Great ideas I like them all, if you need some help let me know by private
e-mail. John
At 06:36 PM 1/31/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>I just thought I'd give yous guys a sneak peek of some of the things I am
>working on...
>
>The Vintage Computer Festival v2.0 - the continuation of the legacy! ;)
>This year's show will be bigger and better than the first. More vendors,
>a bigger exhibition, more great speakers and workshops, more more more!
>Tentatively scheduled for late summer. Keep your eyes open for further
>announcements.
>
>The First Vintage Computer Festival Auction - you won't want to miss this.
>There will be a bunch of incredible stuff auctioned off this spring to
>help fund VCF 2.0. Check the VCF web page (www.siconic.com/vcf) this May
>for details.
>
>A new & improved VCF web-site. Thanks to TCI's cable modem service, I'll
>be hosting my own internet services. Among other things, I will launch a
>vintage computer software archive. Online history, trivia, interviews
>with industry legends, a comprehensive vintage computer gallery, and a
>comprehensive list of links to other vintage computer sites on the web.
>This will become the one-stop shop for vintage computing.
>
>The Vintage Computer Collector & Trader Web BBS. This will be a BBS as
>was discussed a couple weeks ago in the discussion. It will provide two
>services. First, it will offer free advertising for those wanting to
>buy/sell/trade vintage computer hardware, software, literature, etc.
>Second, it will provide a registry for those wanting to network with other
>collectors around the country. Post a message describing what you want
>and how much you're willing to pay. Other collectors around the country
>scour their local flea markets, thrift stores and salvage yards looking
>for your requests. You work out the final details with each other.
>Automatic database management insures that requests stay current. Stale
>requests get removed automatically.
>
>The Vintage Computer Software Archives - the plan is for an FTP site with
>all manner of software archives for all platforms: CP/M, DOS, Unix,
>microcomputers (Apple, Atari, Commodore, TI, Radio Shack, etc.),
>mini-computers (DEC, Data General, Sun, IBM, etc.), mainframes...whatever
>is legal to archive and make publicly available will be there. The
>archived equivalents of disks, magnetic tapes, paper tapes, punch cards,
>whatever, will be made available for download.
>
>ALL THIS AND SO MUCH MORE! A VERITABLE NERD EXTRAVAGANZA TO SATISFY YOUR
>VINTAGE COMPUTER HUNGER!
>
>Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar_at_siconic.com
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>Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer,
Jackass
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> Coming Soon...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0
> See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!
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Received on Mon Feb 02 1998 - 18:15:24 GMT