Throwing down the gauntlet: Idea for VCF East 2024 theme
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme. Thoughts? Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
I like this idea and know a few folks I might be able to convince to come based on that! - Dave
On Apr 10, 2023, at 11:43 AM, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
We've also discussed the fact that May 1964 makes the next VCF a close proximity to the anniversary of the first release of the Basic Programming Language. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 11:56 AM David Riley via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I like this idea and know a few folks I might be able to convince to come based on that!
- Dave
On Apr 10, 2023, at 11:43 AM, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
The first VCF East I went to (8.0, in 2012) featured Thomas Kurtz. He gave a great talk. - Dave
On Apr 10, 2023, at 11:58 AM, ☼ wil lindsay ☼ <wm.lindsay@gmail.com> wrote:
We've also discussed the fact that May 1964 makes the next VCF a close proximity to the anniversary of the first release of the Basic Programming Language.
I think that it's really wild that Day 3 of VCF East 2024 could well be the 60th anniversary of the S/360Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone -------- Original message --------From: David Riley <fraveydank@gmail.com> Date: 4/10/23 11:56 (GMT-05:00) To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Dan FitzGerald <danjfitzgerald@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Throwing down the gauntlet: Idea for VCF East 2024 theme I like this idea and know a few folks I might be able to convince to come based on that!- Dave> On Apr 10, 2023, at 11:43 AM, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:> > I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but> I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of> the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend> _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding> VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take> advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe> theme.> > Thoughts?> > Regards,> Dan FitzGerald> They/Them/Theirs> http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
The 360 is certainly worthy of recognition in some form at the event, but as a general theme for the show it may be difficult for most exhibitors to tie themselves to a 360 theme. Of course the other noteworthy anniversary (with a distinctly anti-IBM theme) is the Macintosh and its famous Super Bowl intro… Sent from my iPad
On Apr 10, 2023, at 11:44 AM, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
Personally I like that Macintosh theme Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Apr 10, 2023, at 12:00 PM, Glenn Roberts via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
The 360 is certainly worthy of recognition in some form at the event, but as a general theme for the show it may be difficult for most exhibitors to tie themselves to a 360 theme.
Of course the other noteworthy anniversary (with a distinctly anti-IBM theme) is the Macintosh and its famous Super Bowl intro…
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 10, 2023, at 11:44 AM, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
I like this. It should be added to the list of Anniversaries. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tkjGQhbQDW54asShsCCSn_ERgb2byDEF_l5a... Also 2024 will be 40 years of the Mac, Commodore C16 and Plus4 On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 11:45 AM Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
On 4/10/23 11:43, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
It would not be out of the question for LSSM to bring in one of our mainframes for a running exhibit. It would take some planning, but I think there's sufficient time. I'll discuss it with people here and see what we can come up with. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
On 4/11/2023 12:56 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On 4/10/23 11:43, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
It would not be out of the question for LSSM to bring in one of our mainframes for a running exhibit. It would take some planning, but I think there's sufficient time.
I'll discuss it with people here and see what we can come up with.
Dave, Let me know what the power requirements are - strong possibility I can being in a large UPS system to protect the LSSM system from the InfoAge electrical system Martin
On 4/11/23 17:47, Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
It would not be out of the question for LSSM to bring in one of our mainframes for a running exhibit. It would take some planning, but I think there's sufficient time.
I'll discuss it with people here and see what we can come up with.
Let me know what the power requirements are - strong possibility I can being in a large UPS system to protect the LSSM system from the InfoAge electrical system
Thanks Martin. Let's discuss it in a few months; this is just an idea at this point. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Dangit! We lost Fred Brooks in 2022 :-/ He would have been an ideal the keynote speaker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month On 4/10/2023 11:43 AM, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
I have a theme picked out for next year. I hope that everyone likes it. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 11:44 AM Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I don't know if anybody has talked about themes for VCF East 2024, but I realized that Sunday, April 7, 2024 will be the 60th anniversary of the launch of the IBM System/360. That will also be the weekend _after_ Easter, and thus be around the time when we would be holding VCF East 2024. I think that this is a very good opportunity to take advantage of these coincidences and do a System/360 or IBM mainframe theme.
Thoughts?
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org
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