VCF West — Exhibits and Vendors

Exhibit 1

TRS-80 Model 1 Software
Alex — Santa Clara, CA

TRS-80 Model 1 software from the late 1970s / early 1980s from CLOAD Magazine and also games and programs developed by myself, running on an original TRS-80 Model 1 with Expansion Interface and Floppy Drive.

Exhibit 2

8-bit CPU's, The Monolith, and The Metropolis
Amin L — Citrus Heights

The Monolith is a Harvard architecture CPU built across 24 breadboards. It features a dual, isolated bus system — Bus A and Bus B operate independently but can pass data between them in either direction. Two fully separate ALUs handle arithmetic in parallel: ALU1 uses registers A & B, and ALU2 uses X & Y. Both support full add/subtract with latched operations, meaning the CPU locks in its current mode rather than re-evaluating it every cycle. Flags are heavily filtered based on context — the mode, the operation, and the state of other signals all influence what gets flagged and what gets ignored, preventing false positives. Conditional branching supports JN, JZ, and JC. A 15-bit program counter allows addressing up to 32KB of ROM. Two 256-entry register banks provide massive storage headroom. I/O includes two output latches, one bidirectional buffer, and a dedicated line that can assert HIGH or LOW.

The Metropolis is a leaner Harvard architecture companion CPU built across 21 breadboards. Its dual buses are connected rather than isolated, keeping the design simpler. A single ALU with the same context-aware flag filtering and latched add/subtract handles all arithmetic. A & B feed it, and X & Y registers communicate freely with both buses. An 8-bit program counter addresses 256 bytes of ROM. Dedicated hardware handles counting and XNOR comparisons, offloading those tasks entirely from the ALU. A CALL/RET system with a hardware Return Register that instantly latches PC+1 enables full subroutine support. I/O is minimal — one output latch and a LOW signal line, typically used to drive an external buffer.

Exhibit 3

Core64 Interactive Core Memory and 6502
Andy Geppert — Blaine, MN

Enjoy a hands-on exhibit with Core Memory, a 6502, and Neon Pixels. Celebrate the recent 50th Anniversary of the 6502 by interacting with the microprocessor using a magnetic stylus and Core Memory and getting a new 6502 T-Shirt. See magnetic flux come alive in Core Memory with flux visualization. Learn all about Core Memory and its place in the computer history timeline. Try your hand at making some MIDI music with Core Memory used as a MIDI grid controller too! This exhibit provides an opportunity to get your hands on with the most tangible and discrete form of computer memory called Core Memory. When you walk away, you’ll have a new appreciation and a better understanding of how Core Memory was foundational to computers of the 60s. Core Memory was used in the computer systems before RAM chips were commonplace. The Apollo Guidance Computers and other spacecraft of the time used core memory. This exhibit features a range of authentic DIY Core Memory kits which are available so you can weave your own core memory and experiment with it. You can use the included magnetic stylus and multicolor LEDs to bring core memory to life in your own creative ways. You can even draw and paint with a magnetic airbrush and play games within the Core Memory itself.

Exhibit 4

Circuit Board Clinic: Vintage Recap & Repair
Arion Paylo — San Mateo, CA

Leaking caps and corroded traces don't have to mean the end for your vintage hardware. This booth is a live repair bench: watch real triage, capacitor replacement, trace repair, and more happen in real time. Whether you're curious about the process or ready to pick up a soldering iron yourself, come ask questions. Tool recommendations, technique tips, and encouragement included.

Exhibit 5

Inside the Sphere Microcomputer!
Ben Zotto — San Francisco CA

A rare working 1975 Sphere micro, one of the earliest personal computers, will be ready for your exploration. With its metal case replaced by new acrylic panels, you'll be able to see inside this strange and important machine with its crazy ribbon cables. Additional Sphere ephemera and materials will also be on display.

Exhibit is hosted by the author of a just-published book about this important and fascinating computer, company, and community. Copies of "Go Computer Now! How Sphere Corporation Invented the Modern Microcomputer—Then Disappeared" will be available for purchase at the table.

Exhibit 6

Puter's Retro World: The Nabu Experience
Bob Dalquest — Olympia

Come discover the Nabu, an ahead-of-its-time Z-80 based personal computing solution from 1982 that pioneered a pre-Internet vision of delivering digital content to homes and schools via the local cable TV network. Though Nabu and the Nabu network saw limited success and soon faded into history, the system recently sparked a retro-computing revival when pallets of unused units surfaced on eBay. Come see a working Nabu setup with Internet Adapter (simulated Cable TV Network interface) running original Nabu "Channels" and explore the incredible preservation efforts of the NABU.CA community, including major contributions from D.J. Sures (family of the original founders) and former NABU senior software engineer Leo Binkowski. For more information check out Nabu.ca

Exhibit 7

History and
Bob Warren — Pleasant Hill, CA

Showcase two amazing machines: Atari Mega STe with Blue SCSI and other neat upgrades.

Also a historically significant Mac IIfx used for Claris development!

Exhibit 8

To the Ends of the Earth: The IBM Radiotype
Chris — Los Altos

Come and see a hands-on exhibit of one of IBMs earliest long distance communication systems — The IBM Radiotype — which was sending text messages electronically almost 100 years ago!

Exhibit 9

Modulation? Demodulation? Does it ever end?
Chris Satterfield — Vallejo, CA

Come see and experience some Fun with Modems! We'll have a variety of fun experiences all based around real, telephone line based, dial-up modems.

Exhibit 10

Comstar Star 4 a 4004 based Industrial Computer
Christian Liendo — NY NY

I will be showing a 4004 based Computer and documentation.

Exhibit 11

Caretaker Classic Computing
Cory Ryan — BAKERSFIELD

Vintage Apple and Macintosh Computer restoration and sales.

Exhibit 12

eMate Estate
Dan — Los Gatos, CA

Discover Apple Computers incredibly brief foray into low spec portable computers for the education market! These 'laptops' are actually Apple Newton PDAs with larger screens, a built in keyboard, and peak 1990's industrial design. Get hands on with working systems to learn about both the software ecosystem and the hardware details!

Exhibit 13

MEGA65
Dan Sanderson — Seattle, WA

The MEGA65 is a modern recreation of the unreleased Commodore 65, an FPGA-based personal computer with a deep connection to its Commodore heritage that you can own today. Dan Sanderson is a member of the MEGA65 team, maintainer of the KERNAL ROM and documentation, and the author of Dan’s MEGA65 Digest, a monthly newsletter. https://mega65.org/

Exhibit 14

Acorn Computers and Teletext
David — Woodside, CA

A demonstration of 8-bit and 32-bit Acorn computers including the BBC Micro, Archimedes, and demonstrations of RISC OS and the UK's "teletext" broadcast information system.

Exhibit 15

J-PC ZÖNE
Duncan M. — Santa Clara

Japan had its own world of personal computers that did not reach Western shores. This exhibit will represent many running examples of these impressive platforms that most of the West missed. We will be demonstrating at least one playable example of the following systems:

X68000 PC-98 MSX2+ PC-88 FM-TOWNS PC-6001 mkII

Exhibit 16

Tele-Typin' Zone
Dustin Williams — Redlands, CA

"TTY? You mean a Teletype?" Yes, but no! Come see the revolutionary technology that enabled the deaf to communicate freely for over half a century, all from the comfort of their own homes.

Exhibit 17

The Intel 8085, 50 Years and counting.
Francis Bauer — Santa Rosa, CA

The Intel 8085 8-bit microprocessor played a large role in the beginning of the microcomputer and eventually the embedded processor industries. The 80C85 variant (created in early 1980s) was used in the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 notebook portable computer and also NASA's Sojourner Mars rover. This exhibit features a number 8085 trainers and diagnostic products including a HP5036A microprocessor lab-in-a-briefcase. I will also have one of my Intel 8080A based Processor Technology Sol-20 S-100 Terminal Computers running various example programs/software.

Exhibit 18

C64i Commodore 64 improved
Francis Bernier — Redwood City,CA

New motherboard design for the C64 packed with new features.

Exhibit 19

Friends of the Palo Alto Library Book Sale
Friends of the Palo Alto Library — Palo Alto, CA

Vintage Computer Books, Software & Ephemera

Exhibit 20

Early (and rare) 8-bit personal computers
George Hines — Los Gatos, CA

A demonstration of early personal computers released in the late 70s and early 80s. Some of these computers are quite rare (sold only a few thousand via mail order) and provided alternatives to much more expensive computers such as the Apple II. To those growing up in the 70s and eager to own their own computer, these unique computers promised an affordable entry to the coming personal computer revolution, although each came with significant limitations/quirks. Examples include:

APF Imagination Machine (1979) Interact (Model One) Home Computer (1978) Ohio scientific (OSI) Challenger 4P (1979)

More common, but of similar vintage computers will be displayed

Trs-80 model 1 (1977) Trs-80 color computer 1 (1980) Commodore pet (replica, originally introduced 1977) Sinclair ZX81 (replica, originally introduced 1981) And possibly a few others....

Exhibit 21

Olson and Dynabyte S100 demo
George W Kauffman — Mountain View

A display demonstrating a working CP/M Olson S-100 Byt-8 system with SA400 floppy drives. A rare early home computer. Also, a working Dynabyte DB8/2 CP/M S100 system.

Exhibit 22

WiFi Retromodems and WOPR Computer Replicas
http://tattlersolutions.com — Los Altos

Selling replacement WiFi PCBs for Hayes, Atari, Sportster and Courier modems. I will also be selling a 1U WOPR LED panel as a tribute to cinema's most iconic AI supercomputer.

Exhibit 23

S100 Bus. IMSAI old and new.
Jay Cotton — ROSEBURG OR

We will show IMSAI computer from 1976 and New IMSAI from 2025.

Exhibit 24

CBMSTUFF.COM
Jim Drew — Lake Havasu City

I will be selling keyboards, keycaps, modems, and other Commodore related products.

Exhibit 25

Whackadoodle! - An interactive hardware game for the C64 !
Joeri_C64 — Alamo

Whackadoodle! is a fast‑paced, original arcade‑style game for the Commodore 64 that uses a custom light‑up button controller to create a physical “whack‑a‑mole” experience.

Exhibit description text Whackadoodle! is a modern homebrew game developed for the Commodore 64 and showcased at Vintage Computer Festival Southeast and the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo 2024. Players use a custom “Honken Hecking Buttons” controller, where only one illuminated button and one character—called a “doodle”—are active at a time. There are four “good” doodles and four “bad” doodles: you gain points by quickly hitting the bad doodles, but lose score and lives if you strike a good one or fail to hit a bad one before it times out. The game starts with six lives and progressively increases in speed every 40 points, turning a simple concept into a challenging test of reflexes and concentration. Whackadoodle! has proven highly addictive at public events and is planned for ports to other 8‑bit systems and PC, demonstrating that new, community‑driven titles are still being created for classic hardware more than 40 years after its release.

Exhibit 26

APL Of Your Eye: Personal Computers Running The APL Language
John Riney III — Oakland, CA

BASIC may have been the most popular built-in programming language of the personal computer revolution, but there were other, more mathematical options. Explore a variety of systems running APL, an array-based language that redefines the term "concise".

Exhibit 27

Computers and the Cold War
Jon Siefken and James Supp: Bannerman Auctions — Boston, MA

Cryptography and Computers from the Cold War Like the US Space program, it took pioneers of the information age and high-stakes geopolitical interests to get so many of these projects off the ground…come take a look and learn more about the hardware and technology that came about from this race for intelligence supremacy!

Exhibit 28

Alan Bradley PLCs
Jordan — california

Assortment of Allen Bradley industrial hardware used back in the 1980s and still used today.

Exhibit 29

Xerox Workstation History: From Alto to Daybreak
Josh Dersch — BOTHELL

Come see how desktop publishing, printing, networking, programming, and the graphical user interface evolved from 1973-1988 by playing with the real thing! We will have Xerox Alto, Dolphin, and Daybreak systems up and running a wide variety of software for your enjoyment and education.

Exhibit 30

D.R.E.A.M Microcomputer and more
Kris Sekula — CA

Interactive/hands-on demo of Motorola 6800-based microcomputer created by Michael J. Bauer. Its construction was detailed in Electronics Australia in 1979, and it included a monitor program called CHIPOS (Compact Hexadecimal Interpretive Programming and Operating System) and a CHIP-8 interpreter.

Exhibit 31

Atari ST Music Production
Madeline Autumn-Rose — San Lorenzo, CA

Mixing the old and new for music production. A range of MIDI instruments driven by an Atari ST, showcasing the versatility of MIDI and the power of the ST.

Exhibit 32

8-bit Chess
Mark Abene — Dublin, California

A live chess-playing homebrew microcomputer, based around the RCA 1806 CPU, programmed with modern algorithms. Developed with my assistant, Claude Code, I'll show that the technology existed in 1981 to create a formidable opponent.

Exhibit 33

AI on Apple ][+
Mark Cramer — San Francisco

I refurbished my Apple ][+ from high school and got it running some simple machine learning: https://mdcramer.github.io/apple-2-blog/. I'll be doing some more before August. I also have the full suite of Ultimate and Wizardy games which I can bring with me.

Exhibit 34

Bitfixer's bits and bytes
Michael Hill — Daly City, CA

A collection of vintage computers with homebrew modern enhancements.

Exhibit 35

Educational Computer System from Germany
Michael Wessel — Palo Alto

My exhibit presents 3 influential educational computer systems from West Germany, early / mid 1980s: - the Busch 2090 Microtronic Computer System from 1981 - the Kosmos CP1 Computer System from 1983 - the Philips MasterLab MC-6400 from 1984.

With the exception of the MC-6400, these machines emulate a "virtual" educational CPU with a Microcontroller - more powerful instructions (e.g., MULT and DIV on the Microtronic!), and easier to learn / education-friendly (pure one accumulator von-Neuman machine for the CP1, and decimal only!). I will have the original machines as well as their manuals and peripherals on display.

For the Microtronic and the MC-6400, I also developed a modern SD card-based storage solution - PicoRAM. PicoRAM also adds speech, sound, and graphics to the Microtronic.

Over the years, I built dozens (Arduino- / AVR MCU-based) Microtronic hardware emulators. The "Microtronic Next Generation" won one of the prizes in Hackday's 2021 "Reinvented Retro" contest. The latest emulator is the Microtronic Phoenix, which was covered extensively by the media (Microchip Makes Social Media, Hackster.io, etc.) - this one even runs the original Microtronic TI TMS-1600 firmware using a TMS-1600 emulator, in addition to the more performant and extended Microtronic Neo firmware. The Microtronic TMS-1600 firmware dumping process wasn't trivial, and is described in detail on Hackaday - it constitutes the first documented case of TMS-1600 masked ROM dumping, which requires you to put the TMS-1600 into a special "Test Mode" that then allows reading its ROM content via a rather complicated (serial) protocol.

I also wrote an article series about these "big three" of the 1980s German Educational Computer market; I will make an English version of these articles available:

https://www.classic-computing.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/load10web.pdf https://www.classic-computing.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/load11web.pdf

Background: https://hackaday.com/2021/07/17/reinvented-retro-contest-winners-announced/ https://github.com/lambdamikel/microtronic-phoenix https://github.com/lambdamikel/Busch-2090 https://hackaday.io/project/197415-microtronic-firmware-rom-archaeology https://hackaday.io/project/202835-microtronic-phoenix https://hackaday.io/project/176466-microtronic-the-next-generation

Exhibit 36

The Pizza Box Macintosh LCs
Michael Z. — Centerville, UT

The Macintosh LC line was ubiquitous in school computer labs in the early to mid 1990s. The LC was colloquially referred to as a "Pizza Box" Mac because the case's low height and squarish proportions resembled the aforementioned food container. The original case design saw three updates before being discontinued in the mid 90s.

Come check out all four revisions of the Pizza Box LC, each matched with some of the entertainment and edutainment software that would have been used with that machine.

Exhibit 37

Beyond the Wavetable: MIDI on the Commodore Amiga
narylis — San Jose, CA

While it may be better known for its role in popularizing tracker music thanks to its sound system featuring built-in wavetable synthesis, when properly kitted out the Commodore Amiga could also be just as functional a MIDI workstation as the Atari ST. Indeed, with the help of third party tooling from companies like Blue Ribbon Soundworks, the Amiga played a notable role in soundtracks for computer games for IBM PC compatibles as well as Japanese animated feature films. Come by and find out how the Amiga left its own mark on music history "beyond the wavetable"!

Exhibit 38

Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment
Peter — Oakland CA

MADE is a game museum in Oakland. We will be showing a selection of vintage computers and/or consoles running video games.

Exhibit 39

Project IVY - Keeping Portables Alive
Project IVY — Seattle, WA

Project IVY is all about my love for portable computers. I always enjoy exhibiting my favorite machines, all restored by me. As always I have the first ever IBM ThinkPad, the 700C, the famous Butterfly ThinkPad 701C, the rare and robust GRiD Compass II, and a selection of palm top PCs. Along with other interesting computers I've restored. All are functional and ready for hands on usage.

Exhibit 40

Retro storage solutions (ZuluSCSI, ZuluIDE) and more
Rabbit Hole Computing — Santa Rosa

Exhibiting ZuluSCSI and ZuluIDE Computer storage emulation products.

Exhibit 41

90s LAN party
RetroComputing Guild / TechJesse — Auburn, CA

1990s hands-on LAN party display. A collection of all original DOS and early Pentium era computers, networked for attendees to play games on.

Exhibit 42

Forgotten Media Recovery
Richard Hopton — Walnut Creek, CA

At this exhibit you’ll learn about what “mass” storage looked like before CDs, DVDs, or USB flash drives happened, and hear some super nostalgic noises from these forgotten miracles. Have a disk for a removable drive, but no way to read it? Bring it along and we’ll try to image it and drop it on a USB for you!

We’ll also have some drives and media deconstructed for you to see how the magic happened.

Featuring the following drives/media

Iomega Zip 100/250 & 750mb Jaz 1 & 2gb Rev 35gb/70gb Clik 40mb Bernoulli 44/90/150/230

Syquest 44/88/200 EZ135 EZflyer Spark Syjet

Avatar Shark 250

Caleb it 144mb

Imation Superdisk 120mb

Castlewood Orb

Exhibit 43

Apple Computer 50th Anniversary
RR Auction — Boston

Celebrating 50 years since Apple's founding in 1976, this booth brings together a selection of historic pieces that trace the company's evolution from a Cupertino garage to a defining force in personal computing. From early hardware to the machines that shaped the industry, the display offers a hands-on look at the artifacts behind one of technology's most influential stories. Stop by to see where it all began.

Exhibit 44

AOL 2.5 Reverse-Engineered
Samuel Plainfield — Mountain View, CA

This is it. AOL version 2.5 represents the innocent early days of "real" social media. A time when digital cameras and scanners were extremely rare and expensive. No intrinsic ability to "block" people. The entire client has been brought back to life with an precisely replicated 2400 baud dial-up sequence, working e-mail, IM, chatrooms, period-correct news, Usenet, profiles, BookLink InternetWorks embedded web browser dramatically brought back to life and wired up to the Wayback Machine, and *tons* more. This is a unique opportunity to get as close as possible to what the 1994-1995 Web 1.0 "Walled Garden" really looked like.

Exhibit 45

Vintage 90s store display + Segasonicfan Designs Retro PCB add-ons!
Segasonicfan — San Francisco, CA

A celebration of all things 90's Sega, with Virtual Boy too! A display of boxed Sega consoles and accessories, including some rare imported treats and consoles for play!

Exhibit 46

DE68 - 1976 complete Motorola 6800 based Briefcase computer by DECO, Oakland, CA
Stanley Ruppert — Sunnyvale

DE68, a fully self-contained portable Motorola 6800 microcomputer system, was designed and commercially sold by Digital Electronics Corporation (DECO) in Oakland, California, during 1976 and 1977. DECO, founded in 1974 by Roger Doering and colleagues from the University of California at Berkeley, had previously produced an Intel 4004 development system (1974), a Motorola 6800 Exorciser ICE debugger DICE/68 (1975). The introductory DE68 sold for $3600 in 1976 featuring micro cassette tape storage, an electrostatic printer, a 53-key Cherry ASCII keyboard, and a random access/memory mapped Vacuum Fluorescent display (VFD) subsystem. An add-in teaching board, leveraging the expansion bus, facilitated experimentation via separate HEX keypad, output LEDs, PIA and RTC. All housed in a robust (solid wood) “briefcase” weighing 32 lbs with included linear power supplies. An innovative 5.5 KB ROM monitor allowed users to input mnemonic instructions, “LDAA #12” for example instead of hex value “86 12”, and receive mnemonic debugging output to both the VFD’s 20-character display and printer. DE68 customers included several universities and government agencies and was an early example of a complete portable computer system used for training and education. DECO ended up selling variants of the memory mapped VFD subsystem, developed for the DE68, as a standalone display product (DE200 and DE245) and subsequently evolved (DECO/DeeCo/Chemetrics) focusing solely on VFD, electroluminescent, and touch screen display technologies for laboratory instrumentation. The VCF Exhibit includes working DE68 briefcase units, documentation, details of HW/SW modules, and restoration notes.

Exhibit 47

Pushing the Boundaries of AMIGA SCSI
Stefan Reinauer — Mountain View

Starting out as a reproduction of the Amiga 4091 SCSI controller, this project has moved to improve and innovate the original design into what is now the fastest and most modern Zorro III SCSI controller ever built. The new A4092 is much faster, easier to build and debug, and more stable than its ancestor.

Exhibit 48

Sinclair Computers
Steve — Fremont

Sinclair was a major player in the UK home computer revolution, facing up to rivals such as Acorn, Amstrad and if course the international competition. We showcase Acorn computers from the humble MK 14 through to the Spectrum +3 and the Timex Sinclair US variants.

Exhibit 49

The Compact Macintosh Garden
Steve Brunwasser — San Jose, CA

A showcase of the original line of Apple Macintosh computers, starting with the original Macintosh released in 1984. Celebrate 42 years of the Mac and take a look at where it all began. Experience running software off floppy disks, and play classic video games in all their black and white glory.

Exhibit 50

Re-Falcon 030
Steve Suavek — Florida

Presenting the one and only Atari Falcon 030 replica motherboard called Re-Falcon. Exhibited with newly designed fully mechanical STF/Falcon drop in replacement keyboard featuring cherry switches and programmable RGB backlighting in translucent Falcon compatible enclosure.

Exhibit 51

LSI-11 Mod Squad
Steve Toner — Central Coast, CA

From bootstrap to wire wrap Don't fall into the "museum piece" trap No purist army has ever attacked LSI-11s were made to be hacked

Exhibit 52

Takeru Kiosk
Takeru — Pacifica CA

Kiosk for writing floppies from a software catalog.

Exhibit 53

Early Microcomputers and More!
The Computer Museum @ System Source — Hunt Valley, MD

An exhibition of early microcomputers that shaped modern computing

Exhibit 54

Scanning by Hand
Thomas Daede — Sunnyvale

Want to scan something in the early 90s, but a flatbed scanner is too expensive (and the Thunderscan from last year was too terrible)? Try the Omron Handy Scanner, which can scan anything as long as you have a steady hand, and your subject is less than four inches wide. Try digitizing a photo or drawing, edit it with contemporary Japanese paint software, and make a hard copy!

Exhibit 55

Agon Light
Triplefox — SAN FRANCISCO

Demonstrations of the Agon Light SBC, an open hardware "neo-retro" computing device based around the eZ80 and ESP32 microcontrollers, and configured to resemble classic "boot-to-BASIC" 8-bit microcomputers. It is compatible with some original Z80 software, and is made for education, hobbyist development and gaming, with 64 color graphics in varied resolution, sprites, tilemaps, sampled sound playback, and other firmware-defined features. It has working implementations of BBC Basic, Pascal, C, and Forth, among other languages.

Since its initial release in 2022 the software and firmware around Agon have advanced considerably, unlocking many new capabilities. I will be running a kiosk setup to showcase the best the community has to offer. My own Agon project is to make a fully self-hosted, PC-independent game development system, and some of the results of that will be included. I will also bring some preassembled units for consignment sale.

Exhibit 56

What's NeXT?
TT Design — Mountain View, CA

In 1985, Steve Jobs exited Apple and founded NeXT. What followed was one of the most influential detours in computing history, one that eventually found its way from Redwood City back to Cupertino and became the foundation of modern macOS. Meanwhile, Apple was pumping out compact Macs and eventually rotary dialed on arguably the best model, the SE/30.

This exhibit explores that era through two machines that defined it: a NeXT Cube (1990) and a Macintosh SE/30 (1989). Depending on how the stars align, you might hear what they sounded like, interpretive sound art, see some gear mods including TT Design hardware, or catch the exhibitor going down a last-minute rabbit hole they definitely didn't plan on.

Exhibit 57

Vintage Computers from the 1960s and 1970s
Vintage Computers from Sellam Ismail — Placer County, California

Experience old technology that made up computer circuits in the 1960s and 1970s before the IC took over.

Exhibit 58

2000s Cubic Computing
XodiumLabs — Salinas, CA

Come on by this exhibit to see some fun-sized cube-like systems from the 2000s, complete with era-appropriate games and software for your enjoyment. Also featuring a functional AIM instance so you can a/s/l like it’s 2003 again.

Exhibit 59

Under the Sea
Zachary Calcagno — Santa Clara

The year is 2003, and it's your 12th birthday! Finding Nemo is all the rage, and you're *all* for it. Your birthday is everything Nemo themed, and to go with it, you've got a dozen of those old clamshell iBooks since they're so cheap now to go with! Enjoy some quake and other wonderful games in a wireless LAN of just clamshell iBooks for this wonderfully aquatic event!