___________________________________________________________________________ | | | .================================================================. | | // ______ o_ ___________ \\ | | // / \ \ o o o o o o | ____ \ \\ | | H / | | | | | | | | | | \ \ \\ | | H / ____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|___ \ \ `=o | | H | | | \ \ | | H | | The Premier Event for Computer Enthusiasts is Back! | \ \__ | | H | | | \ | | | H o | V I N T A G E C O M P U T E R F E S T I V A L |__ \ o | | H | | \ \ | | H \ - VCF 2.0 - | \ `-o | | H | |\ `----o | | H | September 26-27, Santa Clara Convention Center | `-------o | | H / Santa Clara, California | | | H | | | | H | Speakers, Exhibit and Flea Market | | | H | | | | H | O http://www.siconic.com/vcf | | | H |_____________________________________________________| ____o | | H | | | | | | | | | | / | | H | | | | | | | | | |______/ | | H============' | | | | | | | |_________________ | | H / | | \ \ \ |_____________________ | | | H / / | `-o \ \ || | | H o___________/ / \______ \ \ || | | H o \_____|____|___________________ || | | H ____________________________ | | || | | H | | | The S P E A K E R S | || | | `=| Why would YOU come to the | __| |___|| | | _| Vintage Computer Festival? | | | | | | | |____________________________| | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | | | | |__________________________________| | | | | ________________________ ___|-Gordon Bell |__ | | | | || || || | / | | | | | .-| To Learn the History |--' | Father of the Mini-computer! | | | | | |__||_||_||______________| | Mr. Bell will speak about | | | | o ________________________ ___| his pioneering work on the |____| | | | || || || | / | DEC PDP-1, PDP-8 and PDP-11 | | | o-| For the Nostalgia |--' | | | | |__||_||_||______________| | FEATURED SPEAKER | | | o ________________________ \______| |___o | | | | || || || | |-Ray Holt | | | `-| To Hear the Speakers |-._____| | o | | |__||_||_||______________| | Who really invented the | / | | ________________________ ____| first microprocessor? Guess |___/ | | | || || || |__/ | again. This designer of the | | | .-|To Buy Vintage Computers|-------| JOLT and Synertek SYM-1 sin- |-----o | | | |__||_||_||______________| | gle-board computers will re- | | | o ________________________ ______| veal why computer history |_____ | | | || || || |/ | may need to be re-written. | | | | o-|For the Games & Contests|--. | | | | | |__||_||_||______________| \___|-David Rutland | | | | ________________________ __| |_____| | | | || || || | | On the National Bureau of | | | | o-|To Meet Other Collectors|-o | Standards Western Automatic | | | | |__||_||_||______________|___ | Computer (SWAC). Mr. Rutland | | | | ________________________ \___| worked under Harry Huskey to |__o | | | | || || || | | help build this first com- | | | | o-| To Meet the Pioneers |---. | puter west of the rockies. | | | | |__||_||_||______________| \ | ____ O | | | | ________________________ \ |____________/ \____________| | | | | || || || | \ | | | .-| For the Prizes! |----. \________________________________o | | | | |__||_||_||______________| \ | | | | \__________________________________ | | | o o________ \ | | | ,=============o \ ______________________________ | | | | // | o__ \ | | | | | | H ___________|________ \ \ |-Tom Geller | | | | | H | | \ \__| |___| | | | H \ Philosophy of the / \ | Whether you're into game | | | | H | Vintage Computer |___ \ | consoles, handheld devices, | | | | H | Festival... | \ \ | arcade machines or personal | | | | H / \ \ \__| computers, there's a Mac- |_____| | | H | The main mission | \ | based emulator for you. | | | H | of the Vintage | \ | | | | H | Computer Festival | \ |-Jim Willing | | | H | is to promote the | \__| |____o | | H | preservation of | | Jim will demonstrate ways in | | | H | "obsolete" compu- |___ | which you can put computers, | | | H | ters by allowing | \ | new and old, back to work in | | | H | attendees to ex- | \_____| the classroom. Also, how to |___ | | H | perience the tech- | | care for your old computers. | \ | | H | nologies, people | | | \ | | H | and stories that | |-Bruce Faust | | | | H | embody the remark- | ______| |__o | | | H | able tale of the | / | Bruce will tell you every- | | | | H | computer revolu- | o' | thing you want to know about | | | | H | tion. | | the Toshiba T1100, the first | o | | | H |____________________| ___| "laptop" computer. |__/ | | | H | / | | | | | H o o______/ |-Manny Lemas | | | | H _________________________ | | o | | | H o__| VCF2 S P O N S O R S |___| Manny will discuss his work |__/ | | | H | www.haggle.com | | in the early days of the | | | | H____| Dr. Dobb's Journal | | microcomputer revolution, | | | | H |_________________________| | including publication of the | | | | H __| first microcomputer journal |_____| | | H / | and his involvement with the | | | // | | H ________ ________ / | Synertek SYM-1. | | | | H |o \__/ | / | | | | | H_____| |_/ __|-Philip Belben |___o | | | H | Test your computer | o' | | | | | H | history knowledge! | | Philip will be presenting a | o | | H __| |__o | workshop on the pre-history | | | H | Nerd Trivia | __| of the graphics workstation. |_____ | | H | Challenge | o | | ____ O | H | | H o___| |_/ | |__________/ \______________| H | | H | Only at VCF 2.0! | / H | | H | | / H | | H _| - Also - |__/ ___________________o H | | H / | | / H | | H o' | A screening of | / __ ___ __________________ H | | H __| vintage computer |____/ | |__| | | H | | H / | sales and training | | |Someone lucky will|==-----H | | H | | films from the | | | go home with an | H | | H | __| 50s, 60s and 70s |__ | _ | | H | | H | | by San Francisco | /| (_) | IMSAI 8080 |==--o H | | H | | stock footage | / | | | H | | H | o_| film archive |____/ | | See the VCF web | H | | H o | Oddball Film+Video | | __ | site for details |==--o H | | H |____________________| |__| |___|__________________| H | | H H | | \\ // | | `=====================================================================' | | | | V2.0 rev 2 http://www.siconic.com/vcf (C) SICONIC 1998 | |___________________________________________________________________________| Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)verio.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0! 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