On June 19^th, 2019 BasicGallery, BasicNet Group's historical archive, presented at the Cupertino Historical Society & Museum (Cupertino-California, USA) its new exhibition "Homage to the Information Technology�, focusing on the history of the visionaries and entrepreneurs who, between 1975 and 1985, transformed a digital-technological revolution into the greatest cultural revolution of all time. The exhibition offers visitors a series of video interviews with the players of that era, including John Sculley, Allan Alcorn, Daniel Kottke, Jack Tramiel, Chuck Peddle, Lee Felsenstein, and Steve Wozniak. A group of pioneers championing what they called the “noble cause�, which would, over the following 30 years, make information accessible to everybody.

Concept by: Marco Boglione, Founder and Chairman of BasicNet 

Curator: Cecilia Botta, BasicGallery 

Advisor: Massimo Temporelli, The FabLab 

Designers: Barbara Molino and Alex Jorio, BasicCreativity 

Production manager: Serena Zanello, Clizia Design 

Coordinator: Fabrizio Vitagliano, Board of Directors of Cupertino Historical Society & Museum, and Jennifer Furlong, Executive Director of Cupertino Historical Society & Museum

Video: 8 Bit Generation 

Special thanks to: Lee Felsestein, Allan Alcorn, Daniel Kottke, Leonard Tramiel

Archive: BasicGallery 

Opening speech by: Jennifer Furlong (executive director Cupertino Historical Society), Lorenzo Ortona (Consul General of Italy in SF), Paul Darcy (Cupertino Council member), Kirsten Tashev (VP Computer History Museum), Marco Boglione (BasicNet founder and chairman), Tom Pyke (secretary congressman Ro Kahanna in Washington), Juliana Park (secretary of California State Representative Evan Low), Steven Scharf (Cupertino Major).

Microsoft^® historian: Felice Pescatore, Vintage Computer Club Italia 

Collection: Marco Boglione (BasicNet), Filippo Bolaffi, All About Apple Museum, Paolo Cognetti (Vintage Computer Club Italia), Damiano Airoldi (MMN Museum), Erik Klein (Vintage Computer Federation), Renato Manfreddi, Elia Bellussi (MUPIN)