Re: [vcf-midatlantic] The good old days of user groups.
Kennett Classic has an article on the Wilmington, DE PC user group archive https://www.kennettclassic.com/wilmington-de-pc-professional-users-group-pcp... and an exhibit about the user groups of the Sinclair TS1000 https://www.kennettclassic.com/the-special-interest-group-sig/ VCFed is not a user group in the traditional sense like these, but with the Internet, forums and such, a user group 2.0 Bill On Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 8:01 PM madodel via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sadly she doesn't mention today's groups like VCF. I will send Esther an email about you guys keeping the torch burning.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/the-golden-age-of-com...
The Golden Age of computer user groups
Long before subreddits, computer enthusiasts used to get together—in-person!
ESTHER SCHINDLER-8/19/2020, 7:45 AM
Pre-pandemic, Tony Bogan and I were thinking about starting up a traditional Apple II Users Group headquarted at InfoAge. Sadly, the pandemic required me to move to Charleston, SC for employment reaons (more about that soon). Maybe someone else will pick up the mantle with Tony once the idea of bringing physically people together in person with like interests is back in vogue. On 8/23/2020 9:07 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Kennett Classic has an article on the Wilmington, DE PC user group archive
https://www.kennettclassic.com/wilmington-de-pc-professional-users-group-pcp...
and an exhibit about the user groups of the Sinclair TS1000 https://www.kennettclassic.com/the-special-interest-group-sig/
VCFed is not a user group in the traditional sense like these, but with the Internet, forums and such, a user group 2.0 Bill
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 8:01 PM madodel via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sadly she doesn't mention today's groups like VCF. I will send Esther an email about you guys keeping the torch burning.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/the-golden-age-of-com...
The Golden Age of computer user groups
Long before subreddits, computer enthusiasts used to get together—in-person!
ESTHER SCHINDLER-8/19/2020, 7:45 AM
On 8/23/20 21:07, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Kennett Classic has an article on the Wilmington, DE PC user group archive
https://www.kennettclassic.com/wilmington-de-pc-professional-users-group-pcp...
and an exhibit about the user groups of the Sinclair TS1000 https://www.kennettclassic.com/the-special-interest-group-sig/
VCFed is not a user group in the traditional sense like these, but with the Internet, forums and such, a user group 2.0 Bill
VCFed itself is not but the workshops are pretty much the same as a lot of clubs that would have help sessions to build kits and repair things in the old days. Mark
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 8:01 PM madodel via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sadly she doesn't mention today's groups like VCF. I will send Esther an email about you guys keeping the torch burning.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/the-golden-age-of-com...
The Golden Age of computer user groups
Long before subreddits, computer enthusiasts used to get together—in-person!
ESTHER SCHINDLER-8/19/2020, 7:45 AM
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