The Madness of Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2022
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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2022
- Checking out VCFMW 17 near Chicago in Elmhurst, Illinois! Now bigger and more intense than ever. A weekend full of classic computers, retro tech, hardware and software sales, panels, gaming, and good vibes with fellow enthusiasts. Let's go conventioning!
● Check out Luke's channel and his video about the trip here:
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● Thanks to Steve of Mac84 for additional b-roll:
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● LGR links:
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● All background music licensed from:
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#LGR #VCFMW #travel
As someone across the planet, there's something about the mundane americana and scenery with your commentary that I find so entertaining even without the tech.
As someone from another planet I agree as well.
As someone from another dimension I agree as well.
indeed, can imagine cruising by and shutting down ICBM missile silos was good fun the first few times, but anything gets old after a while, right? So why not take in a vintage computing festival as a change of pace
As someone. Always the as someone
As someone from a country whose government denies that we exist I agree as well.
That Sega R360 is just insanity. That's every VR enthusiast's dream machine. And to think Sega released it in 1990. Those guys really were just awesome in their peak years.
The time of peak Japan, for real.
They had one at London Trocadero or Hamleys, happy I got to try it as a kid, hanging upside down while flying was insane, and certainly fueled my love of VR 😆
the Last time I saw that Twin Arcade setup, (Ground Vs. Air) was at Michael Jackson's Auction.... Still blows my mind to this day!!
I have only one word and it's "Want!"
They had this at the Starcade in Disneyland for years. I used to LOVE it. I looked forward to playing it more than a lot of the rides at the park.
13:21 - That's us! Thanks for stopping by man, it was great talking to you even for a short while. That exhibit was a few years in the making, and we're glad to share the nostalgia with everyone. The whole weekend was an absolute blast, and we're doing it again next year (hopefully with a fuller crew!)
I've always have
had a fascination with the WeatherStar and PrevueGuide amigas so it's great to see them up and running!
What a great piece of nostalgia right there! Good stuff
That is super cool. Massive nostalgia hit 👍
Do you have a website or anything? This is fascinating!
Very neat demo.. thanks for sharing it!
Thanks! Always amazing Clint, and a big thanks to your brother for filming as well! Hopefully I'll be able to make the event in the future.
Thank _you!_ Here's hoping for next year, I'm sure it'll be even better :)
I'm genuinely amazed Technology Connections and LGR hadn't met yet, those are two of my favorite channels.
I would like to know about orange.
Alec lives like ten minutes from there, LGR's coming from Texas so, ya know.
@@somefreshbread LGR hails from North Carolina. But yeah...
@@somefreshbread The 8-Bit Guy came from Texas though.
It was weird seeing him not wearing his brown blazer
Top of the morning Lord Basinger, it was nice to chat with you at the show. In fact you were quite a chat buddy which is why I dropped it off with you. Happy Christmas and Long Live the Queen!
I can watch LGR for hours. He's relaxing, super knowledgeable entertaining, and overall just a lot of fun to watch. I want to stay up late playing video games and drinking beers with him.
The show looks like it's set to upgrade to a conference center, it's outgrown the hotel. Neat to see it grow.
We are so lucky to have someone like yourself, so young still, so much knowledge, I'm a geek from way back myself. Born 1967, I was the computer assistant in my high school. I grew up playing the first racing games on Atari and grew up in the different computer age than we have now. Currently I'm still rocking a i7 8700k with a 1080ti, really thinking about jumping to the 40 series this year coming. VR is a tech that is so far beyond anything we had when I was younger. I love love love your videos, we are lucky to have you.
We are so lucky to have youngsters like yourself. I was born in 1961, but learned to program in the 3rd grade @ 9 years old.
I am also rocking a i7 7770, with an 1080ti OCE.
@LGR Clint! Thanks SOOOooo much for the Forgotten Machines table overview at 15:30, and the T-shirt sighting at 22:10 ...wow! Even a setup view at 2:56 and a "wind-up" at 11:15! You're always a thrill to meet in person, every bit as warm and inviting in person as you are in all of your videos. It was truly my honor to see you again...and thank you!!!
BTW, this video is also SOOooo well done! The videography is Top Notch, almost paralleling your buttery-smooth voice narration, which has always been a true highlight of every single LGR video... You and your brother Luke really raised the bar on this one!
Was great seeing your table at VCFMW as well.
Maybe next year if you are able to go you can demo your floppy disk drive archiving system to show the process live :D
I can't get enough of Kryoflux, Catweazle, or Greaseweazle products and demos :)
@@David_Ladd Thanks! And let's plan on it! I like taking imaging flux transitions to a whole new level!
Hey, it was my pleasure, you always have such a fascinating exhibit! Looking forward to next year, and thank you for the shirt 😀
@@LGR ,
It was also great seeing your table as well and chatting with you for the short that was available. :D
@@ForgottenMachines ,
Indeed :D
What I love about channels like this is, that I lived through these times and it fills me full of nostalgia. But I'm sure it's even liked by many people that are younger and like to see how technology has changed over the years.
It's because we are also nostalgic for what our parents used. We want to be there too.
Last year's video was fun, but the quality of the footage is waaaaaay better this time around! Good job to you both!
Thank you!
It was great seeing you again Clint! This was an awesome video and I’m glad you had a great time. Thanks for the shout out. See you again next year! 😀
Good to see you again, too! And thanks for the pin 👍
As someone who likes conventions but doesn't get to travel very much at all, I really enjoy your convention vids. They always do such a good job of bringing us along for the ride, even if we couldn't really go. Also kudos to Luke for doing such a good job with the video capturing!
Thank you, I'm glad to have you along for the ride!
This is perfect for somebody like me who appreciates older tech, but would probably become annoyed with the close throngs of people within minutes.
I can't watch most convention/travel footage because wobbly cameras give me terrible migraines, but I am so happy you got a go pro with stabilization! It made it possible for me to watch this video. Thank you! Excited to see what you wanted to share :)
This was such a great show, glad I could make it and meet you in person Clint! As someone from the area it's criminal how little this is talked about, I literally didn't even know it existed until your video last year and I'm happy that you gave it such positive exposure. Looking forward to going again next year!
Thanks, Mitchell! I heard that a whole lot at the show this year, where local folks said they didn't know it was a thing until my videos. Kinda wild, it makes me think they should do a little local advertising or something
I'm in the Army and your videos have gotten me through two deployments your chill relaxed tone always calms me down never stop doing what you do always appreciated.
The editing on here is superb it feels like really being there and cut between the guests coming in and walking through the door gave off the vibe walking on stage at a rock concert
so glad something like this exists, you guys are literally helping preserve history instead of these amazing machines ending up in land fills! Wish I could go one day
Seeing LGR dedicate a solid 5 minutes to the Amazingness that is Galloping Ghost brings my heart joy, I visit it once a year and the owner Doc Mac is an amazing man doing Nerd God's work here on earth :3
Any convention related stuff on LGR is always great to see.
Great to see so many pieces being preserved!
Thank you for staying humble to your fans.
Your videos are always so comfy, but ones like this epitomize it ❤️
Also, you and your brother almost look like Street Fighter palette swaps of one another, and I think that's so neat.
The ashtray next to the computer really helps set the time period.
Ooh, we're off conventioning again! Hoorah!
It was absolutely fantastic to see you and others there at VCFMW. My kids really enjoyed the experience too. It is such a wonderful thing to know that in "real life" the various CZcams personalities are all wonderful people to chat with. I will certainly be back and I hope you will be too.
It was great seeing you at VCFMW this year!! Glad you made it out to Galloping Ghosts, that place nearly has it all. The Castlevania with whip controller was my fav. That R360 is the rarest of the rare arcade experiences, it's amazing you got footage of a working one.
Yay! I was there :-) Glad to see you again! I do agree about the "arc of CZcams" leading to some pretty heavy crowding.
I really enjoyed chatting with you this year. See you next year!!
@@RetroTechChris Likewise Chris!!
Hey LGR thanks to you I spotted a Silicon Graphics workstation PC cameo in a scene in a show called Night Sky (noticed one on the Quake table too at 18mins). I paused in the scene of the show and explained to my incredibly interested and impressed partner what it was and she was clearly enamoured with my knowledge. Thanks!
Did you get any?
Do you have any SGIs? 8)
@@PanekPL Clothing basically fell off
@@mapesdhs597 I wish
@@KanoWhite53 sweeeeeeeeeet 😎
Thanks for the captions for the Deaf. These are always a challenge to hear at with the crowds. This let me be a part of the event, takes me back a few years! Thank you.
My pleasure, good captioning is important 👍
You have some the most informative videos! I loved seeing all of the retro computers. Thanks!
Hey Clint! Happy to see you back again this year. You picked up the PC BIG BOX games from me at the show (think you got a few last year too). Hope you enjoy some of that oddness you grabbed!
Happy to see you too, and thank you for bringing the games!
Thanks for the video, Clint; I’ve been
anticipating it.I’m happy to see your brother tag alone. Cherish and love your brother, Clint. You never know when disaster will strike. I lost my baby brother during February of this year. He was my best friend; we did everything together (i.e. game, shop, etc). Losing my brother devastated my world. I feel lost and empty inside without him. So keep your brother close to you, because you NEVER know what will happen tomorrow or the day after…
Again, I enjoyed the video very much. Thank you for all you do.
What a terrific video - really made me feel like I'd not only been there, but had tagged along with LGR himself. Just can't overstate how much fun this video was
Hey, Clint! Yes - I was running three instances of Quake from a single SGI Octane. I expect to have improvements (full hardware texturing, better frame rates) on the setup for next year!
Excellent, I look forward to seeing that!
Still probably better performance then I got from our old 486 back in the day. Quake definitely needed a Pentium.
19:34 a Wild 8-Bit Guy has appeared! He also did a video on this convention and documented his trip from the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex using his wife’s 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV and showed that it is possible to cross country road-trip in a Non Tesla EV in 2022; it just takes careful route planning.
And tasty chicken! :D
Haha I caught that too.
Did he bring his assault rifle in case he encountered any scary sandwiches?
Funny over here in the UK cross Europe EV travel in even EVs with 100 mile range has been a thing for years guess the US is just catching up, problem we have now is not enough chargers at the stations, so just rolling out 12+ non tesla chargers at all the moterway services
@@simonupton-millard the difference between Europe and the US is that the US is MUCH larger than Europe with a lot more distance between large population centers. The US is also having the same “not enough charging infrastructure” problem as Europe.
8:11 Gotta love LGR for adding in the metric measurements as well. Much appreciated!
My pleasure! The majority of my audience is outside of the US so it only makes sense :)
Incredible vid my man! Love the B-Roll/travel footage so much. That camera seems like a solid investment!
Your's and your brothers shots are always amazing. Been watching for about 8 years. You never fail to hit the ball out of the park! Great video Clint! And Love the shots of the convention by your brother! Great job Luke!
I love computer meets. Given what's happened over the last couple of years, we should never take them for granted. 👍
Absolutely, and count me as someone who sadly took these things for granted for too long. I've really come to appreciate this community and live in the moment a lot more in recent years :)
8:32 - wow, imagine playing Forsaken or Descent playing in of those!
It feels a bit unreal seeing David, Adrian and Alec in the same LGR video :)
Vomit inducing i would imagine
Man! That Arcade looks like a place straight out of my dreams! Nice video, please do more of these. I enjoyed it
Loved that video! Thank you for sharing with us details of your trip like hotel, food, traveling in the road etc. Greetings from Brazil!
Thanks for the shout out! It was great to see you at the show, can't wait until next year!!
Dude.. The G-play afterburner 360 machine I tried several times in the Trocadero sega arcade in Picadilly Circus in my home town in London in the early 90s. Great times!!
I shared a spot on Joshua's OS/2 table for my AT&T PC-6300 (somewhat out of place but wanted to host a table with friends). I did not have it fully setup yet when you took your footage. That is great you shouted Joshua out :) I did a walk by of your table and did not say hi this year due to the crowd but we did speak last year although we were both masked then :) I am local to the Chicago area and you and Luke did a wonderful job showing off some of the beauty of the city. Love your channel!
The best part about this is seeing how many people keep these bygone eras of computing alive. As kids growing up with these machines, they were awe inspiring and that experience drove us to learn more and work with tech our entire life. For many of us, this type of experience was a defining part of our lives.
Hey this looks like it was fun trip. I always enjoy these sort of travel blog/convention videos when you release them. You have such a unique style that manages to feel both professional and laid back at the same time. Not sure what you call that but I enjoy it. I'd also be interested to know more about the bit you mentioned with the Behind the Screens exhibit with a local broadcasting setup. You mentioned you do something similar in your home. That sounds really interesting.
70s/80s aesthetics: big ass ashtrays. Good or bad, it just was what there was. Well done.
Heaven. I wish we had festivals like this in the UK.
Start one!
I’ll really enjoyed this episode. The arcade looked amazing! Thanks for sharing .
Love this channel, and especially watching those kind of videos after a long, exhausting trip. So cozy.
My reactions to pretty much this entire video is a lot of "Wow"s (like Owen Wilson's Wow LOL). Especially that R360 system with that gyro pod, and the amount of people in that convention, both things I would probably get physically sick off pretty quickly if I had to experience, but Wow. I'm pretty much in awe on how cool all those older tech there.
You commentary just adds another layer of entertainment to all the footage that you shown in the video. Thank you to you and you brother Luke for sharing the experience of being in VCF Midwest to us folks who weren't there.
Well, better an Owen Wilson wow than a Parodius wow I guess!
Looking slim and well Clint! Thanks for this vid 🎉
I thoroughly enjoyed myself while there! It was great to meet you, Clint! I got our selfie if you’d like to have a copy of it…just reply to my comment and I’ll send it to you (give me an email or something)…
That said, me and my partner ADORED The Weather Channel equipment!! Been obsessed with that for most of my life! Awesome to see the actual equipment! A lot smaller than I imagined!
I’ll be there next year!
I totally remember seeing the R360 at Disneyland in the early 90's. It was like $2-4 per play and my folks did not want to take valuable ride time for me to play video games, but it was etched in my mind.
"Valuable ride time" like wow imagine seeing that thing and not realizing it IS a ride, and probably one of the cooler ones there. But that's old people for ya.
These festivals are great to look at. I hope someday to visit the expo myself! Seems quite amusing, and the amount of stuff is incredible - It's for sure that the event gets bigger with every edition. Thanks for the tour!
Seeing the LFC top was a pleasant surprise!
Glad you guys had a fun (albeit busy) trip!
It's really fun to see my favorite CZcamsrs get together. I'm watched a number of vids about this event on different channels and I've enjoyed them all.
I didn’t make it out this year, but so cool seeing my home town area in your videos as always! I know every nook and cranny of every part of Chicago/the suburbs that you showed. Really awesome to see! I’ve been to Galloping Ghost a dozen times, and every single time it just gets bigger and better. Glad the show was a hit and it looks like you had a proper Chicago experience!
I played one of those R360's in Honolulu Hawaii back in the day. It was like $20 a game and had a attendant. Probably 1991. Crazy experience.
I remember there was one at the Luxor in Vegas around the same time with and attendant and I played that there.I don'e know if they have anykind of arcade anymore but they also had lots of virtual racing games etc.
Ohhhh the smile that came to my face, teletype machines, I´ve used those for years at work. So many memories down the lane. Thanks for the awesome vid.
You're the best! Nothing beats your videos - always brings back great memories from when I was younger
Been a bit since I seen a vintage computer convention. That arcade is awesome. I haven't seen space ace since I was a kid. I miss video arcades I miss taking $20.00 in quarters and playing games all day. Sad that a lot of arcades gone like Gameworks in Seattle. My Nostalgia feels were strong this video. Thank you. I seen that 360, I could not afford it, but it was awesome and you are so LUCKY to play it.
Omg, seeing Ben Heck wearing a Halo Reach shirt is the single most 2010 thing I can imagine; pure nostalgia right there. I still remember reading about his Xbox 360 laptops in GameInformer magazine back then.
Dude the nostalgia. I drooled over those portable conversions!
Excellent how you filmed and told the story of this event!!
This was insane, thanks for sharing with us from overseas. Been following your channel for years and years (back to the The Sims reviews).
Brave Firefighters!!! This was the only video game my dad would ever play with me. It's awesome. THE 360 WORKS???
Playing midtown madness on your "wish I was an iMac" emachine was a nice nostalgia trip.
Hehe, awesome to hear. Thanks for stopping by!
I these edited highlights videos - looks like you and your brother had a crazy good time - thanks again for sharing this experience with us :) Retro heaven indeed.
Your Videos are amazing this one has be the best at showing us how much more old school tech is out there i hope you get your hands on some of these for your future videos! I cant wait!
It was great seeing you again at VCF Midwest! Couldn't get to chat with you in-person until the last day (it was very crowded on the first day), but overall, I think this was the biggest and best VCF Midwest so far. I hope to be back next year. : )
LGR is such a legend, been watching for 10 years or more and his style is an absolute blast of nostalgia and uniquely comforting at the same time. Gotta say he's also helped me tremendously with insomnia over the years, his voice is so smooth it helps your mind calm down and drift into a restful sleep ☺️, just like I'm about to do right now 😴.
Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas is a close second for arcades and pinball. Or third. Always fun to put on your list when you visit.
9:16 spotted cow!! As a Wisconsin boy this was fun to see, solid beer.
Glad they had a popular outing. I wish I could have gone. There's always next year. Checking out older computers is really awesome
Your living the dream LGR , Thank you and your Brother for this footage , Liked and Shared :) QC
This video is more than a festival, is completed with the visit to arcade game store ( 8-bit Guy visited too) and a plus was, the simulator machine, into the restaurant, is crazy. Thank you so much!
thanks for sharing this guys, greetings from Central America...
gotta say i'm migrated from linus lately over to this channel due to content and the delivery. Something about cadence of speech and nostalgia combo is just top notch. I ended up purchasing some Sony mavica cameras after watching your channel. Just something about writing images to a floppy , despite owning a top of the line fujifilm mirrorless something about the mavica line was just awesome. Thanks for all that you do
Looks like a great event, its been ages since i have been to something like that. That Sega R360 is incredible never knew it existed and great that they have it working which i could imagine is quite a challenge as your not going to find many spare parts laying around lol.
@LGR, plot twist, I work for a major TV, Internet, phone provider that still uses those Weather Channel "WeatherStar" setups. They just work. Sometimes you have to reboot them because the weather on the 8's breaks but thats about it. Thanks for this video. I really appreciate it.
Hold on. which headend/cable company and where?
As a proud Chicagoan I’m very grateful for both this video and your channel as a whole. You introduced me to a festival I never knew existed and now I want to go there so bad!!
Also, glad you enjoyed Galloping Ghost arcade. I’m jealous you managed to see the pinball arcade before I did; I’ve been meaning to take a buddy of mine there who really loves actual pinball machines. Also, my jaw dropped when you mentioned you managed to get a sneak peak at an R360 machine. I was wondering if the arcade staff had one up their sleeve! :D
Thanks LGR! Years of great content, looking forwards to years more!
Thank _you!_
this says a lot about our society
To be fair, it has probably got to the point where there are too many comments to reply to and so its probably best to not reply to any and considering this kind person has donated some hard earned cash, it's polite to say thank you for the generosity. Also it is now his living so it is also about making money.
@Fur Q your mom called my name last night
@Fur Q I can only read and reply to comments every so often unfortunately. I've received 6,346 comments across my last four videos _alone,_ so it's not exactly a small undertaking to go over everything. That's just the reality of time management seeing as I'm the only person running this channel. And in interest of transparency, the way CZcams organizes new comments for me to read in my channel dashboard is by highlighting the "super thanks" comments first, so those naturally get responded to first.
Thoroughly enjoyable video. It's nice to see all that old equipment and memories brought back to life. I'm pleasantly surprised to see that the demographic isn't all older 50s and 60s + aged, but largely younger. It's one thing to grow up with it and revisit what you remember, but it would appear that for many, it's discovering something totally new from the past before them.
Good point. I am a 60 year old radio ham and most of the hams who go to conventions seem to be older than me. I guess retrocomputing is the new Ham Radio. Anecdotally I recently sold on eBay "collect only" an old CRT TV that had failed to sell at a Ham Radio sale. The buyer was a University Student younger than the TV who was planning on making an arcade cabinet.
Thanks for sharing this awesome event. I had the opportunity to work with a few the techs you have shown... I have felt the energy of the event. This is the only way I have to participate, thanks again ; )
I remember hanging out at the Computer Museum in Brantford with Sid (RIP) and we got an Apple Lisa up and running for the first time. It was fantastic and thrilling to breathe life into such a rare machine.
That manual phone answering machine is so damn cool. Just imagine some dude hearing that voice in 1965 being so very confused.
"Honey..what the hell is a answering machine and who in the hell just talked to me?"
That opening set was awesome. My grandpa had an Apple II on an old wood desk, with, what I'm pretty sure, was that EXACT ashtray 😆
That was the setting for my introduction to PCs back in the mid 80s. Spot on opening, dude👍
The show (and The Galloping Ghost) looks like so much fun. Wish I could have been there. Thank you for sharing this piece of history with us. Very nice to see so many people in attendance. I will plan on attending next year. Although your videos are always fun and fascinating, this video really got me thinking. So cool.
wow, the driving footage is so beautiful! that first shot took my breath away!
I expected 7:45 to sound more like "And before we knew it, we were being led by two strangers into a locked up back room of an old Chinese restaurant west of Chicago, where we were forcibly anesthetized and had our kidneys removed."
10 seconds ago video, just great for my lunch
Lunchtime viewing for me too. Pasta and LGR. Brilliant.
Just needed a 💩. Perfect timing
@@hb1949 not exactly what I would call a good meal but to each their own...
Man that arcade was a flashback to my childhood…. So cool.
Getting to enjoy the convention vicariously through LGR is a beautiful way to start my overcast saturday morning.
LGR: 25 bucks for an entire day? Oh wow, I can't complain!
8-bit guy: _complains_
Good morning Clint I hope you do some more food like soups and sandwiches on your lgr foods channel
13:17 haha it's me! we did get the minute or so to talk (thanks for signing the SE manual again btw) and it was just nice to finally get to meet you and see the woodgrain 486 in person. hope to see you there again next year!
LGR, glad you liked my AnsaFone and the phone display :) All of the phones and faxes on my table were served by the Comdial FXII PBX all the way on the edge.