Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 16
EXHIBITS AND VENDORS
Here's a list of just some of the display and vendor tables booked for VCF Midwest 16:
| NAME | TITLE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| LGR | Lazy Game Reviews | An exhibit of select IBM PC-compatible hardware/software featured on the LGR YouTube channel, plus LGR merch! |
| David Murray | The 8-Bit Guy | Commander X/16 Prototype and PETSCII Robots |
| Ken Doe | Computer Clan | A collection of rare and retro computers |
| The System Source Computer Museum | IBM Midrange Through the Years | IBM Midrange computers including the System/32, /34 and /36 and the AS/400. |
| Andy Geppert | Core64 - Interactive Core Memory Kit | A core memory cartridge for the C64. Really! |
| MacEffects | MacEffects Projects New and Old | MacEffects projects from clear cases for systems such as the Apple IIe and Macintosh SE to hardware upgrades. |
| Patrick Finnegan (vax11) | Televideo and More | A pile of TeleVideo CP/M based computers running a client/server OS, a large VAX to soak up some extra electrons, and a few terminals with modems to dial-up other computers on the VCF phone network. |
| AJ Palmgren | Forgotten Machines | Rare and uncommon computers from 1970-1989 and a demonstration of restoration and data recovery techniques for said machines, including: Entrex 480 (DCC-D-116), Convergent Technology weirdness (MiniFrame, MightyFrame, AWS), Universal QIC Cartridge reading/recovery (1973-1989), and other items far weirder and stranger. |
| Brendan Becker | Inverse Phase/Nocturnal Plant | Playing and selling chiptunes, rocking out on the synthesizer |
| Jim Brain | Retro Innovations | Projects and Products for the Commodore, Tandy, TI, and Atari |
| Steve Hatle | 8-bit/UNIX/Mac | Mixed exhibition and sales |
| Jason Reighard | Tandy Color Computer | Mixed exhibition and sales |
| Dennis Boone | Pr1me! | Emulated Prime minicomputer and real terminals |
| Joseph Marlin | VMS and DEC Windows on a MicroVAX 3800 | Desktop VAX machine and DEC terminals |
| Chris Ellmore | British Micro Computers | Sinclair 128K "toast rack", Sinclair 128K 2A, Sinclair 128K 2B and an Acorn Electron |
| Jack Rubin | Old Guy, Old Stuff | PDP-8 and Other Minicomputer Fun |
| David 'jbevren' Wood | Random Shenanigans With Commodore Hardware | Shenanigans will be performed with C64 hardware including timing captures, co-demonstration of older logic analysis systems, and oscilloscopes to show the real inner workings of a C64. |
| Glenn Holmer | Ultimate Networking with GEOS | A network driver for the Commodore 64 Ultimate devices, demonstrated with a rewrite of geoGopher. |
| Mark Matlock | DEC PDP-11 | The venerable Digital minicomputer |
| Malcom Ramey | TRS-80 and Tandy | Radio Shack's finest micros |
| Jeff Fetta | Pre-Spectrum Sinclair Computers | ZX-81, TS-1000, TS-2068 (Color), QL, and MTX |
| William Donzelli | Items Diverse and Unusual | Big lots to pick through from Vintage Toober |
| Mike Loewen | HP 21MX Minicomputers | HP 2108A running paper tape BASIC from a 2748B paper tape reader, with a 2645A terminal. A 2113E will be running the RTE-6/VM operating system from a 7958B disc drive, with several terminals available for login. |
| Jim Happel | A Preview of the Upcoming Stupid Pet Tricks Module | Joysticks, sound, and WiFi to your PET! Also a C64 running an updated IRC chat for Zimodems, Magic Voice carts and the recently unearthed Magic Desk 1+. |
| Brian Sugarman | Macnician | Full of insanely great vintage Apple technologies on display and for sale. |
| David Haynes | Copy Protection - Kryoflux and ZoomFloppy | Disk imaging and preservation with the Commodore 128D, 1902A and 1571 |
| Alex Younts | Generations of Apple UNIX | The Many Variants of Unix from Apple |
| Bohus Blahut | The Video Wall | It's a wall, made of video. That's all we know. |
| Jason Compton | The Commodore Crew | ECCC founder and his loyal following |
| Hooloovoo | Hacking on Hardware | VAX, calculators, old phones |
| Joe Zatarski | ShadyTel CO and Datacenter | The nexus of computing and telephony (ask him for an analog line) |
| Chris and Gavin Tersteeg | DEC, Heathkit, and various PCB projects | PDP-11, PDP-8 (SBC6120), H8, and lots of PCB's to build |
| Jim O'Keefe | Tandy/Color Computer | Part of the Mini-CoCofest at VCFMW |
| Ken Van Mersbergen | Coleco ADAM | The infamous Coleco desktop, plus items for sale |
| Avery Grade | Maxed-out Apple //GS and Commodore 64 | Plus telephony, too! |
| Mark Canon | Strange and Rare Micros | Atari Topo Androbot, Philips N60 Videopac, Bit 90 Colecovision compatible, along with used computer and early console games and software for sale |
| Eric "Jesus" Kudzin | Stooge-O-Matic | A socially-distant demo |
| Joshua Convoy | PowerPC Macs and Commodore | Micros-a-plenty |
| Evan C Wright | Lantern Multiplatform Text-adventure IDE | Text adventure authoring tool demo on Kaypro and Apple // |
| David FIsher (Hellion_1) | Arcade Cabs and C64 | How many coin-ops can we run before we blow a breaker? |
| Kyle Timmerman | Sharp X68000 XVI + "Collection Clearout" | Exotic X68000 System and classiccmp sales |
| SCAT | Atari 8-Bit Computers | Chicago's oldest Atari user group |
| EcoTek Computers | PC hardware, Software & Accessories for Sale | Desktops, laptops and software 15 years old and older |
| Drakware | USB adapters and other devices for vintage keyboards and systems | You need these to use your old keyboards |
| Eco-Tronix Recycling | Vintage Computers and Accessories | BIG tables of all kinds of old electronics for sale |
| Richard Thomson | Terminals on Parade | The Terminal Master visits us once again |
| Kevin Ottum, Jeremiah Keller and Jim Peters | Nu-Brick PSUs for Commodore and Amiga | The best way to run and protect your old Commodore |
| Garrett Meiers | Bit History | Lots of classic computers for sale |
| Ted Niepodziany | 6809 GIMIX Ghost OS9 Level 2 | 6809 GIMIX Ghost running OS9 Level 2, multiuser & multitasking and virtual memory of 1MB |
| Randall Kindig | Computers of the UK | BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, TS1000, Amstrad CPC and others |
| Woody LaPaige | ODB64 | A project that attempts to interface a C64 with the OBD2 port on a vehicle to read diagnostic codes and live data |
| John Orwin | Lisp Machines | Symbolics Open Genera on DEC AlphaStation and Open Genera running on Linux (Alpha Emulation) |
| Frank Palazzolo | S-100 Bus machines and Demon Debugger 2021 | Poly-88 Chassis with homebrew system for repairing 8/16 bit machines. |
| Steven Andreas | Big Mini, Small Micro | A 3-monitor/8-floppy PC-XT, D-116 Nova clone, and misc sales |
| Steve Mahoney | Everything Micro | Commodore and Apple hardware and software for sale |
| Ethan Dicks | 6502: The First Five Years | Commodore and before |
| Paul Wilga | Commodore/Mac/Atari | Gaming, sales and music! |
| Lige Hensley | The Commodore Room | Commodore micros and other hardware for sale |
| Eli Goldberg | Vintage Computers Rule! | Blue Clamshell Mac, Mac 512, Coco 2, iMac G4, Powermac G3, and Commodore 64 |
| Eric Canales | Tandy Color Computer | Showing off Tandy's color micro |
| Benjamin Armstrong | Vintage Electronic Finds | All kinds of old electronics for sale |
| Riley Judelson | The Flavors of iBook | Apple laptops on display, plus various micros and workstations for sale |
| John Sennesael | Unix systems | SGI, Sun, vintage Macs and a nuclear missile silo keyboard! And sales, too! |
| DDI Projects | DDI Projects for C64 & JAMMA | Custom projects for the C64 and other platforms |
| Dan Werner | VIC-2020, a Commodore VIC-20 Clone | Project demo and PCBs for sale |
| Bonus Life Computers | Bonus Life! | Fully restored Atari, Commodore, Amiga, Apple and other micros |
| Connor Krukosky | The Conmega, Sark and Mouse Show | NeXT Cubes and general hackery |
| Richard Lorbieski | The CoCo Station | Radio Shack Color Computer repair and sales |
| Sam Mijal | IBM to Apple, and Everything In-between! | Display and sales of vintage micros |
| Freegeek Chicago | Freegeek | Information about Freegeek's services plus a few things for sale |
Last update: 08/26/2021
