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Registered ExhibitsIBM Personal System/2 Model 25
James L. Mazurek (Chicago, IL, United States)
| | The PS/2 Model 25 (IBM 8525) was an ISA-based (in other words, essentially IBM PC-like system in a different form factor) system, originally only available with Intel 8086 CPUs. The machine also differed from other PS/2 models in having 720k floppy disk drives, an ST506-compatible hard drive controller and MCGA graphics. The hard drive was available as an optional part, however many of these entry-level machines were sold without hard drives due to the high cost. |
Geek Museum Collection
Michael Lee (Schaumburg, IL, United States)
| | Sampling of the Geek Museum's mobile collection focusing on a wide range of general consumer electronics computing history will be displayed with demos. Great for kids! |
Slide Rules
Dennis Boone (East Lansing, MI, United States)
| | Ok, so they're not *exactly* computing as we use the term today, but they're certainly classic, important to the development of computing historically, and way cool. I exhibit a few rules, assorted historical info and documentation. |
SBC6120
Dennis Boone (East Lansing, MI, United States)
| | From the "not quite period-correct" division, I exhibit an SBC6120, a single-board PDP-8 workalike, connected to a DEC LA100 printing terminal. A few games and common languages will be available as well. |
Current Projects
Jack Rubin (Wilmette, IL, United States)
| | An amalgam of projects I'm working on -- various single board computers and replica systems as well as S100 systems and a tribute to Jim Butterfield |
HP 21MX/E (HP 1000E) computer and HP-IPL/OS
Jay West (Saint Louis, MO, United States)
| | I will be exhibiting an Hewlett-Packard 21MX/E computer (also known as a 1000E) along with a paper tape reader/punch that reads/punches to I2C serial eeprom. I will also have a period terminal connected, likely an HP 2621A. The computer will be running HP-IPL/OS, a forth-like environment for the HP 1000 series of computers. |
GSX to GEM: Digital Research's Graphics Software
Jeff Armstrong (Westlake, Ohio, United States)
| | Digital Research introduced the Graphics System Extension, GSX, as a method to provide a cross-platform graphics interface available on the CP/M family of operating systems. GSX eventually developed into the Graphical Environment Manager, which enjoyed limited success as a graphical user interface. The exhibit will feature examples of GSX-86 running under CP/M and MS-DOS, the stunted PC versions of GEM, and the heavily extended GEM versions that ran on the Atari ST/TT line of computers. |
Terminals!
Jason Timmons (Palatine, IL, United States)
| | If there's one thing I have too many of in my collection, it's crusty old terminals. However some are rather unique and interesting, so I'll be trying to set up as complete a configuration as possible. Come log in like the old-timers used to do: loud and slow! |
AS/400e Model 9406-600
Julian Wolfe (Gurnee, IL, United States)
| | The AS/400 is a platform few get to see or interact with on a hardware level. The AS/400 here, built in 1997, will have genuine Twinax terminals connected and available for guest logins. The machine will be opened up so that attendees can view the internals, and genuine IBM documentation will also be available for perusal. |
Commodore Plus/4
James L. Mazurek (Chicago, IL, United States)
| | The Commodore Plus/4 was a home computer released by Commodore International in 1984. Commodore billed the Plus/4 as the first home computer designed especially for productivity applications. The Plus/4 included a ROM based integrated software package containing word processing, spreadsheet, database, and graphing applications. |
Circa 1980 microprocessor SBC's
Ethan Dicks (Columbus, OH, United States)
| | I'll be bringing an SBC6120 w/FP6120 (12-bit), an Elf2K and Embedded Elf (1802) along with a Tiny Elf (also 1802), then an RB5X robot and MC-1N (INS8073). |
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