I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!) It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition. Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year! Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess? Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff! - Ken At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & Saturday. Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an engaging exhibit. It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one car. I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux professional society), NJ Linux group and other circles of friends.
The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. That got a LOT of attention since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes for larger useful elements.
Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7 segment displays.
The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and such. Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM.
The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's plasma display. Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and LED demo. A really great outreach opportunity.
-- Jeff Jonas
Thanks Ken for being our adjunct host! It was a great time. I was gratified that the "trainers" got such a good response. We will be adding them to the museum sometime as an additional STEM activity. I have a couple of photos that I'll post on facebook. DC On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!)
It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition.
Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year!
Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess?
Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff!
- Ken
At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & Saturday. Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an engaging exhibit. It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one car. I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux professional society), NJ Linux group and other circles of friends.
The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. That got a LOT of attention since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes for larger useful elements.
Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7 segment displays.
The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and such. Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM.
The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's plasma display. Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and LED demo. A really great outreach opportunity.
-- Jeff Jonas
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
A few photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0I28I6tmRJ2bYzQCQdt2AVaDaOygZuv?usp... On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!)
It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition.
Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year!
Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess?
Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff!
- Ken
At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & Saturday. Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an engaging exhibit. It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one car. I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux professional society), NJ Linux group and other circles of friends.
The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. That got a LOT of attention since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes for larger useful elements.
Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7 segment displays.
The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and such. Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM.
The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's plasma display. Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and LED demo. A really great outreach opportunity.
-- Jeff Jonas
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
Doug, Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. What an amazing setup!!! Seriously, WOW! Jeff Jonas, Thanks for the nice writeup on the event. I almost feel like I was there. Very much appreciated. Wonderful job! Chris On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
A few photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0I28I6tmRJ2bYzQCQdt2AVaDaOygZuv?usp...
On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!)
It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition.
Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year!
Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess?
Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff!
- Ken
At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & Saturday. Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an engaging exhibit. It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one car. I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux professional society), NJ Linux group and other circles of friends.
The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. That got a LOT of attention since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes for larger useful elements.
Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7 segment displays.
The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and such. Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM.
The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's plasma display. Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and LED demo. A really great outreach opportunity.
-- Jeff Jonas
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
Chris: It was a very good time, like when we set up for the science fairs years ago, but with an adult audience. DC On 7/30/2024 8:53 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
Doug, Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. What an amazing setup!!! Seriously, WOW!
Jeff Jonas, Thanks for the nice writeup on the event. I almost feel like I was there. Very much appreciated.
Wonderful job!
Chris
On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
A few photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0I28I6tmRJ2bYzQCQdt2AVaDaOygZuv?usp...
On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!) > > It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition. > > Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year! > > Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess? > > Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff! > > - Ken > > At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & >> Saturday. >> Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an >> engaging exhibit. >> It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one >> car. >> I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux >> professional society), >> NJ Linux group and other circles of friends. >> >> The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, >> showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. >> The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter >> next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. >> That got a LOT of attention >> since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes >> for larger useful elements. >> >> Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. >> Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7 segment >> displays. >> >> The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, >> particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and >> such. >> Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM. >> >> The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's >> plasma display. >> Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and >> LED demo. >> A really great outreach opportunity. >> >> -- Jeff Jonas >
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
Stop bringing back memories, I am getting sad and nostalgic! ;-) On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 10:36 AM Douglas Crawford <touchetek@gmail.com> wrote:
Chris: It was a very good time, like when we set up for the science fairs years ago, but with an adult audience. DC
On 7/30/2024 8:53 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
Doug, Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. What an amazing setup!!! Seriously, WOW!
Jeff Jonas, Thanks for the nice writeup on the event. I almost feel like I was there. Very much appreciated.
Wonderful job!
Chris
On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
A few photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0I28I6tmRJ2bYzQCQdt2AVaDaOygZuv?usp...
On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!) > > It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition. > > Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year! > > Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess? > > Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff! > > - Ken > > At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & >> Saturday. >> Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an >> engaging exhibit. >> It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one >> car. >> I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux >> professional society), >> NJ Linux group and other circles of friends. >> >> The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, >> showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. >> The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter >> next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. >> That got a LOT of attention >> since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes >> for larger useful elements. >> >> Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. >> Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7
segment
>> displays. >> >> The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, >> particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and >> such. >> Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM. >> >> The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's >> plasma display. >> Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and >> LED demo. >> A really great outreach opportunity. >> >> -- Jeff Jonas >
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
FYI- the trainers were not just on display, exercises where provided for the participants to enter code examples and "hack" the code. I added a jpg image of the MST-80b trainer to the photo directory. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BrOHi4y256uCteJJxHS2g7SGxJCQcDP_/view?usp=s... On 7/30/2024 8:53 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
Doug, Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. What an amazing setup!!! Seriously, WOW!
Jeff Jonas, Thanks for the nice writeup on the event. I almost feel like I was there. Very much appreciated.
Wonderful job!
Chris
On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
A few photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0I28I6tmRJ2bYzQCQdt2AVaDaOygZuv?usp...
On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!) > > It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition. > > Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year! > > Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess? > > Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff! > > - Ken > > At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & >> Saturday. >> Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an >> engaging exhibit. >> It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one >> car. >> I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux >> professional society), >> NJ Linux group and other circles of friends. >> >> The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, >> showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. >> The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter >> next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. >> That got a LOT of attention >> since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes >> for larger useful elements. >> >> Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. >> Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7 segment >> displays. >> >> The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, >> particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and >> such. >> Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM. >> >> The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's >> plasma display. >> Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and >> LED demo. >> A really great outreach opportunity. >> >> -- Jeff Jonas >
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
Second to what Doug stated. The trainers were a huge draw and many people were interacting with them. Fantastic idea and presentation by Doug. And thanks to Ken, again, for being there and helping out. Always a pleasure to speak with, and his presence at HOPE, VCFeast and TCF is always appreciated! On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 10:41 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
FYI- the trainers were not just on display, exercises where provided for the participants to enter code examples and "hack" the code. I added a jpg image of the MST-80b trainer to the photo directory.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BrOHi4y256uCteJJxHS2g7SGxJCQcDP_/view?usp=s...
On 7/30/2024 8:53 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
Doug, Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. What an amazing setup!!! Seriously, WOW!
Jeff Jonas, Thanks for the nice writeup on the event. I almost feel like I was there. Very much appreciated.
Wonderful job!
Chris
On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
A few photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0I28I6tmRJ2bYzQCQdt2AVaDaOygZuv?usp...
On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!) > > It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition. > > Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year! > > Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess? > > Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff! > > - Ken > > At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & >> Saturday. >> Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an >> engaging exhibit. >> It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one >> car. >> I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux >> professional society), >> NJ Linux group and other circles of friends. >> >> The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, >> showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. >> The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter >> next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. >> That got a LOT of attention >> since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes >> for larger useful elements. >> >> Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. >> Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7
segment
>> displays. >> >> The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, >> particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and >> such. >> Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM. >> >> The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's >> plasma display. >> Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and >> LED demo. >> A really great outreach opportunity. >> >> -- Jeff Jonas >
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
I would have been there if I didn't have a scheduling conflict. Hopefully next time. On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 10:54 AM Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Second to what Doug stated. The trainers were a huge draw and many people were interacting with them. Fantastic idea and presentation by Doug. And thanks to Ken, again, for being there and helping out. Always a pleasure to speak with, and his presence at HOPE, VCFeast and TCF is always appreciated!
On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 10:41 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
FYI- the trainers were not just on display, exercises where provided for the participants to enter code examples and "hack" the code. I added a jpg image of the MST-80b trainer to the photo directory.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BrOHi4y256uCteJJxHS2g7SGxJCQcDP_/view?usp=s...
On 7/30/2024 8:53 AM, Chris Fala wrote:
Doug, Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. What an amazing setup!!! Seriously, WOW!
Jeff Jonas, Thanks for the nice writeup on the event. I almost feel like I was there. Very much appreciated.
Wonderful job!
Chris
On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
A few photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0I28I6tmRJ2bYzQCQdt2AVaDaOygZuv?usp...
On 7/25/2024 2:27 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I also spent the majority of my 3 HOPE days at the VCF tables, helping and demo'ing and chatting and directing a lot of folks to the 2025 VCF East event. (I was first introduced to VCF - and saw my latent vintage computing fetish initially activated - at HOPE 2000!) > > It was a fantastic display, and I really appreciated the representation this time of those trainers and circuit demos. It added so much more than just having the familiar late 70's/early 80's home computers. Thanks to Doug (new to the hacker conference!) who I think was behind that addition. > > Some brilliant and varied people stopped by with all sorts of expertise and stories to share, and I hope some will wind up exhibiting at InfoAge next year! > > Also of note was Jeff Brace winning the HOPE talent show via some karaoke prowess? > > Thank you Doug, Dean, Jeff and Jeff! > > - Ken > > At 7/25/2024 02:07 AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> I had a blast staffing VCF's exhibit at the HOPE conference on Friday & >> Saturday. >> Many thanks to Doug, Dean, Jeff Brace for carpooling and making such an >> engaging exhibit. >> It was perfectly on-target for the audience, limited by what fits in one >> car. >> I was in my element, meeting folks I know from Unigroup (NYC Unix/Linux >> professional society), >> NJ Linux group and other circles of friends. >> >> The exhibit started with the Discrete Transistor 555 and a breadboarded 555, >> showing how the first chips were only dozens of transistors. >> The Bell & Howell chip trainer's flip-flops were wired as a binary counter >> next to a single chip counter doing essentially the same thing. >> That got a LOT of attention >> since it vividly illustrated how the building-blocks of logic gates makes >> for larger useful elements. >> >> Then the microprocessor trainers: 6502, 8080, 8085. >> Folks adored running the ROM demos via the hex keypads and 7
segment
>> displays. >> >> The Apple 1 replica got a lot of attention, >> particularly with the SD-card cassette emulator instantly loading games and >> such. >> Some folks really enjoyed using the WOZ monitor and peeking/poking into RAM. >> >> The PET, GRID and others got a lot of love too, particularly the GRID's >> plasma display. >> Some folks were into display tech, thus the geeking out over Doug's VFD and >> LED demo. >> A really great outreach opportunity. >> >> -- Jeff Jonas >
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719
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