Andy has very kindly offered us the same room we had last time (go here for pics) except this time he's assigned us the whole room.

THEREFORE in return, I hope we can reward Andy with a lot more than the poxy 6-7 ticket sales we managed to rack up between us last time!

This is how I'd /like/ to put the space to use:

- get another vast n' varied Econet network going, a la Acorn World

- include a gaming table, featuring MMC-powered BBC Micros, Electrons, Atoms plus a fully-loaded Arc + RISC PC

- the obligatory 'Retro Software' display.

After the last RCM quite a few people (that didn't go) later told me that they were waiting to see how many others from the forum and/or Mailing List expressed interest (i.e. not many) but after seeing the pictures etc, wished they'd gone.

Now there is NOTHING more infuriating than hearing this kind of thing! If you want an event to be a success then don't hang around, just BUY A TICKET asap and others will follow suit.

/Don't/ play a waiting game to see 'who else' is going, because if everyone were to take this approach then NO-ONE would come!

Seeing as Andy has allocated us the space free of charge, I'd like to repay him by bringing at least TWENTY members along from the STH/RS Forums and Mailing List (and I'm not counting the likes of Woody.Cool, StarshipUK, BlackPanther etc in the 20 as they'll be going anyway!).

Edit: just bought my ticket ... who's next?

Edit 2: List of attendees from STH/BBC ML added (target is to get to 20!):

[Tickets bought in Advance]
1. Arcadian (Dave Moore)
2. AndyF (Andrew Ford)
3. TomW (Tom Walker)
4. IanS (Ian Stocks)
5. SirMorris (Charlie Robson)
6. Samwise
7. CapnB (Joel Rowbottom)
8. Andrew Rowland
9. The Kraken (Michael S Repton)
10. King Cobra (Jonathan Parkin)
11. Prime (Phill Harvey-Smith)
12. Prime (Phill Harvey-Smith) +1
13. Prime (Phill Harvey-Smith) +1
14. Dave East
15. Anna B
16. mattyj (Matthew Nicholson)
17. Samuel Pickard
18. Samuel Pickard +1
[On the Door]
19. Samuel Pickard +1
20. Samuel Pickard +1
21. Alan Daly
22. Phill Blundell
23. The Doctor (Graham)
24. nudelooney (Kris Adcock)

+ Woody.Cool (Duncan Woodward)
+ Black Panther (Mark Tapper)
+ StarshipUK (Steve Perry)
+ AndyT31 (Andy Taylor)

I think I can make that.

IME, Econet usually goes down well with enthusiasts but top props tend to be the rare stuff *or* Chuckie Egg / Granny's Garden.

How big's the room?

Cheers Joel.

The room ain't huge - I'll ask Andy if he has exact dims ('cause I'll still want to do a floor plan etc).

I should be going - but I wont be talking as much gear as I normally do.

Im thinking of a non gaming table. Bit of old skool unix me thinks....

The Valiant Turtle someone was trying to sell here the other day might be a nice attraction.

Bought my ticket last week so I'll be there.

Shall purchase said ticket either later today or over the weekend.

I'll make sure I "try" to get to this one, although it may be a couple of hours only etc but that's better than not going, plus well worth the small cost.

I bought my ticket a week or so ago, so I'm on the "will be attending" list


If I can get my Sun Sparc Classic working, shall I bring that for your UNIX table?

Unlikely to be me, alas - have just had it confirmed that it's Cheltenham races that weekend, and I'm pretty much nailed on to be working the Sunday there in some capacity. Hope I have better luck in getting to some more events in the New Year, though anything prior to June is a bit dicey. Meh.

Jeremy
(graysonscolumn)

Done

Thanks for buying tickets guys!

I have now posted on our home page about how to buy tickets, for those of you that don't know, we have a button on our home page, right near the bottom of the page that says donate, this will take you to our paypal account, where you can pay for your ticket. If anybody needs any help with anything please do get in touch.

Andy

Nice one AndyF - it'll be good to meet you at long last!

Coalville is my home town, so I guess I can be there.

List of attendees added.

Samuel: you're closer to the event than I am! Btw, remember the cut-off date for advance/reduced-price ticket sales is end of Oct.

I would like to come, but I don't know whether I can yet... since it's just on a Sunday, it might be possible.

Right, I think my Dad's bought two tickets for me and him, but I think my wife and son will also prolly come, so stick me down as buying 4.

Looks like quite a few from here will be coming again - nice one! Always good to see old faces - and new ones too!

Andy

Trying to sell this to my wife now: Can you confirm that the MMC Beeb will have Chuckie Egg (or 'Ladders' as my three year old calls it) on it for him to play?

I'll be there.

+ AtoMMC-V2
+ MMBeebs
+ other stuffs

Yaay!

Confirmed - at least one of my beebs will have it on.

I am going to this - the 7th and most likely last retro gaming event I am going to this year!

I will also have tickets for RV2010 available for sale at this - so please find/ask for me if you would like to buy one!

Just bought my ticket. Looking forward to meeting faces from the Huddersfield 'do' and new ones.

Andrew Rowland

Jonathan Parkin (kingcobra) and I will both be attending.

Good to have you there! Thanks for supporting RCM.

Andy

I will be coming, will be buying my ticket on the day

AlanD

OK, just to confirm we're three adults and one child. We've got two adult tickets so far, and we'll be buying the rest on the door.

With a bit of luck, I should be there.
I'll be buying the ticket on the door.

My ticket (and name badge lol) arrived a few days ago.

Have ensured I have most of the day free, so all being well (95%) I'll be attending, albeit it will be an afternoon only thing for me.

Hi i'm new to the forum, but I will be there, just got my ticket/name badge through the door, looking forward to seeing some working retro kit and talking with other like minded people.
Matt.

Here is what im planning to take with me...

* RM Nimbus PC-186
* Amstrad CPC6128
* Apple SE/30 or Quadra 950(If I get it fixed)

My BBC Master is also being used in the 'Acorn' room.