Subj : Vintage Computer Festival West, Aug 2-3
To   : Poindexter Fortran
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed Jun 19 2024 11:23:14

 pF> [This is at the computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. The venue
 pF> is a full working museum with some pretty amazing exhibits, a working
 pF> PDP-1, and an IBM 1401 that they usually IPL on special occasions like
 pF> this...]

 pF> Vintage Computer Festival
 pF> Coming to CHM on August 2-3

I haven't been to VCF, but I did have the pleasure of visiting the Computer History Museum in 2016 and it was very impressive and I had a great time.  The IBM 1401 demonstration was fantastic, the volunteers doing the demonstration shared their stories of how they had gotten to work with these systems earlier in their careers.  They even let us punch our own cards!  It was really cool to see a full system installed and operational.  And the IBM 1401 was only ONE of the amazing displays.

For anyone maybe considering going to the Computer History Museum, I strongly recommend you do it!


Related - CuriousMarc on Youtube makes great videos about repairing old computers, often it is equipment at the Computer History Museum and some of the other volunteers are part of a group effort to revive these neat old systems.
https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc


Chris/akacastor

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