It’s almost time for Vintage Computer Festival West XIII! The show is August 4-5 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
You’ll find dozens of hands-on exhibits, incredible lectures, a huge consignment sale, and much more — plus the museum’s own tours and hands-on demos.
There is still time to register your exhibit, but it’s tight! Go here ASAP to sign up. We also need more volunteers! Email the event producer erik@vcfed.org if you can be a helper.
Vintage Computer Festival West XIII is August 4-5 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Check out the exhibits so far, register your own exhibit, and check out the speaker list!
Vintage Computer Festival East XIII is almost here. You’ll find 32 hands-on exhibits, 15 tech talks, 3 incredible keynotes, our biggest consignment room ever, vendors, club tables, kit workshops, learn-to-solder classes, museum tours, food, and much more! Click here for all the details about tickets, the schedule, directions, lodging, and everything else you need to know to make the most of your experience here.
Congratulations to our partners at Vintage Computer Festival Southeast (via the Atlanta Historical Computing Society) and Vintage Computer Festival Italia (via the Vintage Computer Club Italia) for their successful events last weekend and this weekend! Both groups posted pictures on their Facebook pages: Southeast, Italia.
Next up are our two flagships: Vintage Computer Festival East (May 18-20) and Vintage Computer Festival West (August 4-5). There’s also a great fall event, Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, hosted by our friends at Chicago Classic Computing.
One more new added benefit… aside from FREE ADMISSION…
We will also have a sneak preview screening and feedback session for an upcoming documentary Love Notes to Newton (click link for trailer).
We’ve also revealed our shirt design for VCF SE 6.0! (we will make them available to folks who are unable to attend, please contact Earl Baugh for more info)….
To get a flavor of what you might see…
A pleasant change has come to the VCF SE 6.0 event — ADMISSION IS FREE!
The show is opening April 21st… so in just a few days!
The event is taking place at the currently under construction Computer Museum of America in Roswell, Georgia.
Visitors will be able to view the museum’s artifacts and construction in progress through viewing panels but due to the ongoing construction will sadly not be able to tour the new exhibit area. You will be among the first to see architectural plans, a 3D model and exhibit design drawings of the museum.
Also don’t forget the VCF SE 6.0 Show itself!
Learn about the development of the Commodore VIC-20 (the first computer to sell 1 million units) and the creation of our favorite text-based adventure games with our two keynotes speakers: Michael Tomczyk and Scott Adams!
We have 32+ exhibits so far. A highlight will be to come see two kickstarter backed replica projects: the Open Enigma and Open DSKY (Apollo Guidance Computer). The creators of these kits will be present at the show. If you get inspired, you will be able to pick up a kit as they will have some on hand.
Exhibit registration is well underway for VCF East XIII (May 18-20) and now it’s open for VCF West XIII too (August 4-5). Click here to learn about the exhibiting process and reserve your space!
Italy has art, culture, history, literature, and science. Now it also has a Vintage Computer Festival, organized by Vintage Computer Club Italia. The show is April 28-29 in Rome. Click here for the details.
There will be more than 30 exhibits and 14 presentations, including experts on the history of the Olivetti Programma 101 and Apple history in Italy. Also speaking is Lee Felsenstein of the Homebrew Computer Club, Processor Technology, and Osborne.
Learn about the development of the Commodore VIC-20 (the first computer to sell 1 million units) and the creation of our favorite text-based adventure games with our two keynotes speakers: Michael Tomczyk and Scott Adams!
Our exhibit space is filling up fast… and a highlight will be to come see two kickstarter backed replica projects: the Open Enigma and Open DSKY (Apollo Guidance Computer). The creators of these kits will be present at the show. If you get inspired, you will be able to pick up a kit as they will have some on hand.
Learn about our UNIVAC restoration, hacking the Apollo 14 guidance computer, and developing the ARPAnet routers! Bill Dromgoole, Don Eyles, and Dave Walden are this year’s keynote speakers.