> I just returned home from my voyage to Munich for the VCF 1.0e and I
> am happy to report that it went rather well, in fact as well as expected.
> A little over 100 people came through over the course of the weekend.
Don't make it smaller - we had between 155 and 170 visitors
(155 are counted, but at least a dozend sliped thru open doors
along the hallway).
> There were some great exhibits, including a complete VAX 11/850 setup
> and running, an Atari 1450XLD (only a few of these exist), some rare
> East German microcomputers, and even an Inca Quipu!
And
several CP/M systems (ABC 80, BigBoard, ...)
P2000 portable
Philips Tek,
Several Calculators (including a Russian, and a punch card operated)
Sharp MZ80K, operating an egg cutting machine
A Whole Series of Macs
PETs (Original, 2001, 4016, 8032, 8296SK, B500)
Bunch of Como Homecomputers (C16, VC20, VIC20, C64, C128, C128D, C128D Portable, C116, SX64)
(Almost) All 8-Bit Ataries ever made (Gamesystem was missing)
A ZX81 Superdisplay (ZX81 whit almost everything and a Harddisk :)
Several other Homecomputer (Amiga, CPC, etc.)
A Huge Pile of DEC Stuff, including a VAX 11/750
Two NS 32xxx based systems
And of course the MUNIAC.
> After the event was over, Hans, Philip and myself went on a three day
> whirlwind tour around Germany. Three days couped up in a car with a
> wacky Bavarian is more torture than anyone should ever be subjected to,
> but Philip and I managed to make it through the ordeal without too many
> psychological scars (I enter long term counseling tomorrow). Of course
> you may get slightly differing opinions from Philip but pay him no mind ;)
Errr... I'd use some different words, but at the moment
my mental health crew allows me not to use any of the
words Sallam told me... :)
> Thanks to everyone who helped with VCF 1.0e, and of course extra-
> special thanks go to Hans Franke for making it a reality. I also thank
> him for teaching me some particularly juicy German. As my reportoire of
> languages grows I will soon be able to insult and offend people the world
> over!
(Again, my doctors tell me not to responde :))
Anyway, it has been a lot of fun (I'm still searching for the
Sundays winner of the give away), and Thank You to all of you.
> Pictures of VCF 1.0e will be posted to the VCF website soon. Stay
> tuned for details.
> We'll see you all at the next VCF!
For shure - and eVCF 2.0 will be held on April 28th & 29th,
2001, again here in Munich. The VCF virus will spread out
onto the world.
Gruss
H.
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VCF Europa am 29./30. April 2000 in Muenchen
http://www.vintage.org/vcfe
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Received on Mon May 08 2000 - 08:42:03 BST