Let me introduce myself and a call out to all other Belgians.

[lastic]

50 year old Belgian born to a German Father and a Belgian Mother, in Antwerp Belgium and still living there.

As such I speak Flemish/Dutch/French/German and English.

My first computer was a Colecovision ADAM which was very popular at that time in Antwerp mainly
because my parents saw the DaisyWheel printer as a huge plus for my typing classes.

Offcourse I then studied to become a programmer , but went to work in IT Support instead of programming.

Since my school used PC's, my parent ended up buying me a PC around the time the Atari ST (and Amiga) came out
so I stuck in the PC scene but had always been fascinated by the Atari ST.

My longest running PC (from 1990 to 2001) was a 386DX running Digital Research DOS 6.0 and GEM

In 2018 after a brief hiatus with PowerPC's I wanted to have an 8bit computer and settled on a Atari 130XE.
It's case design reminded me of the ST.

I became a member of ABBUC (German Atari Club) and was told I'm the only Belgium member .
I travel to Fujiama yearly (meeting in Germany) since then (well except during the pandemic).

In the meanwhile I own a lot of 8bit and 16bit Ataris.

What has always puzzled me is that there aren't any Atari meetings/clubs in Belgium ?

I can presume the 16-bit Atari ST was more popular than the 8-bit Atari in Belgium but still.

Would anybody in Belgium be interested in such or are there any meetings/clubs and I am simply not aware of them ?
Or meeting up to go to meetings in the Netherlands/France/Germany/UK ?

[mjvans]

I'm from Netherlands Provincie Zeeland here. Not far from B. In my region there is nothing to do in Atari computing meetings or clubs. I would go to Antwerpen if there was anything to do. Maybe we can arrange a meeting with some interested people.

[viking272]

Welcome! If you want to travel, there is a UK meeting in September for Atari folk, its kind of a bring your kit and show it off or just bring yourself day of Atari. The date and venue is about to be set, but likely in September.
It's called Cyber Legends.

[lastic]

I'm from Netherlands Provincie Zeeland here. Not far from B. In my region there is nothing to do in Atari computing meetings or clubs. I would go to Antwerpen if there was anything to do. Maybe we can arrange a meeting with some interested people.

I am going to GEMTOS in France next weekend, there will be a few other Belgians also so I am going to check wether there is an interest in arranging
a get-together in Belgium.

Actually there is a demoscene event in the Netherlands the second weekend of May 2024, I am not sure if I can make it there since travelling
without a car and renting a place to sleep really adds up to the costs.

This is in Ommen (Overijsel) , Netherlands

https://www.outlinedemoparty.nl/

I've been to Zeeland quite a few times, a very nice region.

[lastic]

Welcome! If you want to travel, there is a UK meeting in September for Atari folk, its kind of a bring your kit and show it off or just bring yourself day of Atari. The date and venue is about to be set, but likely in September.
It's called Cyber Legends.

Thanks I will surely look into that, I do plan on visiting the RMC Cave in the UK also so might combine that.

[NicolasTwoK]

I'm from Belgium as well. Welcome!