I just want to say that I don't think we should consider anyone as too big of a celebrity. If we could get so lucky, someone famous would give the event a huge boost. Nothing wrong with aiming high. I would love to see a VCF East with over 1,000 visitors! On Feb 18, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: The problem is that many of them are dead. I was thinking about anyone related to the creation of the integrated circuit. Or anyone that worked for Texas Instruments. We have had Apple, Commodore guys. I don't recall any TI guys, anyone from TRS? Atari? The problem is that the *big* names are far or too much of a celebrity for such a event as ours. For next year is there anyone that was at the founding of ARPANET? How about Greg Whitten? He made GW-BASIC ;) Do you have a list of speakers from the past, so that we don't suggest someone who has already spoken? On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:49 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
How about John Dilks
Funny timing. I'm seeing him this Wednesday.
Sorry to shoot down most of the ideas presented so far. Really looking for someone new and exciting.
On Feb 18, 2018 9:43 PM, "Jeff Galinat" <jgalinat@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, How about John Dilks? For those not familiar, John organized PC76 in Atlantic City, which most people consider the 1st computer show in the country along with the Philadelphia shows in the years following. I know he was a panelist at VCF-E a number of years ago but as a panel member he had a small amount of time to convey his experiences with other pioneers in organizing the shows. Last time I had contact with John about 3 or 4 years ago, he was still in NJ. Regards, Jeff