Vintage Computer Festival 10.0 Update

_ _ ______ ______ __ __ | | | | | __ | | ____| \ \ / / | | | | | | |_| | | \ \/ / | | | | | | | |___ \ / | | | | | | | ___| / \ \ \/ / | | _ | | / /\ \ \ / | |__| | | | / / \ \ \/ |______| |_| /_/ \_\ November 3-4, 2007 Computer History Museum Mountain View, California http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/ Well, here we are, a little more than two weeks away from VCFX, the tenth annual Vintage Computer Festival. This is it, folks. The culmination of a decade of computer history celebration. From a simple yet over-budgeted inaugural event held at the county fairgrounds to a multi-dimensional extravaganza hosted in the hallowed halls of the Computer History Museum, the Vintage Computer Festival has come a long way. I wasn't quite sure we would even make it to this point, but here we are! I'm as amazed as anyone. \_...> Session Schedule As long-time VCF attendees know, one of the most anticipated aspects of the Festival is the roster of speakers and sessions we assemble each year. This year we've outdone ourselves. We have the most sessions we've ever featured at the VCF, so many in fact that we opened up a third track! There's something here for everyone. See below for the schedule outline but check the VCF 10.0 website for complete session abstracts and speaker biographies. The current speaker schedule is as follows (the name of the room where the session is being held is in parenthesis): Saturday, November 3 Track 01 (Grand Hall) Time Topic Presenter(s) ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------- 10:00am The Role of the TRS-80 in Computer Theresa & David History Welch 11:00am Deconstructing the Intel 4004 Tim McNerney 12:00pm Intel SIM8-01: A Proto-PC Zbigniew Stachniak 1:00pm The Computer Revolution 30 Years On Lee Felsenstein Track 10 (Boole) Time Topic Presenter(s) ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------- 10:30am The History of RAMAC: The First Al Hoagland Spinning Disk Drive 11:30am More Disk Drive History Shrikant Desai 12:30pm WeirdStuff Panel Dave MacDougall, Chuck Schuetz & Jim Schuetz Track 11 (Theater) Time Topic Presenter(s) ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------- 11:30am The DigiBarn Bruce Damer, Al Lundell & Galen Brandt 2:00pm Director's Notes Greg Maletic 3:00pm Director's Notes Jason Scott Sunday, November 4 Track 01 (Grand Hall) Time Topic Presenter(s) ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------ 10:00am The Impact of Magnetic Stripe Media Jerry Svigals on Computers 11:00am Booting Sage Computer - A Subjective Rod Coleman Retrospective 12:00pm Recent Developments in Conway's Life, Bill Gosper and a Miniblast from Macsyma's Past 1:00pm The LINC: A Paradigm Shift Tom Chaney, Wesley Clark, Jerome Cox, Gerald Johns, Severo Ornstein, Maury Pepper, Scott Robinson, Mary Allen Wilkes, Bruce Damer Track 10 (Boole) Time Topic Presenter(s) ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------- 10:30am Thank You, Jim Jack Rubin 11:30am Phreaking History Phil Lapsley 12:30pm The First Computer Store: What Was Lance Leventhal Then, What Is Now, and Where We Are Heading 2:00pm PDP-1 Restoration Review Lyle Bickley, Eric Smith, Ken Sumrall & Steve Russell Track 11 (Theater) Time Topic Presenter(s) ------- ------------------------------------- ------------------- 11:30am International Obfuscated C Code Landon Curt Noll Contest Awards Presentation 3:00pm Creatively Vintage: Retro-Tech in Art Christine Finn Space * Some titles are subject to change Complete information on the VCF 10.0 session schedule can be found here: http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/speaker.php \_...> The Vintage Computer Film Festival The 2nd annual Vintage Computer Film Festival accompanies the VCF again this year. This is a fesitval within a festival whereby we show films, documentaries, shorts and clips that either have a vintage computing or technology theme or are otherwise vintage in their own right. Sometimes we choose stock footage from old computer industry marketing or training videos and sometimes we feature previews from upcoming documentaries (including the filmmakers themselves giving introductions). Screenings run both days of the VCF. The full Film Festival schedulexi will be posted by Saturday at: http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/film.php \_...> You Can Still Be An Exhibitor! Exhibit registration closes on October 29th. Exhibiting is the best way to experience the Vintage Computer Festival. It is an enjoyable and rewarding experience. But don't take my word for it, be an exhibitor and find out for yourself. All you really need is a neat old computer, a good story to tell about it, and a little bit of time. Check out the VCF 10.0 exhibit page for more information: http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/exhibit.php \_...> Computer History Museum Tours & Demos Each year the Computer History Museum's all volunteer docents give VCF attendees a series of guided tours of the Museum's fantastic collection, providing historical stories about various artifacts in the collection along the way. This year they've added themed tours that cover Internet and Video Game history in more depth and detail. Tours are held in the afternoon and run at hour intervals. They've also scheduled demos of the restored DEC PDP-1 and IBM 1401 computers. The tour and demonstration schedule is available here: http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/tours.php \_...> Buy, Sell and Trade at the VCF Marketplace The VCF Marketplace features a wide variety of interesting vintage computers and related items for sale from a variety of vendors. There is simply no better place to buy and sell vintage computers than at the VCF Marketplace. Vendor booths are still available. For more information on selling at VCFX, please visit: http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/vendor.php \_...> Lodging Options For our out of town guests, we've arranged hotel room blocks at fine local hotels at discounted rates. There is still time to book a room at a reduced rate, but don't delay as the registration deadlines are looming. Full lodging information is here: http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/lodging.php See You There! Complete information about VCFX, including the speaker schedule, exhibit roster, end everything else can be found on the VCF 10.0 web pages: http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/ Best regards, Sellam Ismail Producer Vintage Computer Festival ;) -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]