April 2022 - vcf-midatlantic

Tony Scara passed on April 1
by Christian Liendo 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

If you are from NJ and have been to Ham events you may know of Tony Scara. He was a computer tech who lived in Piscataway NJ. He was a collector and fan of vintage technology. He worked for Electronic Associates, Inc. (EAI), he also worked for another computer company that I forget right now before joining Rutgers University working on computers there. He had a whole house of machines that slowly dwindled away as people bought them. I couldn't believe his collection. I purchased a number of items from him ( one of the northstar horizon in VCF's collection came from him as well as an EAI computer), during that time we got to talking and started a friendship. I brought him to VCF which he enjoyed but he couldn't walk too much because he was in his 80s. We stopped and instead I would share photos and we would talk about machines back then. I didn't get to see him much in the last few years because of COVID and because he was in his 90s now and so we would talk on the phone. He didn't get to hang out with us, but he was one of us. He really enjoyed talking about old technology. I know other people have bought from him, I know other people have met him. I hope you have as fond memories as I do

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Museum Coverage during VCF East
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

We still need museum coverage during VCF East. I have 3 different people signed up so far. We just need 1 or 2 hours of your time. This way we can spread it out amongst everyone. Time we need coverage: 10 AM to 3 PM, Friday, April 22 12 PM to 3 PM, Sunday, April 24 Send me an off-list reply if you want to do an hour or two. Thanks so much! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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OT: Invisible Threads movie screening at InfoAge May 21 & 22 at 7PM
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

A movie about wireless inventions and inventors including Tesla and Marconi: https://www.invisiblethreadsfilm.com/ at InfoAge May 21 & 22 at 7PM. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Apple II Classroom at VCF East - April 22, 23, 24
by Adam Michlin 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Hi Everyone, For years, I've dreamed of recreating an Apple II classroom at VCF East. This was all planned to happen in April of 2020, but, of course, the best laid plans... With partners in crime Tony Bogan, Dean Notarnicola, Stephen A. Edwards and Javier A. Rivera we're going to try again for April of 2022 at VCF East - April 22, 23, 24 - at InfoAge Science & History Museums in Wall, NJ. Classes will include Retrobriting, Joystick Repair (bring your broken Apple II joysticks!), Intro to 6502 Assembly, Intro to Apple BASIC, Advanced 6502 Assembly and many more! Most excitingly, various classes will run all three days, carefully spaced to avoid the larger events, so consider planning on attending for all three days, if you can! Or just stop by during lunch time and play some Apple II games. Full schedule: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-apple-8bit… And to answer the most likely questions, classes will be first come first serve and be held in the CDL Classroom. Please forward this email far and wide! Best wishes, -Adam --- Adam Michlin Social Media Specialist Vintage Computer Federation https://www.facebook.com/vcfederation https://twitter.com/vcfederation https://www.instagram.com/vcfederation/

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Rope lights for VCF East
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Does anyone have any rope lights that we could borrow for VCF East? If so, then please reply off list. Thanks! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Advertising VCFe 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

I will be on Bil Herd's YouTube stream to promote VCF East. The show will start at 2PM on April 8 on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BilHerd. Bil had been talking up VCF East for weeks talking about: 1) The C64 schematics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wULKtIE-SI&t=5s) 2) Al Charpentier, VIC I and VIC II chip designer ( https://youtu.be/JeGCC2Kgqik) 3) Dave Haynie and Amiga (https://youtu.be/6ZT209i-3Lo) I will also be joining CDL's Facebook stream ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/129849193755962) on Monday, April 18 at 7PM to talk about VCF East. Kay Savetz (Antic Podcast) continues to promote our show on his show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgtj2VfQ6MvKRn3Gr_OGykA FYI: I wrote an article for IEEE Annals of the History of Computing which was recently published: Volume 44, Issue 1. If anyone else knows of anywhere else we can advertise, please let me know. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Exhibit Registration is closed! VCF East 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Apr '22

02 Apr '22

5 Vendors 37 exhibitors Total of 65 tables! Thanks everyone for such exciting sounding exhibits! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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No Joke I will be on Bil Herd's YouTube Stream today 4/1/22
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

Bil Herd asked me to be on his show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGIpShHuo3SuL89XLNiVR6g Show starts at 2PM EDT. This is to help promote Vintage Computer Federation in general, and Vintage Computer Festival East 2022. There will be a few Commodore talks at the show. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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