Thank you Steve for the photos. I wish I could have been there. Tom On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> VCFMW in Chicago was this past weekend! > > Flew up with 2 bags, came back with 4 ! Funny thing is, my wife said she > was surprised I didn't come back with anything extra - well, I shipped > those extra 2 bags and they haven't shown up yet. Gives me one day to come > up with a cover story! :) > > There is so much going on at the Chicago VCF - I don't think any > individual can cover the whole thing. Instead of a blog, this time I'm > trying a "video photo album" to cover some of the highlights that I was > able to see. > > Search > Xiphod's Photo Album of Vintage Computer Fest (no commentary) - VCF Chicago > 2025 > or > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld1CXUTusDI > or > > https://rumble.com/v6z4aia-xiphods-photo-album-of-vintage-computer-fest-no-commentary-vcf-chicago-2025.html > > > Mainly my goal was to pick up a POLY-88 that folks have been helping to > restore off-and-on over the past 18 months. They got it going, so that was > one of the shipments back. The other was an Apple TAM at too good a price > to pass up. (and yes, wife already knows they are coming) > > If it's any indicator: come Sunday afternoon, merchants were fairly eager > to sell at any offer (some announcing that anything unsold would go > straight to scrap - maybe that's a ploy, but there were some under $10 > bargains to be had, a kind of "everything must go" vibe). > > - Steve >
