GENERAL NEWS EVENTS CONSERNING S100 BUS COMPUTRS
West Coast Computer Festival August 4-7 2018.
The West Coast Computer Festival came back to the San Francisco Bay Area on August 4-5. There were many exhibits on both the Saturday and Sunday. There were demos of 1960s minicomputers, 1970s homebrew systems, 1980s eight-bitters, and a few oddities. Some exhibits contained pristine original machines, while others focus on unique modern hacks, and everything in between. 
       
For more information go here http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west-xi


The Trenton Computer Festival



This annual event started back in the 1980's and was a must attend gathering for anybody with a S100 bus system in those days.   It has evolved over the decades to a more generalized computer festival.   The next festival will be on March 23, 2019 at the usual site -- The Trenton College of New Jersey.

Please see here for further information.


Wayne Green, Byte and other Computer Magazine Publisher Passed Away

I'm sad to say that Wayne Green founder of 73 magazine; Byte magazine; Kilobaud; 80 Micro magazine for the TRS-80 and others passed away on October 30, 2015.   Many of us from the S100 Computers era well remember receiving our weekly copy of Byte and Kilobyte.  These two magazines in particular played a catalytic role in bringing together the home brew computer community.  Our sympathies go out to his family and friends.

Electrical and Electronic Engineers Plaque to Honor Gary Kildall
Pacific Grove, CA.   4/25/2014
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers installed a plaque on 801 Lighthouse street in Pacific Grove to mark Gary Kildall's development of CP/M in the city 40 years ago this year. The IEEE Milestone program honors important international events in electrical engineering and computing. Achievements, including Thomas Edison's light bulb, Marconi's wireless communications, and Bell Labs' first transistor are recognized with a commemorative plaque in an appropriate location.

A dedication ceremony was held at 2 PM in the City Chambers of Pacific Grove, CA. .  It include a discussion of the legacy of Gary Kildall, featuring Tom Rolander, John Wharton, Brian Halla, David Laws and Gordon Eubanks.  Many legendry figures of the early home computer industry were there.  Also was present was Ted Hoff, who back in 1970 was the person who headed up the development of the Intel 4004 -- the worlds first microprocessor.
  

	Portrait of Gary.	The discussions took place at the Pacific Grove Town Hall
	The actual unveiling ceremony took place a few blocks away on 801 Lighthouse street  (the original home of Digital Research)
	The sidewalk placard -- there for many years to come.

        
The IEEE provided a nice brochure which contains a summary of Gary's carrier published by Dr. Dobbs Journal back in 1980.
It can be downloaded from here.

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