[Coco] The new CoCoFEST! location

Sean badfrog at gmail.com
Wed May 1 16:20:47 EDT 2013


Several of the VCF Midwest and Commodore guys do the Midwest Gaming Classic
every year, which I shamelessly plug on this list because my CoCo goes as
well.  The show's attendance this year was 7,000+.  We get one whole room
reserved for classic computers.






On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:

> Question: How many conference rooms are there at Heron Point Convention
> Center?
>
> I couldn't find any details of the 2012/2013 Vintage Computer Festival
> Midwest on their website (I think it last showed 2010 as the date for MW),
> but from the Glenside newsletter and postings here, I gather they had one
> at that location earlier, with a Commodore event held the same weekend
> there. Are they small shows, or are there more rooms?
>
> Also, someone mentioned that Glenside had a room (?) there during that
> event. What was attendance like?
>
> Well, you know how if you have one gas station on a corner, it might do
> well, but if another opens across the street, they do better, and so on? I
> wonder -- if there is enough room -- if these events couldn't all line up
> and be held the same weekend.
>
> Imagine what a hotspot of retro activity it would be if there was a CoCo,
> Commodore, Vintage Computer, etc. event going on at the same time. We could
> get some curious walk ins from the other events, from folks who might never
> have gone to a CoCoFEST! alone, and it would be an even more attractive
> place for retro enthusiasts to go.
>
> Plus, I would love to be able to check out what the other guys have been
> up to these past 30 years.
>
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