Conventions

What a difference 24 hours makes! Since last night’s announcement, we have now seen various state governments recommend cancelling all large gatherings in light of the “continued outbreak and to aggressively mitigate the spread of the virus.” in the words of the Governor of NJ. As such, VCF East 2020 …

With due consideration for the current Corona virus situation, our hopes are that The Vintage Computer Festival West 2020 will take place, as usual, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA on August 1st and 2nd.   This year, …

The short story: VCF PNW 2020 has been cancelled The longer story: King County health officials are asking event organizers to consider postponing events where large groups of people will be present.  As a result, Living Computers:Museum+Labs has closed and will remain closed until further notice. I’d like to thank …

Come join us March 21st and March 22nd in Seattle at VCF PNW 2020! Look forward to: 24 Exhibits featuring big-iron, classic 8 bitters, replicas, and even new machines! 6 Presentations including Bil Herd and Joe Decuir, IEEE Fellow! Take part in our very first Vintage Computer Typing Contest! …

VCF East 2020 is coming soon (Friday, Saturday, Sunday April 24-26, 2020) so start planning your exhibits now! The overall theme this year is The 6502 Processor in remembrance of Chuck Peddle and the 45th anniversary of its creation. In addition to 6502 themed exhibits, we need a wide array …

What: Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2020When: Saturday March 21st and Sunday March 22ndWhere: Living Computers:Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington. Web site: http://vcfed.org/vcf-pnw Why … So you can share your favorite old computers and projects in person with like-minded others for two full days at a great venue. This is one …

The Vintage Computer Federation Museum will be closed for the entire month of January due to renovations. We are excited about the improvements planned. We will update everyone when the renovations are completed. The repair workshop is still scheduled for January 25 & 26. …

Chuck Peddle, a pioneer in the personal computing industry passed away on December 15th. Chuck was on the team at Motorola who worked on the 6800 microprocessor. Based on his experience and belief that a lower cost alternative was needed, Chuck and several engineers left Motorola to create the 6502 …

For those of you in northern Europe, remember that VCFe-CH is this next weekend! When: Saturday, November 30th and Sunday, December 1stWhere: The Rote Fabrik cultural center on the shores of Lake Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland For more detail see http://vcfe.ch/doku.php. The post VCF Europa – Switzerland 2019 appeared first …

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