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| ======Chicago Classic Computing====== | ======Chicago Classic Computing====== |
| ====Background==== | ====Background==== |
| | Chicago Classic Computing (or "ChiClassicComp") began as a Yahoo! mailing list in November, 2006, started by [[user:silent700|Silent700]] to help bring together fellow hobbyists he met while giving away computers on Craigslist. List membership grew slowly over time but the same informal organizing structure remains today. |
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| | In July of 2023, Chicago Classic Computing incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. |
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| | Besides bringing collectors together via the mailing list and Facebook group, the ChiClassicComp crew organizes the yearly [[https://vcfmw.org|Vintage Computer Festival Midwest]], a late-summer gathering of vintage computing exhibits, vendors, presentations and more. As of 2025, VCFMW will be in its 20th year as a free show. |
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| | List members' interests vary widely, from the 8-bit computers some grew up with, back to the "Big Iron" that predates the home computer revolution, forward to Windows PCs of the 1990s. But we all share a passion for preserving history and celebrating the hardware and software that changed our worlds. |
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| | Besides collecting computers, the vintage computing hobby also encompasses software preservation, developing new products and accessories for old hardware, [[https://vtda.org|software and document archiving]] and sharing our personal experiences in computing history with others, young and old. |
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