VCFSE 1.0

Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 08:55
Written by Brad Arnold

Were you there? Did you miss the fun? Check out what you missed!

Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0 – 2013

Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013 08:00
Written by Brad Arnold
When:  
  • Saturday, 4/20 from 9:30 am – 7:30 pm
  • Sunday, 4/21 from 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Where:  Kings Market Shopping Center, Roswell, GA (in the former CompUSA), 1425 Market Blvd. #200, Roswell, GA 30076 (Need Directions?) Admission:  One day adult tickets to the VCFSE are $10, with a two day pass for $15. Children ages 17 and younger are admitted free when accompanied by a parent or guardian. Parking is free. Contact: David Greelish, Director, Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0 david@classiccomputing.com | about.me/davidgreelish The VCFSE is presented by the Computer Museum of America and the Atlanta Historical Computing Society. This is a consolidated show, with the exhibit hall and marketplace running all day – plus retro gaming stations! There will also be speakers, exhibits and more. Kickstarter (funded) | VCFS on FB | Article on TUAW | Article on Tech TIME

Session Summary

Saturday, April 20th, 2013
Session Time
Saturday’s welcome from the creator of the Apple Pop-Up Museum. 10:00 AM
Saturday’s Introduction to Soldering With Small Kits 10:30 AM
BYTE magazine’s first editor reflects back. 12:30 PM
Carl Helmers is joined by Robert Tinney for some memories. 1:15 PM
Creating the Shrine Of Apple web site. 2:30 PM
Steve Jobs and Walt Disney were more alike than you think. 3:30 PM
A talk on the Apple 1 & SCELBI 4:30 PM

Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Session Time
Sunday’s welcome from the creator of the Apple Pop-Up Museum. 10:00 AM
Sunday’s Introduction to Soldering With Small Kits 10:30 AM
The original art of the covers of BYTEmagazine. 1:00 PM
A talk by the author of the new book Terrible Nerd. 2:30 PM
Visit our sponsor, VintageTech for more information. Vintage Computer Festival Southeast – a public celebration of computer history and nostalgia – will be held on Saturday & Sunday, April 20 & 21. Our mission remains the same as that very first event:
The main mission of the Vintage Computer Festival is to promote the preservation of “obsolete” computers by offering attendees a chance to experience the technologies, people and stories that embody the remarkable tale of the computer revolution.
We will educate and entertain! The VCFSE is hosted and produced by the Computer Museum of America and the Atlanta Historical Computing Society, and sponsored online by VintageTech.

The Apple Pop-Up Museum

A large premier exhibit will welcome each attendee as they enter the Festival – The Apple Pop-Up Museum – which tells the story of how a small start-up company, founded in a garage by two young friends, became the leading consumer electronics and personal computer company in the world. The exhibit displays an exclusive collection of game-changing Apple personal computers and consumer electronic products while presenting the history of the company since its founding in 1976 to the present. An Apple I, the first disk ][ and controller card prototypes, original apple ][, original Lisa and even a Xerox Alto are among the rare artifacts to be displayed, and much, much more. Within the 6,000 square feet of display space that this premier exhibit occupies will be the following rooms: Pre-Apple Room, Apple I Room, apple ][ Room, Turmoil Years Room, No Founders Left Room, Jobs’ Come Back Room, Ive’s Colors Room, iPod/iPhone/iPad Room, The Timeline Lounge and Apple’s Present to the Future Room.

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January 13 Meeting

Published on Sunday, 20 January 2013 12:44
Written by Brad Arnold

2012 in review

Published on Thursday, 03 January 2013 15:27
Written by Brad Arnold
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get that many views.
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Pics from Christmas Party

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Atlanta Mini Maker Faire

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Written by Brad Arnold

We were there. Were you?

Modem Day

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Written by Brad Arnold

Next Meeting: Saturday, September 15th, 2 PM – 4 PM

Published on Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:26
Written by Brad Arnold
“BBS Simulation Using a Key Phone System” by Alan Hightower.

Computer Without Bits by Brian Stuart

Published on Sunday, 19 August 2012 16:57
Written by Brad Arnold
Computing Without Bits by Brian L. Stuart on August 18, 2012

 

An Analog Computer Primer - a tutorial paper

Computing Without Bits!

Published on Tuesday, 07 August 2012 08:56
Written by Brad Arnold

Computing W/O Bits

At our August 18th (2pm) meeting, Brian Stuart will present:

Computing Without Bits!

Before the PDP-1, before the UNIVAC, before the ENIAC, there were differential analyzers. These analog computers solve differential equations without bits or bytes. This time, we will look at how electronic analog computers work and how they are used. Then we will see a real analog computer in action, integrated with a modern digital computer.

Brian will also be bringing the 6809 single board computer, which he just designed and built!

Next, David Greelish will give us a short slide show of highlights from the KansasFest event he just attended.

It’s all happening at the Atlanta Historical Computer Society meeting on Saturday, August 18th at 2pm, here:

Directions to Meeting @ CTL – (Use the door at the far left of the front of the church.)

With the analog computer demo, 6809 SBC, KansasFest slideshow and all of you fine folks, this should be another great event!