[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

2024-08-07 Thread Ali via cctalk
Well I managed to make it to the 2nd day of VCF-West. Very nice. I haven't been to many of them (this was my third one) but by far this was the best, and at least to me, most heavily attended one I had seen. The age group of participants was also significantly different. Lots of younger folks, c

[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

2024-08-02 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, 7:52 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Today was great! > > Yes, they do sell tickets at the door. > > but, . . . > They don't take CASH! > "Legal tender for all debts public or private", but they don't take it! > > Lots of great exhibits > > There was a substantial pile of D

[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

2024-08-02 Thread Tony Jones via cctalk
On Fri, Aug 2, 2024, 7:52 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > "Legal tender for all debts public or private", but they don't take it! > Correct, they don't, so there never was a debt.

[cctalk] Re: VCF West Aug 2 & 3 - Mountain View, CA

2024-08-02 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Today was great! Yes, they do sell tickets at the door. but, . . . They don't take CASH! "Legal tender for all debts public or private", but they don't take it! Lots of great exhibits There was a substantial pile of Dell 5150 and 5160 laptops on the "FREE" table. Dell 5150 is unrelated to

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

2024-08-01 Thread Ali via cctalk
Q: Will a schedule of speakers be posted?Fred,Try https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/-Ali

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

2024-08-01 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ says: "The full schedule of speakers and show attractions will be posted at a later date. "Special attractions: ** Details will be added as they are finalized. Please check back for updates! **" Q: Will a schedule of speakers be pos

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

2024-08-01 Thread Ali via cctalk
>Having been to VCF-West many times in the past, >I'd be very surprised if you can't just show up Friday or Saturday and buy >tickets there at the CHM. >I always did. >(Exhibitors are setting up today and that probably consumes all the time of the >volunteers that make this event possible. So if

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

2024-08-01 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I asked a woman if she was dating anyone, and she said yes. So I said great, if you date anyone you'll date me then too On Thu, Aug 1, 2024, 2:41 PM Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > https://vcfed.org/contact-us/ > > There doesn't seem to be an exact contact for VCF-West so I sent an email > to the g

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

2024-08-01 Thread StricK via cctalk
Having been to VCF-West many times in the past, I'd be very surprised if you can't just show up Friday or Saturday and buy tickets there at the CHM. I always did. (Exhibitors are setting up today and that probably consumes all the time of the volunteers that make this event possible. So if you ge

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

2024-08-01 Thread Ali via cctalk
> https://vcfed.org/contact-us/ There doesn't seem to be an exact contact for VCF-West so I sent an email to the general info box. Let's see if anyone responds. -Ali

[cctalk] Re: VCF-West

2024-08-01 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 11:34 AM Ali via cctalk wrote: > Hello All, > > I was trying to buy tickets for VCF-West and the ticketing system (through > CHM) seems to be down. Anyone have more info or an ETA on repairs? Thanks. > > -Ali > https://vcfed.org/contact-us/

[cctalk] Re: VCF West?

2022-07-26 Thread Lyle Bickley via cctalk
Yes, there very much is a VCF West!!! https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/ Cheers, Lyle -- On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:19:32 -0700 (PDT) Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > Is there going to be one this year? > > > Is there a reason why it never gets mentioned here

[cctalk] Re: VCF West?

2022-07-26 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2022-07-26 17:19, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: Is there going to be one this year? Is there a reason why it never gets mentioned here? (are there some personal issues that I shouldn't even ask about?) https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ August 6 & 7, 2022