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Registered ExhibitsTBD
Bill Degnan (Landenberg, PA, United States)
| | Bill has an extensive collection of vintage computers and will bring something interesting that fits on an airplane. |
HP 80 series desktop computers
Jack Rubin (Wilmette, IL, United States)
| | In conjunction with Jason Timmons - several members of the HP 80 series computers running native and CP/M operating systems. |
IBM AS/400 9402-4XX
James L. Mazurek (Chicago, IL, United States)
| | The IBM Application System/400 platform extended the System/38 architecture of an object-based system with an integrated DB2 relational database. Equally important were the virtual machine and single-level storage concepts which established the platform as an advanced business computer. |
Geek Museum
Michael Lee (Schaumburg, IL, United States)
| | A sampling of machines from the early era of personal computing. |
1980's Computer Lab
Jason Timmons (Palatine, IL, United States)
| | A time-warp computer lab with a variety of "human interface" hardware attached to a common network. |
N8VEM homebrew computer
Dan Werner (Grand Island, NE, United States)
| | Representing the homebrew spirit of the 21st Century, the N8VEM project started out as a standalone Z80 Single Board Computer which has grown to included multiple processors and operating systems as well as a range of S100 boards and related items. |
X Terminals
James L. Mazurek (Chicago, IL, United States)
| | An X terminal is a display/input terminal for X Window System client applications. X terminals enjoyed a period of popularity in the early 1990s when they offered a lower total cost of ownership alternative to a full Unix workstation. |
Commodore 16
SWRAP Commodore Users Group (Chicago, IL, United States)
| | The C16 was a home computer made by Commodore with a 6502-compatible 8501 CPU, released in 1984. It was intended to be an entry-level computer to replace the VIC-20 and it often sold for 99 USD. |
Commodore SuperPET
Chicago Classic Computing (Chicago, IL, United States)
| | The last in the PET series was known as the SuperPET. This machine was designed at the University of Waterloo for teaching programming. In addition to the basic CBM 8000 hardware, the SuperPET added a second CPU in the form of the Motorola 6809, more RAM memory and included a number of programming languages including BASIC in ROM for the 6502 and APL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal and a 6809 assembler on floppies for the 6809. |
Atari 800
Todd Friedman (Gurnee, IL, United States)
| | Setup and Display the Atari 800 System. Play games and show others what kind of system the 800 was back then. Possibly get someone who know programming on it to show me their skills |
Atari 8-bits and portable gaming!
John Buell (North Aurora, IL, United States)
| | I will exhibit working models of Atari's 8-bit home computers, originally released between 1979-1991. This should include a 400, 800, 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, XE Game System and possibly a Europe-only 800XE. In addition, I'll have a couple Lynxes (Model I, 1989, Model II, 1991) with quite a number of cartridges from 1989-2009. And to top it all off, a handheld Atari 'Touch Me' game. |
Xerox Alto
Nick Allen (Chicagoland, IL, United States)
| | Xerox Alto II XM along with a Micro 440, NeXTStation, Sharp X68000 and a Sinclair QL |
Apple //GS Demo
Jeff Narcisi (Chicagoland, IL, United States)
| | Expanded Apple //GS demo. |
Hot CoCo
Glenside Computer Club (Schaumburg, IL, United States)
| | The Glenside Computer Club brings a selectin of original and updated TRS-80 Color Computers running a variety of operating systems and configurations. |
DECmate Family
Jason Timmons (Palatine, IL, United States)
| | In conjunction with Jack Rubin - the full run of DECmates, from the WS78 through the DECmate III. With the advent of microprocessor implementations of the PDP-8 instruction set, DEC built a series of microcomputers that brought the minicomputer onto the desktop. Positioned as word processors, they still could run PDP-8 operating systems and applications. |
Jef Raskin's vision
Jack Rubin (Wilmette, IL, United States)
| | Several implementations of the Humane Interface. Jef Raskin started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer. When the project was hijacked by Steve Jobs, Jef continued to develop his vision with the Swyftcard (an accessory for the Apple II) and the Swyft Computer. The Swyft design was licensed by Canon and released as the Canon Cat. |
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