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Levi’s Digital Voyage is exhibiting a curated lineup from Levi’s vintage collection. This year he is featuring Japanese import 8-bit Nintendo systems to mark 40 years of the NES and Mario in the U.S. Visitors can also get hands-on time with a couple early versions of the new Commodore 64 Ultimate and Levi’s own first home computers: the Apple IIc and Apple IIGS, which sparked his interest in computing and retro tech.

The exhibit mixes nostalgia with technical depth and gives visitors a clear look at how these machines shaped the way we think about games, graphics, and personal computing from the 80s through today. He will also have a small sales section with some must-haves and hard-to-find items.

https://www.youtube.com/@levimaaia

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https://www.youtube.com/TheVintNerd

FutureVision Research provides electronic kits for students and hobbyists. Stop by our soldering area, purchase a VCF SoCal Solder Badge and learn how to solder - we'll have all the tools needed. Check out our take-home learn to solder kits, too!

https://FVResearch.com

FutureVision Research is your trusted source for all production ready FujiNet interface devices. FujiNets for multiple platforms will be available for sale, including versions for the Atari 8-bit, Apple II & III, Coleco ADAM, Tandy CoCo 1, 2, & 3, and RS-232 (for MS-DOS compatibles).

https://FVResearch.com

Vintage computer parts & accessories. S-100 boards, PC boards, ASCII terminal boards, cables, chips, CPUs, other electronic parts.

Original vintage computer paintings, prints, stickers, etc.

Vintage Video Games, Vintage PC Software, Vintage PC Hardware, C64 Software

https://maxisretrotech.com

Original tech + pop culture inspired graphic T-shirts, stickers, and art.

https://storyspark.com

Head to the Grand Foyer to purchase the Official Festival T-shirts, Hats & Other Goodies

https://www.vcfsocal.com/category/swag

Head to the Consignment Area to check out the vintage and retro deals

https://www.vcfsocal.com/consignment

The TI-99/4 computer with all of the sidecars, plus the TI-99/4 Color Monitor.

FujiNet is a multi-peripheral emulator and WiFi network device for vintage computers. The first completed hardware was for Atari 8-Bit computers and development has begun for other systems with the goal of supporting as many as possible. What sets FujiNet apart from other WiFi devices is the new Network Device (the N device, or NDEV). The N device allows vintage computers that do not have enough processing power to handle TCP/IP connections talk to the modern internet over WiFi. Virtual adapters have been created for many protocols including: TCP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, TNFS, HTTPS (SSL/TLS), SSH, TELNET, WebDAV and JSON parser.

https://fujinet.online

Come experience the low latency and high reliability of Dial-Up Doom over actual telephone modems! Remember the good(?) old days! We will have a full dial-up setup running with APCI Doom with support for up to 8 players over dial-up.

A Tandy 1000 SX will be predominantly featured as the main piece, along with a Gateway Pentium III Laptop and a Wyse Industrial PC with Windows 98SE.

Project IVY is all about restoring wonderful old portable PCs, with an emphasis on IBM ThinkPads. Favorites include the ThinkPad 701C with its folding keyboard, an early 2-in-1 tablet and laptop the ThinkPad 360P, and the very first IBM ThinkPad the 700C. Along with a variety of Palm Top PCs!

This year I'm also pleased to show off the Tadpole Sparkbook 3XP running Solaris Unix and a rare GRiD Compass II, one of the earliest laptop computers.

https://katarinamelki.net/ivy

Experience the Amiga's legendary graphics, video and sound capabilities. Including the Video Toaster with video effects, titles, graphics and 3D animation. Lightwave 3D software, used in many famous TV shows and movies. And more audiovisual tools made possible by Amiga.

This exhibit features a couple of smaller computers of the mid 2000s that have been upgraded beyond what they were originally envisioned to handle: A wild G4 Cube, and a more modest (but still fun) Shuttle XPC. Loaded with era appropriate games and software for your enjoyment.

https://xodium.net

Apple made a lot of all-in-one computers! A complete collection will be displayed of all the major forms of Apple PowerPC AIO (hence the name) computer! The machines will be networked and have a smattering of period accurate software.

Come meet all the compact powerhouses that dotted schools and homes around the world, powered by the best CPU architecture ever made!

Before there existed laptops that could do everything a desktop computer could do, there were luggables! Behold these massive, awkward machines that could do everything you wanted, if your arms didn't wear out first.

Two processors means two 40th anniversaries! Come check out Commodore's last 8-bit powerhouse, along with modern software, repro motherboards, and more!

https://8bithe.art

Experience an era where computers were the future & looked the part, with sleek curves and bold designs as we moved away from the boring beige boxes of yesteryear & began to unlock real power!

A demo of Robot Research Model 4000 Slow Scan Converters, used to transmit and receive video at a frame every 8 seconds! using all 74 series logic and SRAM - no microprocessors. Video at the show transmitted and received live off a tin-can phone! Also with matching Model 400 Super Keyboards used for slow scan, radio teletype and serial terminal use.

https://www.w1euj.com/robot

Keith is a programmer with a penchant for hacking vintage Macs. Come see and chat about his:
- Macintosh Plus outfitted with pre-production "Twiggy" ROMs and software from 1983 and earlier
- Bandai Pippin game console running classic Mac games thanks to his Pippin Kickstart software
- And more!

https://blitter.net

Magic-1 is a homebrew multi-tasking, multi-user minicomputer built from roughly 200 74-series TTL devices using wire-wrap construction. It runs the Minix operating system and has been in continuous operation for more than 20 years. Also appearing will be a newly designed, card-compatible Magic-1 clone built using PCBs.

http://www.homebrewcpu.com

You ever hear of Pimp My Ride? That notorious show that would take boring, beat up, worthless economy cars and transform them into ostentatious, overwhelming, garish, insane vehicles that were the textbook definition of "lipstick on a pig"? What about sleepers? Restomods? JDM drift machines? ...Well, this is the computer equivalent of that. There are no faithful restorations; no modest rebuilds; no "classics". The unloved, the uninteresting, and the undesirable are all chopped, slammed, blinged, gassed, roached out, ratted out, rodded out. Witness one man spend too much money lowering the collector's value of already-worthless computers, all in the name of smiles-per-gallon :D

The Wind Terminal serves as an ethereal bridge to the spiritual realm, allowing anyone to share messages, reflections, and memories through simple text based interface. We build on the idea of the traditional Wind Phone, transforming neglected and forgotten technology into a renewed, meaningful platform for connection.

https://www.windterminal.com

The last VIC-20 computer rolled off the assembly line 40 years ago, but its heart will go on and on (credit to Celine Dion for the corny lyric).

At this booth you can see some recent additions to the VIC-20 family and some ideas about what the future might bring!

If you had a VIC, used one, loved it, and know it to be the special machine that it is then please stop by and say hello!

Forty years after it's founding in San Diego, and 15 years after it folded, a unique partnership between San Diego State University and Claremont Graduate University is cataloguing the vast collection of the Computer Museum of America.

How Claremont Graduate University and its Paul Gray PC Museum have catalogued the holdings of the former Computer Museum of America at San Diego State University.

https://research.cgu.edu/paul-gray-pc-museum/

A display of a few favorite Apple computers that I have restored and modded over the past years. All of these computers have been restored and upgraded with at least one, if not numerous, modern components. From adapted SSDs and new batteries to RGB screens, they have quite a lot of cool features.

Where early microcomputers hum patiently, calling to all the curious who pass by to witness that the spark of the digital age still lives in their processors, their keyboards and their screens. Each is a survivor of the relentless march of technology—rising from relic to revered!

https://www.coderatlarge.com

Retro Bytes & Pizza Fights is a four-station retro PC arena showcasing the fast, fun, and wonderfully unpredictable systems of the 90s and 2000s. Every station brings its own personality, quirks, and surprises. Visitors can jump between eras, dive into classic hardware and operating systems, mash buttons, and fully experience the joyful chaos of vintage computing.

Get hands-on with Apple server equipment including Xserve, Xraid and G5 Power Mac computers. Other early 2000's G4 hardware will be on the network.

Tandy Models 102, PC-2, and 4p. Osborne One. Epson PX-8. ZX Spectrum. Original Nintendo NES hooked up to a 1.5 inch Sony Watchman. WiFi-enabled 1960's vintage lamp. Various thermal and pen-plotter typewriters and word processors. Vintage Casio and Seiko (!) synthesisers.

Welcome to the skunklabz retro journey from Commodore to PC where I'll showcase some of the machines from my childhood and some other interesting machines from my collection.