a retrospective,
a retrospective,Finally! I have the VCF 2.0 photos posted! (It takes a long time to process them with my Altair!)
Here was the
door prize: An IMSAI 8080 computer with 2 8 inch drives and a terminal.
This is part of
the buy-n-sell area. There was a very large amount of old iron (and plastic) for sale this
year.
This is a tube
based section of the Whirlwind, and a piece of core memory on display by The Computer Museum.
This is a
reproduction in plywood of the DIGICOMP I. This copy was built by Doug Coward of the
Museum of Personal Computing Machinery, with plans supplied by Tom Stepleton at http://galena.tjs.org/digicomp/.
A longer shot of
the same table, showing a SWTP 6800, Heithkit H8, an Altair 8800, and a couple of Cosmac
ELF SBC's.
The PDP8 in the
foreground was actually running. Next to it is a PET, an Apple III, and others.
These are a
series of trainers. The big box is a Heithkit 'analog computer' trainer. Next to it as a
Heithkit microprocessor trainer, a Radio Shack microcomputer trainer and more.
This is a whole
series of bus type add-in boards, from S-100 to IBM PC, Plus a Vector 1 S-100 computer, a
Cromemco and a Poly 88.
Here's a really
rare one. This is a Digital Group computer mounted on a board with a power supply and
keyboard. The tall stack is a holder for cassettes.
These are some
of the more sought after collectable computers: an Exidy Sorcerer and a Processor
Technology SOL.
Several 'laptop'
computers. The one in the middle is a Data General 1.
Here's the one
that everyone wants; An Apple I board. This artifact was on loan from The Computer Museum.
This was an excellent event and my hats off to Sam Ismail for all his hard work!