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VCF East Consignment System is up!
by Jeffrey Brace 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

We have a 7000 square foot space this year. Consignment info: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-consignmen… Consignment system: https://nexopos.vcfed.org/ Enjoy! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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Brian Kernighan - VCF East - Saturday, April 5, 5PM
by Jeffrey Brace 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Brian Kernighan will be interviewed at VCF East on Saturday, April 5, 5PM by Stephen Edwards, a Computer Science professor at Columbia University who has spoken at VCF East in the past will be interviewing him on his 2019 book: UNIX a history and a memoir. If you don't know who Brian is: He co-wrote the first C programming book, co-wrote AWK, wrote ditroff, etc. He worked at Bell labs for years. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Two Amiga roundtables at VCF East 2025!
by Jeffrey Brace 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Saturday, April 5 at 3PM: https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-saturday-roundtable/ Sunday, April 6 at 3PM: https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-sunday-roundtable/ Early Bird Tickets: https://vcfed.org/2025/03/16/non-member-ticket-pricing-vcf-east/ Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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Program Book - Draft 3 - VCF East 2025
by Jeffrey Brace 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

The VCF East 2025 program book is almost finished. This is the final draft. It goes to the printers tonight (Wednesday 3/19) at 10PM. Please let me know what you think: https://vcfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vcfeast2025program_draft3.pdf Take care! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR VCF EAST 2025!
by Jeffrey Brace 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

We don't have the Sea Cadets this year, so we will need more volunteers for our show. Please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRIqB1ZuseQ2ANYszT2RTw2_AMnnCv0ZI… Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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Were there more 68K Macs or PPC Macs made?
by John Heritage 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

Just curious were there more Motorola 68000 series macs made then PPC? I know mac sales started slow. But Mac sales also slowed in the mid to late 1990s when the PPCs were shipping. 68K macs and PPC macs also sold for nearly the same number of years. There were also clones of 68K (maybe PPC?).

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Cool/Handy Commodore Add-on Product
by Chris Fala 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E697SRqN2Sg

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VCF EAST 2025 TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Mar '25

16 Mar '25

https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-tickets/ Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying
by Jeffrey Jonas 16 Mar '25

16 Mar '25

relayed from good 'old USENET: [EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation, kind of like an ACLU focusing on tech/privacy issues and then some...] In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans. Mark didn't set out to change the world. For 22 years, he was a telecommunications technician for AT&T, most of that in San Francisco. But he always had a strong sense of right and wrong and a commitment to privacy. ...... When the New York Times reported in late 2005 that the NSA was engaging in spying inside the U.S., Mark realized that he had witnessed how it was happening. He also realized that the President was not telling Americans the truth about the program. And, though newly retired, he knew that he had to do something. He showed up at EFF's front door in early 2006 with a simple question: "Do you folks care about privacy?" =========== rest: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower…

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] IBM Documents in Boston
by Dave McGuire 15 Mar '25

15 Mar '25

On 3/13/25 14:16, Mike Rieker via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I'm local too as a backup. Thank you Mike. The guy has agreed to donate the documentation to LSSM for scanning. It is...a LARGE pile. A friend of mine in Boston has been threatening to visit soon; we might be able to leverage his trip for this. Let's see how it goes; we may need your help as well. Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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