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

Tue Feb 5 17:53:58 CST 2013

So much win!
Thank you Matt
-Tim
On Feb 5, 2013 9:42 AM, "Barbara Attilio" <barbara.attili at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt wrote:
>>
>> Tim,
>>
>> This has your name all over it.
>>
>> #matt
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> 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
>> To: 	botlanta <botlanta at yahoogroups.com> <botlanta at yahoogroups.com>, Freeside Atlanta<freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com> <freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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,
>>
>> 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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