Adam Rosen who passed away in 2019 was a Macintosh enthusiast and had hosted the vintagemacmuseum website. His father Robert Rosen sent me this press release about his collection being on display in Montana:
ACRM Opens Vintage Mac Museum Exhibit 8-26-2021
Ever wonder about the roots of today’s technological society?
Did you spend the Covid-19 lockdown nostalgically playing old video games from the past on an emulator?
Do you want to get hands-on with computers ranging from the 1960’s thru the late 1980’s?
Come to the Vintage Computer Festival East in Wall NJ on October 8th thru 10th, 2021!
On Friday, October 8th, there are classes in everything from CRT display repair to hands-on building your own Intel 8085 board set computer.
On Saturday and Sunday, join us for hands-on exhibits of vintage and classic computers along with talks from the people who were at the beginning of what makes today’s world of technology common place. Talks include Dr. Ted Nelson, the pioneer of hypertext, the building block of the World Wide Web.
Listen to stories from Scott Adams, who brought adventure gaming to personal computers and David Ahl, who literally wrote the book, “Basic Computer Gaming”, that fueled many early home computer purchases.
Hear stories from Bil Herd’s years at Commodore and get him to sign his new book!
Hear from Bill Mensch about how a small microchip company from Pennsylvania in the 1970’s created a 6502 microprocessor that would not only power the home computer and home video game revolution thru the 1980’s but is still in use today in consumer devices.
For tickets, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vintage-computer-festival-east-2021-tickets-157239897767?aff=affiliate1
Learn more about the Vintage Computer Festival East at https://vcfed.org/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east
Pictures from VCF East 2019: here and here
Click HERE to download our 8 & 1/2″ x 11″ flyer.
As announced at VCF West we are starting a West Coast Chapter of the Vintage Computer Federation.
If you are interested please sign up here.
Thank You!
Please note that VCF West is happening as planned. The Computer History Museum recently announced that they will be reopening to the public on September 1st. This is for their exhibits. Their rental space, such as the one the VCF is using, will be open earlier and VCF West will go on as planned on August 7th and 8th.
We will be closing Exhibit Registrations immediately after the July 4th weekend. All registrations must be completed by July 6th to be accepted.
Please note: We have the opportunity to support analog phone lines at this year’s event. Please let me know if that is something you want to take advantage of.
Speaker schedules and other particulars will be announced shortly.
The July Repair Workshop will be at System Source.
The Vintage Computer Federation and the System Source Computer Museum are hosting a vintage computer workshop on Saturday July 10th and Sunday July 11th 2021 at:
System Source Computer Museum
338 Clubhouse Road,
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
A few pictures from our pre-COVID event: Details below!
Sign up here
Plenty of free parking, short walk from Baltimore’s light rail (Gilroy Road Stop)
We will open at 9:00 AM on Saturday July10th, 2021 and will lock up by 7:30 PM.
We will go to dinner afterwards.
If you are interested in dinner, then please indicate on the signup form.
We will open at 9:00 AM on Sunday July 11th and lock up at 5:00 PM
Accommodations: Try https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g41196-Hunt_Valley_Maryland-Hotels.html
Feel free to talk with others about sharing a room.
Food: There are plenty of restaurants within a short drive. We will have a catered Indian buffet on Saturday at cost ($12.00?) and catered Barbecue ($12.00?) on Sunday for those who sign up.
We will feature tours of the museum throughout both days and several mini-workshops:
If you need a machine to work on, please let me know. We have lots of computers awaiting restoration!
Let others know what you are working on the SIGNUP SHEET
If you have unusual needs, (220 Volts, fork lift, etc please email Bob Roswell at museum@syssrc.com
Bob Roswell
broswell@syssrc.com
https://museum.syssrc.com
410-771-5544 x 4336
Sorry for the delay, but we wanted to make sure everything was in place as we start gearing up for VCF East 2021!
Our assumption is that we will be doing a live show with few restrictions as things are looking really good in New Jersey and are expected to be even better by October.
This is the link for registration of your exhibit for VCF East:
Over the next few weeks we will be sending out updates on VCF East 2021. We already have some exciting speakers lined up for the show and we have some changes to the show that I hope everyone will find exciting and make it a more festive Festival.
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Jeff Brace
Vice President & Board Member
Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
http://www.vcfed.org/
vcfeast AT vcfed.org.
We are pleased to announce that the Vintage Computer Festival West is returning to a live show format with this year’s show. Last year’s virtual event was great, but it’ll be good to get back together in person and, of course, we can have a consignment space at a live event! The event will be held on August 7th and 8th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
VCF Southeast is back!
August 20-22, 2021.
This year they’re at a NEW LOCATION!
They will be at the Marriott Renaissance Waverly in Atlanta, GA.
This year they’re co-located with the Southern Fried Gaming Expo (who are sponsoring their space!)
There will be Speakers, Exhibits, Hands-on Activities, Consignment, Vendors, Concessions,
For complete information, exhibit registration and updates, please follow this link: https://vcfed.org/festivals/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/
THE SWAP MEET IS A GO FOR SATURDAY APRIL 24!
GREAT WEATHER IS EXPECTED!
We are open from 1PM to 5PM: https://vcfed.org/vcf-museum
The Vintage Computer Federation Museum is located nearby the swap meet and is part of InfoAge Science and History museums.
InfoAge and VCF Museums are open every Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday from 1PM to 5PM
InfoAge museums: infoage.org.
