[General] Fwd: [freeside] Announcing the First Ever Vintage Computer Festival Southeast

Tue Feb 5 09:41:39 CST 2013

Field trip?

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:26 AM, David <ainut at hiwaay.net> wrote:

>  I have one of the first 10 apple II's ever sold (fall 1977).  (Apple
> didn't know which serial # was first out but it was in the 490's according
> to them.)  My SN is 497, IIRC.  Turned down an offer of $5,000 back in the
> late 90's.  :)  Wonder if I should take it to the faire?
> Got a few other notables but they're not as vintage. :)
>
> David Merchant
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> Matt wrote:
>
> Tim,
>
> This has your name all over it.
>
> #matt
>
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> Subject: 	[freeside] Announcing the First Ever Vintage Computer
> Festival Southeast
> Date: 	Mon, 4 Feb 2013 17:03:41 -0500
> From: 	Ben Bradley <ben.pi.bradley at gmail.com> <ben.pi.bradley at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: 	freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
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> I suspect a few AHRC and Freeside members would be interested in
> this. Maybe it could be a good place to sell that big old video game
> chassis that's sitting on the recycling shelves.
>
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> From: *David Greelish* <david at classiccomputing.com<mailto:david at classiccomputing.com> <david at classiccomputing.com>>
> Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:09 PM
> Subject: [vcfse] The VCFSE Press Release
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> Announcing the First Ever Vintage Computer Festival Southeast
>
> The original Vintage Computer Festival was founded by Sellam Ismail
> and held in Pleasanton, California during October, 1997. Now,
> finally, the greater Atlanta area / southeast region of the US gets
> its very own!
>
> ROSWELL, Georgia – February 4, 2013 – Vintage Computer Festival
> Southeast – a public celebration of computer history and nostalgia –
> will be held on Saturday & Sunday, April 20 & 21. Our mission
> remains the same as that very first show:
>
> The main mission of the Vintage Computer Festival is to promote the
> preservation of "obsolete" computers by offering attendees a chance
> to experience the technologies, people and stories that embody the
> remarkable tale of the computer revolution.
>
> We will educate and entertain!
>
> - A large premier exhibit will welcome each attendee as they enter
> the festival - The Apple Pop-Up Museum which tells the story of how
> a small start-up company, founded in a garage by two young friends,
> became the leading consumer electronics and personal computer
> company in the world. The exhibit displays an exclusive collection
> of game-changing Apple personal computers and consumer electronic
> products while presenting the history of the company since its
> founding in 1976 to the present. An Apple I, the first disk ][ and
> controller card, original apple ][, original Lisa and even a Xerox
> Alto are among the rare artifacts to be displayed, plus much, much more.
>
> Within the 6,000 square feet of display space that this premier
> exhibit occupies will be the following rooms: Pre-Apple Room, Apple
> I Room, apple ][ Room, Turmoil Years Room, No Founders Left Room,
> Jobs’ Come Back Room, Ive’s Colors Room, iPod / iPhone / iPad Room,
> The Timeline Lounge and Apple’s Present to the Future Room.
>
> - Dozens of exhibitors will be present from all over the region,
> plus many from other parts of the country. A large variety of
> historic computers will be represented in the exhibit hall for live
> demonstrations by their owners.
>
> - A vintage game station will be available for children and adults
> to play classic games on classic computer and game console systems.
>
> - Two retrocomputing kit building classes will be held, plus
> continual, inexpensive introduction to soldering classes.
>
> - Many luminous speakers and special presenters are now being scheduled.
>
> The VCFSE is hosted and produced by the Computer Museum of America
> and the Atlanta Historical Computing Society.
>
> One-day adult tickets to the VCFSE are $10, with a two-day pass for
> $15. Children ages 17 and younger are admitted free when accompanied
> by a parent or guardian. For hours, location, and other details,
> please visit vintage.org/2013/southeast<http://vintage.org/2013/southeast> <http://vintage.org/2013/southeast>
>
> Contact:
>
> David Greelish, Director, Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0
> david at classiccomputing.com <mailto:david at classiccomputing.com> <david at classiccomputing.com> |770-733-6702 <tel:770-733-6702>
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> Best,
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> David Greelish
> - Computer Historian, Writer, Podcaster & Speaker
> - Founder of the Atlanta Historical Computing Society
> http://about.me/davidgreelish
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> Director of the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0 - 4/20 &
> 4/21, 2013
> http://vintage.org/2013/southeast/
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