[vcf-midatlantic] Computer People for Peace

[Christian Liendo]

Wow I never saw this

What I noticed right away was $240/month rent.

More like $2400 now

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:06 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic
<vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> I was reading through some People's Computer Company newspapers and came
> upon a reference to a group called the Computer People for Peace.  I did
> some research and found that they were active from 1969-1973 and they put
> out their own newsletter, based out of Brooklyn, NY.  So, for you who care
> about MidAtlantic history, here is a link to the archive and articles I
> compiled.
>
> http://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=761
>
> Some of you may not know exactly how militant they were against IBM back
> then.  Someone bombed one of their offices back during this time.  I have a
> 1968 ComputerWorld article about it.  The late 60's have a rich computer
> history if you care to explore beyond the 80's :-)
>
> I plan to make an exhibit of some of this at Kennett Classic some day,
> after the current exhibits are done.
>
> Bill