[vcf-midatlantic] FYI: Vintage Anniversaries

[Bill Degnan]

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On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:26 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> 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
> > http://www.vcfed.org/
> > jeffrey at vcfed.org
>