I know what you mean. I am in the central US and it is just too far away
for me as well. I miss the old days of AmiExpos all over the country.

On Thursday September 27, 2018, 8-Bit said to Tim Grooms...

Would love to go unfortunately most good shows are on either coast. I
would love to see something like East, Midwest, and West shows for
things like this or rotate between them.

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I've never been to one and would enjoy the chance to visit one someday, but
the broadcast coverage of AmiWest is always a treat. There are some planned upgrades to the broadcast this year that should make things even better.
Make sure to check out the broadcast coverage if you get the chance.


On Thursday September 27, 2018, 8-Bit said to Tim Grooms...

Would love to go unfortunately most good shows are on either coast. I
would love to see something like East, Midwest, and West shows for
things like this or rotate between them.

--- Zeus BBS 1.5
* Origin: CIA AMIGA BBS - ciaamigabbs.dynu.net:6400 (80:774/79.0)

We're just 2 weeks away from the start of this year's AmiWest show and
DevCon. Even 25 years after the demise of Commodore, this year's show is shaping up to be one of the best yet and the Amiga scene is vibrant across hardware and software.

First, on the hardware front, we will have new AmigaOne X5000's (http://www.amigaos.net/hardware/133/amigaone-x5000) for sale on the show floor. There are also many developments in hardware for Classic machines,
like the Amiga 4000 replacement boards.

On the software front, 2018 has seen new releases of system and applications software: MorphOS (http://www.morphos.de/), Vampire (http://www.apollo-accelerators.com/), AmigaOS 3.9 BoingBag 4 (http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/bbag4.htm), and WinUAE (http://www.winuae.net/). Already 2018 has been a good year for Amiga gaming with new Classic and NG games released.

This year's show will feature a number of presentations along with more than
20 tables on the show floor. Our featured presenters will be Aaron Smith (Amiga On The Lake, http://amigaonthelake.com/), Jamie Kruger (BitbyBit http://bitbybitsoftwaregroup.com/index.php), Hans De Ruiter (Radeon Driver developer), SACC members, and more.

Daniel Muessener will also be making a special trip to his first AmiWest. In addition to working with many Amiga developers, like Entwickler-X (https://entwickler-x.de/), Hans De Ruiter and Hyperion Entertainment, Daniel has done a lot of work porting games to the Amiga platform, such as the Kickstarter hit, Tower57 (http://tower57game.com/). Join us at the banquet to learn more about this asset to the Amiga Community.

As always, for those who can't make it, check Brian's Blog (http://www.amiwest.net/amiwest2018blog/) or the Website (http://www.amiwest.net) for details on the live stream.

AmiWest 2018 is October 11-14, 2018 in Sacramento, California.

--- Zeus BBS 1.5
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Would love to go unfortunately most good shows are on either coast. I would love to see something like East, Midwest, and West shows for things like this or rotate between them.

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