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  1. Got my copy of Hackers signed by Lee Felsenstein at the Vintage Computer Festival! His chapters were some of the most meaningful in the book to me; will treasure it always. #vcf #vcfwest

    (And, by the way, it turns out he has a Patreon: patreon.com/lfelsenstein)

  2. Another quick video from #VCFwest 2025 starting with @tubetime ‘s Monster 6502 and showing how dense and busy it was on Saturday. I heard attendance was nearly double last year. Maybe because it was the Amiga 40th anniversary or just because it’s awesome and more people are there…. Oooor a little of both.

    I did get a bit trapped in the far end of the room at one point but with patience I was able to get out. All thing considered they did a pretty good job is keeping flow all around the event… for the most part.

    #retrocomputing

  3. Embroidering Le Chuck: all the details, things to pay attention, colors, things that could go wrong, etc:

    retro.moe/posts/embroidery-le-

    #embroidery #retrogaming #monkeyisland #VCFWest

  4. All 6 of my monochrome monitors made it through VCF West

    6 Displays is the limit on a 68k mac unless you start adding display adapters on SCSI. This is a Quadra 950 with 5 nubus video cards and the the onboard video driving a desktop that is over 4400 pixel wide.

    #vcf2025 #vcfwest #mac #vintage

  5. It is unfortunate that my career’s biggest cultural contribution shows up at the Computer History Museum in a visual context that very few people at the time would recognize. (Luckily someone at #VCFWest upstairs had AIM in its more common form, although on hilarious OSes.)

  6. @polpo

    Ian where can I find you at #VCFWest? Would you sign my PicoGUS? Would love you meet you and say hi!

  7. They even had an Amiga running Wipeout. This is an extremely uncommon version of the game as I understand it. It was totally playable and impressively high res. #VCFwest #retrocomputing

  8. A few more pics from #VCFwest

    It’s quite crowded but that’s how it be.

    #retrocomputing

  9. Some super cool stuff at #VCFwest today. Just a few choice photos. Someone even has a Grid Compass II.

    #retrocomputing

  10. PicoGUS available in the Boole room at VCF West! Come and buy them so I don’t have to bring them back home with me! #vcfwest #vcfwest2025

  11. PicoGUS available in the Boole room at VCF West! Come and buy them so I don’t have to bring them back home with me! #vcfwest #vcfwest2025

  12. PicoGUS available in the Boole room at VCF West! Come and buy them so I don’t have to bring them back home with me! #vcfwest #vcfwest2025

  13. PicoGUS available in the Boole room at VCF West! Come and buy them so I don’t have to bring them back home with me! #vcfwest #vcfwest2025

  14. PicoGUS available in the Boole room at VCF West! Come and buy them so I don’t have to bring them back home with me! #vcfwest #vcfwest2025

  15. Xerox Daybreak system at #vcfwest.

    Brother Bob worked on the software; brother Dick invented the optical mouse.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Da

    (That's a black & white monitor; curious color artifacts)

  16. Even with a... not-great keyboard, there's something so right about playing Tetris on a Soviet computer.

    #RetroComputing #VCFwest #vcfw #Tetris

  17. I’m bringing some well priced #PicoGUS units with me to put in consignment at #VCFwest on Saturday!

  18. @bitsplusatoms @kenshirriff Ken is *amazing*! Such a humble & nice & competent person! 🫶 I wish I could meet him (and #CuriousMarc ) some day!! But living in Germany doesn‘t make it easy … And back in 2013 when I was in California and visited the #ComputerHistoryMuseum I didn‘t know about them. 🙄🙈 #vcfwest

  19. @bitsplusatoms @kenshirriff Ken is *amazing*! Such a humble & nice & competent person! 🫶 I wish I could meet him (and #CuriousMarc ) some day!! But living in Germany doesn‘t make it easy … And back in 2013 when I was in California and visited the #ComputerHistoryMuseum I didn‘t know about them. 🙄🙈 #vcfwest

  20. @bitsplusatoms @kenshirriff Ken is *amazing*! Such a humble & nice & competent person! 🫶 I wish I could meet him (and #CuriousMarc ) some day!! But living in Germany doesn‘t make it easy … And back in 2013 when I was in California and visited the #ComputerHistoryMuseum I didn‘t know about them. 🙄🙈 #vcfwest

  21. @bitsplusatoms @kenshirriff Ken is *amazing*! Such a humble & nice & competent person! 🫶 I wish I could meet him (and #CuriousMarc ) some day!! But living in Germany doesn‘t make it easy … And back in 2013 when I was in California and visited the #ComputerHistoryMuseum I didn‘t know about them. 🙄🙈 #vcfwest

  22. @bitsplusatoms @kenshirriff Ken is *amazing*! Such a humble & nice & competent person! 🫶 I wish I could meet him (and #CuriousMarc ) some day!! But living in Germany doesn‘t make it easy … And back in 2013 when I was in California and visited the #ComputerHistoryMuseum I didn‘t know about them. 🙄🙈 #vcfwest

  23. New Video: As we head to #VCFWest to exhibit this weekend, here's a VCF Southwest Recap with an interview by Jeff Brace from Vintage Computer Federation (@vcfederation) about the Programming Cartridge Display we're bringing from VCF Southwest.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Qnq6tBQO8i

    #VCFSouthwest #VCFSW #VCF #VCFed #VCFederation #Atari #Atari8Bit #AtariXL #AtariXE #Atari800 #Atari130XE #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd