Repair workshop @ System Source in Maryland

The July Repair Workshop will be at System Source.
The Vintage Computer Federation and the System Source Computer Museum are hosting a vintage computer workshop on Saturday July 10th and Sunday July 11th 2021 at:
System Source Computer Museum
338 Clubhouse Road,
Hunt Valley, MD  21031
A few pictures from our pre-COVID event:  Details below!

Sign up here

Plenty of free parking, short walk from Baltimore’s light rail (Gilroy Road Stop)
We will open at 9:00 AM on Saturday July10th, 2021 and will lock up by 7:30 PM.
We will go to dinner afterwards.
If you are interested in dinner, then please indicate on the signup form.
We will open at 9:00 AM on Sunday July 11th and lock up at 5:00 PM

Accommodations:  Try https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g41196-Hunt_Valley_Maryland-Hotels.html

Feel free to talk with others about sharing a room.
Food:   There are plenty of restaurants within a short drive.   We will have a catered Indian buffet on Saturday at cost ($12.00?) and catered Barbecue ($12.00?) on Sunday for those who sign up.
We will feature tours of the museum throughout both days and several mini-workshops:

  • Retrobright workshop (bring your yellowed plastics)
  • Pre-industrial computing class –  Learn to use a slide rule, and various types of Abaci
  • Hot Metal Typesetting (3500 lb word processor
  • Preview/contribute to new exhibit IBM PC@40  We will have most of the IBM PCs (and predecessors) load up with various operating systems and software

If you need a machine to work on, please let me know.  We have lots of computers awaiting restoration!
Let others know what you are working on the SIGNUP SHEET
If you have unusual needs, (220 Volts, fork lift, etc please email Bob Roswell at museum@syssrc.com

Bob Roswell
broswell@syssrc.com
https://museum.syssrc.com
410-771-5544 x 4336

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