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Toward a Better Computing Experience |
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For those who fondly remember Giants Brains, punch cards, paper tape, room-sized minicomputers, building S-100 kits, hacking BASIC on 8-bit micros, discovering your first BBS, and surviving the Oregon Trail and for those who just want to show their kids how it used to be.
The VCF East 7.0 agenda includes:
20+ hands-on exhibits covering huge variety of makes/models
Build-your-own transistor-logic circuit workshop: $40 parts fee
"Teletype 101" workshop: $40 fee & chance to win a Model '33!
Five lectures: topics spanning UNIVAC microcomputer history
Meet a member of the legendary Homebrew Computer Club
Book sale: computers, engineering, math, science, electronics)
Consignment booth: find the computer or part that you crave
Museum tours: vintage computers, antique radio, shipwrecks, Army vehicles, electronic warfare, amateur radio, and the famous TIROS dish)
IBM 1130 live restoration: Norm & Brian, all the way from California
Cool prizes, good food, and the legendary uber-nerdy VCF t-shirts
Tickets are cheap! $10/day $15/weekend, FREE for kids, FREE parking too!
Saturday: 10am - 7pm Sunday: 10am - 5pm
vintage.org/2011/east
facebook.com/vcfeast7
Sponsored by MARCH (Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists), VintageTech, and
the InfoAge Science Center
All questions: Evan Koblentz evan@snarc.net (646) 546-9999