[Members] Vintage Computer Festival

[Neil Waldhauer]

I'm planning the OS/2 exhibit at VCF West. These are my rough notes.


  Vintage Computer Festival

https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/
Friday, August 1, 2025, 10:00-6:00PM (Pacific Time)
Saturday, August 2, 2025, 9:00-5:00PM (Pacific Time)
WHERE: Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA


    Initial contact from VCF

     Hello!
     I’m sorry for the extremely late response (I found your email from 
back in November!), but we’d love to share some space with you. At this 
time, we’re looking at one of the classrooms if you want to do a track 
dedicated to OS/2, and we can always fit you in for a talk in the 
Auditorium. Also, I can give you a table or two in the main space to 
exhibit. I know there are quite a few OS/2 fans in the bay, so let me 
know if you’re still interested.

     Zachary Hardesty
     VCF West Co-Showrunner


    Matt

I’m looking to book tickets so I fly into San Jose the morning of August 
1st, though I’m not sure if I’ll be there at 10 am opening. Is there a 
plan to organize a speaking engagement? I’d like to present on ArcaOS 
and perform any outreach.

AA 3940 SJC Arrives 9:10 AM Friday, August 1 (Neil will pick up at airport)

Title: ArcaOS - OS/2 for the 21st Century
Description: ArcaOS is a spiritual successor to IBM’s venerable OS/2 
Warp 4 operating system. In this presentation, we will discuss the 
advantages of the platform and what new features it brings to the table 
over traditional OS/2. Stick around to the end as we will go over some 
gaming demos in ArcaOS.


    Curtis

Yes!  I'm planning to help at the VCF West.
I'm delighted that you're thinking about a talk to tell the computer 
enthusiasts about OS/2 and ArcaOS.
You noted that people at the VCF might well be interested in the support 
of DOS to run old games.  So that might be a good thing to show at the 
table.


    Next steps

The plan is to have a table with OS/2 poster and computers running 
ArcaOS and OS/2 inside VirtualBox. (So it's not hardware but software 
that we are exhibiting.)
Logistics, arrival, parking, meals, etc.
Contact VCF West Co-Showrunner for 1 table and 1 auditorium presentation 
(Will there be WiFi?)


-- 
Neil Waldhauer  neil at blondeguy.com  www.blondeguy.com
Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp, ArcaOS and eComStation

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