This weekend it’s the Vintage Computer Festival and Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes. I’ve been looking forward to this all year and can’t wait to see everything that’s on offer. The chaps at RCM will be there too so plenty of retro gaming action to be had (and competitions). Throughout the day there’ll be exibitions, lectures and machine demonstrations and a few I’m particularly looking forward to is the lecture by Sophie Wilson, one of the brains behind Acorn Computers as well as the ARM/RISC processor. The world unavailing of the new Amiga X1000 and the Colossus demostrations.
Here’s the full program –
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SATURDAY
IN THE MANSION AND MARQUEES
11.00 Welcome from the Trustees – Kevin Murrell, Tony Sale and Andy Clark in Marquee 1
12.00 Christine Finn in The Mansion
13.00 David Ahl in The Mansion
13.30 Amiga X1000 Launch in Marquee 2
14.00 Karl Pantling-James of RCM in The Mansion (StiGGy – will be filming this one 🙂
15.00 Dylan Smith in The Mansion
16.00 Pixelh8 Chip Tune Q&A in The Mansion (ticketed event)
19.00 OMD in The Mansion (SOLD OUT)
IN THE MUSEUM
11.30 Tony Frazer on the Harwell-WITCH restoration
12.15 Peter Onion on the Elliott 803
13.00 Tony Sale on Colossus
13.45 Delwyn Holroyd on the mainframes of 1970s and 1980s
14.30 Tony Frazer on the Harwell-WITCH restoration
15.15 Peter Onion on the Elliott 803
16.00 Tony Sale on Colossus
16.30 Delwyn Holroyd on the mainframes of 1970s and 1980s
IN THE ENIGMA CINEMA
13:00 EDSAC (13 mins) & Ferranti Pegasus (12 mins)
13:40 LEO (25 mins)
14:20 EMIDEC 1100 (24 mins)
15:00 EDSAC (13 mins) & Ferranti Pegasus (12 mins)
15:40 LEO (25 mins)
16:20 EMIDEC 1100 (24 mins)
SUNDAY
IN THE MANSION AND MARQUEES
11.00 Welcome from the trustees in Marquee 1
12.00 Adam Bradley in The Mansion
13.00 Chris Smith in The Mansion
14.00 Sophie Wilson in The Mansion
16.00 Pixelh8 Obsolete? Q&A (ticketed event) in The Mansion
IN THE MUSEUM
11.30 Tony Frazer on the Harwell-WITCH restoration
12.15 Peter Onion on the Elliott 803
13.00 Tony Sale on Colossus
13.45 Delwyn Holroyd on the mainframes of 1970s and 1980s
14.30 Tony Frazer on the Harwell-WITCH restoration
15.15 Peter Onion on the Elliott 803
15.30 Retro Gaming Competition – Lecture room
16.00 Tony Sale on Colossus
16.30 Delwyn Holroyd on the mainframes of 1970s and 1980s
IN THE ENIGMA CINEMA
11:45 EDSAC (13 mins) & Ferranti Pegasus (12 mins)
13:00 EDSAC (13 mins) & Ferranti Pegasus (12 mins)
13:40 LEO (25 mins)
14:20 EMIDEC 1100 (24 mins)
15:00 EDSAC (13 mins) & Ferranti Pegasus (12 mins)
15:40 LEO (25 mins)
16:20 EMIDEC 1100 (24 mins)
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So…plenty to see and do. I’ve got my camera gear packed and have plenty of spare storage for pictures and video. I’m also taking my laptop so if the hotel wifi is good enough i’ll post updates and flickr links over the weekend (prob have to wait until i get home to upload video to Youtube).
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