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From: Sellam Ismail <sellamDESPAM@DESPAMvintagetech.com>

[Moderator note:  Though I don't see anything directly related to OS/2 in 
the exhibits listing, perhaps some folks in California might be interested 
in attending this event since it relates to older computers and many of us 
have been in the business for a long time and probably worked with some of 
this stuff.  Perhaps you can even pickup some interesting OS/2 related 
items if anyone has any for sale there.  It also might be good for someone 
to consider an OS/2 exhibit at a future event.]

     COMPUTER HISTORY PIONEERS CONGREGATE ON NOVEMBER 3-4 AT VINTAGE EVENT
         Vintage Computer Festival Celebrates History of Computing with
      live antique computers and living legends from the computer industry

LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA (PRWEB) October 26, 2007 -- The Vintage Computer 
Festival, a yearly event that celebrates computers and their history, is 
being held on November 3-4 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, 
California.

Anticipation is building for what is expected to be the biggest and most 
well-attended event since the Festival's founding ten years ago. 
Celebrated once a year in Silicon Valley, as well as three other locations 
worldwide, the Vintage Computer Festival is the largest and most 
prestigious event of its kind, featuring a lecture series, an exhibition of 
working vintage and antique computers, and a marketplace for traders to buy 
and sell vintage computers.  Collectors from around the world attend this 
event, which was founded in 1997.  The Festival also recognizes its own 
history this year as it marks its tenth anniversary.

This year, attendees will be treated to several historical figures in the 
computer industry, including Lee Felsenstein (designer of the classic 
Osborne 1, one of the first portable computers, and the SOL-20, one of the 
first personal computers), Al Hoagland (designer of the first commercial 
disk drive), legendary MIT proto-hackers Bill Gosper Steve Russell (author 
of the first videogame, Spacewar!), Wesley Clark (not the general, but the 
inventor of the first transistorized computer in the US) and prolific 
computer book author Lance Leventhal, who wrote dozens of computer 
self-help books throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

One of the keynote sessions at the Festival this year is a panel featuring 
the engineers who in the early 1960s designed the LINC (Laboratory 
INstrumentation Computer), which was a revolutionar computer design that 
some consider to be the first "personal computer".

The Festival also features a marketplace for collectors to buy, sell and 
trade vintage computers.  There is also a screening of documentaries and 
films on both days of the event that have vintage computing or vintage 
technology themes.  Some of the filmmakers will be present to talk about 
their work and give introductions to their films.  There will also be an 
abstract artist (Christine Finn) on site throughout the event constructing 
a collaborative artwork based on discarded technology, culminating at a 
talk she will give on the piece at 3:00pm on Sunday.

The Computer History Museum is an ideal location for the Festival as it 
allows attendees the opportunity to tour the Museum's collection while also 
attending the lectures and exhibits organized by the VCF.  Tours of the 
Museum's collection will be given throughout the afternoon on each day of 
the Festival.  Special theme tours during the weekend will include "A Brief 
History of the Internet" and "The History of Video Games", which are both 
guided by Museum docents.  There will also be live demonstrations of 
ancient mainframe computers that have been painstakingly restored to 
working condition, including an IBM 1401 mainframe circa 1960 and a Digital 
Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-1 minicomputer circa 1961 running 
Spacewar!, the first ever videogame, written in 1962.  The game's author, 
Steve Russell, will also be speaking at the Festival.

The Computer History Museum is located at 1401 North Shoreline Blvd. in 
Mountain View, California, just off highway 101.  The Vintage Computer 
Festival opens at 9:30am each day, with first sessions beginning at 10:00am 
and the exhibition and marketplace opening at 2:00pm each day.  The film 
festival runs from 11:00am to 6:00pm each day.  The Festival officially 
ends at 6:00pm on Sunday.

Complete event information including admission, directions to the venue and 
the event schedule can be found on the VCF website:

http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/

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