Cromemco Z-2 and IMSAI 8080 at Purdue

19 Nov 2009

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   Also, those of
us associated with the Vintage Computer Festival do
 not like it when Erik's forum is called "VCF" .... thank you.  :) 
Can someone clarify as to why?  It seems a perfectly good acronym to me. Because
"VCF" is already an established term in the hobby for "Vintage
Computer Festival."  That's not revisionist history; everyone knows
we've been calling the events VCF 1.0, VCF 2.0, VCF Europe, VCF East,
etc. since 1997 when it began.  Sellam actually has a trademark on the
term "Vintage Computer Festival" but he couldn't get VCF because it's
also a file extension and it used in lots of other non-related places.
But anyhow, for the hobby, we all know what VCF is -- Sellam's event.
(It's not like Hans or Patrick or myself just decided to have our own
events and call them VCF.  Sellam owns the franchise and we openly admit
it's a for-profit endeavor.)
So, nothing against Erik, but when people call his forum the "VCF" they
are creating confusion.

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