Just got home from setup (and dinner afterwards) at the MGC show. Setup wasn’t too bad, but it always takes longer than I would like. Had a minor glitch at first with the power folks at the resort, but it got straightened out fairly quickly. The Mac LAN took the longest to setup, but I figured it would, as the table and power strips were arranged different (but not that different) from last year. Glad it got done though. The Odyssey2 and G7400 were setup on the rows end, next to the Mac LAN. Looking down the side of the isle, it looks damn cool!
The other consoles were a bit more difficult to setup, as we kept shuffling them around a bit until they seemed to work with the chair seating that I got. Last thing to setup was the Sinclair stuff, which proved a little troublesome, but not in the computer stuff. The speakers I brought for music to play with the iPod digitized commercials on the Sinclair decided to die on me, but I was smart enough to have a backup pair of Bose speakers (very glad I brought them). A bit of overkill though. Should have seen the looks I got from the few people there when I cranked The Cult from my iPod through the Bose speakers at peak volume. I wouldn’t call it super loud, but it got everyone’s attention for a short bit. Of course, I’m not a jerk though, so I turned it down to a normal level after a short bit. The flashing iSkull worked great next to the speakers.
I’ll be there a tad early on Saturday, as I did not totally get done with setup. I left a bit of the Sinclair stuff to still put out on display, mainly because I was getting tired and just wanted to get home (and get some sleep).
One thing to note, it was rather nice to see familiar and friendly faces again. That is one thing I like about the MGC show. Dan, Gary, John, Marty, Tom, Lance, and others to many to name here (including Dave Loosen [hope I got that one right] and Marty’s wife [who’s name I know starts with an ‘M’ – sorry – so many people, so many names).
Saturday is expected to be a big day at the show. Much bigger than last year. We shall see! 
P.S. In the picture below, you can just make out the 1982 world’s fair sign I made for the O2, with an official pin I got from Mr. Sprague – an online O2 friend of mine! I took a closer picture of the sign, but it turned out rather bad. I will try again tomorrow. Oh, and the sign plugs the Videopac / Odyssey2 forum too (the newer forum). Gotta let those O2 fans know about it! 
Odyssey display for the UC – Family Game Room (Tom’s area)
