UK Classic Computer event (Was VCF UK)

[Roger Holmes]

>
> If Bletchley Park might be able to do a VCF in two or three years
>> time, maybe we could do something much simpler in the mean time,
>> without using the VCF name. Just a get together of anyone in the UK
>> with an interest in old computers and hopefully a few who would want
>> to exhibit theirs. Who would be interested and about how much space,
>> if any would they want?
>
>
> My thoughts were developing along the same lines, the key question  
> surely is
> numbers.

7 replies so far from the UK.

> How many do we think would attend, and could some core events be
> lined up to to ensure a worthwhile experience? I'm thinking here of  
> the
> datacentre visits that (I think) were run from VCF Europe last year

I see. Probably the biggest concentration of these in the UK is still  
central London, though I'm out of touch with that side of things.

> and the involvement of industry alumni that the US events have  
> enjoyed.

Many of the real pioneers (who are still alive) are in the Computer  
Conservation Society. Maybe we could involve them, I am a member but  
I don't attend meetings (except one as a speaker).


> It's not like we don't have a few home-grown pioneers - Clive  
> Sinclair and various Acorn people spring to mind.

Ah, you're talking more modern pioneers, ones of the microprocessor  
era. Yes indeed. Alan Sugar's probably free now :-) Just kidding. Do  
we have any contacts or ideas on how to contact them? Isn't it Sir  
Clive now by the way, we don't want to put anyone's nose out of joint  
from the first contact.

Roger.