EXHIBITORS / VENDORS LIST

For the Love of Ms. Pac-Man: A Tribute to my Wife (aka VCF SoCal Showrunner Micki). Come show your love of Ms. Pac-Man, playing the iconic game on a variety of platforms. Take a selfie with Ms. Pac-Man. Write a Ms. Pac-Man themed card for your valentine. Everybody loves Ms. Pac-Man, right??

Ok, ok... Returning attendees will note I did 'For the Love of Q*bert' last year. Well, it is once again Valentine's Weekend, and this is one of Micki's favorite games - tied with Q*bert! 💚 (Also, she loves green. Covering all my bases!)

https://www.youtube.com/TheVintNerd

This exhibit will feature the Motorola 68000 CPU that was used in the mid-1980s and beyond to power several popular computers. A selection of 68000-based computers such as the Amiga 500 and 1200, Apple Macintosh SE and LC, and Atari 520 and 1040 ST will be on display for you to experience this 32/24/16-bit processor.

https://retroprojects.org

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

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.

Compute!’s Gazette is back—celebrating retro computing with fresh, in-depth articles, tutorials, and community features across classic platforms. Swing by our table to check out the latest issue.

We're proud to sponsor VCF SoCal 2026! Clubs and Festivals are the heart and soul of Retro Computing...be sure to get out and enjoy!

(Walking & Talking the Festival Saturday Only)

https://www.computesgazette.com

What would the Aquarius have evolved into if Mattel hadn't abandoned the system back in 1984? The Aquarius+ is the next-generation of Z80-based 8-bit hardware for the Aquarius platform.

(Walking & Talking the Festival Sunday Only)

https://github.com/fvdhoef/aquarius-plus

Throw away your 3rd hand! THE HOT HOLDER is a revolutionary high-temperature silicone parts holder for soldering and hobbies. It's a game-changer:

- Grips parts tight
- Does not Heatsink
- Will not scratch
- Will not tip-over
- Suction base sticks to your work surface
- 100% Made in the USA
- Supports a Small Business

http://thehotholder.com/the-hot-holder-soldering-tool

Comic Books, Video Games & Disney Collectibles

https://www.instagram.com/rayscomics

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.

We will have the following items on display:
Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64 Ultimate, Commodore 1084 monitor, TI-99/4a, Atari Lynx console and games.

We will bring the following items for sale:
Plenty of vintage video games as well as miscellaneous utilities and networking software for vintage PCs. Commodore 64 Software and cartridges. Tons of SATA hard drives of various sizes. Tons of networking-, flat ribbon (FDD, HDD)-, video cables, and miscellaneous A/V cables for various vintage computers/video game consoles. Various PC cards (I/O, video capture, graphics, sound, etc.). Motherboards, CPU and RAM.

https://maxisretrotech.com

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

https://storyspark.com

Refurbished vintage Macintosh computers for sale. Most have some form of accelerator card to improve performance. All have BlueSCSI and refurbished/functioning floppy drives as applicable, MacEffects cases, grayscale and color LCD mods in compact Macs. Mac SE and Mac SE/30 primarily available. Selling part of my collection to keep my hobby funded.

Selling Powermacs, Sony Vaio, Toshiba Libretto, and a huge lot of parts. Also selling video game consoles parts accessories and games.

Step into a world of nostalgia and discovery! G.S. Collectibles specializes in authentic vintage PC games, rare console titles, and unique tech gadgets from the past and present. Whether you’re a collector, a gamer, or simply love the charm of retro technology, you’ll find something that sparks excitement.

https://www.instagram.com/caballerodebronce/

Vintage Apple Computers and Components

Selling Computers, Monitors, Toys, Books, and Retro Electronics

https://www.ebay.com/usr/the_ogaek_store

Modern WiFi replacement PCBs for vintage Hayes, USRobotics, and Atari Modems.

https://www.retromodem.com

Apple II, 68k, and PPC Macintosh Machines & Accessories

Retro pins and stickers

https://glitchbits.com

We'll have the new ZuluSCSI Wide/Wide SCA, our latest 16-bit Ultra Wide SCSI emulator, as well as ZuluIDE V2, our updated high-speed ATAPI CD-ROM Optical Disc/Zip Drive/Rigid HDD Emulator, based on the RP2350B microcontroller.

https://shop.rabbitholecomputing.com

Enjoy a hands-on exhibit with Core Memory, a 6502, and Neon Pixels! Celebrate the recent 50th Anniversary of the 6502 by interacting with the microprocessor using a magnetic stylus and Core Memory. Try your hand at games, painting and making music with Core Memory as a MIDI grid controller too! These are some examples of fun and learning that can be had with this old-fashioned memory. Maybe even make some of your own Core Memories! Learn all about Core Memory and its place in the computer history timeline.

https://www.core64.io

Pinball machines, Arcade games, Arcade circuit boards and Vintage computers

https://www.arcadepcbs.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 Hall to check out the vintage and retro deals

https://www.vcfsocal.com/consignment

RetroTube's faculty band! Four YouTubers making rock songs about vintage computers.
Band Members: Action Retro, The Taylor and Amy Show, and Veronica Explains
(Availability over the weekend varies)

https://thestopbits.net

We're bringing our TI-99/4 computer with all of the sidecars, plus the TI-99/4 Color Monitor.

Can we set a record for the longest working TI-99 computer!? Jeri & Amy invite attendees to bring a TI-99 Sidecar you don't already see in the photo and they'll see if they can't make them all work happily together. That surely was never a problem back in the 80's! :)

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.

Saturday Only

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!

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 a 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.vcfsocal.com/the-wind-terminal
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/

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

Karate Pizza presents the Sega PC Gaming Arena. Step up, hit start, and experience Sega’s arcade classics and console favorites the way PC players did in the ’90s–early 2000s. Bounce between setups and relive PC gaming’s golden era on vintage hardware.

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.

We are the creator of Muze XR, a virtual exhibition platform. We regularly host virtual meetups in the metaverse focused on computer history and retro arcade games, which you can join using a VR headset or a regular computer. Muze XR offers high-quality graphics and unique technology that recreates hardware, software, and technological innovations from history. We are currently looking for participants for our virtual retro tech meetups, and by joining now, you’ll get free access to our curation tools!

https://muzexr.com

Showing a COSMAC VIP clone I built in 1977-1980 with pictures and stories (ask me about the time I almost sent a COSMAC into orbit). I will demo the computer, but if it is having issues (It is wire wrapped and about 100 years old in computer age?), I have an FPGA running MicroVIP by David Hunter with my custom-made keypad interface card we can play with.

http://www.youtube.com/@bwave57

KansasFest is the largest and longest running annual convention dedicated to the Apple II Computer!

Come by the table to find out about the in person event this year, July 14- 19, 2026 @ University of Illinois Springfield or our on-line virtual event.

https://www.kansasfest.org

In 1979 the Interact Family Computer was born in California. It did not survive the Wild West but was adopted by a French company and in 1983 reborn as Hector.

https://sasfepu.com

A collection of various pieces of technology from the 1980's to the early 2000's, including computers, networking hardware, and office appliances.

There will be 4 computers in total, from an Interlogic Industries industrial rack mount PC from 1993, to a 2001 Gateway PC with Rambus memory modules. There will also be an IBM Wheelwriter 5 typewriter, which seemed fairly popular at my exhibit last year. The Wheelwriter 5 is from 1985, and has a keyboard that is very similar to the IBM Model M PC keyboards that were sold around the same time.

Finally, there will be several working analog phone lines with a few landline phones, along with some dial-up modems for setting up a Simcity 2000 Network Edition session.

TeensyRom NFC Game Loading

Come experience the fun of making and learn about our event we host every year. Come find the hobby you didn't even know you wanted.

https://makerfaireoc.com

A small collection of old computers, computer related items, and other oddball devices that have been featured on "That Electronics Fool" YouTube channel. Hopefully the Aptiva Stealth will survive the entirety of the show!

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

Exhibiting a PDP-8/e CPU and Diablo Model 31 disk unit running DEC OS/8. Also a demo of the RK05 disk emulator operating as a disk tester to test the Diablo Model 31.

https://github.com/g-wiley

On display and running:
- An Amiga 500 with modem to retro BBSes and the retro beauty of 90's ANSI ART
- A Sinclair ZX-80, (progenitor of ZX Spectrum) with 16K from 1980 and games loaded from tape cassette
- A PiDP-11 (Raspberry Pi based PDP-11 scaled replica) with 1970's glorious magenta / rose front panel for your mid-century living room!
- A Vintage TeleVideo 912c CRT Terminal See the resemblance in the Icon for VCF.org!

(Sunday Only)

http://dinunzio.com/jim/vintage_computers.html

Eight vintage analog telephones of the 90's from Radio Shack's Fashion Fone line as well as novelty Conair's novelty phones are connected to a special, private phone network powered by an 8 line ATA, a Raspberry Pi 3 with Asterisk and FreePBX. Now available as free software becomes both a toy and an audio encyclopedia. Pick up a receiver, dial a number and you might reach another caller in the park — or a speech, or story from another time. The catalog of recordings at various extensions carry the stories about the ways of old phone system, others replay historic voices, 100 songs about making or receiving phone calls, while others read you your horoscope or give life advice. Just page through the little black book of numbers, dial 411, or discover unlisted extension. The experience is both familiar and strange, a world once tethered to homes and offices in an outdoor setting. For some, a return to the weight and click of analog telephones; for others, nostalgia for a time they never experienced.

https://nsputnik.com

The Yamaha's YM2151 chip (aka OPM) was used for sound effects and music in many late 80's arcade games. The YM2612 (aka OPN2) was used in the Sega Genesis aka Sega MegaDrive (in the UK). And at the same time Yamaha used the YM2414 (aka OPZ) in the TX81Z and DX11 professional synthesizers. All three chips use 4 op FM and have mostly the same algorithms, so the sound patches of each sound very similar. We will demonstrate some of my favorite game soundtracks played via MIDI through the TX81Z to hear how similar it sounds. We'll also demonstrate Sega Genesis songs through the real hardware with the GenMDM MIDI interface. I'll have the songs from games like Rastan, Double Dragon, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Strider, Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage 1 and 2. They will be played by the Pocket 386 with the Roland MPU-IPC-T MIDI interface and a Macintosh SE with EZVision MIDI Translator II serial port interface.

https://www.deepsignalstudios.com

We will be displaying an item from our collection. We will also share information about what our organization does to promote the hobby through events, forums, and social media.

https://vcfed.org

See and hear the music routines from chipmusic legend Rob Hubbard ported from the Commodore 64 to a real Commando arcade machine board.

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

I'll have some examples of how far we have come with portable computers, from early examples like the Otrona Atache and the Osborne Executive, Zenith Data Systems, Tandy 100, the oringal Macintosh Portable, and some rarities like the PowerBook 550 and Apple //c+.

This is a 1972 Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8/e computer running the program CHEKMO-II, one of the first computer programs capable of playing a complete game of chess. CHEKMO-II was written in Assembly language by John E. Comeau in 1974 and released in 1976 to the DEC users group.

Would you like to play a game?

The GameTank is a new 8-bit console implemented around the 6502 processor and no FPGA. Just a ton of basic logic chips. It's also totally open source, along with its free development tools to make your own cartridge games!

https://gametank.zone

Sharing our collection of vintage computers that have been modernized for practical use or entertainment.

https://llogik.com

Humans have always wanted to peer into the future or understand themselves through the stars, and computers have not escaped this fascination. This exhibit displays a variety of English and Japanese language software and games about fortune telling and mysticism, including tarot, I Ching, western and eastern astrology. Visitors are encouraged to consider the fascinating history of using technology for divination and entertaining with fortune telling. Parlor tricks, true reflections of fortune, or somewhere in a grey area: it is up to you to interpret your fate.

Displaying an Atari 1088XLD, ANSI Display, Atari NUC, and possibly some additional Atari gems.

Displaying a selection of vintage Apple prototypes/preproduction computers and accessories that I have gathered over the past 5 years.

Founded in 1964, the Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, or BASIC, started to become the number one standard for the computer language for schools by the mid-1970s. Almost always the first language since the microcomputer became standard in 1976/77 when the home computer started to become the standard, and by 1980s almost every microcomputer had BASIC as their built-in language.

Festival Note: Sellam is The originator of the Very First Vintage Computer Festival way back when! Be sure to say Hi and thank him. :)

Discover the use of a landline home phone to a VoIP line using a Laptop softphone with microphone speakers in action and/or with a VoIP Analog Terminal Adapter (ATA) with another vintage telephone from one another! Featuring Adtran Total Access Phone switch, an open PBX using Raspberry Pi 5 hardware and Ethernet for IP telephony. The idea is that you use a vintage home telephone and you dial in to an Internet based telephone service locally.

Come check it out and see it for yourself!