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A Festival of Vintage Computers

Posted in GETV Episode by ekai on the December 4th, 2007

Where do old computers go to die? We’re not sure, but we do know where the digital old folks home is. We take a trip down the valley to Mountain View for the 2007 Vintage Computer Festival. We happily discover 8-bit wonders living life as if it were 1980 all over again. We find Commodore PETs and SuperPETs, Atari 400 & 800s, Tandy TRS-80s, Sols, Altairs, Data Generals, HPs and even a LINC from 1962.

Episode links: Vintage Computer Festival, Commodore PET, TRS-80, David Welsh: Priming the Pump, Computer History Museum, Phlogiston

Formats available: Portable (iPod/iPhone) | Quicktime (.mov)

7 Responses to 'A Festival of Vintage Computers'

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  1. on December 4th, 2007 at 7:02 am

    Sa-weet ass! So cool.

  2. Paul said,

    on December 4th, 2007 at 2:46 pm

    What no Sinclair Computers??

  3. ekai said,

    on December 5th, 2007 at 11:21 am

    Paul: I was surprised not to see a Sinclair as well! Either they haven’t withstood the test of time or they were so small and inconspicuous that I missed them!


  4. on February 12th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    [...] A Festival of Vintage Computers [...]

  5. marco said,

    on February 16th, 2008 at 3:34 am

    NICE. Got a kick out of this on many levels.
    Especially for “memory lane.”

  6. samuraiboy said,

    on March 9th, 2008 at 9:00 am

    does anyone know the names songs in the video?

  7. Anonymous said,

    on March 21st, 2012 at 10:37 pm

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