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First post, by mbbrutman

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(We're doing it again!)

VCFed.org is pleased to announce Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2020! We will be at Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle Washington on Saturday March 21st and Sunday March 22nd, 2020.

What's a Vintage Computer Festival? It's a weekend of hanging out with like minded people who enjoy retro-computing. We'll have old computers, big iron, 8-bitters, homebrew machines, replicas, and people with new kits and parts to enhance old machines. Some of the machines even play games! Gasp! Looking for parts for your next retro-build? Those will be in the consignment area. (The PCjr in consignment was one of the first things to sell last year.)

To make this happen we are looking for exhibitors, speakers and volunteers. Last year we had 28 exhibits and 6 presentations. We had a great time, we broke the museum attendance record (again), and we are looking to have a good time again in March.

If you are thinking of traveling from outside of the region there is plenty to do in Seattle while you are here. Local attractions include the Connections Museum, the Pacific Science Center, MoPOP, the Boeing factory tour, Mr. Rainier, etc. Victoria, British Columbia is also a short distance away. See a more complete list at https://goo.gl/3emMWH .

Details about VCF PNW 2020 can be found at http://vcfed.org/vcf-pnw . The exhibitor registration instructions can be found at http://vcfed.org/vcf-pnw/exhibitor-registration . I'm happy to answer questions by email too.

Regards,
Mike

mbbrutman@brutman.com or michael@vcfed.org

Reply 1 of 2, by digger

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Sounds like fun! 😀

Not entirely on-topic perhaps, but does anybody know of any similar vintage computer festivals or conventions being planned in Europe? I have a feeling such an event would draw quite a crowd on this side of the Atlantic as well. Ditto for many other parts of the globe, of course. Feel free to point me to the correct topic, of one already exists for that. 😀

Reply 2 of 2, by digger

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According to the overview on http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/, there is an annual Vintage Computer Festival in Italy. 😀 There's a separate topic in the VCFED forum for that. I've inquired there.