I wanted the winners of the first VCF Computer Faire to be recognized, so here is the list. I plan to put up a web page listing the winners along with a photo of each exhibitor in front of their exhibit. I hope to have it up within a couple weeks. Note to any exhibitors reading this: we'll be getting ribbons for all 2nd and 3rd place winners, as well as the 1st place winners who didn't get a ribbon (because we ran out :) We at the VCF felt everyone who placed should get recognition for putting in the effort to help make the exhibit the success it was. I'll be contacting all exhibitors by e-mail to get your address in about a week or so. The exhibits were fantastic! I hope more people will participate next year. CLASS AWARDS Class Home-brew, kit, or educational - Any vintage ================================================== Best in Class #10 Heathkit Educational Robots Jim Willing 2nd in Class #6 Single Plywood Computer Dwight Elvey 3rd in Class #3 Conway's Game of Life Dave Dameron Manufatured Microcomputer - Pre 1981 ==================================== Best in Class #4 IBM 5100 Model B2 Wayne Smith 2nd in Class #9 Altair 8800 TimeShared BASIC Jim Willing 3rd in Class #29 Atari 800 Larry Anderson Manufactured Microcomputer - Post 1981 ====================================== Best in Class #13 East German Computers Hans Franke 2nd in Class #40 The Complete Canon Cat John Bumgarner 3rd in Class #28 Northstar Advantage Shawn Neely Mini-Computer or larger system - Any vintage ============================================ Best in Class #26 DEC GT40 Eric Smith 2nd in Class #24 PDP-8/E running FOCAL-8 Chuck McManis 3rd in Class #39 The AT&T 3B2-300 Desktop Powerhouse Richard Harrington Other ===== Best in Class #14 Realtime Software Bench Testing Michael Kan 2nd in Class #19 Marchant ACR8M Calculator (Calculator Exhibit) Derek Peschel 3rd in Class #32 Analog Computers of the 1960s Douglas Coward SPECIAL AWARDS Best Presentation ================= Research #13 East German Computers Hans Franke Completeness #4 IBM 5100 Model B2 Wayne Smith Display #35 The IMSAI Dollhouse Todd Fisher Creative Integration with Contemporary Technology #33 Relay Electromechanical Computer David Witherell Best Preservation ================= Original Condition #37 Evolution of the Macintosh Paul Zurakowski Restoration #24 PDP-8/E running FOCAL-8 Chuck McManis Recreation #12 MUNIAC John Zabolitzky Simulation #7 CMOS uP & Homebrew Forth Tom Belpasso Obscurity #3 Conway's Game of Life Dave Dameron Best Technology =============== Analog #32 Analog Computers of the 1960s Douglas Coward Non-Electronic #19 Marchant ACR8M Calculator (Calculator Exhibit) Derek Peschel People's Choice =============== #37 Evolution of the Macintosh Paul Zurakowski BEST OF SHOW #13 East German Computers Hans Franke Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't rub the lamp if you don't want the genie to come out. VCF East? VCF Europe!? YOU BETCHA!! Stay tuned for more information or contact me to find out how you can participate http://www.vintage.org