The Vintage Computing Festival Berlin (VCFB) is an event about historic computers and computing technology. In exhibitions, presentations and workshops, participants from all over Germany and beyond present many different aspects of Vintage Computing. In addition to retro computers, also historical operating systems, programming languages, network technology as well as pocket and mechanic calculators will be shown. Most of the exhibited devices are in working condition. Since 2014, the donation-financed VCFB has been organised annually by volunteers, backed by the non-profit association VCFB e.V.
The VCFB will take place on the Wilhelminenhof campus of the University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW Berlin). Exhibition build-up begins on Friday, October 18th, and the event is open for visitors on Saturday and Sunday, October 19th and 20th.
Admission is free!
| Friday, October 18th | 14:00 - 20:00 | Exhibition build-up |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, October 19th | 10:00 - 19:00 | Exhibitions |
| 10:15 - 15:00 | Presentations and workshops (Stream) | |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Musical educational event | |
| Sunday, October 20th | 10:00 - 17:30 | Exhibitions |
| 10:00 - 17:30 | Presentations and workshops (Stream) |
In addition to dozens of exhibitions, presentations and workshops, the programme has even more to offer:
The presentations will be streamed and published on media.ccc.de later on.
If you want to participate in the VCFB as an exhibitor or presenter you will find all information needed on this page.
If you want to help with preparations or running the event as a volunteer, send an email to info@vcfb.de and subscribe to our volunteer mailing list.
Building G+H on the Wilhelminenhof campus of the HTW Berlin, Wilhelminenhofstraße 75A, 12459 Berlin, Germany
By public transport: S8, S85, S9, S45, S46, S47, RB24 or RB32 to Schöneweide S-Bahn station. Take the stairs down at the northern exit, turn right at the bottom towards Schnellerstraße and immediately left after leaving the station. The replacement bus leaves directly at the tram stop. Take replacement bus M17 for one stop to Siemensstraße/Edisonstraße. After getting off, walk back to the junction – do not cross the road, just turn left in front of Miro's Kebab. There you will find the boarding stop for replacement bus 27, take this bus to Rathenaustraße/HTW. Continue on foot along Wilhelminenhofstraße to gate 5, turn right into Johannes-Kraatz-Straße, then 300m to building G.
By car: For navigation enter Wilhelminenhofstraße 75A as destination. Turn sharp right at the Wilhelminenhofstraße/Ostendstraße bend, drive through gate 7 onto the HTW campus, then continue to the end of Peter-Behrens-Straße. Turn right into Ernst-Ziesel-Straße, to the left you will find a parking area. From there turn left to buildings G and H.
Exhibitors can stop directly in front of building H for loading and unloading.
Mail: info@vcfb.de
IRC: libera/#vc-de (Webchat)
Mastodon: @vcfberlin@chaos.social
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