Rocking the information superhighway 2026-02-07T00:00:00Z http://www.thestopbits.net/ The Stop Bits 2026-02-07T00:00:00Z http://www.thestopbits.net/blog/vcfsocal-2026-announcement/ <p>Grab your sweetheart and head on over to the Hotel Fera in beautiful Orange, CA for the 2026 Vintage Computer Festival SoCal!</p> <p>RetroTube's Faculty Band (The Stop Bits, aka us) have been invited to perform a set in the evening.</p> <p>We'll also be wandering about during the show, so come on down and see the sights! You'll be glad you did.</p> <p>For more information or to get tickets, check out <a href="https://www.vcfsocal.com">their website</a>. We hope to see you there!</p> 2025-06-05T00:00:00Z http://www.thestopbits.net/blog/vcfse-2025-announcement/ <p>We are very pleased to announce that we have been invited to perform at the twelfth <strong>Vintage Computer Festival Southeast</strong> on June 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM.</p> <p>The Vintage Computer Festival Southeast takes place in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. The event takes place alongside the &quot;Southern Fried Gaming Expo&quot; at the <strong>Renaissance Waverly Hotel and Cobb Galleria Convention Center</strong>.</p> <p>For more information or to get tickets, check out <a href="https://gameatl.com/vintage-computing-festival-southeast">their website</a>.</p> 2024-10-02T00:00:00Z http://www.thestopbits.net/blog/rotb-sid/ <p>We've made the <blink>bold</blink> decision to launch an account on the popular music streaming web site Bandcamp.com. We believe that Bandcamp represents a bold future for digital distribution of music files.</p> <p>While we don't have a full length release online yet, Veronica took a moment to create a SID rendition of our popular hit song, &quot;Rip Out The Battery&quot;.</p> <p>You can stream and download the song <a href="https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com/track/rip-out-the-battery-sid-edition">on Bandcamp</a>.</p> 2024-09-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thestopbits.net/blog/vcfmw-2024/ <p>Our show at VCF Midwest was incredible. We had so much fun.</p> <p>We have some media to share from the show. This wonderful photo was provided to the band courtesy of Ken Fager, CC BY-SA-4.0. Ken's website is <a href="https://kenfager.com">kenfager.com</a>. Thanks Ken!</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestopbits.net/img/vcfmw-2024-kenfager-1280px.jpg"><IMG SRC="/img/vcfmw-2024-kenfager-300px.jpg" ALT="four musicians rocking out on stage"></a></p> <p>Secondly, using the pioneering <em>iMovie</em> software, we've produced a short video featuring our very own Amy and her <strong>epic triangle solo</strong> from the show. This video is being hosted on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-qIq8bXuk">YouTube channel</a>.</p> 2024-08-27T00:00:00Z http://www.thestopbits.net/blog/vcfmw-2024-announcement/ <p>We have a gig! The Stop Bits will be performing at <strong>Vintage Computer Festival Midwest</strong> in beautiful Schaumburg, Illinois.</p> <p>Come see us perform our original songs, including hits such as &quot;Boot to Basic&quot; and &quot;Rip out the Battery&quot;. We'll be performing at <strong>10:00 PM on September 7th, 2024</strong> at the Schaumburg Convention Center, and we hope you'll join us!</p> 2024-08-25T00:00:00Z http://www.thestopbits.net/blog/launchday/ <p>Today, The Stop Bits embarks on a bold new journey into the World Wide Web at www.thestopbits.net. We are delighted to be joining the information superhighway officially, and we look forward to connecting with fans here.</p>