Sorry for my ignorance -
Who runs the VCF events?
Do they have guest speakers?
I ask because I attended a presentation by Doug McIlroy, an early
computer pioneer with Bell Labs, and Thompson/Ritchie's manager. He's
made significant contributions to both Unix and Multics, among other
things and he has some great stories to tell about the early days and
the development of Unix. His presentation was focused on personal
experiences and the people he's known, but I believe he can also get
very technical (he is currently an adjunct professor at Dartmouth).
After the presentation I spoke for a time with Doug. He was amazed that
there exists a community interested in the preservation and restoration
of old computers and their software. I explained a few things about the
community and some of their projects and he was interested in the idea
of the VCF. He said he'd consider an opportunity to speak at the VCF or
similar venues in the North East and Mid Atlantic regions.
Would there be an interest in having Doug present, does the VCF have
space in their program for speakers?
Some info on Doug -
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_McIlroy
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/
-James