A Festival of Vintage Computers

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)

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

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    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!


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