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FRIDAY – April 17

TalksGlitchWorksComputer Classroom – NO EXHBITS,  NO CONSIGNMENT

TIME EVENT LOCATION
07:30 DOORS OPEN

Exhibitors and Vendors arrive to set up their tables.

08:00 BREAKFAST
The cafeteria is open to 2:30 pm today.
Location 7
08:00 Signup for Classes

Put your name on the sign-up sheet in the classroom, to attend any of the 1-hour Learn to Program sessions.

Lobby
09:00 – 17:00 Learn to Solder!
(Adults Only)
Location 2D
09:00 – 17:00 Computer Classes

Computer Workshop 
(GlitchWorks) 

Learn to Program 

Location 3 (Right Door)

Location 3 (Left Door)

09:00 – 09:50 Location 5
10:00 – 10:50 Artifacts: an Archaeologist’s Year in Silicon Valley – Christine Finn Location 5
10:00 – 18:00 VCF Museum Open Location 8
11:00 – 11:50  Why Ohio Scientific was Great (and why have you never heard of it?)

Crawford Griffith

Learn the history and products of Ohio Scientific – one of the first wave microcomputer vendors.

Location 5
11:30  –  14:30 LUNCH served in the cafeteria Location 7
12:00 – 12:50  LUNCH BREAK 
12:00 – 17:00  InfoAge Museums Open

  • Computer Museum
  • Military Technology Museum
  • Radio Technology Museum
  • Shipwreck Museum
  • Model Railroad Museum
  • Space Exploration Center
Location: Campus wide

Pick up an InfoAge campus map from the Merch Shop in the Lobby.

13:00 – 13:50 HEART OF NEON: They Don’t Make Games Like They Used To

Paul Docherty

Location 5
14:00 – 15:30 Still Alive: Commodore, Then and Now

Special Host: Sophi Kravits

Hear unfiltered Commodore stories from Albert Charpentier, Bil Herd, Joyce Weisbecker and other guests. Attend to enter a chance to win an Ultimate 64!

Location 5
14:30 Cafeteria Closes
15:30 – 15:50 Location 5
16:00 – 17:00 Building the Dutch National Computer Museum – Bart Van Den Akker Location 5
17:00 – 17:50 Retrocomputing in the Age of AI

Salvatore Paxia

Location 5
17:00 – 20:00  Consignment Drop-Off Open.  (Drop-Off ONLY)

CONSIGNMENT is at Location 4 

The consignment room is where you can buy and sell vintage computer related items.

Main Consignment Page

If you are interested in consignment, send a message to consign-east@vcfed.org

18:00 DOORS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
22:00 SITE CLOSES.  End of Exhibitors / Vendors setup time.
Updated April 12, 2026.