[vcf-midatlantic] Kennt Vlassic Wrap Up

[Jim Scheef]

No idea this involved pickles!

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> From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces at lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf
> Of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2020 3:10 PM
> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey at vcfed.org>
> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Kennt Vlassic Wrap Up
> 
> I got there late, but went out to dinner with 8 people that I know from VCF.
> Bill was kind enough to give me a 2 hour tour of his museum. I highly
> recommend  visiting his museum because it has a wide variety of vintage
> computer items with some rare and unique items. Also Bill is an excellent
> tour guide because he keys in on what you are looking at and interested in.
> He has extensive knowledge on the history of vintage computers. I also
> loved his gift shop. It was great to finally see this museum for the first time
> and to see Bill and chat and catch up with him.
> The area which the museum resides is a nice little town center with shops
> and restaurants.
> 
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 10:18 AM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-
> midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
> > The first anniversary event yesterday at  Kennett Classic was
> > successful and the new exhibits were  (more or less) completed on
> > time.  Today?  Take it easy. (and Go Eagles!).  I am very thankful to
> > my friends from System Source and VCFed who came to support the event
> > and the growing local vintage computing community who stopped by.  The
> > weather wasn't perfect but the swap was open the entire day.  I
> > greatly appreciate the effort everyone made load/unload swap tables
> > with quality items for sale.  We all wore masks and kept it safe.
> > Thank you Evan K for the donation of portable computing artifacts,
> > manuals and books.  (Posted to facebook)
> >
> >
> > Yes we must deal with Covid 19, but there is nothing wrong with
> > working now for the time when people can travel and visit without a
> > @#$%! mask, which takes a toll on our events and museum traffic.
> >
> > I am going to work on a "vintage computing map" brochure handout
> > containing points of interest related to computing and technology
> > history within the MidAtlantic that groups/members can hand out to
> > visitors of our various museums and possibly other museums and hotels,
> > etc.  The MidAtlantic has the Large Scale Systems Museum in the west
> > (Pittsburgh), Info Age in the East (Wall NJ).  System Source
> > (Baltimore), Kennett Classic (Kennett Sq) and the hopefully opening soon
> Computer Church museum (Parkesburg PA ) are
> > all on the Route 1 corridor between Baltimore and Philadelphia.   There are
> > also a number of more broadly "technology" oriented museums and
> > centers that can be included as well.
> >
> > If anyone wants to work with me on this project contact me privately.
> > Step one, build a list of the points of interest and gather visual
> > materials (photos and maps).
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Bill
> > Kennettclassic.com
> > Vintagecomputer.net
> >
> 
> 
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> Jeff Brace
> Vice President & Board Member
> Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is
> a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey at vcfed.org
> cell: 732-759-1783