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ymofan04 · 2 years ago
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Moog System 55
From Retrosynthads.blogspot.com
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commodorez · 1 year ago
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IBM Thinkpad 701CS - the one with the famous butterfly keyboard - VCF Southwest 2023
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slitherpunk · 1 year ago
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i went to vintage computer festival midwest and saw so many yummy computers !! some pics below ...
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piflnoso · 5 months ago
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Have fun at VCFSW! Dont forget to take pictures.
I recommend checking out Usagi Electic, techav, Nybbles and Bytes, and Forgotten Machines' exhibits in particular. Tell 'em Z sent ya!
Thanks for the message! I didn't check Tumblr notifications again until now, but I did have a blast at VCF. I didn't get many pictures myself, but my husband got a bunch!
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ms-dos5 · 7 months ago
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You too could be at VCF East watching my computer shit itself for everyone’s entertainment
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agiraffewithacamera · 1 year ago
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Be gentle
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photosbymajestic · 3 months ago
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arjorge1987 · 7 months ago
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VCF East!
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teckheck · 2 months ago
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Just got back from VCF Midwest 19! Have a look at the recap I put together!
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techav · 1 year ago
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VCF Southwest
This was the first time I've been able to attend a VCF, and it was the first held in the Dallas area in over a decade. I was lucky enough to participate as both event staff, helping to plan and run the show, and as an exhibitor. It was exhausting, it was overwhelming at times, and I nearly lost my voice by the end of the first day ... But it was also an incredible experience and I really enjoyed it.
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I brought a few of my projects to show off. First and foremost was my Wrap030-ATX project, which I paired with a Wyse WY-30 terminal I rescued from Computer Reset, and had running a demo program for printing names on my recently-repaired Apple ImageWriter II/L. Next to that was my Wrap030 board stack running a Mandelbrot fractal renderer using its 68882 FPU and video generator cards. Then came the Mac SE from Computer Reset I repaired, with my SE-VGA card driving an external monitor, and running Oregon Trail (always a crowd favorite!). Finally I had my Franken-Plus, which sadly suffered a power supply failure early on the first day and sat dark all weekend.
My exhibit was situated just down the row from @commodorez , who won the show's Best Microcomputer award for his "VICs that aren't 20" exhibit of rare and lesser-known Commodore computers. Across from Commodore-Z was Usagi Electric, who won Best in Show for his exhibit of the Centurion, a PDP-11, and his vacuum tube computer.
I had a great time talking to Commodore-Z, @ms-dos5 , Usagi Electric, Nybbles and Bytes, Macintosh Librarian, Retrotech Chris, Kevin & Michael of the Turbo 9 Team, Al Williams, and so many more wonderful people that I couldn't even begin to catch names for.
I also got to go into deep-dive discussions on very specific details about my projects with people who already knew so much more about the components and the tools that I'm using than I do. It's energizing to be around people that understand the work that goes into these projects and appreciate what I've accomplished.
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The show was so much bigger than I anticipated. Including staff, volunteers, sponsors, speakers, exhibitors, and attendees, we saw nearly 900 people come through the main hall over the course of the weekend. Seminars were full, with CuriousMarc's presentation on Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer forming an imposing line for entry well ahead of the scheduled start of the talk. We had incredible community turnout; it was great to see entire families come through with awestruck small children in tow.
There was so much to see and do, so many people to talk to. The entire weekend is just a blur. My brain is still trying to process everything from the show.
One thing does stand out though — an unbelievably generous act from someone I spoke to on Saturday about my homebrew builds and my methods for testing and debugging. This kind soul was so impressed by what I have accomplished without an oscilloscope that he bought one from the VCFSW charity auction and gave it to me on Sunday. I was so surprised I didn't think to even get his name before he disappeared into the crowd. I can't wait to put it to good use, and I hope that what I build with it lives up to his expectations.
Following VCF East earlier this year, Bil Herd said something about riding that high from VCFE, and that prompted him to agree to come out to join us at VCFSW this year. Now that I've experienced it for myself, I understand what he meant. I've been looking though all the pictures and blog posts everyone has been sharing, and catching up on recordings of the presentations I missed. Interest in some of my projects has me thinking about what I can do with them next. It's exciting.
I can't wait until next year.
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ymofan04 · 1 year ago
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Roland SH-101
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commodorez · 2 months ago
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I wish I were at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 19 right now. It's being held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Chicago, IL.
Same place they held DashCon a decade ago.
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They even setup a ball pit, just for the gag.
If you're there, I hope you have a good time and take a bunch of pictures.
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slitherpunk · 2 months ago
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i appreciate that vintage computer festival had a "ballpit" because it was at the same convention center where dashcon happened. i took a picture of it with my gameboy camera.
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synths-and-sensibility · 1 month ago
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Thinking about her
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highway61rerevisited · 2 months ago
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at vintage computer festival midwest, newly relocated to the schaumburg convention center, the tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living
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romeomathgod · 7 months ago
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my baby boy from the free pile at vcf
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