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Vintage Computer
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From: Evan Koblentz <evanDESPAM@DESPAMsnarc.net>
*** Vintage Computer Festival East 3.0 -- Saturday, May 13 -- Wall
Township, N.J. ***
April 17, 2005 -- Wall Township, N.J. -- The Vintage Computer Festival is
coming! For those who fondly remember the charisma of computers from the
1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, this is a must-attend event!! "VCF" as it's known
in computer circles is an annual public convention devoted to the
enjoyment and restoration of antique computers. The show began in Silicon
Valley in 1997 and the current edition is VCF East 3.0. At this year's
VCF you will find 17 exhibits of functioning antique computers, six
high-profile guest speakers, exciting prizes, and kinship with hundreds of
fellow early adopters. Spend a few hours at this event and you'll be in
nerd heaven! There will be dozens of antique computers on display from the
glory days of blinkenlights, tape drives, greenbar paper, punched cards,
homebrew kits, text-adventure games, and much, much more -- and no Windows
in sight. Like we said, it's nerd heaven! Use the day to learn, play,
or just reminisce with us.
So mark Saturday, May 13 on your calendar. VCF East 3.0 will be held at
the (new!) Information Age Science and History Education Center, a.k.a.
"InfoAge," which was formerly the Camp Evans U.S. Army base and was
originally built for the Marconi corporation in the early 1900s. The
show's hours are 9:30AM - 6:30PM. Tickets are $10 per person ($7 for
children 13 and younger) and parking is free. The address is 2201 Marconi
Rd., Wall (Belmar), N.J. and driving directions are posted at
http://www.vintage.org/2006/east/directions.php
VCF East 3.0's sponsor is the Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists Inc.,
which is a non-profit user group devoted to antique computing. MARCH is
also building a computer museum at the InfoAge facility, where there are
also museums dedicated to antique radio, model trains, historic shipwrecks,
antique military vehicles, and much more. The museums opened this month in
a preview facility and the full museums will debut gradually throughout
2006-2007.
*** The exhibits ***
There are 17 registered exhibits for VCF East 3.0. The exhibitors are:
-- Mark Dodel, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Mark will bring the Warpstock
collection of IBM OS/2 computers including some very rare models. This
includes an IBM Power Series system with OS/2 Power PC edition as well
as a PS/2 Model 50z running OS/2 1.0.
-- Vince Briel, North Ridgeville, Ohio. Vince will show his newest replica
kit, called the AltairPC, based on the famous MITS Altair computers of the
mid-1970s. This kit follows his hugely successful Apple 1 replica.
-- Rich Cini, Syosset, New York. Rich will show his own Altair replica,
called the Altair32, which blends an emulator project and front panel kit.
-- Bill Degnan, Landenberg, Pennsylvani. Bill will highlight his exclusive
collection of Commodore B Series computer which were never produced.
-- David Gesswein, Bethesda, Maryland. David will bring his impressive
demonstration of a DEC PDP-8 minicomputer system.
-- Jeffrey Katz, West Hartford, Connecticut. Jeff will also bring a DEC
PDP-8 minicomputer system.
-- Evan Koblentz, Springfield, New Jersey. Evan will exhibit a variety of
portable computers from the 1970s and 1980s. The focus will be on the
earliest laptops, luggables, and handhelds.
-- Kelly Leavitt, Wantage, New Jersey. Kelly will show his comprehensive
timeline of Tandy TRS-80 computers.
-- Mike Loewen, State College, Pennsylvania. Mike will demonstrate how
vintage computers can communicate with moden computers, by showing an Apple
IIGS and Apple IIe and also a TRS-80 connected to a Linux server.
-- Andy Meyer, Clark, New Jersey. Andy will show Atari 8-bit and 16-bit
computers from the 1980s.
-- Andrew Mollow, Syracuse, New York. Andy will exhibit a Canon Cat, which
is the computer developed by Apple Macintosh innovator Jef Raskin.
-- Frank O'Brien, West Windsor, New Jersey. Frank will demonstrate the very
unique NASA Apollo Guidance Computer from the 1960s.
-- Jim O'Brien, Quaktertown, Pennsylvania. Jim will show a timeline of
nearly every Apple Computer model.
-- Michael Pearson, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Michael will demonstrate
early educational computers from 1960s and 1970s.
-- Mike Ross, Mamaroneck, New York. Mike will demonstrate his collection of
IBM minicomputers from the 1970s, including the System/32, /34, /36, and
/38, and others.
-- Jack Rubin, Wilmette, Illinois. Jack will show off his KIM-1
single-board computers and various accessories.
-- Carlson Stevens, Silver Spring, Maryland. Carlson will demonstrate
Japanese computer games and videogame consoles from the 1980s.
*** The guest speakers ***
There are six guest speakers for VCF East 3.0. They are:
-- Steve Lukasik, 10:30 AM, "ARPA in the 1970s"
-- Ray Borrill, 12:00 PM, "50 years in computers"
-- Sol Libes, 1:45 PM, "The Origins of Personal Computers"
-- David Ahl, 3:30 PM, "The total idiocy of starting a magazine..."
-- Ray Holt, 5:00 PM, "A microprocesser before Intel"
-- Sellam Ismail, 6:00 PM, "Vintage computer replicas and research"
*** What else should you know? ***
-- Visit http://www.vintage.org for more information about the Vintage
Computer Festival.
-- Visit http://www.midatlanticretro.org for more information about the
MARCH organization.
-- Visit http://www.infoage.org for more information about the Informaton
Age Science and History Education Center.
The primary spokesperson for VCF East 3.0 is MARCH president Evan Koblentz.
Evan can be reached at evandDESPAM@DESPAMsnarc.net or by telephone at
646-546-9999 in the
afternoons or evenings, EST. Please do not call in the morning. :)
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Warpstock 2006 - Windsor, Ontario, Canada, October 12-15th,
http://www.warpstock.org
Warpstock Europe - http://www.warpstock.net
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