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Currently Registered VCF East 2.0 Exhibits
Atari in the 80s
Steve Anderson (Spencer, MA, United States)
Atari 130XE 8-bit computer with XF551 disk drive and printer with a vast display of disk and cartridge software. Demonstrations will include sketching software showing the impressive 256 color pallet of this system and of course classic arcade games.
Also on display will be an Atari 1040STE 16/32 bit computer (powered by the Motorola 68000) with the 1991 version of the ST operating system on an original Atari color monitor. This system features 40 megabytes of ST software on the attached hard drive. |
DEC PDP-8/e
Jeff Katz (West Hartford, CT, United States)
PDP-8/e with RK05 disk running OS/8. |
PDAs: 1973-1993
Evan Koblentz (Edison, NJ, United States)
Apple's marketing staff made the term "PDA" common in 1993 with the debut of the Newton. But the company did not invent anything significantly new. This exhibit, by the editor of the Computer Collector E-Mail Newsletter, shows two decades of handheld computers and organizers from before the Newton's time. Includes hands-on demonstrations. |
SBC6120 PDP-8 Clone
Robert Armstrong (Milpitas, CA, United States)
Spare Time Gizmos will be displaying their SBC6120, a modern replica of the DEC PDP-8 minicomputer. The SBC6120 includes a fully functional lights and switches front panel and is able to run FOCAL, OS/8 and other PDP-8 software. The SBC6120 has a completely open design, including all schematics, PCB layouts and firmware, and Spare Time Gizmos sells parts and kits to help you build your own. |
The Atari Museum
Curt Vendel (Carmel, NY, United States)
This exhibit is a display from the Atari Museum detailing the history of Atari, one of the most pioneering companies of the 1970s. Atari developed technologies for Video Arcade Entertainment, home video gaming entertainment, home computer systems, telecommunications/home control systems, education through the use of technology, and much more.
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The Computer Museum of Nova Scotia
Herbert Eisengruber (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada)
The Computer Museum of Nova Scotia will exhibit parts of its Kenbak-1 collection and other early Personal Computer items. The Kenbak-1 collection is probably the biggest in the world and hosts unique, never before seen Kenbak items. |
Imlac PDS-1D
Tom Uban (Valparaiso, IN, United States)
Imlac PDS-1D graphics computer. |
Seattle Gazelle
Jim Scheef (New Milford, CT, United States)
S100 8086 machine from Seattle Computing. Predates IBM PC. |
Sun Microsystems History
Michael Thompson (East Greenwich, RI, United States)
A 2/120 server with 2/50, 3/50, 3/60 clients, and other interesting Sun systems from the 80's. |
Before there were BLINKENLIGHTS
Vinal Applebee (Orono, ME, United States)
Before the introduction of the Home Computers in 1978, before the hobbiest computers of early 1970's, REAL HOME COMPUTERS were introduced. These included the 1950 MAC-1, the 1955 GENIAC/Brainiac, the 1961 MINIVAC 601, the 1963 Digi-Comp 1, the 1969 JR01, and the 1969 R/S Electronic Computer Kit. These vintage educational computers will be on display.
Also on display will be a unique TRS-80 Model 1. This is a 4K, Level 1 machine taken out of the box and plugged in only ONCE in its lifetime! It was given as a gift by Mr. Tandy himself to his Board of Directors prior to the public announcement of the TRS-80.
Finally, a Franklin ACE 100 computer, one of the first (and rarest) clones of the Apple ][, will be included in the display. |
HP1000 Minicomputer Preservation and Restoration
Bob Shannon (Leominster, MA, United States)
This exhibit will demonstrate HP-IPL/OS, the first programming language and operating system written for the preservation of vintage computers, as well as hardware interfaces needed to boot HP 1000 series computers without vintage peripherals or software. Interfacing methods to use modern peripherals such as ATA interface (IDE) disk drives, paper tape reader, and paper tape punch emulators will be shown, as well as support for operable vintage peripherals (such as an HP1350 vector graphics processor). |
Replica I Apple I clone
Vince Briel (North Ridgeville, OH, United States)
The Briel Computers Replica 1, a fully functional clone of the Apple 1, will be on display for everyone to try out. The Replica 1 will be running software made for the Apple 1. Also on display will be a new serial I/O board developed for the Replica 1 (which also works on the original Apple 1) that allows programs to be transfered from a PC or Mac into the Replica. |
Unitron Mac512
Tom Owad (Mt. Wolf, PA, United States)
A Brazilian Macintosh clone which nearly caused in a trade war. |
Pre-Altair: The SCELBI-8H - 8008 Microcomputer
Bob Stek (Vernon, CT, United States)
On display will be Steve Ciarcia's SCELBI computer (on loan especially for VCF East 2.0) including the original documentation as well as a selection of the SCELBI catalog of early microcomputer books. |
A Homebrewer's OSI Superboard 2 and Offspring
Bob Maxwell (Alton, Ontario, Canada)
Back in the days when computers were unusual and expensive, poor students often bought low-priced hardware and added features ruthlessly. In 1980 I paid $300 for Ohio Scientific's Superboard 2 which had 4K RAM, 24x24 character video output and 300 baud cassette storage. Since then, my Superboard has been upgraded to 40K RAM, 4800 baud cassette storage, 80x24 video, a handwired floppy controller, and more.
This Superboard has been the "parent" development platform for DAIS, a homebrew 6502 unit that was exploring plug-and-play long before it was fashionable. It has been used as a timepiece and home security system rarely unpowered since 1987. The Superboard writes EPROMs for itself using a homebrew programmer that is a simple parallel-port state machine: the computer "prints" to the EPROM!
Someday, I may declare the project complete, but not yet... |
Computers in Uniform
William Donzelli (Carmel, NY, United States)
Military computing from 1940 thru 1990! This exhibit will include various artifacts and documentation for mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronic analog, and electronic digital systems, in applications such as navigation, training, bombing, fire control, and even a few bits of SAGE thrown in! |
Sol-20 Dialup to ARPANET Circa 1976
Devon Sean McCullough (Arlington, MA, United States)
This exhibit is a recreation of dialing into the ARPANET circa the 1970s with a Sol-20 terminal computer, acoustic coupler and telephone.
Hidden from view will be the "ARPANET": a VoIP box emulating a POTS dialtone and a BSD box emulating a DEC PDP-10 mainframe running ITS.
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DEC Rainbow 100 Dual-Monitor Setup
Jeff Armstrong (Westlake, OH, United States)
Digital Equipment Corporation's Rainbow 100 personal computer featured the often overlooked ability to drive two monitors at once. A dual-monitor system will be demonstrated using an assortment of professional and entertainment software. Other miscellaneous Rainbow hardware and software will also be displayed. |
The Woodies
Bill Sudbrink (Silver Spring, Maryland, United States)
In the late 1970's several small computer manufacturers incorporated REAL wood into the cases of their commercial offerings. This exhibit will showcase three of the more popular machines of the era (all operational) with significant amounts of wood in their construction:
1) A Northstar Horizon (with an ADM 3 terminal)
2) A Processor Technology Sol 20 with a dual Northstar 5 1/4 inch disk unit (also in a wood enclosure)
3) An Ohio Scientific C4P-MF |
D-116 Minicomputer
Fred White (Maynard, MA, United States)
Digital Computer Controls D-116 minicomputer (circa 1972) running Spacewar, with ASR-33.
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Full-featured Homebrew 6502-based Computer
Adrian Michaud (North Billerica, MA, United States)
Homebrew 6502 based computer with an ISA bus, VGA display, IDE hard disk, IBM-AT keyboard interface, Homebrew Operating System in ROM including a proprietary filesystem with a shell CLI and misc DOS style commands. This is a one of a kind custom computer.
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The Zeda 580 Integrated Video Computer System
Andrew Molloy (Syracuse, NY, United States)
An all-in-one Z80-A system from 1979 running CP/M. |
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