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VCF West 2026 has put out the call for exhibitors for this years event. According to the message received from them: We have a new exhibit registration system: https://em.vcfed.org/events/vcf-west-2026/exhibitor-signup. DATES: Aug 1st and 2nd at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. For further information about VCF and the 2026 VCF west event, check out the event page at::https://vcfed.org/vcf-west
Two new movies have been added to the Take-1 Movie Library, an A.P.P.L.E. produced repository of Take-1 related programs, utilities and animated movies. The three new movies come to us courtesy of one of the creators of the Karateka III alternative movie, Andy Cooper. The three new movies, Karateka III: The Return of Her, Road Warriors of the Barren Wasteland and Space Bounty Hunter, are a fun trip back to the mid to late 1980’s when animated movies were all…
Get VCF East 2025 Tickets now! Early bird prices end 4/3! Prices are higher at the door! https://events.humanitix.com/vintage-computer-festival-east-2025The show is April 4-6 in Wall, NJ
The Vintage Computer Festival SoCal 2025 is scheduled for February 15 to 16, 2025 from 9AM to 6pm each day of the event. This years event is scheduled to be held at the Hotel Fera Event Center in Orange, CA. Tickets are now available for attendees of the event. VCF SoCal is also still seeking Vendors, Speakers and Sponsors for the event. More information concerning these items are available at the VCF SoCal event page at:https://www.vcfsocal.com
Happy New Year to all of our members and readers. We wish you and yours the best of the new year and all that it will bring. A.P.P.L.E. Staff
VCF East 2025 Exhibitor Registration is open: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSedyn…/viewform… The show will be April 4-6 in Wall, NJ @ InfoAge Science and History Museums Check the web page for updates over the next few weeks https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/
The 2024 rendition of the FAPPLE2 Fest was held yesterday with 11 people showing up for the annual event in Kawasaki, Japan. The FAPPLE2 Fest is the annual get together of the Japanese Apple II hobbyists, originating from the 1980’s and is held each year at the home of one of the members, Atsushi Ushiroda. This years event included 11 hobbyists and a ton of machines and Apple II series computer related items including those from A.P.P.L.E. With the space…
From the europlus zone blog: Further details on the announcement post, and updates will be posted under the europlus zone’s WOzFest tag.
from David Greelish This is a documentary that explores the history, technology, people, stories and industry influence of this lesser-known personal computer. The film profiles important individuals involved in the creation of the computer, plus its life after cancellation, both as an entry-level Macintosh compatible and as a collectible. The work of Douglas Engelbart and his team, plus advances from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) with their Alto and Star workstations were the initial innovators of the Graphical User…
A group of former NABU employees will be telling stories about their time building the ingenious Canadian made NABU computer from the 80’s. Join the VCF folks for the stream later today. DATE: Saturday, December 16 at 6:30PM EST on VCF’s YouTube channel. This livestream will be a moderated discussion by Jeffrey Brace. Discord discussion: (https://discord.gg/32maJ6gddU) Forum Discussion Stream URL: https://youtube.com/live/QoZTBNz47co Confirmed speakers:
From Jeff Brace at VCF East: We have decided to move VCF East to April 12, 13 & 14. There was a significant number of people that were traveling to see the solar eclipse, which takes place on April 8 in the United States. If we didn’t move the date, then attendance would have been impacted significantly. Those dates are available at InfoAge and are now reserved. More details will be coming soon: The themes this year: Thanks!Jeff Brace VCF…
Get ready to step back in time with the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, a free and open showcase of vintage computing treasures. Elmhurst, IL – Calling all retro computing enthusiasts, Get in your cars and get out to Elmhurst now!! The Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (VCFMW) is back for its 18th installment and is starting today! The event promises a weekend filled with nostalgia, classic tech, and a touch of vintage charm. Hosted at the Waterford Banquet & Conference Center…
Digital Eclipse has announced the trailer of their new documentary, “The Making of Karateka”, a look at the game that became known as one of Jordan Mechner’s best and most enduring from the 1980’s. This video is proposed to be the first in Digital Eclipse’s Gold Master Series. According to the release, two new remastered Karateka games will also be released along with the documentary, made from “Cutting room floor” materials.1 If you need a really good run-through of the…
In a posting on the Kansasfest Discord by Andrew Roughan, The dates for the Australian Apple II event, OzKFest have been announced. According to the post, OzKFest – the located-in-Australia version of a Kansasfest-like event that happens less often will be happening this year. Announced dates are 25-29 October and will be focussed on an in-person event with the possibility of remote presenters. Kansasfest Discord Community Announcements Channel Information about the schedule and location chosen for the event, Portland, New…
Linux enthusiasts who still own a vintage Macintosh machine with a Motorola 68020, 030, or 040 CPU and an MMU will be delighted to know that a new release of the developmental branch of Linux/m68k port is now available for download. The version 4.14.309 Test kernel can be found on the project’s official website, The Linux/m68k for Macintosh. The project’s objective is to enhance the Linux support for 68k-based Macintoshes and its related hardware. Almost all Macs with a 68030…
The 2023 rendition of the Vintage Computer Festival East has been announced. It will be held in Wall, New Jersey in the USA. VCF East will take place in the spring of 2023 – April 14th, 15th, and 16th. Tickets are available now to purchase: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vcf-east-2023-vintage-computer-festival-east-2023-tickets-555834224127 Event Schedule and latest info: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-schedule/
Vintage Computer Festival Midwest will be held September 10-11, 2000 at Waterford Banquets in Elmhurst, Illinois. The show will open at 9am with Sellam Ismail giving the keynote at 10:00am. As this is the 25th anniversary of the Vintage Computer Festival, his keynote will highlight some of the history of the VCF events. Also highlighting the event will be David Greelish (The Apple Lisa Documentary), Ron McAdams (Collecting Classic Macintosh Computers Is for EVERYONE!), Frank Palazzolo (Demon Debugger), Bill Degnan…
From the VCF SE Folks : It’s (4) days until our annual Vintage Computer Festival Southeast, version 9.0. Marc Tessier will present Tiny Replicas (and some bigger ones too!)! Come see Marc’s 3D printed tiny replicas of micro computers and game consoles along with working replicas of the Enigma machine and Apollo Guidance Computer! Marc will also be speaking on the creation on the Enigma and AGC replicas. VCF SE 9.0 will be July 15-17, 2022 at the Renaissance Atlanta…
A new documentary movie about the game Lemmings is now available on Youtube. It has been a full 30 years since the game Lemmings was introduced to the world and now the movie titled, “Lemmings: Can You Dig It?” takes us back. “Lemmings: Can You Dig It?” is a full two-hour documentary about the true story of the origins of Lemmings and what went into the game. Featuring commentary and memories from a slew of people including: Adrian Powell (original…
Apple has announced their 2021 rendition of their World Wide Developers Conference or WWDC for June 7 to June 11 beginning at 10am PDT on the 7th. For more information, check out the Apple Developers website at: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc21/
