PierreNick  šŸ’¾Jan 19

I always wanted to go to a #VCF!

As someone in Montreal Iā€™m so happy to see #VCFMontreal!

As someone who takes transit, I also expected it to be in Montreal proper.. šŸ˜­

(Itā€™s ~1h drive away, or 2h+ transit, at the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean)

Show threadGuillaume RossJan 19
@pierrenick Ooh thatā€™s not too far from me. Got a link?
Show threadPierreNick  šŸ’¾

@g

Yes!
https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/

This weekend!
(January 24-25 2026)

VCF Montreal ā€“ Vintage Computer Federation

Jan 19 at 2:46pmWeb
Show threadPierreNick  šŸ’¾Jan 19

@g Itā€™s so close to me globally, yet far šŸ˜­

I donā€™t think Iā€™ll go, bit of a deal breaker šŸ˜­

I had hoped #VCFMontreal couldā€™ve happened in one of Montrealā€™s 6 universities (!)

Show threadAGMSJan 25
@pierrenick I donā€™t know how it compares to universities, but the #VCFMontreal cafeteria has really good food at the military college, and itā€™s in the same building as the exhibition hall.
Show threadPierreNick  šŸ’¾Jan 25

@AGMS00 Yeah, the map looked more like VCF East for that! And the RMC Saint-Jean is a university too. Iā€™ve been to lots of multi-day events in urban universities in Montreal itself.

Iā€™ll have to look up how it went! Hope it comes back. Even if at the RMC Saint-Jean!

Show threadAGMSJan 26
@pierrenick I had a good time at #VCFMontreal. Lots of chats, interesting talks and I even got to ask CuriousMarc (YouTuber restoring Apollo computing and digital radio equipment) a NASA atomic clock question (they used the same HP clocks he is working on, for measuring Doppler speed changes in the radio signal from the space craft). But for me, mostly #NabuPC stories and history and meeting people.
Show threadPierreNick  šŸ’¾Jan 26
@AGMS00 Ohh awesome. When I saw the theme of #VCFMontreal this year was ā€œCanadian Computingā€, I immediately thought #NabuPC!
Show threadGuillaume RossJan 19
@pierrenick Oh wow that is way sooner than I expected. Not sure if I will be able to make it either... hopefully they have decent attendance and next year can redo it more centrally.
Show threadPierreNick  šŸ’¾Jan 19
@g Thatā€™s what Iā€™m hoping! I know organizing is a hell if a task! And maybe they need lots if parking? But Iā€™m curious about the choice of venue.
Show threadGuillaume RossJan 19
@pierrenick Having helped with a few conferences... pretty often someone offers a free or almost free location that works and it's very difficult to do better than that for any reasonable amount of money :/ 
Show threadPierreNick  šŸ’¾Jan 19
@g Yeah same and thatā€™s totally what Iā€™m thinking it is. Still grateful for the organization work and how close I am to one! I hope it sticks around!