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VCF Midwest 2.0 - Exhibition

The Vintage Computer Festival wants you to display the pride of your collection at VCF Midwest 2.0.  Every collector has a machine or two in their collection that is in exceptional condition, or is extremely rare, or has a good story behind it, etc.  Or perhaps you're a programmer and have written a great simulator of some grand old machine.  Or maybe you've built a wonderful re-creation of a significant machine of the past.  Now's your chance to show it off to other hobbyists!

Not only is this your chance to show off the pride of your collection, but your exhibit could also win the coveted Best of Show award! First, Second and Third place prizes will be awarded with a ribbon based on the votes your exhibit garners from VCF attendees.

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Registered VCF Midwest 2.0 Exhibits

PDP 11/23 Plus (Mini, Multi-User, or Larger Computer)
Julian Wolfe (Gurnee, IL, United States)
This exhibit features a PDP-11/23 Plus with a 10GB SCSI disk drive running RSTS/E 9.6 and DECNET/E 4.1.

DECmate III (Microcomputer)
Julian Wolfe (Gurnee, IL, United States)
On display will be a dual-floppy DECmate III computer, which is based on the PDP-8 architecture.

Geek Museum (Open/Other)
Michael Lee (Schaumburg, IL, United States)
Presentations of computer and technological history geared towards children. Presentations include replicas, pictures, working hardware of early calculation devices, "frame" computers, microcomputers, components, media types, and video games.

IBM 5155 Portable PC (Microcomputer)
Julian Wolfe (Gurnee, IL, United States)
Marvel at an IBM 5155 Portable PC with 2MB EMS memory card, SCSI hard disk, EGA video board and AdLib sound card running PC DOS 2000 and Windows 3.0.

Hands-On BBS Software (Microcomputer)
Jeff Armstrong (Westlake, OH, United States)
A selection of platforms (probably 3) will be set up running various popular BBS software from the late-80s/early-90s. Terminals will be provided for anyone to either remember the "good ol'days" of BBSs or to get their first sample of the dial-up past. Door games will be included on the systems for some old-school online fun.

Old Meets New: Tandy Workhorses Never Die... (Microcomputer)
Roger Merchberger (Sault Ste. Marie, MI, United States)
I'll be showing off some new upgrades available for old Tandy computers - A VGA monitor adapter and an IDE/Compact Flash adapter for the Color Computer, a 2Meg RAM / 4Meg Flash ROM upgrade for Tandy Model 100/102/200 series laptops, and "serial disk" technologies for both.

Atari Falcon (Microcomputer)
Rory McMahon (Elburn, IL, United States)
Atari Falcon030 modded with CT60 accelerator

DECnet with VAXen and an Alpha (Microcomputer)
Ryan Blair (Dimondale, Michigan, United States)
A VAXstation 4000/60, a VAXstation 3100/76, and an Alpha Personal Workstation 433au running VMS with DECnet, connected to Julian Wolfe's PDP-11.

Atari Mega STE (Microcomputer)
Julian Wolfe (Gurnee, IL, United States)
Atari Mega STE equipped with ethernet hardware and configured for network access. Browse the web with a real vintage Atari computer!

Atari Home Computer System (Microcomputer)
Julian Wolfe (Gurnee, IL, United States)
Atari 1200XL home computer, with Atari 1025 printer, 1050 disk drive, and monochrome monitor.

KIM-1 and Friends, Midwest Edition (Home-brew, Kit, or Educational Computer)
Jack Rubin (Wilmette, IL, United States)
KIM-1 6502 single board computers and peripherals, some vintage, some contemporary. First public release of the missing chapter on TIM and KIM from Brian Bagnall's history of the Commodore, "On The Edge"

Next Cube (Microcomputer)
Tom Uban (Valparaiso, IN, United States)
Original Next Cube computer.

Commodore SX-64 (Microcomputer)
James L. Mazurek (Chicago, IL, United States)
Portable version of the Commodore 64 home computer.


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