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I'm planning the OS/2 exhibit at VCF West. These are my rough notes.<br>
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<h1>Vintage Computer Festival</h1>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/">https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/</a><br>
Friday, August 1, 2025, 10:00-6:00PM (Pacific Time)<br>
Saturday, August 2, 2025, 9:00-5:00PM (Pacific Time)<br>
WHERE: Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA<br>
<h2>Initial contact from VCF</h2>
Hello!<br>
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.<br>
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Zachary Hardesty<br>
VCF West Co-Showrunner<br>
<h2>Matt</h2>
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.<br>
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AA 3940 SJC Arrives 9:10 AM Friday, August 1 (Neil will pick up at
airport)<br>
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Title: ArcaOS - OS/2 for the 21st Century<br>
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.<br>
<h2>Curtis</h2>
Yes! I'm planning to help at the VCF West. <br>
I'm delighted that you're thinking about a talk to tell the computer
enthusiasts about OS/2 and ArcaOS. <br>
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. <br>
<h2>Next steps</h2>
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.)<br>
Logistics, arrival, parking, meals, etc.<br>
Contact VCF West Co-Showrunner for 1 table and 1 auditorium
presentation (Will there be WiFi?)<br>
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Neil Waldhauer <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:neil@blondeguy.com">neil@blondeguy.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.blondeguy.com">www.blondeguy.com</a>
Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp, ArcaOS and eComStation</pre>
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