VCF questions

James, Everything everyone else said about this matter is true. (Who thought we'd ever see the day?) Please contact me off-list with Doug's contact info. (Probably best to use my personal email address, evan947 at yaho.com, rather than the CCN address.) While you're at it, being vaguely local, check out our sponsoring club: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midatlanticretro/. We formed early this year online and became incorporated last week. - Evan -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of James Fogg Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:59 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: VCF questions 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