13 Aug
1997
13 Aug
'97
7:05 p.m.
This announcement is aimed to inform the members of the classiccmp
community of the plans for the upcoming Vintage Computer Festival and is
not intended for general distribution.
Vintage Computer Festival
The Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) is an event held to celebrate computers
and their history. Due to the incredible pace of computing technology,
computers at least ten years and older are the main focus of this event.
Meet other collectors to trade tips, stories and even computers, hear talks
by notable computer industry figures, attend workshops geared towards the
vintage computer collector, visit the on-site interactive vintage computer
museum. Two days of celebrating the science and technology of our diverse
computer heritage!
Event Highlights
Vintage Pioneer (Featured Speaker)
TBA - Candidates include Steve Wozniak (Inventor and co-founder of Apple
Computer), Lee Felsenstein (Inventor of the SOL-20 Computer), Chris
Espinosa (Legendary Programmer, Apple Computer).
Guest Speakers
TBA - Candidates include Jodelle French (Curator, Intel Museum), Robert
X. Cringely (Author of _Accidental Empires_, Producer of _Triumph of the
Nerds_ as seen on PBS), Steven Levy (Author of _Hackers_), Paul Fridell
(Designer of IBM 5120), Kip Crosby (President of Computer History
Association of California)
Vintage Computer Spotlight
Each year a classic computer is chosen to be featured in the Vintage
Computer Spotlight. This year, being the 20th anniversary of the
Apple ][, what else but the Apple ][ will be featured.
What's more, each year's Vintage Computer Spotlight subject will be
the grand-prize of the end-of-show drawing. All attendees will be
automatically entered to win this year's Spotlight computer, an
original Apple ][ with Integer BASIC ROMS!
Workshops
A panel of vintage computer collectors will give talks on topics relating to
the hobby of classic computer collecting. Discussions will include:
Restoration and preservation of old computers - external and internal
cleaning tips and techniques; basic electronic repair tips; storage
procedures for the long haul
Software preservation with a focus on storage tips and techniques for
the long haul
Computer Collecting 101 - basic computing skills including operation,
disk formats, serial communcations basics, how to recognize computers
and their peripherals
Vintage Computer Museum
A hands-on, interactive museum featuring many examples of classic
computing machinery through the years. The exhibit is composed of
artifacts on loan from the collections of organizations and
individuals, and will span the course of decades from the 1950s to
the 1980s.
Vending
A swap-meet style vending area where attendees can shop for old, in
some cases antique computers, peripherals, documentation and software.
No IBM clones here, just good old classic computers.
Where and When
TBA - Tentative dates: October 18-19, 1997
Venue TBA - Tri-Valley Area, East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
Admission - TBD
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass