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[bmwcyclist]

VCF Southwest
June 20-22nd, 2025
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center
University of Texas at Dallas

The Twentieth Vintage Computer Festival Midwest
September 13-14, 2025
Schaumburg Convention Center,
Schaumburg, IL

[AlexTheCat123]

I'll be at Southwest along with @warmech! We normally bring 4 or 5 Lisas between the 2 of us.

[bmwcyclist]

See you there!

I know these things are unpredictable, like garage sales, but is there likely to be any Lisa stuff in the swap meet?

[AlexTheCat123]

It'll be nice to have another Lisa enthusiast there! Will you be exhibiting or just attending?

We can always wish, but it's not super likely. In the past two years that we've attended, we've been the only two people to exhibit any Lisa stuff whatsoever. There was one guy (Edgar Digital) who was selling a "broken" Lisa for a really reasonable price 2 years ago, and I bought it, but nothing even remotely Lisa-related last year. And funnily enough, it turns out that the Lisa wasn't even broken at all and he had just forgotten to bypass the interlock switches! I doubt there will be any Lisa stuff on the free table either; of course you never know what might happen, but I would consider that to be incredibly improbable.

[bmwcyclist]

That's what I thought. I will hope for the best though!

I am flying in from Cincinnati, Ohio, to meet up with some of my friends from other parts of the country that I used to work with and share an interest in vintage tech, so I won't be presenting. I don't have anything worth presenting at this point so there is that...

Best I can do is wear a LISA T-Shirt....

[AlexTheCat123]

Oh wow, so you're coming from pretty far away too! I'll be driving out from South Carolina, which is about 15 hours. I look forward to seeing you there!

[bmwcyclist]

Damn that is a long drive!

If you find any LISA parts along the way keep me in mind!

[AlexTheCat123]

I will!

[jamesdenton]

VCF Southwest sounds interesting. Only a 4 hour drive for me (give or take). Who wants to see UUCP and email on Uniplus? lol

[AlexTheCat123]

VCF Southwest sounds interesting. Only a 4 hour drive for me (give or take). Who wants to see UUCP and email on Uniplus? lol

It's a whole lot of fun, so I'd suggest coming if it's not too inconvenient. I'm pretty sure they've been sold out of exhibitor tables for a while now, but you can always just come as an attendee too, and a couple tables might come up for grabs if anybody cancels between now and June. Regardless, we'll have several Lisas that you can mess around with Uniplus on!