VCF mentioned in UK newspaper

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Thu Oct 1 17:20:04 1998

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Pete Joules wrote:

> There was write up of the VCF in todays Guardian, it included a picture
> of an Altair and a wooden Apple, along with an account of Ray Holt's
> talk.

Oh good! Is there a pointer to this article on the web? If not, could
you PLEASE transcribe it for me and e-mail it along? (PS. the wooden
Apple would probably be the Apple 1).

> It also says the it was organised by "...Sam Ismail, a goateed,
> hyperactive young programmer who started his own collection of 200
> machines 11 years ago...". Is this a fair description Sam? ;-)

Pretty much. Except it understates the total number of machines in my
collection :)

> PS Congratulations, Sam, on what seems to have been a very sucessful
> event.

Thanks!

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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