[vcf-midatlantic] The good old days of user groups.

[madodel]

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-pcpug/
>
> 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 at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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>> Sadly she doesn't mention today's groups like VCF. I will send Esther an
>> email about you guys keeping the torch burning.
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>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/the-golden-age-of-computer-user-groups/
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>>    The Golden Age of computer user groups
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>>      Long before subreddits, computer enthusiasts used to get
>>      together—in-person!
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>> ESTHER SCHINDLER-8/19/2020, 7:45 AM
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