<div dir="ltr"><div>Several ALErs went last year and had a great time. Thanks for the heads up on this. I hope to attend this year. Sounds fun<br>!<br><br></div>Aaron should take some of his Amigas. I'm not sure if my NEC Starlett laptop (c. 1981) still works. It ran CPM from ROM chips and included a screaming fast 1200B modem built in. Some one paid a ton for it brand new.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Alan Hightower <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@alanlee.org" target="_blank">alan@alanlee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><span>For a slightly off topic but somewhat related note....</span></p>
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<p><span>This weekend we – the Atlanta Historical Computer Society – are sponsoring the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2.0 in Roswell, GA. It is a combination event with Computer Museum of America’s new ‘LINK’ exhibit. The LINK exhibit takes you back in time from modern mobile devices to the microcomputers that blazed the technological trail. This is a follow up to their very successful Apple Pop-Up Museum that opened last year and will also be open this year. </span><a href="https://webmail.panasonicautomotive.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=GM-Vfnu3JUut384ovRRVmrgYrukjONEIBn0IxD95XWEw81kuqDMw8G6rNRQ0ypwHJMIOl6Qp0mc.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.google.com%2fmaps%2fplace%2fComputer%2bMuseum%2bof%2bAmerica%2f%4034.018893%2c-84.321306%2c3a%2c75y%2c125.51h%2c90t%2fdata%3d!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sOO811bJt7V4AAAGu3YWE1g!2e0!3e2!4m2!3m1!1s0x0%3a0x5825a80a4e541e5c!6m1!1e1%3fhl%3den" target="_blank">Here is a link to a virtual walk-through of the Apple exhibit.</a></p>
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<p>The Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2.0 features nearly 40 exhibitions from hobbyists and enthusiasts eager to educate visitors about their artifacts and the life stories that accompany them. We also have a speakers hall where historians and local educators will be giving presentations on subjects relating to computer history. <a href="https://webmail.panasonicautomotive.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=GM-Vfnu3JUut384ovRRVmrgYrukjONEIBn0IxD95XWEw81kuqDMw8G6rNRQ0ypwHJMIOl6Qp0mc.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.vintage.org%2f2014%2fsoutheast%2fsession.php" target="_blank">Here is the complete speaking schedule and biographical information.</a> New for this year are two hour long sessions following the <a href="https://webmail.panasonicautomotive.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=GM-Vfnu3JUut384ovRRVmrgYrukjONEIBn0IxD95XWEw81kuqDMw8G6rNRQ0ypwHJMIOl6Qp0mc.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pechakucha.org%2f" target="_blank">PechaKucha 20x20</a> format. These are presentations backed by 20 slides auto advancing every 20 seconds for those who just want to get to the point. The event is also very kid friendly. We have a vintage gaming area, scavenger hunt, expanded DOOM LAN party, and supervised soldering workshops for 5 different skill levels in addition to other workshops and demonstrations.</p>
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<p><a href="https://webmail.panasonicautomotive.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=GM-Vfnu3JUut384ovRRVmrgYrukjONEIBn0IxD95XWEw81kuqDMw8G6rNRQ0ypwHJMIOl6Qp0mc.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fimgur.com%2fa%2f9zXkm" target="_blank">Here are some photos from our 1.0 event last year.</a></p>
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<p>The event is at a former CompUSA retail store and regional offices – 30,000 square foot of exhibition space! For those of you that attended last year, the space has been renovated and we’re taking over the whole thing. The store is located just off Holcomb Bridge Road and GA 400 in the King’s Market Shopping Center (on the SE corner of the intersection). 1425 Market Blvd. #200, Roswell GA</p>
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<p>The show is open Saturday May 3, from 10a – 7p and Sunday May 4, from 10a to 5p. $10 per adult for one day or $15 for both days. Children 17 and under and college students with ID are free.</p>
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<p>Hope to see you there!</p>
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<p> F<span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">or more information, please visit - </span><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"> <a href="http://www.vintage.org/2014/southeast/" target="_blank">http://www.vintage.org/2014/southeast/</a></span></p>
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