MAJOR SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR VCF EAST 2025
For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about having too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are too many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law who has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me that he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that project. I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it wasn't relevant. So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and they agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no object you can get stuff done quickly! For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga roundtables for May 4. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
Me: (Checks calendar) Ah! Good one! 😁 On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 6:01 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about having too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are too many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law who has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me that he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that project. I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it wasn't relevant.
So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and they agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no object you can get stuff done quickly!
For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga roundtables for May 4.
Take care!
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
If it wasn’t April Fools’ Day, I’d say you were joking! Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Apr 1, 2025, at 6:01 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about having too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are too many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law who has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me that he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that project. I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it wasn't relevant.
So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and they agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no object you can get stuff done quickly!
For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga roundtables for May 4.
Take care!
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
Neil, I run Windows ME for personal and business uses, I love it! definitely didn't deserve the hate it received! Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:46, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-)
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
I'm in the process of switching to Windows ME for server and workstation duties here. I think it will be a great move for my business. -Dave On 4/1/25 09:18, Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Neil,
I run Windows ME for personal and business uses, I love it! definitely didn't deserve the hate it received!
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:46, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-)
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
I thought you were switching to Windows-MEH? On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'm in the process of switching to Windows ME for server and workstation duties here. I think it will be a great move for my business.
-Dave
On 4/1/25 09:18, Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Neil,
I run Windows ME for personal and business uses, I love it! definitely didn't deserve the hate it received!
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:46, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-)
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Oh yes, the 'H'igh stability option! Compiled with that #define for fewer crashes and less data loss. -Dave On 4/1/25 09:33, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I thought you were switching to Windows-MEH?
On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'm in the process of switching to Windows ME for server and workstation duties here. I think it will be a great move for my business.
-Dave
On 4/1/25 09:18, Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Neil,
I run Windows ME for personal and business uses, I love it! definitely didn't deserve the hate it received!
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:46, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-)
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
I use Windows CE for the lowest possible hardware footprint. On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Oh yes, the 'H'igh stability option! Compiled with that #define for fewer crashes and less data loss.
-Dave
On 4/1/25 09:33, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I thought you were switching to Windows-MEH?
On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'm in the process of switching to Windows ME for server and workstation duties here. I think it will be a great move for my business.
-Dave
On 4/1/25 09:18, Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Neil,
I run Windows ME for personal and business uses, I love it! definitely didn't deserve the hate it received!
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:46, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-)
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Windows 2000 Server!! ... sorry that's all I got On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I use Windows CE for the lowest possible hardware footprint.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Oh yes, the 'H'igh stability option! Compiled with that #define for fewer crashes and less data loss.
-Dave
On 4/1/25 09:33, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I thought you were switching to Windows-MEH?
On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'm in the process of switching to Windows ME for server and workstation duties here. I think it will be a great move for my business.
-Dave
On 4/1/25 09:18, Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Neil,
I run Windows ME for personal and business uses, I love it!
definitely
didn't deserve the hate it received!
Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:46, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> > Jeff Brace > VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-)
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- Bart Hirst "This signature will now be eaten up and spit out by Velociraptors."
That's incredible, be sure to update us with your downtimes! On a serious note, I see the downsides of ME as on OS, but there really isn't anything that prevents you from using it as a daily offline machine. I have found that it's quite a pleasant experience to just use the computer and not get bombarded with all the ewaste licenses of modern "Advances in technology" Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 09:25, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I'm in the process of switching to Windows ME for server and workstation duties here. I think it will be a great move for my business.
-Dave
On 4/1/25 09:18, Andrew Mattera via vcf-midatlantic wrote: Neil, I run Windows ME for personal and business uses, I love it! definitely didn't deserve the hate it received! Thanks, Andrew Mattera
On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:46, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
LOL, should have gone with ME. ;-)
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
On 4/1/25 09:34, Andrew Mattera wrote:
That's incredible, be sure to update us with your downtimes!
I doubt the list has sufficient bandwidth for that! ;)
On a serious note, I see the downsides of ME as on OS, but there really isn't anything that prevents you from using it as a daily offline machine. I have found that it's quite a pleasant experience to just use the computer and not get bombarded with all the ewaste licenses of modern "Advances in technology"
Eh There's plenty that prevents ME from using ME (or any other Windows) as an OS, offline or otherwise, or anything else that involves that licensing BS. I have actual work to do and am not a patient person. In the morning when my alarm goes off, the first thing I do is grab my phone and check the surveillance cameras to make sure the world is still out there, then check my mail. When I first read Jeff's 4/1 joke, I wasn't quite functional yet and hadn't processed the date. It was...alarming. :) He really got me this time. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
That reminds me of a recent change to my exhibit. I'm going to be exhibiting the whole ENIAC this year. So I'm going to need a little more room for my table. BLS On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 06:00:00AM -0400, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about having too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are too many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law who has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me that he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that project. I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it wasn't relevant.
So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and they agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no object you can get stuff done quickly!
For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga roundtables for May 4.
Take care!
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM Brian L. Stuart <blstuart@bellsouth.net> wrote:
That reminds me of a recent change to my exhibit. I'm going to be exhibiting the whole ENIAC this year. So I'm going to need a little more room for my table.
Not a problem! We have plenty of empty H building space in 9036-C. Just don't put it in 9036-B otherwise someone might buy it in consignment!
BLS
On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 06:00:00AM -0400, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about having too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are too many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law who has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me that he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that project. I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it wasn't relevant.
So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and they agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no object you can get stuff done quickly!
For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga roundtables for May 4.
Take care!
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
Great... now Microsoft wants to "Embrace and Extend" VCF, too. On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 6:02 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
For the last two weeks I have received a lot of angry responses after releasing the Program Book. I've received a lot of complaints about having too much Amiga. This stems from the great misconception that there are too many Commodore speakers at VCF East. They all said that they wanted more Windows 95. They said that Microsoft was a much more innovative and important company than Commodore and that the Amiga wasn't an important milestone. Not knowing what to do, I called my brother-in-law who has worked at Microsoft since 1987 and told him my problem. He told me that he knew the team that did Windows 95. In fact he was part of that project. I had no idea! He said that he had to keep it secret for a while until it wasn't relevant.
So he was able to get me in touch with the entire Windows 95 team and they agreed to come to our show even on short notice. They were all retired, having gotten stock very early at Microsoft and therefore are independently wealthy. So in light of this I have cancelled all the Amiga talks and will replace them with Windows 95 talks. I will also change the theme of the show and art to Windows 95. I will have to trash all the t-shirts and program books, but my brother-in-law will pay for the artist and rush changes to get new t-shirts and program books. When money is no object you can get stuff done quickly!
For the Amiga fans out there, don't worry! I will be scheduling the Amiga roundtables for May 4.
Take care!
Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner
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