[vcf-midatlantic] Announcing the AppleII Classroom *ALL THREE DAYS* at VCF East 2020

Bill Degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Tue Feb 4 10:26:39 EST 2020


I exhibited in 2012 a 30th anniversary exhibit @ vcf8...  I had some good
hardware but the exhibit itself was bland, I was trying to create a big
blue room but it did not work the way I had wished.

http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf8/Degnan_exhibit_Kottke-pic1.jpg

http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf8/

Bill

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 9:48 AM Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> For the record, I'll be switching to the IBM PC side for VCF East 2021
> and working with Dean to create the IBM exhibit to end all exhbits (IBM
> PC 40 years!!) so we can both laugh at the mere Apple IIs *and* C64s.
>
> Yeah, I know. I am a mercenary with no loyalties! I'm OK with that!
>
> On 2/4/2020 7:53 AM, Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > That's right, Jeff! SID rules! I'll teach BASIC and anything else we need
> > for the Commodore classes. Can't wait for 2021! I guess I'll suffer
> through
> > this year and tolerate the rotten Apples. (I am actually looking forward
> to
> > the classes this year!)
> >
> > Doug?
> > Todd?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:48 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Mark me down as a teacher for the C64 classes in 2021. It'll give me a
> >> break from having to work up a new idea for my annual exhibit for that
> >> year.
> >>
> >> The nice thing about having 9-12 C64s in the same room is having all
> that
> >> wonderful multi-voice, wave-shaped SID music filling the air!
> >>
> >> Do you hear me BEEP-BOOP-BIP? ;)
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 10:04 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
> >> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Don't worry. Everyone knows that it's impossible to get that many C64s
> >>> operational at once  :-)
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 9:36 PM Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic <
> >>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> It is official! I can announce that we are going to have an Apple II
> >>>> classroom lab (9-12 Apple IIes) running classes *all three days* at
> VCF
> >>>> East 2020. Emphasis because this is the first time we are having
> >> classes
> >>>> on the Saturday and Sunday. This is something I have been dreaming of
> >>>> for years and working on with Tony Bogan since VCF East 2019.
> >>>> <
> >>>>
> >>
> http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-apple-8bit-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR1V3SWCuyNQcvqr88FYbXJKD40uAnmNfOGNxWqlGqWeyDWMDsKNwi_JAkY
> >>>> Teachers will be: Stephen Edwards, Mouse Kelly, Dean Notarnicola,
> >> Javier
> >>>> Rivera, Tony Bogan and a lowly high school teacher who likes to teach
> >>>> students 6502 assembly which we wont name. ;)
> >>>>
> >>>> Retrobrite, Assembly, AppleBASIC, Joystick Repair, Modern Solutions
> for
> >>>> your II, the list goes on and on.
> >>>>
> >>>> Full class list at:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-apple-8bit-classroom
> >>>> <
> >>>>
> >>
> http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-apple-8bit-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR1V3SWCuyNQcvqr88FYbXJKD40uAnmNfOGNxWqlGqWeyDWMDsKNwi_JAkY
> >>>> Every day will also have an open lunch lab from 12:00-1:00 with Apple
> >> II
> >>>> games old and new. Maybe even brand new games if Michael Packard
> >>>> finishes his latest game in time.
> >>>>
> >>>> PS: The obvious question.. why Apple IIe? 1. It was my idea. 2. Tony
> is
> >>>> providing the IIes. More importantly, we expect to change platforms
> >>>> every year and hereby formally challenge the Commodore crew to start
> >>>> planning for the C64 classroom lab at VCF East 2021!
> >>>>
> >>>> PPS: Everyone should be proud of me for not making the obvious joke
> >>>> about the odds of getting 9-12 C64s up and running in the same room at
> >>>> the same time <duck and cover>
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
>


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