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Welcome on the wiki of the VCFB 2020, which will take place on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of October 2020 as a live event. This year, participants from all over Germany and other countries will present various aspects of 'Vintage Computing' in virtual exhibitions, talks and workshops. Items exhibited include everything from typical retro-computers to historical operating systems, programming languages, network technology, calculators and calculating machines. Most of the exhibited artifacts are in working condition. Owing to the virtual nature of this year's VCFB it is also possible to exhibit devices which, due to their size and fragility, could not be transported to another physical location.
This year, all exhibitions, talks and workshops will use video conference rooms of our BigBlueButton system. No programs have to be installed, only a web browser on a PC, tablet or smartphone is required to take part as an exhibitor or guest. Like in previous years, the talks will be streamed and will be available as recordings afterwards. After every talk, the presenters will be available in their video conference rooms for Q&A sessions. Exhibits will be shown on this Wiki as well as in individual BigBlueButton rooms where their owners can demonstrate their exhibit in more detail and chat with their visitors.
Admission is free. To visit the event no registration is required.
Saturday, 10th of October | 10:00–20:00 | Exhibitions |
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10:15–19:45 | Presentations and Workshops (Stream) | |
10:00–11:00 | Game Room | |
14:00–15:00 | Game Room | |
16:00–18:00 | Game Room | |
20:00–24:00 | Musical Educational Event | |
Sunday, 11th of October | 10:00–20:00 | Exhibitions |
10:00–11:00 | Game Room | |
10:30–20:00 | Presentations and Workshops (Stream) |
The exhibitors decide for themselves how and when they present their virtual exhibition desks in their video conference rooms. The times can be found on the detail pages of the exhibitions.
In addition to dozens of exhibitions, presentations and workshops, the programme has even more to offer:
If you want to help with preparations or running the virtual event as a volunteer, send an email to info@vcfb.de and subscribe to our volunteer mailing list.
Once your registration has been accepted you will get an account for this wiki. You can then create one or more pages about your exhibition, talk or workshop. Further information for participants can be found here.
The design of the VCFB 2020 as a poster or banner is available for download in different versions and resolutions here.
With questions, problems or for general chit-chat you can reach us at the virtual infodesk.
Mail: info@vcfb.de
IRC: libera/#vc-de
Mastodon: @vcfberlin@chaos.social
Twitter: @vcfberlin
You can find further information on past events and more on our website.