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VCF MW 2010 - The SIG
My exhibit for the Vintage Computer Festival will be titled: The SIG The computer hobbyist special interest group, or "SIG", became prevelent in the later 1970's as the original homebrew computer clubs fragmented into smaller groups. These groups comprised of like-minded persons dedicated to ... read more

by billdeg - 09/06/2010 22:09 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
Digital (DEC) PDP 11/05 Assembly
Ted Nelson speaks quite highly of the Digital PDP 11 series in his book Computer Lib / Dream Machines.
Picture of the card cage and f... read more

by billdeg - 06/09/2009 23:31 - Total messages in this thread: 3 Last Post: Attempts to Interface with 11/05 09/03/2010
 
DEC PDP 11/40 Project
This weekend my wife and I drove 1200 miles to pick up a working PDP 11/40, RL02 disk drive, and Decwriter II from A. Carder in South Carolina. He's an expert on the PDP 11/40 and runs this web site: http://www.woffordwitch.com Here are the initial pics before I... read more

by billdeg - 03/11/2008 16:08 - Total messages in this thread: 8 Last Post: Bootstrap RX02 drive to the PDP 11/40 08/29/2010
 
August Workshop Photos
Repair Workshop at the Wilmington Hackerspace. Matt (foreground) working on a PDP 11/05 to generate I/O using the console, and Alex (rear) wo... read more

by billdeg - 08/29/2010 11:07 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
Teletype Model 15
Caption contest Avert your eyes before it's too late! "Ms. Amateur Radio 73 November 1976"
Click thumbnail to download larger ... read more

by billdeg - 12/09/2008 16:08 - Total messages in this thread: 2 Last Post: Telex 08/27/2010
 
Microcomputer Manufacturers 1979
Allied Computers B-58 Ashok Nagar Madras 600 083 India Altos Computer Systems 2378 B Walsh Av Santa Clara CA 95050 Andromeda Systems 17875-N Sky Pk North Irvine CA 92714 APF Electronics Inc 444 Madison Av New York NY 10022 Apple Computer Co 12060 Bandley Dr Cupertino CA 95014 ... read more

by billdeg - 08/21/2010 09:41 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
Visual Technology Inc Model 1050
The Visual Technology Inc Model 1050
I have a perfectly working Visual Technology 1050 system with Winchester hard drive option. There is however one problem. I have three keyboards and they're a... read more

by billdeg - 03/31/2010 17:10 - Total messages in this thread: 5 Last Post: Photos Visual 1050 08/19/2010
 
Toshiba T3200SX
This is a Frankenstein Toshiba T3200SX, built from three separate systems. I still need to replace the internal battery, but it works great. I maxed out the RAM.
More Pics... read more

by billdeg - 08/19/2010 17:05 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
PDP 8e
Started work on a PDP 8e full-height rack with DecPak RK05, Decprinter-I, and VT-52 terminal.
Digital PDP/8e Computer
Pictures. Status: System itself appears to work, in that I... read more

by billdeg - 01/31/2010 18:15 - Total messages in this thread: 10 Last Post: PDP-8e Running OS-8 08/19/2010
 
Adventure!
This screen shot shows the use of Digital's OS-8 to enter commands. The first command demonstrates how to load BASIC. The second command, "RUN RKB0:ADVENT", loads and runs Adventure! This and the images to foll... read more

by billdeg - 08/19/2010 16:37 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
Large Apple III Collection
The Apple III Plus Computer. This unit is configured to use three drives.
I received a very large collection of Apple III computers and related items including docs and software from David ... read more

by billdeg - 08/19/2010 14:23 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
A new S-100 Serial IO Board
For people interested in building/repairing S-100 systems Andrew at N8VEM and I at S100Computers.com have just completed a prototype of a new S-100 Serial IO Board utilizing a Zilog Z85C30 UART. The board also has a V-Stamp voice synthesizer and DLP USB port controller and two parallel ports (8255).... read more

by monahan_z - 08/04/2010 16:23 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
Computer History and Restoration Links
The thread date will be updated to indicate the last update. Suggest a site here. Restoration of Yellowed Plastic Computer Cases http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ 300 Baud Magazine - A Periodical Journal of Retrocomputing I strongly recommend! http://www.300baud... read more

by billdeg - 07/20/2010 19:40 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
MITS Altair Disk 88-DCDD
The MITS Altair Disk model 88-DCDD is a single 8" disk drive. Click image for larger view.
I finally found a sourc... read more

by billdeg - 06/03/2010 23:22 - Total messages in this thread: 3 Last Post: Altair 88-DCDD Perhipheral Cable Repair 07/19/2010
 
The Last HOPE 2010 July 16-18 NYC
The Last HOPE - Hackers on Planet Earth convention
I arrived Friday night to check out a preview of Jason Scott's new video, "Get Lamp" which was shown at 11PM in the Tesla room that night. GET LAMP: http://www.get... read more

by billdeg - 07/19/2010 09:40 - Total messages in this thread: 1
 
 
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