ECD Micro-Mind and Vintage Computer Festival 9.0

TEN YEARS AGO, a typical home computer system might have been a box with an Intel processor inside running a Microsoft operating system. And there were a few Macs. Today, a typical home computer system might be a box with an Intel processor inside running a Microsoft operating system. And there are a few Macs. What a crock. Give me them old timey computers, damn it! VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL 9.0 November 4-5, 2006 Computer History Museum Mountain View, California http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/ Make an entry in your PDA! It is time once again to shun your modern day computing monstrosity and spend a weekend with its venerable ancestors at the ninth annual Vintage Computer Festival. VCF 9.0 takes place on the weekend of November 4-5 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Highlights of this VCF event include: * A celebration of the 30th anniversary of Apple Computer Apple didn't want to do it, so we will! Hosted by Bruce Damer of the DigiBarn, this gala event will feature a bevy of early Apple founders, including the big man himself, Woz! * A reprise of the original Sol-20 prototype Nine years ago, at the very first Vintage Computer Festival, Lee Felsenstein and Bob Marsh reunited after many years to jointly present the original prototype of the Sol-20, which hadn't been seen in public for over 20 years. This year, Lee and a gaggle of Processor Technology alumni will bring back the venerable grand- daddy of all Sol-20s to celebrate this ground-breaking personal computer. By the way, coverage of the first Sol-20 reunion can be found here: http://www.vintage.org/vcf98/vcfpics3.htm * The first Vintage Computer Film Festival That's right, a film festival dedicated to movies and documentaries that have a vintage computing theme! At the past two VCF events we've screened Jason Scott's "BBS Documentary" and Greg Maletic's "The Future of Pinball", as well as "Walking Rainbow", a remembrance of Homebrew Computer Club co-founder Fred Moore. We've decided to take these screenings a step further and turn them into a full-blown film festival to coincide with the VCF. Film buffs will definitely want to take note and stay tuned for further announcements. * Hands-on Build-It-Yourself workshops The VCF is proud to debut the first Build-It-Yourself workshops, featuring the hottest retro-computing and retro-gaming kits out there, including Andre' LaMothe's XGameStation Pico Edition and Bob Armstrong's Cosmac ELF. More details to come soon. * Speakers, Exhibits, and the VCF Marketplace Of course, no VCF would be complete without a terrific line-up of amazing and interesting speakers. This year's bunch includes Paul Saffo of the Institute for the Future, microcomputer historian C. Murray McCullough, Archaeologist and VCF Fellow Christine Finn, and more to come with new speakers being added weekly. We're also receiving submissions for some phenomenal and exciting exhibits. Perhaps you've got a computer you'd like to bring along to show to the world? Sign up to be an exhibitor! Go here: http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/exhibit.php And of course we have the ever-fabulous VCF Marketplace featuring hard-to-find items that will start your adrenaline pumping. Bring cash. Lots of cash. * more, More, MORE! Another fantastic celebration is in the works, and I don't think we're done just yet, so watch for upcoming announcements to litter your inbox and check the website for more exciting details to be revealed in the coming hours, days and weeks! Best regards, Sellam Ismail Producer Vintage Computer Festival http://www.vintage.org/ P.S. The Macs were then, and are now, much cooler than the PCs ;)