> But I don't think our hobby will ever be very mainstream, and indeed > I'm not sure it even makes sense, since so much of what makes us > distinctive is that we play with non-mainstream or no-longer-mainstream > stuff. So it seems to me that trying to attract the mainstream is > going to either fail or end up producing something very different. > (Not that something different is necessarily bad, of course, but it is, > well, _different_, not what we here have.) Most/all of us got here > without being wowed in the mainstream sense by a classic computer show, > after all. >
To run a successful museum you have to cater at least somewhat to the general public. There will always be some degree of interest in old tech by the general public. Most museums of old tech, cars, and such include social references and props to help depict the context of the thing, what was happening when... What's nice about the vcf event is that they're a couple clicks more techie than your general science event or even a makerfaire. There is nothing like the vcf event. Evan worked tirelessly to make the latest successful. Bill Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net
