Vintage Computer Festival 10.0 Update
Sellam Ismail
sellam at vintagetech.com
Fri Oct 19 07:51:18 CDT 2007
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November 3-4, 2007
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, California
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/
Well, here we are, a little more than two weeks away from VCFX, the
tenth annual Vintage Computer Festival. This is it, folks. The
culmination of a decade of computer history celebration. From a simple
yet over-budgeted inaugural event held at the county fairgrounds to a
multi-dimensional extravaganza hosted in the hallowed halls of the
Computer History Museum, the Vintage Computer Festival has come a long
way. I wasn't quite sure we would even make it to this point, but
here we are! I'm as amazed as anyone.
\_...> Session Schedule
As long-time VCF attendees know, one of the most anticipated aspects
of the Festival is the roster of speakers and sessions we assemble
each year. This year we've outdone ourselves. We have the most
sessions we've ever featured at the VCF, so many in fact that we
opened up a third track! There's something here for everyone. See
below for the schedule outline but check the VCF 10.0 website for
complete session abstracts and speaker biographies.
The current speaker schedule is as follows (the name of the room where
the session is being held is in parenthesis):
Saturday, November 3
Track 01 (Grand Hall)
Time Topic Presenter(s)
------- ------------------------------------- -------------------
10:00am The Role of the TRS-80 in Computer Theresa & David
History Welch
11:00am Deconstructing the Intel 4004 Tim McNerney
12:00pm Intel SIM8-01: A Proto-PC Zbigniew Stachniak
1:00pm The Computer Revolution 30 Years On Lee Felsenstein
Track 10 (Boole)
Time Topic Presenter(s)
------- ------------------------------------- -------------------
10:30am The History of RAMAC: The First Al Hoagland
Spinning Disk Drive
11:30am More Disk Drive History Shrikant Desai
12:30pm WeirdStuff Panel Dave MacDougall,
Chuck Schuetz &
Jim Schuetz
Track 11 (Theater)
Time Topic Presenter(s)
------- ------------------------------------- -------------------
11:30am The DigiBarn Bruce Damer, Al
Lundell & Galen
Brandt
2:00pm Director's Notes Greg Maletic
3:00pm Director's Notes Jason Scott
Sunday, November 4
Track 01 (Grand Hall)
Time Topic Presenter(s)
------- ------------------------------------- ------------------
10:00am The Impact of Magnetic Stripe Media Jerry Svigals
on Computers
11:00am Booting Sage Computer - A Subjective Rod Coleman
Retrospective
12:00pm Recent Developments in Conway's Life, Bill Gosper
and a Miniblast from Macsyma's Past
1:00pm The LINC: A Paradigm Shift Tom Chaney, Wesley
Clark, Jerome Cox,
Gerald Johns,
Severo Ornstein,
Maury Pepper,
Scott Robinson,
Mary Allen Wilkes,
Bruce Damer
Track 10 (Boole)
Time Topic Presenter(s)
------- ------------------------------------- -------------------
10:30am Thank You, Jim Jack Rubin
11:30am Phreaking History Phil Lapsley
12:30pm The First Computer Store: What Was Lance Leventhal
Then, What Is Now, and Where We Are
Heading
2:00pm PDP-1 Restoration Review Lyle Bickley, Eric
Smith, Ken Sumrall
& Steve Russell
Track 11 (Theater)
Time Topic Presenter(s)
------- ------------------------------------- -------------------
11:30am International Obfuscated C Code Landon Curt Noll
Contest Awards Presentation
3:00pm Creatively Vintage: Retro-Tech in Art Christine Finn
Space
* Some titles are subject to change
Complete information on the VCF 10.0 session schedule can be found
here:
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/speaker.php
\_...> The Vintage Computer Film Festival
The 2nd annual Vintage Computer Film Festival accompanies the VCF
again this year. This is a fesitval within a festival whereby we show
films, documentaries, shorts and clips that either have a vintage
computing or technology theme or are otherwise vintage in their own
right. Sometimes we choose stock footage from old computer industry
marketing or training videos and sometimes we feature previews from
upcoming documentaries (including the filmmakers themselves giving
introductions).
Screenings run both days of the VCF. The full Film Festival schedulexi
will be posted by Saturday at:
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/film.php
\_...> You Can Still Be An Exhibitor!
Exhibit registration closes on October 29th. Exhibiting is the best
way to experience the Vintage Computer Festival. It is an enjoyable
and rewarding experience. But don't take my word for it, be an
exhibitor and find out for yourself. All you really need is a neat
old computer, a good story to tell about it, and a little bit of time.
Check out the VCF 10.0 exhibit page for more information:
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/exhibit.php
\_...> Computer History Museum Tours & Demos
Each year the Computer History Museum's all volunteer docents give VCF
attendees a series of guided tours of the Museum's fantastic
collection, providing historical stories about various artifacts in
the collection along the way. This year they've added themed tours
that cover Internet and Video Game history in more depth and detail.
Tours are held in the afternoon and run at hour intervals. They've
also scheduled demos of the restored DEC PDP-1 and IBM 1401 computers.
The tour and demonstration schedule is available here:
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/tours.php
\_...> Buy, Sell and Trade at the VCF Marketplace
The VCF Marketplace features a wide variety of interesting vintage
computers and related items for sale from a variety of vendors. There
is simply no better place to buy and sell vintage computers than at
the VCF Marketplace. Vendor booths are still available. For more
information on selling at VCFX, please visit:
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/vendor.php
\_...> Lodging Options
For our out of town guests, we've arranged hotel room blocks at fine
local hotels at discounted rates. There is still time to book a room
at a reduced rate, but don't delay as the registration deadlines are
looming. Full lodging information is here:
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/lodging.php
See You There!
Complete information about VCFX, including the speaker schedule,
exhibit roster, end everything else can be found on the VCF 10.0 web
pages:
http://www.vintage.org/2007/main/
Best regards,
Sellam Ismail
Producer
Vintage Computer Festival
;)
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