[vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker

Joseph Oprysko joprysko1 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 20 11:55:44 EST 2018


Hiya Evan,

I have a suggestion, also probably better for VCF-SE, as the guy lives in
Florida. His name is Gary Webb, he was one of the original designers of the
PCJr system. (He also has the prototype SN#1 of the PCJr motherboard, as
well as the engineering-sized schematics for the PCJr.). After IBM, I
believe he worked for Hayes (or maybe USR?). He told me some great stories
about when the team of engineers were working on the Jr.  I think he would
be a good speaker, as well as displaying his artifacts. I’ll email you off
list with his contact information.


On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:18 AM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> Love his biography. He'd be great if in the area. If not, maybe for SE
>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:02 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
> > Mark Dean
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:27 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for
> > > Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads.
> > >
> > > Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important
> > > and live reasonably close.
> > >
> > > ** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to
> > > go through me.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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