ECCC/VCFMW 2013

Once again, the ECCC (Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention) and VCFMW (Vintage Computer Festival MidWest) shows joined forces in a show of solidarity and awesomeness. The retro-extravaganza was held on September 28-28, 2013 in Lombard, IL, USA (just outside Chicago). I gave an "Introduction to GEOS" talk (video: part 1, part 2) that included laser-printed handouts of a Postscript file generated in GEOS (if you can't read it, here it is converted to a PDF file).  Click little picture for big picture!

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woody
An artist's impression of the journey to ECCC.
schedule
The schedule of speakers. Well-prepared slides were the order of the day.
 
wireless
Schema made a big hit with some Commodore 64 hardware demos, including this wireless network adapter.
wireless closeup
A closeup of the wireless setup.
 
hand of doom
He also showed this motion controller glove...
glove closeup
...and even used it as an input device for GEOS (later, during his demo).
 
VIC switch prototype
A prototype of Jim Brain's VIC Switch replacement.
DemongerX
Newly-minted Style member DemongerX archiving disks and teaching people to use the ZoomFloppy.
 
Six/Style
Six/Style works on a group logo.
Style members
Six is joined by fellow Stylers Elwix and The WIZ (show organizer Jason Compton in blue shirt).
 
Frankencelery
Dr Frankencelery is in...
drill
...but I do not want to know what the drill is for.
 
Minimae
Macbeth/PSW with his PET game, Minimae (a.k.a. "PETima").
forlorn 1541
"Buy me", screamed this 1541... but no one seemed interested. We are told that Sloopy ended up taking it home on a mercy date.
 
PC jr
This remarkable PCjr has a hard drive and an Ethernet connection.
VAX
FireflyST's beautiful PDP machine, connected to a DECnet.
 
IBM 5155
FireflyST also brought an IBM 5155. Nice screen!
HP
An HP 1000. It's believed to have a bad serial port, but is otherwise in working order, and it looks great!
 
Russian machine
VCFMW organizer Silent700 brought this Russian machine.
Apple I
A rare Apple I, signed by The Woz.
 
IMSAI
Mike Lee brought in an IMSAI.
IMSAI inside
IMSAI inside!
 
IMSAI smoke
Only a single puff of smoke still wafts through the air after the IMSAI's power-on results in a cloud of noxious effluvia.
IMSAI damage
It wasn't hard for Mike and Bill Degnan to spot this damage when the boards were removed.
 
after-party
The obligatory after-party picture. Background: The WIZ; foreground: Hellion, Six, Dragos.
bar
Some sort of testing station for dangerous industrial chemical compounds.
 
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