VCF suggestions...

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Bob Shannon wrote:

> How about taking good quality digital photos of the exhibits and then
> producting a small run of calendars featuring the top winning exhibits?
>
> Give calendars to the exhibitors and vendors, and sell them (in advance)
> to the general public.

I'd love to do this, but as Hans can attest, it's not a cheap process.

> Perhaps even publish a coffee table book with exceptional photography
> and some text on the restoration, historical context, or other info on each
> featured system.

I'd love to do this as well, but 5 other people have done this already (at
least as far as coffee table books with nice photos of old computer go).
Having a whole book dedicated to the VCF exhibitors awould be great, but
again, the cost is prohibitive (not to mention the work involved to do
it right).

> That would be a fun project to work on, and might even be a better way
> to grade different restorations as well.
>
> Some people would love to have the machines, but only have room for the
> book.  Hopefully this could grease the wheels a little.

If someone wants to do a project like this, I'll be more than happy to
provide encouragment :)

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