David Greelish, producer of the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast, has issued the following press release officially announcing the new convention: 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 southeast region of the US gets […]
January 2013
Posted inElsewhere, Events, General
VCF East 9.0 postponed
VCF East 9.0, originally scheduled for May 18th and 19th of this year has been delayed until 2014 due to venue facility damage caused by last year’s Hurricane Sandy. Ă‚ Evan Koblentz posted the following announcement to the classiccmp mailing list this evening: VCF East 9.0, scheduled for May 18-19 this year, is postponed to next […]
Posted inGeneral, Site News
The return of the A2Central Downunder Chat
Andrew Roughan has announced the return of a2central.com’s weekly Downunder Chat: After a hiatus… it is time for a come back. Calling all Apple II enthusiasts who are awake between 9pm and 11pm Australian Eastern Summer Time on Friday nights to visit the #a2c.chat channel on the A2Central IRC server. That’s probably likely to be […]
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Stolen gear being sold on eBay?
This is being posted as a service to the retro-computing community. The following message from VCF founder and respected hobbyist Sellam Ismail appeared on the Classiccmp mailing list this evening. eBay seller id “tvrsales” is currently selling property stolen from the Vintage Computer Festival. If you are planning on buying anything of a vintage computer […]
Posted inProduct News
“Sophistication & Simplicity” now available for pre-order
Dr. Steven Weyhrich’s forthcoming Apple II history book previously announced on a2central.com, “Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life & Times of the Apple II Computer” is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Expected to ship in April 2013, the 524-page hardcover tome can be ordered now for $19.57. That’s a 55% discount from the $29.95 retail price. […]
Posted inPodcasts
Open Apple podcast #23 (January 2013) now available
Having gathered the treasures of 2012 and being tempted by the promises of 2013, the hosts of the monthly Open Apple podcast are joined by Andy Molloy of Juiced.GS, Peter Neubauer of KansasFest, Vince Briel of Briel Computers, and Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe to reflect on all that has happened with the Apple II […]