#vintage computer festival west xviii

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Live Circuit Board Re-caping & Repair - Arion Paylo

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World’s Largest Mac Plus (aka Mac Plus Plus) – Jason Jackrel

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Commodore PET Collection - Chuck Hutchins 

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GT40 Lunar Lander - Scott Swazey 

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Open Source CRT Monitor - Thomas Daede

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An early Apollo Block II DSKY under the care of Mike Stewart, demonstrating P65 (one of the important lunar lander decent programs)  I don't think this DSKY was a formal exhibit, but it was cool. It's from around the time of Apollo 5, early Block II hardware

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The Commodore Artist – Theodoro Koulis

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The IBM 3270 terminal evolution - Dave K.  

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Testing out @virescent-phosphor 's exhibit at VCF West XVIII by speed running Putt-Putt Joins the Parade on 3DO

Get on my level

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My 11th PCB design just got sent off to the fab the other day. Designing PCBs is surprisingly fun when you get into the rhythm of it, and I blame Eric Schlaepfer for this.

You know, the guy who made the MOnSter 6502? The co-author of Open Circuits? It's his fault for helping me develop that skillset, and I've told him as much, both in person, and at VCF West.

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Apple-1 replicas - Daniel Kottke

I played around with the Apple 1 replica on the left for a bit, discovering how limited its BASIC implementation really is. I can't say I've ever been allowed to just... do that before, even with a replica, as even those are so often guarded.

He also brought along a prototype Macintosh motherboard -- note how everything is socketed.

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An IBM 1401 data cable from ~65 years ago vs a modern USB cable

Computer History Museum - Mountain View, CA

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Consoles as Computers - Elk Cloner

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I spent alot of time at this one. I speedran Putt-Putt on the 3DO, and programmed in Family BASIC on the Famicom.

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Visiting the OG DG -- the Data General Nova SerNo. 1 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California

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Trying out BASIC on an Acorn Electron

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My haul of stuff from the trip to California / VCF West XVIII

We got the shirts:

The video game stuff:

Books, magazines, manuals, records, and floppy disks.

Pins, patches, magnets, and other larger souvenirs:

Stickers and other mostly-paper souvenirs:

And lastly, the electronics! Components, computer parts, and a whole fucking minicomputer front panel!

I'd call that a damned good haul!

@virescent-phosphor is responsible for giving me more than a few of the items pictured -- thank you for the gifts!