Reading the survey results, the show seemed to get dinged quite a bit
concerning lack of info on schedule, room layout, signups, class pre-reqs,
and badges. I was not able to attend, but I don't remember having all that
much trouble getting info in year's past. Did something change this year?
On 4/19/2025 2:29 PM, Jeffrey Brace via cctalk wrote:
VCF East 2025 Survey results:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/stories/SM-chUD9AoxbzNkIk230AwghQ_3D_3D/
Jeff Brace
VCF East Showrunner
Reading the survey results, the show seemed to get dinged quite a bit
concerning lack of info on schedule
VCF East 2025 Survey results:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/stories/SM-chUD9AoxbzNkIk230AwghQ_3D_3D/
Jeff Brace
VCF East Showrunner
ommodore Z has put up a very nice gallery of photos of VCF East 2025:
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On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM William Sudbrink via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Commodore Z has put up a very nice gallery of photos of VCF East 2025:
>
>
>
> https://www.commodorez.com/VCFEXX/inde
Commodore Z has put up a very nice gallery of photos of VCF East 2025:
https://www.commodorez.com/VCFEXX/index.html
Bill S.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTxddKZbhA
VCF East was a great success with great speakers, exhibitors, classes,
consignment and attendees!
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this show happen. I couldn't
have done it without you!
Also check out other videos from VCF East:
Please take a few minutes to complete this anonymous survey about VCF East
2025. Your feedback is important and helps us in planning the next event.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YFLSKSW
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
VCF East Showrunner
Just a few days left to get your consignment entered into NexoPOS for VCF
East 2025!
https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-consignment/
Get your tickets here:
https://events.humanitix.com/vintage-computer-festival-east-2025
Info: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage
VCF East has a food truck this year! Boardwalk Bites agreed to have a truck
there.
Besides the long lines at Consignment, on-campus food had the biggest
complaints from last year's survey. We hope that this solves this problem.
MENU:
BREAKFAST (Served from 7:30 am)
Pork, Egg and Cheese
://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/
TICKETS: https://vcfed.org/2025/03/16/non-member-ticket-pricing-vcf-east/
VCF East is April 4-6
2201 Marconi Road
Wall, NJ 07719
VCF East 2025 is April 4-6.
Amiga Roundtables at VCF East Moderated by Dave McMurtrie and Dan Wood.
*Saturday roundtable* includes:
RJ Mical
Dale Luck
Ron Nicholson
Glenn Keller
Andy Finkel
Jeff Porter
Randell Jesup
Peter Cherna
*Sunday Roundtable* includes:
RJ Mical
Dave Haynie
quot;
VCF East 2025 will be in Wall, NJ from April 4-6.
More information: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/
Tickets: https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-tickets/
Take care!
Jeff Brace
VCF East Showrunner
VCF EAST 2025 CONSIGNMENT HAS A BIGGER SPACE! VCF now has a 7000 square
foot space for consignment!
Plenty of space for everyone's items and less waiting time to get in!
Information about consignment is here:
https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-consignment/
Reg
https://events.humanitix.com/vintage-computer-festival-east-2025
Jeff Brace
VCF East Showrunner
Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
Volunteers are the backbone of making VCF East one of the best vintage
computer shows. We are in need of volunteers in all areas.
VCF East 2025 <https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/>
takes place April 4-6 in Wall, NJ at the InfoAge Science and History
Museums.
Regis
VCF East 2025 Exhibitor Registration is open:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedyn-m5gSCc0Sifce0O_HnVYtWu7s9u7D7JxPzFLHjyxcMbg/viewform?usp=sf_link
The show will be April 4-6 in Wall, NJ @ InfoAge Science and History Museums
Check the web page for updates over the next few weeks
https
This year will be bigger than ever with lots of great exhibits, speakers,
consignment, Atari Programming Classroom and Glitch Works workshop.
VCF East takes place in Wall, NJ at InfoAge Science and History Museums
(formerly Camp Evans). For more information:
https://vcfed.org/events/vintage
VCF East Hotel Block #3
I have opened up another hotel block:
Red Roof Inn
11 Centre Plaza
Eatontown, NJ
20% discount. Call 732-389-4646 before the cut off date 03/31/2024 and book
your room under the Vintage Computer Festival East group name.
For tickets: vcfeast.eventbrite.com
April 12-14
VCF East takes place in Wall, NJ at InfoAge Science and History Museums
(formerly Camp Evans). For more information:
https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Lots of great
exhibits, speakers, consignment, Atari Classroom and Glitch Works workshop.
Tickets for VCF East (Eventbrite
For those needing a decent price on hotels, check out the hotel blocks
page: https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-hotel-blocks/
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President
Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner
VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager
Vintage Computer Federation
https://vcfed.org/2023/12/31/vcf-east-2024-is-coming-april-12-13-14-infoage/
We have decided to move VCF East to April 12, 13 & 14. There was a
significant number of people that were traveling to see the solar eclipse,
which takes place on April 8 in the United States. If we didn't move the
date, then attendance would have been impacted significantly. Those
Please fill out this pre-event survey for VCF East 2024:
https://bit.ly/vcfe2024pre
Thanks!
Jeff Brace
VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President
Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner
VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager
Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
It shouldn't be "part of the experience". It's poor planning and poor
management of the consignment area on the part of the organizers. This
same thing happened at VCF "West" last year and it was a catastrophe.
There was a line snaking down the hallway at least a fifty people deep and
they were
> On 04/17/2023 9:40 PM GMT Sellam Abraham via cctalk
> wrote:
> 3am? If that was happening around here then the shotgun would get
> involved. Must be mating season.
The next-to-last time I was in Canada, they let me sleep in all the way to 5am.
Also note that they were *right* outside the
On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 12:17 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Glad the photos help. I hope the average general public wasn't too
> disappointed or discouraged by the crowd on Saturday - but I tried to think
> of the positive side, of there still being interest in vinta
been to. Link is below.
> >
> > Also, most exhibitors were occupied interacting with the public and maybe
> > didn't get a chance to see what else was presented at this VCF. Or,
> maybe
> > they didn't get to see what all else the museum and local area had to
> > present - so seeing photos might give them ideas of things to check out
> > next time.
> >
> > Or, in general, for anyone not able to attend, here are some photos also.
> >
> > https://voidstar.blog/vcf-east-2023/
> >
> >
> > Feel free to use/share, no permission needed.
> >
>
this VCF. Or, maybe
> they didn't get to see what all else the museum and local area had to
> present - so seeing photos might give them ideas of things to check out
> next time.
>
> Or, in general, for anyone not able to attend, here are some photos also.
>
> https://voidstar.blog/vcf-east-2023/
>
>
> Feel free to use/share, no permission needed.
>
r a bug in the html?
>
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
> Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Lewis via cctalk
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 1:38 PM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Pos
: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Cc: W2HX
Subject: [cctalk] Re: VCF East 2023 photos
Thanks for taking the time to document the show. I went to the link provided
and only PART 1 and PART 6 link to other pages. Are parts 2-5 just not written
yet? Or a bug in the html?
73 Eugene
things to check out
> next time.
>
> Or, in general, for anyone not able to attend, here are some photos also.
>
> https://voidstar.blog/vcf-east-2023/
>
>
> Feel free to use/share, no permission needed.
>
-
From: Steve Lewis via cctalk
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 1:38 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Cc: Steve Lewis
Subject: [cctalk] VCF East 2023 photos
Videos are nice, but I still like to make a kind of "scrap book" of events I've
been to. Link is bel
to see what all else the museum and local area had to
present - so seeing photos might give them ideas of things to check out
next time.
Or, in general, for anyone not able to attend, here are some photos also.
https://voidstar.blog/vcf-east-2023/
Feel free to use/share, no permission needed.
e:
Please mark you calendars and consider attending!
VCF East will take place in the spring of 2023 - April 14th, 15th, and 16th.
This is your chance to get up close and personal with vintage computers and
learn about their history. You'll also have the opportunity to purchase rare
and uniqu
Please mark you calendars and consider attending!
VCF East will take place in the spring of 2023 - April 14th, 15th, and 16th.
This is your chance to get up close and personal with vintage computers and
learn about their history. You'll also have the opportunity to purchase rare
and u
Exhibitors wanted! Deadline to apply is April 1. Exhibits are NOT limited to
the shows two main themes.
"Ever wonder about the roots of today?s technological society? Did you
spend Covid nostalgically playing old video games from the past on an emulator?
Do you want to get hands-on w
Here's the official show flyer for VCF East, October 8-10. Please pass it
around.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GsmXLA2vIsBFWTcmMJLZfq1OQlxmShBU/view
Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotic
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 6:58 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 at 04:14, Tony Aiuto via cctalk
> wrote:
> >
> > Mine here. It includes some bits from my other museums at the facility
> >
> > https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO6j53IKGboKAmsUmAdDoj4u
On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 at 04:14, Tony Aiuto via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Mine here. It includes some bits from my other museums at the facility
>
> https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO6j53IKGboKAmsUmAdDoj4ugeEGd1igUOgfRMtBpIqaibPJX2USBG0crSDeICWsQ?key=aFpMdFNxYlBUZTBjTldJajN6RDlHVmJtblRhUTBn
Thanks for t
Mine here. It includes some bits from my other museums at the facility
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO6j53IKGboKAmsUmAdDoj4ugeEGd1igUOgfRMtBpIqaibPJX2USBG0crSDeICWsQ?key=aFpMdFNxYlBUZTBjTldJajN6RDlHVmJtblRhUTBn
On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 8:09 AM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.
Many are appearing on the VCFed mailing list already
To clarify: that's the VCF/Mid-Atlantic list. The only VCFed-wide
discussion board is VC Forum. :)
I had a good time and recommend the show to all who can make it out there
Thanks!
Many are appearing on the VCFed mailing list already. Here are mine,
with separate sets for the non-computer (but still interesting) stuff:
http://silent700.blogspot.com/2018/05/vcf-east-2018.html
I had a good time and recommend the show to all who can make it out there.
-j
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/tickets/
Note: Your paypal email confirmation is your ticket. A record of your
purchase will be at the door when you arrive at VCF East.
Evan Koblentz, director
Vintage Computer Federation
a 501(c)3
Don't procrastinate.
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibits/
There will be three awesome keynotes for VCF East this spring.
- Friday: our own Bill Dromgoole who'll talk about restoring the VCFed
UNIVAC mainframe.
- Saturday: Don Eyles (NASA contractor who hacked the Apollo Guidance
Computer to save the Apollo 14 mission)
- Sunday: Dave Walden
VCF East XII was held March 31-April 2. Around 500 people were there.
Adam Michlin's pictures: http://ceos.io/vcf/east/
Dave Riley's pictures:
http://oscar.the-rileys.net/VCF%20East%20XII%20Photos/
Dan Roganti's pictures: http://www.rogtronics.net/blog/?page_id=730
Mike Lo
>
> VCF East XII was held March 31-April 2. Around 500 people were there.
>
> Adam Michlin's pictures: http://ceos.io/vcf/east/
>
> Dave Riley's pictures:
> http://oscar.the-rileys.net/VCF%20East%20XII%20Photos/
>
> Dan Roganti's pictures: http://www
From: Evan Koblentz via cctalk
Date: 2017-04-10 12:13 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Subject: VCF East pictures
VCF East XII was held March 31-April 2. Around 500 people were there.
Adam Michlin's pictures: http://ceos.io/vcf/east/
D
VCF East XII was held March 31-April 2. Around 500 people were there.
Adam Michlin's pictures: http://ceos.io/vcf/east/
Dave Riley's pictures:
http://oscar.the-rileys.net/VCF%20East%20XII%20Photos/
Dan Roganti's pictures: http://www.rogtronics.net/blog/?page_id=730
Mike Lo
Friendly reminder that Vintage Computer Festival East XII is only 10
days away! March 31-April 2 in New Jersey. Two hands-on exhibit halls, a
dozen tech talks, three keynotes, consignment sale, and you can visit
the year-round Vintage Computer Federation museum while you're here. All
the detail
We have one last 60-minute spot to fill for the Friday (March 31) tech
classes at VCF East. Any topic is fair game if it has wide appeal and
makes people into better vintage computing hobbyists. The topics thus
far are here: http://vcfed.org/wp/classes/. Email me ** off-list ** if
you'd
Get your tickets now. Save time at the show.
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/tickets/
Evan Koblentz, director
Vintage Computer Federation
a 501(c)3 educational non-profit
e...@vcfed.org
(646) 546-
www.vcfed.org
facebook.com/vcfe
technology division at Morgan Stanley. His talk
is sure to be an excellent follow-up to C language author and pioneer
Brian Kernighan, who spoke at VCF East X in 2015.
Perera's company, EnigmaMuseum.com, is in the business of hunting for,
researching, restoring, and selling Enigma machines an
Only five and a half months until VCF East XII. :)
March 31-April 2, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, New Jersey.
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/
> Simplest just to read the article (it's not very long):
>
> http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Feb1975/PE_Feb1975.htm
>
Thanks Bill. That is pretty cool!
-Ali
Ali wrote:
> BTW: Can someone (Bill?) explain Cyclops to me too? I tried looking it
> up initially but I am not sure I got it. Is it a scanner of some sort?
> Thanks!
Simplest just to read the article (it's not very long):
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Feb1975/PE_Feb1975.htm
Y
Here are some photos from last weekend's show.
Bill Degnan -- http://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf11/
Herb Johnson -- http://www.retrotechnology.com/vcfe11/
Mike Loewen -- http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCF-East2016/
Very nice! I am looking forward to VCF-West!
BTW: Can someone (Bill?) expl
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
> Here are some photos from last weekend's show.
>
> Bill Degnan -- http://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf11/
>
> Herb Johnson -- http://www.retrotechnology.com/vcfe11/
>
> Mike Loewen -- http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCF-East2016/
Wow. There
> Here are some photos from last weekend's show.
>
> Bill Degnan -- http://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf11/
>
> Herb Johnson -- http://www.retrotechnology.com/vcfe11/
>
> Mike Loewen -- http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCF-East2016/
Very nice! I am looking forward to VCF-West!
BTW: Can someone (
Here are some photos from last weekend's show.
Bill Degnan -- http://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf11/
Herb Johnson -- http://www.retrotechnology.com/vcfe11/
Mike Loewen -- http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/VCF-East2016/
Brent Hilpert wrote:
> I had assumed that you came across a hobbyist unit
> built in the 70's and was repairing or completing it.
> Sounds like that's incorrect - this is a new build
> from scratch?
Yes, for certain definitions of "new" (more below).
> including the printed circuit boards?
Yes,
>> did from the one I assembled.)
>
> Looks even better live. Come see it at VCF East.
(On the north-west coast here - bit of a trip to there).
s.
> (I finally get to see an image from a Cyclops camera - never
> did from the one I assembled.)
Looks even better live. Come see it at VCF East.
Bill S.
On 2016-Apr-14, at 6:37 PM, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
> ...
> Looks good:
>
> http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140008.JPG
>
> How about a hand?:
>
> http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140009.JPG
> ...
Wow, (that was quick), great job to get one of these
Most cool!!!
Dwight
From: cctalk on behalf of Bill Sudbrink
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:37 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: CYCLOPS: Here it is, but come see it in person at VCF East
Hi,
Decapped c
Hi,
Decapped chip (via X-Acto) (Mostek, 1976 date code, TYPE B):
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140002.JPG
All wired up:
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/cyclops-latest/P4140003.JPG
Money shot (just like Popular Electronics):
http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/i
One NTI and one byte shop board.
If you attend Friday's Apple-1 classes you may get to play on one and you will
be able to compare them to the current Mimeo and Newton reproduction boards.
For the weekend we will be rotating units and will post a schedule when
demonstrations will occur.
Hi Guys
PDP-8 panels are going faster than I can get them made.
VCF East this weekend. I would like to have gone. Maybe somebody
with one of my recent panels
will take it along.
Rod (Panelman) Smallwood
Hi classiccmp'ers.
VCF East starts in just 8 days from now.
It's at the InfoAge Science Center in Wall, New Jersey, USA.
Three keynotes: John Blankenbaker (Friday), Stewart Cheifet (Saturday),
Ted Nelson (Sunday).
Three dozen hands-on exhibits.
TWO original Apple 1 computers, inc
Everyone,
There is less than one month until showtime.
I'm declaring noon ET tomorrow as the final deadline for registering
exhibits.
Exhibits so far:
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibits/
Exhibit registration:
http://www.vcfed.org/registr
Tickets for VCF East and VCF West are available online.
West:
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west-xi/vcf-west-tickets/
East:
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/tickets/
IMPORTANT:
- Exhibitors don't need tickets for Saturday/Sunday (ex
VCF East is April 15-17; the exhibit halls are open April 16-17 (April
15 is all tech repair classes -- to be announced soon).
Click here to register an exhibit: http://tinyurl.com/htlfsmh
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
> You know you wanna watch. :)
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWt_StXKsY
>
excellent! now I have to try sam.
You know you wanna watch. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWt_StXKsY
Woohoo! Thanks to everyone involved in the efforts!
is this Evan?
if
In a message dated 12/28/2015 11:33:10 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
cct...@snarc.net writes:
> or who ever was supposed to get it done!
> Ed#
I don't know what "plaque dedication" you're talking about.
Email me privately / off-list.
or who ever was supposed to get it done!
Ed#
I don't know what "plaque dedication" you're talking about.
Email me privately / off-list.
or who ever was supposed to get it done!
Ed#
In a message dated 12/28/2015 10:32:51 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
cct...@snarc.net writes:
> Did they ever get the plaque dedication video finished Evan?
> Ed#
They?
Did they ever get the plaque dedication video finished Evan?
Ed#
They?
Did they ever get the plaque dedication video finished Evan?
Ed#
In a message dated 12/27/2015 10:45:51 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
cct...@snarc.net writes:
Good news! A bunch of old VCF East/West videos are going onto YouTube,
thanks to ANTIC / Atari Podcast's Kevin S
Good news! A bunch of old VCF East/West videos are going onto YouTube,
thanks to ANTIC / Atari Podcast's Kevin Savetz stepping forward to do
the grunt work.
The first batch are talks from VCF East 6.0 (2009). YouTube playlist is
at https://t.co/yYRr7rP7R4.
We also asked Jason Scott to
Hurrah for pre-planning! Thanks for the lead time.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
> VCF East XI (yeah, I'm using Roman numerals for now) is April 15-17, 2016,
> as usual at the InfoAge Science Center in Wall, New Jersey.
>
> Friday's schedule will be
VCF East XI (yeah, I'm using Roman numerals for now) is April 15-17,
2016, as usual at the InfoAge Science Center in Wall, New Jersey.
Friday's schedule will be classes and some kind of software hackathon.
Details to be determined.
Saturday/Sunday will have morning keynotes follo
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