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FRACTINT is a 16-bit DOS program for creating fractal images that has been around since 1988. It was always available as an open source program and predates the use of the term "open source" by about a decade. FRACTINT was improved and extended by many developers over the course of many years, but never really made a successful transition to a GUI environment. Iterated Dynamics (Id) is a fork of FRACTINT that brings the program into the future. It is an answer to the age-old question for 'dusty deck' software projects: rewrite or refactor? For Id, I chose refactor. In this talk, I will describe my journey of reviving this code as a project on github with it's first release.

Richard Thomson is a Senior Software Engineer for NVIDIA where he works on GPU raytracing. He is the creator of the Terminals Wiki, maintainer of the manx online documentation database and is the principal effort behind the Computer Graphics Museum in Salt Lake City. The museum has a collection of artifacts housed in storage with future plans for a public exhibit hall.

In 2022, the wizards behind the infamous demo 8088 MPH released a new production, Area 5150. Once again, the creaky old hardware of the original IBM 5150 was pushed beyond all conceivable limits. In this talk we will explore some of the tricks used to bully the IBM CGA card into showing 16 color graphics and animation on a standard monitor, breaking the overscan barrier at the same time.

Tons of vintage systems go into e-waste every year; is there any way to save them? In this talk Chris Skeeles discusses how to approach and deal with your local e-waste facility for the purpose of acquiring computer equipment for the purpose of refurbishing. An e-waste recycler himself, Chris will speak to the do's and don'ts of dealing with e-waste facilities increasing their chances of building a working relationship.

Chris owns and operates boardsort.com, a leading computer recycling service, and has decades of experience dealing with the rescuing, refurbishing and the unfortunate, albeit necessary, scrapping and recycling of computers.

Coverage of vintage computing on YouTube has been growing strong for over a decade: There are tens of thousands of videos covering vintage computing history, gaming, and repair. This panel will host a discussion between the operators of vintage computing channels large and small, including The 8-Bit Guy, Computer Clan, Adrian's Digital Basement, Action Retro, polymatt, retrobits, The Macintosh Librarian, The Taylor and Amy Show, and Veronica Explains.

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As certain parts on older computers fail and rare working examples command higher and higher prices, and as people want to integrate their retro machines into modern life, many new projects have popped up to meet those needs. This panel features members of the community that have created new hardware, firmware, and software solutions to breathe new life into old machines, not just restoring functionality but enhancing quality of life in ways unthought of when those systems were new.

A deep-dive into the weird and quirky Mac clones released in the '90s in an attempt by Apple to regain market share. We'll discuss different models to collect, what to avoid, and cool things about these oddball Macs!

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The story of how an Amiga was used to give the first all-digital presentation at any large medical conference, using only an Amiga 4000, Scala, and a video projector starting in 1993. This was during a time when all other medical education presentations in all fields of medicine were made using 2 x 2 photographic slides in carousels on a slide projector. This "presentation about a presentation" will cover the early days of how images were digitized using the Amiga, and how digital images and other assets were utilized for pathology reports and teaching. The original talk was to pathologists, by pathologists. The presentation will utilize an Amiga computer to show parts of the original presentation, with minor modifications. Virtually all medical education conferences are now given by laptops and digital projectors.

Dr. Peter K. Shireman, a Board-Certified Pathologist who practiced community-based pathology in Kansas and Michigan, was one of the three architects of the "Digital Imaging in Pathology" course in the early 1990s using only an Amiga platform. He later served on the Informatics Committee of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP). The course was given over 5 years at ASCP and College of American Pathologists national meetings.

David, Kevin, and Troy will be showing off some of the latest gadgets and software for the Commander X16, with some big surprises!

KeyFax, initiated in 1984 by Keycom Electronic Publishing, was a collaborative venture between Field Enterprises, Honeywell Information Systems, and Centel to create an online service. The service, designed to compete with CompuServe, Prodigy, and AOL, was intended for a custom terminal and offered PC emulators for various platforms. The presentation will cover the history, and ultimate failure, of the KeyFax Videotex rollout in Chicago.

Nexa corporation's early days and their eventual merger with Spectrum Holobyte to form Sphere, Inc. I will talk about the games they developed and the people who created them.

An electrical engineer with 40 years experience in Gate Array design, Graphics Chipset design, SoC design, and GPS RF design and layout, Jefferey Wilson sees newcomers to the PCB or FPGA design experience collectively making the same mistakes and pit-falls he made 40 years ago. In this presentation, he'll cover how to side-step these pitfalls with knowledge he wished he had when first starting out.

Last chance to see the exhibits or buy that rusty screw!