ECCC/VCFMW 2011 |
Vintage Computer Festival MidWest (VCFMW) 6.0 was held on September 24-25 in Lombard, IL, USA (just outside Chicago). Like last year, it was held in conjunction with ECCC. There was plenty to see for the connoisseur of old machines.
![]() The hotel welcomed us in style and provided excellent service. |
![]() My Macintosh SE, all unpacked and set up. I was able to telnet to my laptop running Linux, but couldn't get outside the VCFMW network we set up. Oh, well... |
![]() As is traditional, the after-unpacking dinner on Friday night was held at Aurelio's in Addison, home of the best pizza you will ever eat. |
![]() The pre-show party in the lobby, complete with alcohol diagnostic equipment. |
![]() This home-made computer (video) was a big hit at the show. Built using old telephone equipment, it could add numbers... and that was about it. But it was really cool! |
![]() This one's a real rarity: an x86 machine made by Canon (the object.station 41) to run NeXT. |
![]() Jason showed off a couple of Bulgarian Apple II clones, complete with Cyrillic character ROMs... |
![]() ...and keyboards. |
![]() Another rare machine: an Amiga 3000 UX, running AT&T SVR4 Unix. |
![]() Richard brought the smallest computer to the show: an HP-01 wristwatch calculator, complete with tiny stylus that slides out of the watchband. |
![]() Dan Werner showed several varieties of the N8VEM homebrew computer. |
![]() Mike Lee had a display of 6502 technology, including an original KIM. |
![]() Eric showed how he got a flash drive to run in a Macintosh SE. |
![]() Bill Madden presides over a collection of acoustic-coupler modems. The one in the wooden box was his first, and was later proved to be still in working order. |
![]() Very very spicy Thai spicy extra spicy hot. Saturday dinner at Mama Thai, where I had some of the best paneng ever. |
![]() "Doctor Dan", Commodore hacker extraordinaire. |
![]() Six shows off his tricked-out 64C. |
![]() This C64 had a bit of a surprise in it. |
![]() How would you like to pay for that, sir? |
![]() A Rockwell AIM-65 undergoes hardware debugging. |
![]() Eric and Bill work to get a Macintosh SE talking through an acoustic-coupler modem (at 300 bps)... |
![]() ...and get the win. |
![]() Jim tries the same trick on a Commodore 128 running GEOS. |
![]() More win. The signal went out through a wireless bridge and a VOIP line to a BBS on the other end. |