VCF Midwest 2023

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Around the corner from the Weather Channel equipment were a few more automated TV channel boxes- these for programming guides for their respective networks. One is Amiga based.

 

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More random pictures of various displays:

The Ultima 4 display again:

Some modded PETs and C128's:

Some homebrew micros:

Big Compaq:

 

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Minecraft running on an SGI workstation from 20-ish years ago without issues. Really does put it into perspective how crazy powerful those things were when they were new.

 

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Otrona Portable:

A Power Macintosh G3 B&W with the biggest studio display I've ever seen:

 

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RCA Cosmac ELF stuff on display:

 

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Forgotten Machines booth was excellent as always:

They had a vector-based graphics machine which was really neat!

 

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More photos from Saturday evening:

I was so excited to see this Commodore Colt, as it confirmed what I had thought previously about the Smith Corona monitor here- it's the same model they used for the Commodore PC's, just with a different badge.

A NABU playing a chiptune demo of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" of course.

Quake multiplayer, all hosted on one SGI machine:

 

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The Unisys Aquanta HR/6 "Chonker"

Random things for sale:

I almost bought this Apple III.

 

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Finally, the WCC booth at the end of the day on Saturday right after everything was powered down for the night:

 

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One last photo from Saturday, I had a wide-angle shot of both the WCC booth and @PS2it's booth.

 

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Sunday, 9.10.23, a much quieter day, with a lot of vendors and exhibitors clearing out, while others cut deep discounts to try and lighten their loads on their return trip.

Amiga of Rochester's booth:

A huge Coleco ADAM setup:

An expanded TI-99/4A

A SEGA Master System with the 3D glasses:

Random tv for sale:

 

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Japanese Video Games, including the Casio Loopy, Sharp X68000, Pioneer LaserActive, and Japanese SEGA Saturn:

Tiny OS/2 laptops:

A big Alienware:

 

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Guitar Hero and Sonic on the Commodore 64:

The Phillips G7000, an all-in-one variation on the Magnavox Odyssey II that was only sold in Europe.

 

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More photos:

 

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The last run of photos from Sunday:

 

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YouTuber videos are starting to roll in too:

 

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Retro Tech Chris:

 

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Ron's Computer Videos:

 

[JavisG]

There are so many cool items I see in these pictures. I really want to find one of those Little Tikes IBM computers even though they are huge and highly impractical. I've also always wanted to find one of those IBM PalmTop laptops but they are pretty expensive and prone to breaking. Cool Sharp Famicom by the way! I definitely have to go one of these years even though I would probably spend a lot of money on stuff I shouldn't buy lol.

 

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Some weird dude talks about VCFMW for like ten minutes in this video...