VCF 3.0 Vintage Computer Exhibition



Doug Salot and his "Early Toy Computers"
Dave Dameron and his "Homebrew TTL Computer circa 1973"

Awards:
3rd Place - Home-brew, kit, or educational computer

Special Awards:
Best Preservation - Obscurity

Wayne Smith (not shown) and his "IBM 5100 Portable Computer"

Awards:
1st Place - Manufactured Microcomputer - Pre 1981

Special Awards:
Best Preservation - Completeness

(Photo courtesy of Wayne Smith)
Dwight Elvey and his "Single Plywood Board Computer" and "4004 Development System"

Awards:
2nd Place - Home-brew, kit, or educational (for "Single Plywood Board Computer")

Tom Belpasso and his "First CMOS uP with Homebrew FORTH"

Special Awards:
Best Preservation - Simulation
Jim Willing (with wife, Carol) and his "Altair 8800 with MITS TimeShared BASIC"

Awards:
2nd Place - Manufactured Microcomputer - Pre 1981

Jim Willing and his "Heathkit Educational Robots"

Awards:
1st Place - Home-brew, kit, or educational
John Zabolitzky and his "MUNIAC"

Special Awards:
Best Preservation - Re-creation

Hans Franke and his "East German Computers (Der Sozialismus ist Unaufhaltsamm)"

Awards:
1st Place - Manufactured Microcomputer - Post 1981

Special Awards:
Best of Show
Best Preservation - Research
Mike Kan and his "Real-Time Software Bench Testing Environment"

Awards:
1st Place - Other
 

Liza and Steve Loop and their "First Apple I and Other Highlights of Early Microcomputers in Learning Environments"
Derek Peschel and his "Mechanical Desktop Calculator"

Awards:
2nd Place - Other

Special Awards:
Best Technology - Non-Electric

John Lawson and his "Large Heathkit Analog Computer"

Chuck McManis and his "PDP-8/E Running Focal-8" using a Teletype ASR-33 for a terminal and "Early UNIX and the VAX" (not shown).

Awards:
3rd Place - Mini-Computer or larger system (for "PDP-8/E Running Focal-8")

Special Awards:

Best Preservation - Restoration (for "PDP-8/E Running Focal-8")

Eric Smith and his "DEC GT40 Intelligent Graphics Terminal Running MOONLANDER"

Awards:
1st Place - Mini-Computer or larger system
John Lewczyk and his "Mark-8 Computer"

Mark Metzler and his "Vacuum Tube Computer Relics"
Doug Coward and his "Analog Computers of the 1960s" and DIGICOMP I (not shown)

Awards:
3rd Place - Other

Special Awards:
Best Technology - Analog

David Witherell and his "Relay Based Electromechanical Computer"

Special Awards:
Best Presentation - Creative Integration with Contemporary Technology
Cole Erskine and his "Four Voice Music on OSI Challenger C2-8P"

Todd Fischer (and daughters) and "The IMSAI Dollhouse"

Special Awards:
Best Presentation - Display
Paul Zurakowski and his "Birth of the Power Book" and "Evolution of the All-in-One Macintosh"

Special Awards:
Best Preservation - Original Condition (for "Evolution of the All-in-One Macintosh)
People's Choice Award

Rick Harrington and his "AT&T 3B3-300 Desktop Powerhouse" and MAD 5000 (not shown)

Awards:
3rd Place - Mini-Computer or larger system (for "AT&T 3B3-300 Desktop Powerhouse")
Sandy Bumgartner and his Canon Cat

(Photo courtesy of Wayne Smith)

Shawn Neely (not shown) and his Northstar Advantage

Awards:
3rd Place - Manufactured Microcomputer - Post 1981

(Photo courtesy of Wayne Smith)
Stan Sieler (not shown) and his Northstar Horizon

(Photo courtesy of Wayne Smith)

The Computer Museum History Center exhibit.  Shown from left to right: memory technology display board, Lego PowerMac, ASCII image of the Mona Lisa.
The Computer Museum History Center exhibit.  Shown from left to right: Apple 1, Altair 8800, Apple iMac (for display of TCMHC website) and Minivac.

David Weil from the Computer Museum of America		 (No Picture Available)

Larry Anderson and his Atari 800 and Commodore Pet 2001

Awards:
3rd Place - Manufatured Microcomputer - Pre 1981 (for Atari 800)

The IMSAI 8080 that appeared in the movie War Games (courtesy of Todd Fischer)