On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 12:20 PM Wil via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Where these all recorded and will they be online?
All the talks in Room 1 were recorded and will be made available within a few weeks. The A/V group needs time to edit and process them for the best audio and video available.
Wish I could have made it, and yeah it is funny how folks that were "influencers" from back in the day would have had millions of followers on social media if it existed back then. For me all knowledge came from computer clubs, books and magazines, everything you hear was word of mouth and isolated for most folks. And it was once a month!
Yes. I have learned a lot these days as back in the day there was limited availability of information about what really happened in the companies and who the people were. So glad that I joined this group to see and meet the creators of my favorite machines!
On Apr 28, 2022 12:02, Jeff S via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I find it interesting to learn that people who were key players in the industry had lost touch with their own legacy to some extent. At least that's my take on Christian's story.
I don't mean that in a bad way. I just find it interesting how a resurgence of popularity over someone's originally popular creation can stray so much from the original creator's perspective.
Jeff Salzman
On Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 10:37 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I wanted to share some great moments for me from VCF 2022. I owned a C64, Amiga 500, Amiga 2000 and Amiga 3000, I worked in an Amiga only store and I worked on their ad campaign. So for me this was a big deal.
Where do I start? Albert Charpentier was sitting in the small couch area in building 9010D and he was talking about his history and what he did at Commodore. Why he designed what he did and what he did afterwards. It was wonderful.
Some small tidbits:
He designed the VIC because he liked video games. I thought that was a great bit of trivia.
He wanted to make a "Commodore 80" and he wanted to use an Intel Chip.
He never heard of the C64 being called the "VW Beetle" of computers and was surprised with all the people making clones. He knew the VIC-20 and C64 were big sellers but didn't seem to realize the impact to so many people. I have to say, the staff from Commodore really don't know how much of an impact their work did.
Later on I took him to see the Univac and he was very impressed. He was also impressed by the PDP-8. He had worked on a PDP-8 at one time and was surprised to see one
At the Commodore Panel Hedley Davis admitted they didn't like the look of the Amiga 2000. Personally I like the A2000 case but they explained that the A3000 was an aesthetic choice. I also didn't know about the joystick design issue they had.
I also realized I want to buy Andy Finkel's shirt collection.