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Vintage Computer Federation
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Приєднався 30 сер 2008
Vintage Computer Federation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization led for and by computer history hobbyists.
Bridging Past and Future: Enhancing Retro Computing with Modern Applications – Mark Fisher
A journey through the process of reviving vintage computing with modern tooling. Delving into practical cross-development applications for Atari and Apple 2 through the FujiNet platform and a common Network Library, the talk highlights how adding a ‘SmartPort over SLIP’ protocol to the Apple2 Emulator allows faster development, and brings together lessons from real hardware trials, programming challenges, and the future of retro-computing.
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Games Development Back In The Day - Thom CherryHomes - VCF East 2024
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Game consoles such as the Atari 2600 and 5200 had no ability to develop software on itself, so the software had to be developed on systems with sufficient tooling, disk storage, and RAM. This talk shows how an S-100 based system is used along with a cross-assembler, a text editor, and an Intel HEX loader to produce software that can be uploaded to the target system via a simulated cartridge emu...
Teaching Ghidra to disassemble your CPU - Maki Kato - VCF East 2024
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Ghidra is one of the best open source reverse engineering tools available today. Sometimes retro computing tasks involves disassembling old software. If a disassembler is not available for your machine’s CPU instruction set traditionally you had to write one. However now with Ghidra there is a plugin mechanism for CPUs so instead of writing a disassembler you can just describe the CPU to Ghidra...
Macintosh Collecting and Repair Tips - Steve Matarazzo, Ron McAdams - VCF East 2024
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Discuss vintage Macintosh repair strategies and tips as well collecting advice. Find slides from this talk and information from their previous talks here: mac84.net/web/getting-started-with-vintage-macs/
Commodore History with Andy Finkel - Interviewed by Dave McMurtrie
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Dave McMurtrie, Expert Commodore Historian, interviewed Andy Finkel, a former Commodore engineer, about his experiences at Commodore Business Machines.
Vacuum Tube PDP-8 - Mike Rieker - VCF East 2024
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Design and construction of vacuum tube computer that runs PDP-8 software called PDP 8/V. Find more details here: www.hackster.io/news/mike-rieker-s-pdp-8-v-swaps-digital-s-transistors-for-a-beastly-vacuum-tube-processor-e41f42a478e7
Streamer Roundtable - Action Retro, Amiga Bill, AshSaidHi, Lady Ailuros, Ron's Computer Videos
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A roundtable moderated by Sean Malseed of Action Retro as he chats with AmigaBill, AshSaidHi, Lady Ailuros and Ron’s Computer Videos as they provide valuable insights and tips on getting started with broadcasting retro game! Discover and learn about broadcasting with original hardware, explore innovative software solutions, and get guidance on essential budget-friendly tech for your setup. From...
Palm's WebOS - the mobile platform that almost was - Jon Wise
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Palm’s webOS was their attempt to reinvent the once-great PalmOS for a more connected era, and briefly gave Apple and Google a run for their money as a more open alternative to their mobile duopoly. Based on a remarkably accessible Linux environment, with a beautiful and fluid user interface written in purely web technologies, webOS pioneered many of the user interface paradigms that we use tod...
The U.S. Army’s role in harnessing the transistor - Fred Carl - VCF East 2024
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The once classified history of the Army efforts and funding required to make the invention of the transistor into a usable component for military needs. The radio and television industry had no need for the device and were unwilling to make the investment. Fred Carl founder of InfoAge Science and History Museums tells the tale.
Something about the Mac - Ron Nicholson - VCF East 2024
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Ron Nicholson was one of the engineers working on the original Macintosh 128k. He created the disc controller ASIC and the CMOS clock chip. He tells his story and part in the creation of this machine.
The Ghosts of NABU Present - Leo Binkowski - VCF East 2024
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This talk about NABU present. A lot has happened in the NABU reconstruction world. Leo will be happy to present an entirely new cycle full of software, including some original games, many educational titles, and current information from 1985. Leo will update everyone on new findings of an almost completely intact NABU from 1985! Recorded on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the InfoAge Science and Hist...
MicroCore Labs Emulators how to build one, how they work - Crawford Griffith - VCF East 2024
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Ted Fried of MicroCoreLabs has designed and built a series of emulators that plug into CPU sockets of vintage computers. These emulators use Teensy (Arduino-compatible) boards and custom-designed PCB’s to emulate vintage processors: 8088, 6502, Z80 and 68000. The design and architecture of these emulators will be explained, and information will be shared how they can be economically built. Idea...
An engineer's GUI journey, VAX to DOS to WIN to WEB - Byron Stout - VCF East 2024
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An engineer's GUI journey, VAX to DOS to WIN to WEB - Byron Stout - VCF East 2024
VCF Swap Meet in Wall, NJ on June 22, 2024
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VCF Swap Meet in Wall, NJ on June 22, 2024
Multi-User Dungeons for Education with Barry Kort interviewed by Eric Rangell
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Multi-User Dungeons for Education with Barry Kort interviewed by Eric Rangell
Moving an Apollo DN570 up the stairs
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Moving an Apollo DN570 up the stairs
What Can Vintage Computing Tell Us About the Next Generation of Engineers? - Byron Stout
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What Can Vintage Computing Tell Us About the Next Generation of Engineers? - Byron Stout
Modern Tools for Commodore 64 Sprite Animation - Byron Stout
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Modern Tools for Commodore 64 Sprite Animation - Byron Stout
My Journey Through Moore’s Law - Bob Welland
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My Journey Through Moore’s Law - Bob Welland
Early Apple and Mac Talk - Greg Berkin
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Early Apple and Mac Talk - Greg Berkin
Early Atari History, Stories - Al Alcorn
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Early Atari History, Stories - Al Alcorn
Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components - a book interview
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Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components - a book interview
40 Years of Apple Lisa - Jason Perkins
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40 Years of Apple Lisa - Jason Perkins
Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer & live Apollo DSKY screen demo
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Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer & live Apollo DSKY screen demo
Modern Tools for Commodore 64 Sprite Animation - Byron Stout
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Modern Tools for Commodore 64 Sprite Animation - Byron Stout
What buffles me the most is that they didn't use the Ranger chipset (which was finished in 86, if I remember correctly) in the A2000 I mean Braunschweig created the A2000 for business use. Even in 1990 in the A3000 it would have been a lot better than the ECS chipset. I mean 1024x1024 Pixeln non-interlaced with 128 colors?
Yeah, management was not very smart at that point in time. So many missed opportunities and mistakes made. Commodore could have continued to be a great company!
really nice talk, some mysteries in my mind for 30 years explained today
@anselmedewavrin7072: We're glad that you enjoyed the talk and learned something!
Burger Becky the LEGEND!
She is awesome!
Is it async?
Possible!
Was the marble madness source code found and posted?
not that I'm aware of.
@sideburn: Not that I'm aware of!
@tschak909: Maybe someday!
@@vcfederation I’ve always wondered how the “3d” geometry engineer works in it and I’m pretty sure the whole game was written in C. Lots of firsts on that system 1 board.
Hi there, this has been a immensely helpful video on tape recovery. Thank you!! I'm currently looking for training on dealing with legacy tape formats, wondered if anyone knew if such services existed? Can't find anything online
@medium-old: Try Gene B: geneb@deltasoft.com. If that doesn't work, then contact data.recovery@vcfed.org and we can recommend others.
so there are a lot of attacks, but some require hardware hacking to understand / find vulnerabilities. then there aer other hacks like obtaining a root shell trough xss or what ever. i havnt tried ghidra yet, but it can come in handy for a bunch of stuff.
@user-ud8hw4gp6t: So true!
hahah vintage computer federation teaching ghidra :D i recently started learning devops and security/compliance. hacking is fun and its important. this program was released by amer. gov :) :)
0:39 Steve Jobs wouldn't even know how to program a 7-segment display. lol. A 'Nickel & Dime' kinda 'guy'. 😊 🖋
@Jdvc-yd5tx: Yeah. He was a salesperson more than a programmer.
That's a lot of info but I at least expected him to find the blocker in ROM that holds the terminal on the unplugged keyboard :)
@tocsa120ls: We're glad that you liked the video!
Yeah I dont like Greyhound either horrible
@terryraymond7984: Yeah. It can be frustrating.
I know how zero tolerance was back then I had the same issues with bullying that sucks
@terryraymond7984: Yeah. It does suck.
I have a dedicated Computer room only 2 Commodores.
@terryraymond7984: So you need more Commodores!
Nice presentation Jeri. 🙂
@terryraymond7984: She's glad that you liked it!
I used to use WP5.2 running my invoicing system right up until 2004. Worked like a charm.
@SuperWillEvans: Sometimes you have to stick with what works. Sometimes the old stuff just works! Why upgrade when what you have does the job?
"Let's install Haiku real fast" ROTFL! 🤣
@francoisrevol7926: We're glad that you enjoyed our video!
Very fun presentation. Well done guys!
@1BitFeverDreams: Glad that you liked it!
Many thanks to VCF East for hosting this talk!
@RonsCompVids: Thank you for putting on the presentation!
I had a wonderful time. Thanks so much for inviting me, Vintage Computer Federation!
@commodorehistory: Thank you for doing the interview. It was fantastic!
What kind of performance?
@tonyfremont: About what you would expect in 1965 or so!
Awesome interview and great questions from the audience!
@videooblivion: I agree! Very awesome and gret!
I remember Andy Finkel's name coming up in an easter egg in the 1982 Music Composer cartridge for the C64!! Its crazy now I'm watching him in an interview 40+ years later on the internet. My 18 year old self would never believe this back then!!
@johnsmith1953x: So much fun!
Now someone just needs to create a replica 1541 & magnetic media.
@Lion_McLionhead: I'm sure that someone is working on it!
There is Pi1541 which isn't magnetic but it's a cool little hardware emulator that works on a real C64
Great interview! I've always found Andy to be so relatable. He's who I want to be when I grow up.
@bozimmerman: I'm glad that you liked the video! He's a great guy!
You missed a trick there to ask what happened to the chinese customisations to AmigaOS, if they could be found they could be folded back in to the OS
@OptimusMonk01: So true! We should ask him!
Cool!
@billpanagouleas257: We're glad that you liked it!
At Salford Computer lab there was one hooked up to an analog computer too wich played vector asteroids game. c1976
@Transcriptor: Wow! Cool! Thanks for sharing!
#rebootperiod. 3.6.9.0.
Thank you, it was awesome
It was our pleasure! We're glad that you liked the video.
It's not actually lead, it's type metal which is an alloy of lead, tin and antimony.
@johnfreeborn979: Thank you for the clarification!
Love these roundtables! Found some new youtubers to follow through watching the videos. Great mix of some of the more known and less known channels, keep up the good work!
@Ran-tan-tan: We're glad that you enjoyed our video!
Hey guys! Nice to see you Erik!
@All_Access_Passes: Erik says hi!
@@vcfederation and Mike says hi ha...
I just loved the PDP8. I worked with a PDP 8/I at Watford College of Technology which would work standalone providing a 4 workstation BASIC environment. It also worked as a remote station to a PDP 10 (KI/10) at Hatfield Polytechnic via a 2400 bps MUX. Two awesome computers from an awesome manufacturer. I have happy memories as well of keying in the RIM loader. 7756 'Load Address' etc. Ahhhhh, happy days when the world was sane.
@michaelbruce5415: Thanks for sharing!
I wonder if Rebecca has done anything for the PlayStation 2.
@mopeybloke: Very good question. I will ask her the next time that I speak with her.
I am so glad we had the opportunity to share this information. Thank you for recording and posting it. Sean was wonderful and I am happy I got to hang out and meet everyone on the panel. Of course I have to shout out my amazing friend AmigaBill, he is the best. Thanks again and hope to be back next time!! 💜💜💜
@AshSaidHi: Hi Ash[SaidHi]. My name is Mike - I am the one who makes all the badges for VCF... Sorry we didn't get to meet there, but nice to meet you here! :)
@@All_Access_Passes oh wonderful, so nice to meet you here!
@AshSaidHi: I was happy that you found our group and volunteered to speak! I look forward to have you speak again next year!
@All_Access_Passes: Maybe you can meet her in person next year!
@AshSaidHi: I love these shows as it's great to meet all kinds of people in person!
3do was a failed console anyway, so even if doom was optimized well - it wouldn't have sold much better
@dmitrykim3096: Unfortunately you are correct.
Great panel - guests are cool and Sean is a good moderator!
@parjf: Sean is indeed a good moderator. That is why I chose him!
Thanks for having me on the panel. It was a lot of fun and a real honor 🙏
@AmigaBill: It is always fun to have you as part of a talk! You are great!
@AmigaBill Hi Bill Mr Badge Mike here... Hope all is well. I got off Facebook to concentrate on rebuilding my biz. Getting there. Just got my credit card processing machine. If you'd like to help me test it, please leave your credit card number here: ________________ :)
@AmigaBill: Hi Bill - Mr. Badge Mike here. Hope all is well. Got off Facebook to concentrate on my biz. Recently got my new credit card processing machine. If you'd like to help me test it, please leave your credit card number here: _______________________ :)
That was awesome!
@OSVS_Mike: Absolutely awesome!
@@vcfederation Absolutely!
James Burgett Is an inspired genius that myself and my friends Aaron Moellering, Alexa Konash and Doug Schaub all worked for. It was great fun especially going to Maker Faire (as a Maker) several years in a row. For those of you that do not know what being one of the companies lucky enough to be invited as a Maker means, you should take the time to look it up. A.C.C.R.C. was one of the greatest times of my life.
@allendalewilliams5762: We're so glad that you enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing your comment1
I am not sure if it is possible to boot on UEFI manboard in 64 bit and in graphic mode to load the ibm compatible bios from a file and switch into the 16 bit mode and switch into text mode to start a boot manager that let us boot DOS with DOS Sata driver or booting from USB FAT16/FAT32, or CD-ROM El Torito FAT12 floppy emulation.
@maxmuster7003: Let us know if you get that to work!
Maybe it is possible to patch a game with a new delay routine if we find the main loop.
@maxmuster7003: If you find a way, then please let us know!
@@vcfederation We can modify the code by override an instruction with a call instruction to our routine that we add into the memoy. We can start our subroutine with the instruction that we lost/override and after that we place our delay routine. At last we end with a return instruction to go back to the next instruction after the call. Now we can start a test run. Note: The instruction that we want to override with a call instruction should have the same amount of bytes like the call instruction. A simple delay can wait for the vsync at port 03DA multiple times in a loop or two nested loops if we want it slower. The delay routine can push some register that we need for the delay at first and after the delay we can pop the register from the stack before return. It is not so much to do, but to find a good location in the mainroute for our call instruction.
Some program use a simple loop for a delay and not a routine based on the timer chip or the vsync. I made a delay for a pull down menu in text mode polling the keyboard controller on an intel 80286 and i can use it on Intel core2. Without a delay on 80286 it move much to fast.
@maxmuster7003: That's an interesting idea. Maybe that could be made to work.
Truthfully a high rang wizzard of DOS.🎉
@maxmuster7003: Jim is indeed a grand wizard of DOS!
Jeri's father deserves father of the decade award.
@networkg: Her father was indeed very patient.
This was so much fun to do! Thanks VCF and audience members. Next time I'll say "umm" less!
@webosarchive6665: Ummm ... Most of us are not professional speakers. We learn each time from each talk. You will get better! It was still a great talk and that is what counts!
If you want to sound smart, demonstrate FreeDOS Edlin. ;-)
@gpietsch: That's just masochism !
@@vcfederation FreeDOS Edlin is the world's most awesome editor! If you want to find out what the world was like before GUIs, it's there in front of your face!
used to troubleshoot web os palm devices as a tech at verizon was nice to have something besides android and ios to work with. My LG tv now runs it
@jd-py5nm: Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
In high school we used Bank Street Writer Well, my classmates did I had GeoWrite at home
@DeFrisselle: My teacher used Bank Street Writer while us kids used LOGO turtle graphics in 7th and 8th Grade. In high school it was some sort of terminal word processor. I had SpeedScript as my first word process at home in 1988t or 1989.
Tried to use freedos to upgrade my award bios. I got a file name length error and had no choice, had to use msdos3.3