| Saturday, May 14, 2011 |
|
| |
|
 | | | VCF Science & Technology Book Sale | | | The VCF book sale is back! We'll have may used books available in a variety of technical categories. The price is very reasonable -- just $1 per pound. Bring your selections to our checkout tables, put them on the scale, and off you go with new reading material. |
|
|
| |
|
 | | | VCF Welcome Session and Other Shenanigans | | | There's a lot to know as you embark on this weekend-long adventure that we call the Vintage Computer Festival! Attend this session to find out what's happening not just with VCF but also with event sponsors MARCH (Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists) and the InfoAge Science Center. |
|
|
 | | | A User Perspective of the Bell Labs TRADIC | | | Bell Labs developed the TRAnsistorized DIgital Computer, or TRADIC, in the 1950s. It was one of the earliest transistor computers. At first it was a special-purpose machine but it evolved into a general-purpose version. Ruth Lewart was one of its operators, and she will share her memories at the VCF. |
|
|
 David Ahl
 Roger Amidon
 Dick Moberg
 Larry Stein
 Bill Degnan (Moderator)
| | | Early Microcomputing in New Jersey & Beyond | | | Panelists will focus on their experiences as leaders of the microcomputer revolution in New Jersey, New York City, and Philadelphia. Panelists include David Ahl (editor of Creative Computing magazine), Roger Amidon (of Xitan / Technical Design Labs), Dick Moberg (founder of the Philadelphia Area Computer Society), and Larry Stein (owner of Computer Mart of Iselin, N.J.). Also invited are John Dilks (producer of the Altantic City PC ' 76 conference), and Sol Libes (founder of the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey and founder of the Trenton Computer Festival). There will also be a special tribute in memory of Stan Veit, who owned Computer Mart of New York and was a noteworthy computer journalist. This panel is moderated by Bill Degnan, vice-president of MARCH, and adjunct professor of computer history at the University of Delaware. |
|
|
| Sunday, May 15, 2011 |
|
| |
|
| | | VCF Science & Technology Book Sale | | | The VCF book sale is back! We'll have may used books available in a variety of technical categories. The price is very reasonable -- just $1 per pound. Bring your selections to our checkout tables, put them on the scale, and off you go with new reading material. |
|
|
| |
|
 | | | Adventures With the Monrobot XI Computer | | | Don Caselli wrote software and supported customers for the Monrobot XI computer from 1965 - 1972. He will discuss the machine, its software development, and customer applications. |
|
|
 | | | "The Ballad of Captain Crunch" & Other Tales | | | Mike Agranoff is a folk singer and lyric poet. In 1987 he published a tribute to John "Captain Crunch" Draper in 2600 magazine. He will perform this poem and other technical-themed works live for the VCF East audience. |
|
|
 Joe LaViola
 Al Rollin
Evan Koblentz (Moderator)
| | | Computer Development at UNIVAC and Unisys | | | Joe LaViola and Al Rollin, as members of the Unisys Blue Bell Retirees Group, will discuss their experiences developing computers for this historic company in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. |
|
|
 | | | History of a PC Trailblazer, Southwest Technical Products, and Motorola 6800 | | | Michael Holley did not invent a microprocessor chip or start a computer company, he was just fortunate enough to be an observer of and participant in the personal computer revolution. In January 1975 while visiting Cuba, he bought the Popular Electronics with the Altair 8800 on the cover. Computers were in his future. The talk will cover working at the Byte Shop in 1976-1977 and being a member of the Homebrew Computer Club and the Northwest Computer Society and the various characters he met at that time. Michael started a web site on the Southwest Technical Products Corporation 6800 computer in 2000 and will cover the history SWTPC and the Motorola 6800. |
|
|
