Posted By
RobertB on 2007-10-22 20:58:45
| Re: Jack Tramiel at Computer History Museum - Dec. 10 !!!
Today I was able to make phone contact with Karen Tucker of the Computer History Museum and question her on the details for the event, "The Impact of the Commodore 64: A 25-Year Celebration". Here are the specifics:
Location: Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd, (exit from the 101 Freeway) Mountain View, California 94043 Phone: 650 810-1010
Time and format of the event: Monday, Dec. 10 6 pm - 7 pm -- Museum member's reception with the guests. Beer, wine, and hors' doeuvres served. 7 pm - 8:30 or 9 pm -- First words/speech by Jack Tramiel, panel discussion, question-and-answer session Afterwards, informal chit-chat and possible autographs
Admission -- for the reception, free to museum members ($65 membership) for the event, free general admission ($10 donation requested)
Seating capacity -- 400
Webpage -- Karen remarks that they are "stupidly slow" at updating the events' page at http://www.computerhistory.org/events/ but assures that the event "is really going to happen... definitely".
Guests to speak/appear (updated) -- Jack Tramiel (pronounced /tra mel/, Karen tells), former CEO of Commodore Business Machines
Steve Wozniak of Apple fame
William C. Lowe, father of the IBM PC
Adam Chowaniec, former vice-president of technology for Amiga at Commodore Business Machines
John Markoff, moderator of the panel discussion and New York Times reporter and author of the computer history book, "What the Dormouse"
Leonard Tramiel, former vice-president of software development and v.p. of advanced technology at Atari Corporation
Jeri Ellsworth, engineer behind the CommodoreOne and the C64 DTV
Media recording - photography (no flash), videography, and audio-taping permitted. Possible webcast from Liquid Computing of Canada (Chowaniec's current company), which is sponsoring the event.
Some items are still in flux; when I have further updates, I will post them.
Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://videocam.net.au/fcug The Other Group of Amigoids http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
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