3 Aug
2007
3 Aug
'07
4:46 p.m.
UK Pioneers? If it were not for the fact that they are in permanent off
line storage.
Alan Turing and Tommy Flowers.
Or some of the LEO people - (5000 valves and 33kW of heat to get rid of)
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Roger Holmes
Sent: 03 August 2007 10:42
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: UK Classic Computer event (Was VCF UK)
If Bletchley Park might be able to do a VCF in two or three years
7 replies so far from the UK.
time, maybe we could do something much simpler in
the mean time,
without using the VCF name. Just a get together of anyone in the UK
with an interest in old computers and hopefully a few who would want
to exhibit theirs. Who would be interested and about how much space,
if any would they want?
My thoughts were developing along the same lines, the key question
surely is numbers. How many do we think would attend, and could some core
events be lined
up to to ensure a worthwhile experience? I'm
thinking here of the
datacentre visits that (I think) were run from VCF Europe last year
I see. Probably the biggest concentration of these in the UK is still
central London, though I'm out of touch with that side of things.
and the involvement of industry alumni that the US
events have
enjoyed.
Many of the real pioneers (who are still alive) are in the Computer
Conservation Society. Maybe we could involve them, I am a member but I
don't attend meetings (except one as a speaker).
It's not like we don't have a few home-grown
pioneers - Clive Sinclair
and various Acorn people spring to mind.
Ah, you're talking more modern pioneers, ones of the microprocessor era.
Yes indeed. Alan Sugar's probably free now :-) Just kidding. Do we have
any contacts or ideas on how to contact them? Isn't it Sir Clive now by
the way, we don't want to put anyone's nose out of joint from the first
contact.
Roger.