theme to have next year and what machines to bring.....

-Anthony

She was fine for a little bit. Heck, there was a woman there selling soap! That kept her occupied for at least 10 minutes! Lol.. :) Then the ever famous "Oregon Trail" on an Apple I... I swear I saw her geek up for a split second. Then another minute passed, quickly followed by another minute.

I was really stoked to see all of the different Amigas and the guys presenting them. I'd love to bring my A4000 next year with an IGame setup going.

I didn't talk to the Mac guys, but the Atari guys were friendly enough. I had never seen a Falcon before and to see it side by side with the Amiga table, reminded me of wars from long ago ;)

Crazy how similar the Falcon 030 and the 500 are in appearance. I guess that was the competing market then? I don't even remember seeing them advertised.

BTW Mike, were you wearing a black Amiga shirt with boots?