8-Bit Show And Tell | Running a Local Retro Computer Club? What We're Doing @8_Bit | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Finding that my once-a-year dose of vintage computer fun at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest wasn't enough, and not being able to justify the time and money to travel more often, I started the Thunder Bay Retro Computer Club with some friends back in 2019. I share some ideas about how you might try to start a similar group in your local area, and then give a report on how our ~16-computer display went at ThunderCon 2024. We had fun!

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DJ Sures, NABU expert: youtube.com/@DJSures
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Index:
0:00 Too far or expensive to go to VCF? Try local.
2:55 Places to meet and other club-form tips
5:44 The best meeting ever? October 2022 - NABU debut
6:35 Thunder Bay Retro Computer Club at ThunderCon 2024
7:37 The computers we brought...
9:48 Looking around ThunderCon
11:08 A closer look at our display
14:27 Threatened by a Dalek, more old computers
17:37 Conclusion, thanks