VCFe - Vintage Computer Festival Europe on 3./4. Mai 2025

[ArnoldLayne]

Hi,

I'd like to announce the 24th annual European Vintage Computer Festival on 3rd -4th of May 2025
in Munich/Germany!

Every year the VCFe is themed on a special focus.
This year's focus is: 50 Years 6502

https://vcfe.org

Which should be reason enough for posting it here, I think.

You if you happen to be in the area at that time - be sure to check by.
Even more so if you want to participate with an exhibition and/or a talk!

Cheers!

[barnacle]

Damnit I'm tempted... but it's a six hour drive away.

Neil

[ArnoldLayne]

barnacle wrote:

Damnit I'm tempted... but it's a six hour drive away.

Neil

VCFb in Berlin would be closer to you, but you'll have to wait til October.

[ArnoldLayne]

barnacle wrote:

Damnit I'm tempted... but it's a six hour drive away.

Neil

4ish hours if you take the ICE Sprinter

[barnacle]

I think the Berlin approach is the easiest. I'll wait until then

Neil

[barrym95838]

I'm 9312 km away as the crow flies, and that would be one very tired crow. Best wishes for a great time!

[GARTHWILSON]

Quote:

Every year the VCFe is themed on a special focus.
This year's focus is: 50 Years 6502

https://vcfe.org

Which should be reason enough for posting it here, I think.

Absolutely!  I'm sure there'll be videos online, but we'll look forward to your own photos and videos and observations and experiences there too.  Post all the relevant links in case we miss them elsewhere.  Thanks.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

barnacle wrote:

Damnit I'm tempted... but it's a six hour drive away.

What are you complaining about?  For me, I estimate it would be a seven-day drive...assuming my car stays watertight as I cross the Atlantic. 

[BigDumbDinosaur]

ArnoldLayne wrote:

I'd like to announce the 24th annual European Vintage Computer Festival on 3rd -4th of May 2025 in Munich/Germany!

From the announcement:

Quote:

Our mission is to encourage the preservation of obsolete computer hard- and software of years past, to promote interest in researching and documenting the history of the computer age ... and to have fun playing with old iron.

Hmm...no mention of preserving obsolete computer users, such as yours truly. 

[ArnoldLayne]

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:

Quote:

Our mission is to encourage the preservation of obsolete computer hard- and software of years past, to promote interest in researching and documenting the history of the computer age ... and to have fun playing with old iron.

Hmm...no mention of preserving obsolete computer users, such as yours truly. 

There'll be plenty, trust me.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

ArnoldLayne wrote:

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:

Quote:

Our mission is to encourage the preservation of obsolete computer hard- and software of years past, to promote interest in researching and documenting the history of the computer age ... and to have fun playing with old iron.

Hmm...no mention of preserving obsolete computer users, such as yours truly. 

There'll be plenty, trust me.

My whole neighborhood is “infested” with obsolete computer users...none of us is younger than $3C.  Heck, my wife and I are planning our $50th combined birthday party to be held in May.    At least I’ve moved on from using my C-128D, although this PC I’m on right now is no spring chicken...it last received a hardware upgrade in 2013 and is running Win XP SP3.

[ArnoldLayne]

GARTHWILSON wrote:

Absolutely!  I'm sure there'll be videos online, but we'll look forward to your own photos and videos and observations and experiences there too.  Post all the relevant links in case we miss them elsewhere.  Thanks.

There will be a video tour through all the exhibitions and we plan to record all the talks. I'll post anything here as it becomes available.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

ArnoldLayne wrote:

There will be a video tour through all the exhibitions and we plan to record all the talks.  I'll post anything here as it becomes available.

Excellent!

I’ve long had a hankering to attend one of these VCFs, but geography and time have consistently gotten in the way.  It would be fun to strap on an airliner and wing it to Munich—I haven’t been in that part of the world since the mid-1980s.  However, my health is such that traveling overseas is no longer practical. 

Last time I attended any sort of vintage computer fair was a Commodore-oriented one that was in the Chicago area, and that was in late 1989.  Jim Butterfield was a noted speaker and among other topics, waxed eloquent about the capabilities of the C-128D’s 80-column video display.  He ran a demo of Basic 8 and entertained the audience with a mix of music and funny graphics.  However, it seemed Amigas outnumbered the eight-bit machines at that fair. 

I've often wondered how far Commodore would have pushed the eight-bit technology if they hadn’t gone all-in on the Amiga.  The C-65 concept sounded like a good progression beyond the C-128 and although the 65CE02 would not have been the equal of the 65C816, it would have been a significant leap forward compared to the NMOS MPUs and the 65C02.

Oh well!  Enough reminiscing. 

[fachat]

barnacle wrote:

Damnit I'm tempted... but it's a six hour drive away.

Neil

I see you're in Potsdam. I'll be at the Classic Computing in Hof from Sept 11-13 showcasing the Micro-PET

André

[barnacle]

A possibility, André... no promises but if I get there I'll look you up

Neil