Vintage Computer Festival Announcement

From: Marty <Marty_at_itgonline.com>
Date: Tue Aug 4 10:25:27 1998

 
 I cannot attend the VCF but would like a shot at winning the IMSAI
 8080 anyway. If I buy a $5.00 admission ticket and mail in the stub,
 would I be entered into the drawing for the IMSAI 8080? On the wrong
 coast-
 
 Marty


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Subject: Vintage Computer Festival Announcement
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 8/4/98 12:55 AM


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 | H | | The Premier Event for Computer Enthusiasts is Back! | \ \__ |
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 | H o | V I N T A G E C O M P U T E R F E S T I V A L |__ \ o |
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 | H \ - VCF 2.0 - | \ `-o |
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 | H | September 26-27, Santa Clara Convention Center | `-------o |
 | H / Santa Clara, California | |
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 | H | Speakers, Exhibit and Flea Market | |
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 | H | O http://www.siconic.com/vcf | |
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 | H o \_____|____|___________________ || |
 | H ____________________________ | | || |
 | H | | | The S P E A K E R S | || |
 | `=| Why would YOU come to the | __| |___|| |
 | _| Vintage Computer Festival? | | | | |
 | | |____________________________| | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | | |
 | |__________________________________| | | |
 | ________________________ ___|-Gordon Bell |__ | |
 | | || || || | / | | | |
 | .-| To Learn the History |--' | Father of the Mini-computer! | | |
 | | |__||_||_||______________| | Mr. Bell will speak about | | |
 | o ________________________ ___| his pioneering work on the |____| |
 | | || || || | / | DEC PDP-1, PDP-8 and PDP-11 | |
 | o-| For the Nostalgia |--' | | |
 | |__||_||_||______________| | FEATURED SPEAKER | |
 | o ________________________ \______| |___o |
 | | | || || || | |-Ray Holt | |
 | `-| To Hear the Speakers |-._____| | o |
 | |__||_||_||______________| | Who really invented the | / |
 | ________________________ ____| first microprocessor? Guess |___/ |
 | | || || || |__/ | again. This designer of the | |
 | .-|To Buy Vintage Computers|-------| JOLT and Synertek SYM-1 sin- |-----o |
 | | |__||_||_||______________| | gle-board computers will re- | |
 | o ________________________ ______| veal why computer history |_____ |
 | | || || || |/ | may need to be re-written. | | |
 | o-|For the Games & Contests|--. | | | |
 | |__||_||_||______________| \___|-David Rutland | | |
 | ________________________ __| |_____| |
 | | || || || | | On the National Bureau of | | |
 | o-|To Meet Other Collectors|-o | Standards Western Automatic | | |
 | |__||_||_||______________|___ | Computer (SWAC). Mr. Rutland | | |
 | ________________________ \___| worked under Harry Huskey to |__o | |
 | | || || || | | help build this first com- | | |
 | o-| To Meet the Pioneers |---. | puter west of the rockies. | | |
 | |__||_||_||______________| \ | ____ O | | |
 | ________________________ \ |____________/ \____________| | |
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 | .-| For the Prizes! |----. \________________________________o | |
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 | o o________ \ | |
 | ,=============o \ ______________________________ | | |
 | // | o__ \ | | | | |
 | H ___________|________ \ \ |-Tom Geller | | | |
 | H | | \ \__| |___| | |
 | H \ Philosophy of the / \ | Whether you're into game | | |
 | H | Vintage Computer |___ \ | consoles, handheld devices, | | |
 | H | Festival... | \ \ | arcade machines or personal | | |
 | H / \ \ \__| computers, there's a Mac- |_____| |
 | H | The main mission | \ | based emulator for you. | |
 | H | of the Vintage | \ | | |
 | H | Computer Festival | \ |-Jim Willing | |
 | H | is to promote the | \__| |____o |
 | H | preservation of | | Jim will demonstrate ways in | |
 | H | "obsolete" compu- |___ | which you can put computers, | |
 | H | ters by allowing | \ | new and old, back to work in | |
 | H | attendees to ex- | \_____| the classroom. Also, how to |___ |
 | H | perience the tech- | | care for your old computers. | \ |
 | H | nologies, people | | | \ |
 | H | and stories that | |-Bruce Faust | | |
 | H | embody the remark- | ______| |__o | |
 | H | able tale of the | / | Bruce will tell you every- | | |
 | H | computer revolu- | o' | thing you want to know about | | |
 | H | tion. | | the Toshiba T1100, the first | o | |
 | H |____________________| ___| "laptop" computer. |__/ | |
 | H | / | | | |
 | H o o______/ |-Manny Lemas | | |
 | H _________________________ | | o | |
 | H o__| VCF2 S P O N S O R S |___| Manny will discuss his work |__/ | |
 | H | www.haggle.com | | in the early days of the | | |
 | H____| Dr. Dobb's Journal | | microcomputer revolution, | | |
 | H |_________________________| | including publication of the | | |
 | H __| first microcomputer journal |_____| |
 | H / | and his involvement with the | | |
 
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 | H ________ ________ / | Synertek SYM-1. | | |
 | H |o \__/ | / | | | |
 | H_____| |_/ __|-Philip Belben |___o | |
 | H | Test your computer | o' | | | |
 | H | history knowledge! | | Philip will be presenting a | o |
 | H __| |__o | workshop on the pre-history | |
 | H | Nerd Trivia | __| of the graphics workstation. |_____ |
 | H | Challenge | o | | ____ O | H |
 | H o___| |_/ | |__________/ \______________| H |
 | H | Only at VCF 2.0! | / H |
 | H | | / H |
 | H _| - Also - |__/ ___________________o H |
 | H / | | / H |
 | H o' | A screening of | / __ ___ __________________ H |
 | H __| vintage computer |____/ | |__| | | H |
 | H / | sales and training | | |Someone lucky will|==-----H |
 | H | | films from the | | | go home with an | H |
 | H | __| 50s, 60s and 70s |__ | _ | | H |
 | H | | by San Francisco | /| (_) | IMSAI 8080 |==--o H |
 | H | | stock footage | / | | | H |
 | H | o_| film archive |____/ | | See the VCF web | H |
 | H o | Oddball Film+Video | | __ | site for details |==--o H |
 | H |____________________| |__| |___|__________________| H |
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 | V2.0 rev 2 http://www.siconic.com/vcf (C) SICONIC 1998 |
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