Vintage Computing Festival Berlin 2020

In contrast to some other events, the VCFB 2020 will actually take place. This weekend (depending on when you read this), on October 10th and 11th, it will take place via a Wiki, BigBlueButton, and some streaming.

Find all important information on https://wiki.vcfb.de/2020/start?id=en:start

Most exhibitions, presentations and workshops are in German, but there are also some English things:

• Forth benchmark and Forth “live-coding“
• bcd cybernetic art
• Home and Educational Computers and Calculators from the Soviet Union
• Update Computer Club Collection at Uppsala University
• PDP-10 Games
• The programming architecture of Babbage’s Analytical Engine
• The Virtual Machine Architecture of “Infernal Runner”

I will also hold a presentation (on “Collecting Computers as an hobby: An Introduction“), but it will be given in German (as some information relates to the German situation).

Also, I will moderate an event on “Technology Museums and Collectors: Question Time“, but again, in German, because these are German museums.