Maybe we should make the “Program Book” a real book, adding more pictures and pages with a short story on each. WAIT Maybe it should stay a it is. Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Mar 19, 2025, at 1:59 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM Andrew Mattera <andrew.mattera@vcfed.org> wrote:
all these important machines/developments happened 30-50 years ago......
Yes. Don't forget the Cray-2!
it just seemed like favoritism to bend the event *this* much to the Amiga
Are you saying the Amiga isn't important? Everyone has their bias toward one computer or generation of computer or another. Who's to say that you are right and they are wrong. As showrunner I have to be agnostic in being biased towards one computer or another. Otherwise we will start the vintage computer holy wars again! There is only one Amiga exhibitor and many diverse other exhibits. A theme or an anniversary is only a guide... I switch it to something else each cycle.
In 10 years you can invite all the local Windows 95 developers that exist in our area.
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Mar 19, 2025, at 13:15, Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> wrote:
Don't forget the IBM 7531 and 7532 which came out in 1985!
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM Randall Kindig <randall.kindig@gmail.com> wrote:
The Atari ST was also released in 1985.
On Mar 19, 2025, at 11:54 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM Andrew Mattera < andrew.mattera@vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff
Great questions! And only 2 weeks to go before the show starts. I can certainly change everything at this point.
I thought the theme of this year was the "sound of vintage"? Why is it
all
the way on the last page? Why's the Amiga on the front?
The Amiga's on the front to celebrate the 40th anniversary. There are many anniversaries including Microsoft's founding on April 4, 1975, The Altair, Windows 95, etc. I had to choose one. This is the graphic that will be on the t-shirt. The Sound of Vintage was chosen because it is a general theme for the exhibitors as well as the talks that can be done by a wide range of computers and devices.
I get that the Amiga turns 40 this year. But if we're celebrating anniversaries aren't we missing a big one? Win 95 turns 30 this year!
We can't celebrate *all *of the anniversaries. We have to pick one.
Everyone is going to say why not this anniversary or that one. Well I had to pick one. In 5 or 10 years I can do Windows 95 and we can invite Bill Gates to come give a talk.
Keep in mind that we are going to have a big Amiga presence at both VCF East and VCF West. Two Amiga roundtables at East. At West there will be a huge exhibit area and likely many Amiga speakers. How many people are interested in a Windows 95? I couldn't tell you, but it's likely far less than Amiga, Altar, etc. At least for now. That could change over time. We *do* have one exhibit with Windows 95 and we have one in our museum too.
Just my 1.73 rupees ( or $0.02)
I only accept Brace Coins.
If you'd like to be part of the planning, then come help me next year. I'm short on volunteers and long on outside opinions.
Sincerely,
Braceman
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Mar 19, 2025, at 08:07, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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