Green Bay Show 10.26.24
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Performa
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More photos!
Here we have a familiar trio, the Atari 2600, TurboGrafx-16, and Sega Saturn.
This was the inaugural run of the "Free To A Good Home" #FTAGH box. Two, actually, plus some extras. The goal of the box is to take surplus items that club members don't need that others might find useful, and we were successful in re-homing a whole bunch of stuff!
Two broken Kaypro 4's enter...
The left machine (the one I picked up in 2019) won't boot as the disk drives are shot. The right machine is one of Mr. Collins machines that had a faulty analog video board. We discovered that the CRT flyback module had completely blasted itself apart, so we elected to swap the boards and the tubes.
The top tube is a CPV brand and was from the left unit, the lower tube is a Toshiba and was from the right unit. Both tubes were good, so the matched tube was kept with the working board, and the other will be used in some future mad science project. I wouldn't rule out a green screen compact Mac.
...one working machine leaves!
For those curious about the badge on the front, this Kaypro was given a 4+88 aftermarket upgrade. This expansion board mounted behind the floppy drives includes a white ceramic Intel 8088 processor which allows the Kaypro to run MSDOS and it's related software essentially as a second computer inside the case. It's a cool and unusual feature!
Here we have a familiar trio, the Atari 2600, TurboGrafx-16, and Sega Saturn.
This was the inaugural run of the "Free To A Good Home" #FTAGH box. Two, actually, plus some extras. The goal of the box is to take surplus items that club members don't need that others might find useful, and we were successful in re-homing a whole bunch of stuff!
Two broken Kaypro 4's enter...
The left machine (the one I picked up in 2019) won't boot as the disk drives are shot. The right machine is one of Mr. Collins machines that had a faulty analog video board. We discovered that the CRT flyback module had completely blasted itself apart, so we elected to swap the boards and the tubes.
The top tube is a CPV brand and was from the left unit, the lower tube is a Toshiba and was from the right unit. Both tubes were good, so the matched tube was kept with the working board, and the other will be used in some future mad science project. I wouldn't rule out a green screen compact Mac.
...one working machine leaves!
For those curious about the badge on the front, this Kaypro was given a 4+88 aftermarket upgrade. This expansion board mounted behind the floppy drives includes a white ceramic Intel 8088 processor which allows the Kaypro to run MSDOS and it's related software essentially as a second computer inside the case. It's a cool and unusual feature!
Performa
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Some more photos!
Mr. Moran brought this WYSE serial terminal again, and this time had it hooked up to a camera in a roundabout way. The Rapsberry Pi converts the images captured by the camera and converts them into ASCII characters the terminal can display, producing a low-definition picture. The result was really neat, and reminded me a bit of the movie "The Matrix" or any of the movies of that era that displayed what a "robot" might see.
It was a really cool effect!
It's taking a picture of me while I'm taking a picture of it!
Mr. Moran brought this WYSE serial terminal again, and this time had it hooked up to a camera in a roundabout way. The Rapsberry Pi converts the images captured by the camera and converts them into ASCII characters the terminal can display, producing a low-definition picture. The result was really neat, and reminded me a bit of the movie "The Matrix" or any of the movies of that era that displayed what a "robot" might see.
It was a really cool effect!
It's taking a picture of me while I'm taking a picture of it!
Performa
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More? MORE!
Mr. Mehciz brought his "Crystal Amiga" setup, an Amiga 500 with all of it's major components in clear shells to show off all the hardware inside.
Here it is running "Space Ace" and looking marvelous.
I don't recall what accelerator that is at the moment. I'll add that in here later.
Mr. Mehciz brought his "Crystal Amiga" setup, an Amiga 500 with all of it's major components in clear shells to show off all the hardware inside.
Here it is running "Space Ace" and looking marvelous.
I don't recall what accelerator that is at the moment. I'll add that in here later.
Spudster
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The accelerator is an ACA-500plus, with an ACA-1233n, and the X-Surf-500 network adapter.
I don't recall what accelerator that is at the moment. I'll add that in here later.
The Amiga case is the "Amiga 500 Crystal" case from A1200.net. The ACA-500 case is from plexilaser.de.
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Spudster
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For those interested in the animatronic cat, it's the Joy for All Orange Tabby.
Folks at the show.