[vcf-midatlantic] new desktop/micro exhibit -- pick 32 now

[Evan Koblentz]

latest draft of the exhibit plan has room for 32 stations. (Yes we'll 
share the draft, but not just yet.)

Someone mentioned the Atari Portfolio. Chances are we'll have one 
station devoted to pocket-sized computers and early PDAs. After all they 
are tiny.

Having said that, here's my latest list based on all input received:

- Homebrew PDP-8 (As we discussed, it's technically a 'mini' but it is 
our best representation of a small homemade system.)
- Apple 1
- Apple 2
- Apple Lisa
- Apple Mac 128K
- Apple Mac Powerbook
- Atari 800
- Commodore PET 2001
- Commodore 64
- Commodore VIC-20
- Commodore Amiga (Which one is still up for debate)
- Compaq Portable
- HP-85b
- IBM 5100
- Generic PC clone for Windows 3.1
- IMSAI 8080
- Lear Seigler ADM-3A
- Mark-8
- MITS Altair 8800
- MOS Tech. KIM-1
- NeXTstation
- Osborne 1
- Processor Tech. SOL-20 ** or ** SWTPc 6800 (or maybe our OSI 
Challenger) -- that's tough decision!
- Scelbi 8H
- Sinclair ZX-80
- Teletype ASR-33
- TI-99/4A
- TRS-80 Model 1
- TRS-80 Model 100
- Xerox 860
- (An undetermined typical late-1980s laptop)
- Various handheld/pocket computers

Also we'll have a 33rd station for "Computer of the Month" -- we have 
enough systems to put something different there every month for two or 
three years without repeating any of them. Everyone's favorite will get 
a turn.

I think this a very good list. It represents all the major subdivisions 
of microcomputing. DIY vs. preassembled, famous and less-known, 
game-changers and commercial workhorses, desktops and portables, 
blinkenlights and command lines and GUIs. It's not limited to what was 
most popular or sexiest.