[vcf-midatlantic] FYI: Vintage Anniversaries

Christian Liendo cliendo at gmail.com
Mon Jan 24 16:25:24 UTC 2022


In 1982
Time Announces Machine of the Year.
Franklin comes out with the Franklin ACE 100 & Franklin ACE 1000
Lotus 123 is released
Sun Microsystems is established

In 1992
DEC Alpha architecture is released


On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 10:47 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic
<vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> As part of the brainstorming for VCF East themes we came up with
> anniversaries. I am sharing them here. I'm sure that there are many more
> that we missed, so this list isn't exhaustive, but these are the most
> interesting and important that came to mind when brainstorming. I thought I
> would share to inspire and as an FYI.
>
> Space War = 1962
>
> Removable Storage = 1962
>
> C programming = 1972
>
> Magnavox Odyssey = 1972
>
> Pong = 1972
>
> Bell’s Law = 1972
>
> Commodore 64 = 1982
>
> Timex Sinclair = 1982
>
> Tron = 1982
>
> Knight Rider = 1982
>
> Linux = 1992
>
> Vintage Computer Festival = 1997
>
>
> =========================================
> Jeff Brace
> VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President
> Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
> VCF Mid-Atlantic Executive Director
> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
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> jeffrey at vcfed.org


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