8 Nov
2004
8 Nov
'04
8 a.m.
So VCF 7.0 was pretty damn awesome. Thanks to all who came, especially to
those who exhibited.
Attendance was lower than last year, but the turnout was still really
good. I won't have an absolute number for a few more days yet.
I'll try to get the photo gallery up a lot quicker this time. Look for
that in the next two weeks.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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8 Nov
8 Nov
10:56 a.m.
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
So VCF 7.0 was pretty damn awesome. Thanks to all who
came, especially to
those who exhibited.
I totally agree. It was a bit of a whirlwind, and I didn't get
to talk to enough people, and got conferencitis (dry throat,
dehydrated, didn't eat enough, sore feet from standing in
hallways talking).
The talks I did attend were varied and interesting, the exhibits
I barely got enough time to walk through exhaustively (probably
2.5hrs total, could have used another hour) and some of the
exhibits, such as the home-built Meccano differential analyzer
(!) were terrifyingly great.
Never mind the pdp1, visible storage, the 1401 resto ...
Three cheers to Sellam and his wife for all the work!
11 Nov
11 Nov
10:59 a.m.
New subject: SoCal S/390 in Corona
Stopped at a scrap place in Corona, Calif and didn't see a bit of stuff I
liked (ok a couple Apple II era cards, a test extender and a couple
modems), but back in a corner was a nice looking pallet sized black and red
IBM S/390 Parallel Enterprise server generation 4. The boss wasn't around,
but the helper guy said he thinks its working, but may already have an
offer of $1500 on it. Email me directly if I should find out more.
12 Nov
12 Nov
10:53 a.m.
I would like to thank Sellam for organizing this event. I had a great time
as I'm sure did others. From what I've seen these things don't happen by
magic, they require someone who is intensely interested in them to poke,
prod, and in every way possible push them along until they occur. And that
doesn't include all of the physical work required to coordinate the location,
infrastructure, etc.
Thanks again!
--tom
At 11:00 AM 11/8/2004 -0800, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
So VCF 7.0 was pretty damn awesome. Thanks to all who
came, especially to
those who exhibited.
Attendance was lower than last year, but the turnout was still really
good. I won't have an absolute number for a few more days yet.
I'll try to get the photo gallery up a lot quicker this time. Look for
that in the next two weeks.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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