Program Book - Draft 3 - VCF East 2025
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
Looks good. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 8:01 AM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Program Book - Draft 3 - VCF East 2025 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
Jeff 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? 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! Just my 1.73 rupees ( or $0.02) 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
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
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
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
I agree with Andrew, FWIW.
On Mar 19, 2025, at 1:32 PM, Andrew Mattera <andrew.mattera@vcfed.org> wrote:
all these important machines/developments happened 30-50 years ago......
it just seemed like favoritism to bend the event this much to the Amiga
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 <mailto: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 <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM Andrew Mattera <andrew.mattera@vcfed.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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
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
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
I’ll make the argument that Microsoft is very much still in the public mind and is well represented by the BASIC dialects and MS-DOS that will be exhibited on many computers. The Amiga was probably the most popular 16/32 platform at the time and this is, after all, a vintage computer fest and all vintage platforms are celebrated. We always pick a main theme and exhibitors are encouraged to take advantage of anniversaries to draw interest. Giving equal time in the program to every anniversary negates the idea of theme. My 2¢. On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
all these important machines/developments happened 30-50 years ago......
it just seemed like favoritism to bend the event *this* much to the Amiga
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
Jeff: You missed this last year also, what about ISEC? This need not go in the brochure but it would be great to put up a sign notifying people of ISEC during the show. Best regards ... Bruce Muschlitz P.S. Went last week to LSSM and those folks probably won't attend VCF-East (but it's a great museum) -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 8:01 AM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Program Book - Draft 3 - VCF East 2025 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
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM Bruce Muschlitz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff: You missed this last year also, what about ISEC? This need not go in the brochure but it would be great to put up a sign notifying people of ISEC during the show.
Yes. We will be letting people know about ISEC and giving them InfoAge maps.
Best regards ... Bruce Muschlitz P.S. Went last week to LSSM and those folks probably won't attend VCF-East (but it's a great museum)
Yes! They are great at that museum. VCF and LSSM are great partners!
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 8:01 AM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Program Book - Draft 3 - VCF East 2025
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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