Historians, ... A final reminder that the Vintage Computer Festival East 8.0 is less than two weeks ago: May 5-6, at the InfoAge Science Center, in Wall, New Jersey. We've got 24 exhibits, eight technical workshops, and four lectures, and two keynotes. All the details are posted at http://www.vintage.org/2012/east/ and there are also updates at http://www.facebook.com/vcfeast8. A pair of intriguing testimonials from veteran VCF attendees: Steve Wozniak: “Seeing the early equipment at VCF is an amazing experience. For many of us, it's better than a museum. It touches on all the hopes and dreams of the time and the many efforts to achieve what others thought would never happen. It brings back memories of a revolution in the making. And we see the humble devices that we could actually understand and hold each piece in our hands and even construct ourselves. Every new device back then signaled a change in life forever. A lot of young people look in awe upon those days too, the way they might look upon the founding music of rock and roll. The people you meet at the VCF are amazing. Most are older and more accomplished but every single story of those days that they tell is the type you hinge on and feel inside what they were doing, often against the grain of our culture and against what was supposedly possible. It was a time of few rules and little conformity, all because there weren't billions of dollars visible yet for this new industry. How much we were up against is one thing you take home after this event,” Wozniak continue. Lee Felsenstein: "In 35 years the personal computer has grown from nothing into the most important device shaping everyday life. It should be part of everyone's education to see how it grew and to learn from the people who grew it. VCF is the place to be where not only the equipment can be seen and tried out but, perhaps more importantly, where the people who rose to the challenge offered by these machines can be met and heard from." Me again: consider putting down your journal articles :) and coming to VCF where you see and touch computer history.