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Vintage computing on display
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Are your kids used to hearing you start off a response with "Why, in my day..."? Are you into computers? Do you want to show your kids what real computers were like, back when all you had were ones and zeros and you were happy to have them? Well then get on over to the ninth annual Vintage Computer Festival, taking place next weekend in Mountain View, California, at the Computer History Museum.There will be plenty of hands-on exhibits for the kids to enjoy, and plenty to learn about. There will be working models of Charles Babbage's difference engines, constructed entirely out of Meccano sets (Erector sets for us yanks). There is a film festival featuring documentaries of computers and the computer industry. There will also be a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Apple Computer, complete with Steve "Woz" Wozniak. While school-aged kids will get the most out of it, younger kids will enjoy it too; Jared has been going for several years.
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10-28-2006 @ 9:17PM
L. said...Jared is adorable!
Is that an Atari...?
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10-29-2006 @ 2:54AM
Uncle Roger said...Thanks! That's an Epson PX-8 Geneva. It's a CP/M-based laptop, one of the earliest. I suspect the small screen is what kept it from being a best-seller.
More info here: http://www.sinasohn.com/cgi-bin/clascomp/bldhtm.pl?computer=px8
That one is a non-working one I picked up for $5 at the VCF for Jared to play with. I figured it would help with learning his letters and such. And maybe keep him off my laptop. 8^)
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11-16-2006 @ 1:16AM
Nick Bent said...Jared is a handsome boy. Looks like he's into computers. Isn't it strange that what we used "back in the old days" is now considered as vintage by kids today?! Why I never thought I would sound as old as my parents did when I was young. I sure would like to visit the computer history museum and see if they got my old desktop pc on display :)
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