2 days of retrocomputing fun featuring exhibits and demos from the Commodore / Amiga collector community.
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Your name and organization/club (if relevant) Rob Carnegie Chilliwack Retro Computing Club A description of your exhibit, demo and/or how I'd like to help. (Please provide table, chair and power requirements) I will be exhibiting a fully working miniature of a Honeywell Level 66 (DPS8) mainframe computer. It is powered internally by a Raspberry Pie 4 and anArduino Nano. Raspberry Pi provides the CPU simulation and operating environment. The Arduino animates the control panel read out on the operators console. This is a handmade miniature, that was built without a kit. I built it to demonstrate the mainframe technology of the 1970s. I would like one table and two chairs
Cursed Silicon or Shaun I'd like to bring my mass optical media dumper. Affectionately nicknamed "Napster" to the event This machine is capable of making "Redump quality" digital captures of almost any kind of CD media. From Audio CD's to Nintendo Wii game discs. I would like to capture every single CD that attendees have and are willing to bring. I have outfitted the machine with two 4TB SSD's to help with this goal. I would need half a table and a single electrical outlet. Ethernet access would also be useful for uploading the media to archive.org on-site but is not a requirement Attendees with questions please feel free to reach out to me via my Mastodon link below, or email me at badatcomputerslongytemail[at]gmail.com https://social.restless.systems/@CursedSilicon
Your name and organization/club (if relevant) A description of your exhibit, demo and/or how I'd like to help. (Please provide table, chair and power requirements) John Ball/CelGenStudios I'd like to demonstrate one of Compaq's most popular line of 386 laptops from the early to mid-90's: the LTE Lite. These relatively small but more executively priced laptops are more than just another laptop. They were configuration flexible and fully adaptable to whatever kind of a computer user you were. From lightweight but high endurance mobile users to remote office desktop substitutes to full desktop machines with a docking station similar to that found on the Powerbook Duo. They were rich in features, advanced power management control and a wide variety of accessories that made them perhaps the best laptop at the time you could buy. I will require one table and one chair. Power will be necessary to operate at least one system but for the most part the laptops will be static displays due to a variety of age-related problems.
I have been a little bit involved with SRCS for a while, and after attending the previous ICFs, I would like to join in helping with setup/moving/staffing or whatever else is needed to put on another great festival.
Stephen M. Jones / SDF Public Access UNIX System / SDF.ORG Terminals connected to our Remote Vintage Systems which range from a PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX-11, PDP-8, 3B2, HP9000, SGI, Sun 3 and Honeywell 6180 Multics. We require 1 table, two chairs and about 5A of 120v and will be exhibiting for both days. We would also like to present either on Saturday or Sunday for about 45 minutes concerning the SDF Vintage Systems for remote access as well as our engineering operations in Tukwila WA
Clay Erickson/SDF.ORG/SRCS.ORG I would like to volunteer to assist with tasks such as setting up, shutting down, assisting exhibitors as needed, etc. Last spring, I set up and managed the presenter area on the second floor, setting up seating, as well as managing activity between presenters and the therapy sessions concurrently on the same floor (ensuring minimal disruption to patients entering and exiting the premise). If needed, I would be willing to manage that again. I would imagine that SRCS (via Gordon) has asked for a table for our group. If not, then I would like to ask for the table on the SRCS behalf. I will either bring my Atari 800 or 600XL system, or my Kaypro 4. I may possibly have a terminal (Wyse 150 , Televideo 925/950, or modern VT100 compatible) and my Wyse appliance to bring up SDF hosted systems for visitors to try out. As I expect other SRCS members might also have systems for this table, I plan to coordinate with them during one of the two 4th Saturday meetings. Thank you.
Josh Dersch I%92d like to display a 1977 Terak 8510/a graphical workstation running Pascal, RT-11, and mini-unix. I%92ll need half of a table.
Lady Errant/Danielle Jackson I've got an upgraded (Ultimate 1mb, VBXE, Rapidus, FujiNet) Atari 800xl that can run demos, games, etc. Willing to let attendees play with it. Half a table, chair, and two outlets (one for computer/monitor, one for 1050 drive)
Your name and organization/club (if relevant): Jason Self Description of your exhibit, demo, and/or how I'd like to help: I will be showcasing a Commodore 128, affectionately named Bernie, along with a TeensyROM and a Commodore 1902A monitor. Get hands-on with Bernie and relive the nostalgia of classic Commodore games. Challenge your friends to a game or two, or just enjoy watching some of the iconic titles from the C64 and C128 libraries in action. Table, chair, and power requirements: To keep Bernie running smoothly, the exhibit will require two 120V power outlets. A chair would be nice to have. I anticipate needing around half a table for the setup. Perhaps less - It depends on the size of the table.
Jason Perkins A demo of Apple's first LaseerWriter - which helped kick off desktop publishing, the LaserWriter II, and QMS and Panasonic LED printers. Macintosh computers with PrintShop and other applications will drive the machines. If there is interest, I can give a talk on the process and pitfalls of restoring a vintage laser printer. Because of parts availability one has to manufacture some things by hand! I'll also explain how the printer works in general, and how a laser printer is similar to, and also different than a copying machine. For power, I need a dedicated circuit. The LaserWriters each draw almost 800 watts when printing.
Jake Goritski volunteering for anything involving moving things from A to B, AV setups, or whatever else. Can also be reached at 862-(20^2)-(100(7^2) (4^2)). https://mastodon.sdf.org/@jakeg
J.P. McGlinn I'd like to exhibit a dual CPU Silicon Graphics Octane with CADduo option showing two independent desktop environments. From Silicon Graphics: "The OCTANE CADduo option unleashes the power and versatility of the OCTANE workstation from Silicon Graphics. OCTANE CADduo allows you to support two simultaneous users on a single OCTANE workstation, significantly lowering your hardware and administrative costs per seat." I'll need about 6 feet of table and about 4-5 amps of power. Prefer to also have a network connection.
Joe Decuir, IEEE, University of Washington What I would do: - I have Capstone students reimplementing Atari 2600 on Atari 8-bit machines - why: I want to include that in a book I am assembling on the latter machines - I would demonstrate the coding environment, and let people play with it
Katarina Melki - Project IVY A collection of vintage IBM ThinkPad computers I have collected and restored. My focus for this exhibit are the very first ThinkPad laptop 700C, the iconic 701C "Butterfly", the rare 360P 2 in 1 Pen laptop, and the cute, Japan-exclusive Palm Top PC 110. All in excellent working condition and usable by attendees. I will need about half of an 8 foot table for these 4, and a single chair. I shouldn't need more than 200 watts of 120 volt AC to power the 4 machines plus accessories.
Mike Debreceni I would like to exhibit a NABU PC. This was a Z-80-based home computer from the early '80s. The NABU PC was unique in that it downloaded all games and software via the cable TV network. Cable TV customers could rent a NABU PC for a monthly fee and then have access to a selection of games, educational software and even a spreadsheet. It was an early example of home computers connected to much larger information networks. The original NABU network was not a commercial success, and is long gone. However a trove of NABU PCs recently showed up on eBay, leading to a community effort to bring the machine and software back to life. I'm planning to demonstrate mine, using a Raspberry Pi to emulate the NABU network it would connect to Please provide a half table, chair, and power strip (approx 10A of power)
I can do stuff. Many years of theater tech. More of hardware based startups. I'm old but my back still works.
Rick Altherr I plan to bring a few early FPGA development boards (Xilinx XC2064, XC3000, etc) and at least one PC (either an Epson Apex 200 or a generic 386 system with a RapidCAD, possibly both) setup to run the development toolchain used for them. I'll need one table, one chair, and 5A 120V.
Troy Staley (SRCS) Is see that there are currently no early PC exhibits and would like to represent with a PCjr, XT Clone and painted 286 clone. If there is any room left. I'm from Kitsap co. So I'd set up early Saturday morning. Ethernet is a plus. I'm available to help with any other setup while the festival is running. (one Table, power for three PCs)