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Vintage Computer Festival in San Jose

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hope-they-do-more-of-these-in-the-future dept.

K2 noted the Vintage Computer Festival taking place in California ... apparently MIT does this too (not that this matters to us midwesterners). At least there's a lot of interesting looking reading material on the site that those of us who aren't there can read (the true Apple story, archives on vintage computers, petitions to sign wrt releasing specs of vintage hardware into the public domain etc).

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  1. MIT Flea by kniedzw · · Score: 5

    Those who are interested in the MIT event should probably check out the flyer.

    It's a relatively well-attended event, although the hardware (and software) available ranges from antique (vacuum tubes and all) to the relatively new (PII-range tech). Decent prices, however, and you can generally get whatever you're looking for.

  2. Vintage computers? by Xzzy · · Score: 5

    What qualifies for this distinction?

    I mean, I can reasonably deduct that anything from the 70's and earlier is going to be a good qualifier, but what other lines of machines can we expect to see?

    Their website doesn't seem to go into much detail on it; would this include the first Macs that hit shelves? How about my old Amiga 500? An itty bitty Sun IPX?

    What is classified as a "vintage" computer? :) For cars this is easy; anything over 30 years or so. But in the computing industry, where machines advance fast enough that something two-three years old is out of date, where is the line drawn?

  3. All I want by jred · · Score: 5

    Is a place to get rid of all the "vintage" computer stuff I have now. I'm starting to run out of storage space!!!

    jred
    www.cautioninc.com

    jred
    www.cautioninc.com
    caution, inc.

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    jred
    I'm not a mechanic but I play one in my garage...
  4. Nice Move, /. by miracle69 · · Score: 4

    Nothing like the Slashdot effect on a vintage computer.

    I guess everything is vintage under the /. load. I got the first graphic loaded before the site slowed under the pressure. Either that, or the web server is a TRS-80...

    --
    Linux - Because Mommy taught me to Share.
  5. Cheap Slashdotting cure! by new500 · · Score: 4

    Slashdotted methinks (stuck loading front page).

    Cheap trick gets round slashdot effectso you can actually read something and be able to post with intelligence ;) is :

    use Google's Advanced Search and search vintage.org for a word like "computer" or "old" like this :-) and load up the cached pages of the site

    should work for any slashdotted site, just pick a word not too generic to be eliminated by Google's engine bu tlikely to appear on every page, and enjoy the cached files!

    Don't you just love Google?

    Karma whoring for my /. soul please look away if this is obvious to you