Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2025 was overwhelming (in a good way). I'll tell you my favorite experiences and interactions with the vintage tech community in this video. Some of the projects and products mentioned in this video: - VCF Midwest: - yyzkevin PCMCIA Pico card: - Open Source CRT analog board: - Meshtastic 64 on C64: - Juicy Crumb Systems: - Mac84 Video on Personics View Control System: Support me on Patreon: Sponsor me on GitHub: Merch: 2nd Channel: @GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: @Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - Old computers, new tricks in Chicago 00:54 - Nostalgia for old Macs 02:00 - The free pile, and Jeff is easily distracted 02:47 - Open source CRT analog board replacement 03:41 - An unexpected meeting at RCV's booth 04:21 - Cursed input devices 05:07 - Meshtastic on a C64 05:54 - My timing sense tingled 06:57 - Side quest - BlueSCSI disk rescue 08:20 - Relay computers, 70 lb HDDs, and ESMs 09:38 - Preventing e-waste, and analog DRM 10:42 - The anti-AI