#vcfmw10

My sweet collection of Vintage Computer Festival shirts.

From left to right:  VCF East 4.0 from 2007, VCF East 7.0 from 2011, VCF East 9.1 from 2014, VCF East X from 2015, and VCF Midwest 10 from 2015.  You’ll note they’ve been front and back for a few years now.

Seems that a scheduling error decided to post this a week late.  No matter.

I believe this IMSAI 8080 miniature replica belongs to Josh Bensadon, but I know that the Z-19 terminal is Lee Hart’s.  Also, that’s the top of Oscar Vermeulen’s head behind the (the guy who responsible for the PiDP-8). 

The miniature IMSAI 8080 is sitting on a proper S-100 bus.  I’ve never seen one before, but I wonder if they all use painted LEDs like this one...

Alright, I’ve finally posted all of the images from Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 10 that were worth posting.  That took longer than I expected... and I didn’t even get photos of everything I wanted to!  I look forward to visiting next year. 

If you missed something and want to see all of the photos from my set, any of the following tags should show all of my posts regarding VCFMW10:

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Alright, I spoke too soon about the Elf 2K being the most complex/powerful 1802 implementation. 

Lee Hart is a champion, and I would consider him to be the top dog when it comes to RCA 1802 microprocessor knowledge.  Let us commence with the final batch of photos from VCFMW10 with his exhibit.

Starting with the VELF, a COSMAC ELF with on-board video capabilities -- however limited they may be.  It’s decked out with a keypad to complement the usual array of switches, and a composite video output on top of the usual LED smorgasbord.

Justin “DJ” Scott also had a SWTPC 6800 on display!  The South West Technical Products Corporation made the Motorola 6800 processor accessible in a microcomputer form factor. 

DJ had his connected to a Hazeltine 1500 terminal, as well as a SWTPC cassette tape adapter, and a SWTPC Minifloppy Disk System.  You will note that the full-height 5 1/4″ floppy drive was replaced with a 3 1/2″ floppy drive. 

Lastly, he had a pair 6800-powered trainers.  One being a Heathkit ET-3400 with the memory I/O expansion, the other being an Elenco XK-300. 

This was one of my favs