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

[ArnoldLayne]

I realize I still owe you some impressions from the VCFe.

In short, the place was crammed with exhibitions, 6502-related or not. I think we had about 40 exhibitions in total which is more that we had in the last years. I guess 6502 is just a very rich topic. Also, the two days were packed with interesting talks.

Pics or it didn't happen - I attached a few made by fellow exhibitor Joachim Schwanter.

There are also some posts on mastodon tagged with #vcfe24 that might give an idea what was going on:
https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe24

[BigEd]

Very nice! I see the 65ce02 does nicely in the Forth benchmarking...

[ArnoldLayne]

BigEd wrote:

Very nice! I see the 65ce02 does nicely in the Forth benchmarking...

You mean the Ultimate Forth Benchmark results? https://theultimatebenchmark.org/#sec-4

That's indeed interesting. The Sorbus makes a great platform for 6502 variant comparison.

Myself, I am a bit surprised how well the 10MHz Steckschwein with TaliForth2 competes against the 40MHz Mega65.

[CommodoreZ]

Does anyone have any links to photo galleries from VCF Europa 2025? I'm compiling a directory of galleries, this is the first time I've encountered anyone who went to that show recently, figured it was worth asking.

https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html

[barnacle]

VCFB - anyone know if it's happening? The website doesn't list anything after 2024, but I've just dropped the info@ a line to (a) see if it is, and if so (b) are they interested in mesolithic/paleolithic?

Neil

[ArnoldLayne]

barnacle wrote:

VCFB - anyone know if it's happening? The website doesn't list anything after 2024, but I've just dropped the info@ a line to (a) see if it is, and if so (b) are they interested in mesolithic/paleolithic?

Neil

Did you get a reply? From my experience, they usually update the website rather late in the year.

[barnacle]

Not heard a thing, sadly.

Neil

[ArnoldLayne]

CommodoreZ wrote:

Does anyone have any links to photo galleries from VCF Europa 2025? I'm compiling a directory of galleries, this is the first time I've encountered anyone who went to that show recently, figured it was worth asking.

https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html

Here's one from stiefkind:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stiefkind ... 327332711/

[CommodoreZ]

Thank you, ArnoldLayne. That one link lead me to about a dozen galleries of VCF Europa and Berlin that I didn't have listed. Much appreciated!

[barnacle]

Still nothing heard from VCFB, and the website sits firmly in 2024.

Neil

[BigEd]

(VCFB, I'm told, is still looking for a location to use this year, information as of a couple of weeks ago.)

[barnacle]

Aha! So it is still a possibility, then.

Neil

[ArnoldLayne]

BigEd wrote:

(VCFB, I'm told, is still looking for a location to use this year, information as of a couple of weeks ago.)

I heard as much, rumor-wise.

Gone are the VCFb-at-Technikmuseum-days.. been there 2018 and 2019

[ArnoldLayne]

CommodoreZ wrote:

Thank you, ArnoldLayne. That one link lead me to about a dozen galleries of VCF Europa and Berlin that I didn't have listed. Much appreciated!

You're welcome.

[ArnoldLayne]

barnacle wrote:

Aha! So it is still a possibility, then.

Neil

There is nothing official yet that I know of, but rumour has it that they were not successful in finding a location, hence there will be no VCFb this year.