exhibitor
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Check out the exhibitors for the show before you arrive!
National Videogame Museum
Title Sponsor
A selection of pieces from the museum including rare hardware and prototypes
Texas Atari 8-bit Computer Owners (T.A.C.O)
Title Sponsor in conjunction with National Videogame Museum
Showing various Atari prototypes along with hardware and software for sale. The T.A.C.O. group meets quarterly and boasts over 100 members.
Arcade Components
Platinum Sponsor
Your source for old and rare components for arcade games, old school computers, and old school game consoles!
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Platinum Sponsor
​We are a passionate community of MiniDisc enthusiasts from around the world, gathering both physically and in spirt to showcase the once-revolutionary portable audio format. Explore a diverse array of MiniDisc equipment and experience live demonstrations of this groundbreaking technology! With 500 square feet dedicated to MiniDisc examples, there's plenty to see and discover. Join us for an unforgettable celebration of MiniDisc innovation!
VCFHS presented by Nybbles and Bytes
Platinum Sponsor
Join the premier 1990s technical high school computer class at VCF High School, presented by Nybbles and Bytes! Learn QuickBASIC programming in a hands-on classroom environment, and pick up vital general computer and networking skills necessary to survive in today's fast paced vintage computer environment. Join June's live Novell Network classroom running Windows 98SE, learn a few things, and participate in a Novell SNIPES tournament!
gotBASIC.com
Gold Sponsor
BASIC... past, present and future!
International Stuff with Shane
Gold Sponsor
Shane presents a variety of computers from around the world.
Ye Olde Retro Electronic Computer Store
Gold Sponsor
In the days of yore the computer store was a gathering place for users, groups and user groups seeking to share knowledge and acquire the latest technology. 50 years ago the first computer store was opened and the retail industry for personal computers was changed. Most of these early stores where small businesses that were started by passionate entrepreneurs eager to provide expertise and gain profit from this new market. Ye Olde Retro Electronic (YORE) Computer Store is a homage to the early computer store and provides a gathering place for information on vintage computers of the 70's, 80's & 90's.
Fruitchannel
Silver Sponsor
Jerry Parker Collection
Silver Sponsor
Vintage PC from early 80's, IBM, Apple, Tandy, Compaq.
TandyShowcase.com
Silver Sponsor
TandyShowcase.com will display a wide variety of computers from their collection, including rare systems from the U.S. and abroad.
There will be special, never-before-seen exhibits & prototypes, as well as a collection of memorabilia from Radio Shack and Tandy Corporation.
Wave Design Presents: Videorama!
Silver Sponsor
All the fun of early digital video, here at VCF! Have your picture taken on an SE/30, watch event footage in FMV quality on a maxed out Quadra, and video conference like 1993 on Silicon Graphics!
1UpOnCancer
1UpOnCancer is a 501(c)3 that helps adult gamers with their cancer treatment bills.
The 8-Bit Guy
Selling 8-Bit Guy merchandise and signing autographs
9900: TI's "First Family"
A shared architecture seen in the Texas Instruments 990 Minicomputer, Single-Board Computers, TI-99/4A Home Computer and more. Showing Geneve 9640 and my homebrew 99105.
ABQ Retro Computers
Albuquerque's premiere vintage computing club!
AJ's Vintage Computers
Oddities and Rarities from the 80's and 90's, IBM Little Tikes, DEC MicroVax II World Box, Keyboards, Mice, Books, Software, Operating systems and more
Alex Anderson-McLeod and Will Tooker
Alex and Will will be exhibiting a variety of computers, with an emphasis on the Apple Lisa and other Apple machines. We also enjoy reverse-engineering hardware for these machines, especially the Lisa, so many of our reverse-engineering projects will be on display too.
Anachronistic Things
A display of projects from my collection
Apple Stuff!
Some old, and some older Apple computers!
Arcade Hardware - From Proprietary Hardware to Off The Shelf PCs
In the mid 90' arcade manufacturers found that pc's had caught up to their proprietary hardware They could save on manufacturing costs by using off the shelf pc's to drive their arcade offerings. Some early examples of this were Mad Dog Mcree (uses an Amiga 500), and Hydro/Artic Thunder (pc slot 1/pentium 3). I'll be showing working examples of the hardware and show how they implemented it.
Blitterated Industries
It will be a combination of unique 8, 16, and 32-bit systems found at CR and restored, e.g. NeXTStation Turbo, Franklin Ace 2100. Also I'll be displaying and providing as a service a few vintage EPROM programmers.
Central Texas Commodore Users Group
Exhibiting the familiar and the exotic computing products of Commodore Business Machines.
ChrisKewl's Contraptions
Retro Meets Modern
Classic Bytes
Small handheld computers, PDAs, Tablets and other vintage systems
The Clevengers
Vintage projects we're working on
Commodore 64 Cartridges and Hardware
Commodore REU Clone, Super Snapshot V5 Clone, and other C64 Hardware
ComputerSmith Productions
I will be displaying my vintage Macintoshes, as well as selling my C programming project, "Conways Game of Life for Macintosh" on 720k Floppy
Computing in Television Game Shows
Exploring shows from the past that utilize minicomputers and microcomputers to control various set pieces, join us for a nostalgic look at TV game shows from the past and get up-close to some of the inner workings and stories behind the systems that controlled your favorite TV programs.
Dadasynths
Dot-matrix portraits, 80s-90s Macintosh computers, and homemade synthesizers
Dallas Retro Gamers
The best community group of memes and gamers in Dallas, TX and the surrounding areas! Although primarily DFW based, anyone is welcome to join us! Our group provides a fun, great forum for the gaming community to discuss all things video gaming to build friendships, share information, buy/sell/trade games, and even occasionally get together in person for monthly meetups + more! Old-school gamers, casual players, friendly businesses, online gamers, retro collectors, die-hard enthusiasts and the like are all welcome!
DEC PDP-11s
Exhibiting DEC PDP-11 computers running RSX11M+ using QBone & QProbe front panel display. Also, PiDP-11/70 and PiDP-10 replicas.
DFW Amiga Meetup Group
The DFW Amiga Meetup Group will be displaying and demonstrating various Amiga computers, promoting our meetings at Dallas Makerspace on the second Saturday of the month from 2:00 to 4:00 pm and selling Amiga and other vintage computer hardware and software.
Domesticating the Computer
Some historical aspects of computers, including the IBM 5100. Also featuring RS-232 devices and early 1970s UARTs, rare "parallel-port modems", and original Warcraft on a 386 across null-modem cables (and other null-modem games).
Downpoly - Music from the TRS-80 and Orchestra-90
Downpoly, a project of Music using the TRS-80, Orchestra-90 and MIDI/80 as instruments. Exhibit will showcase some the methodology, the computers and accessories, and merch will be available for sale including CDs, Records and More!
Edgar Digital
Edgar Digital computers & electronics.
A local Computer & Electronic-hobbyist's paradise for Southern New Mexico and West Texas.
Located in Las Cruces, NM
ELIZA - Your AI Psychologist
Before ChatGPT, before Cleverbot, before Deep Blue, there was ELIZA! Meet the first AI to fool humans, and ask it all the questions troubling your life!
The Forgotten IT Closet
Will be a few separate exhibits - one focused on NEC PC-8801 thru PC-9821 Japanese PCs, another for trying to run modern games on horribly outdated hardware, and probably a final for an IMSAI display. Plus offloading some random bits and bobs.
Forgotten Machines
The rare, the obscure, the unknown, all about computers that truly are...Forgotten Machines! We investigate, reverse-engineer, and restore computers and systems that almost nobody else knows about. We also do data-recovery on the oldest of magnetic media to preserve old operating systems and software!
FujiNet
FujiNet is a network-enabled peripheral for vintage computers. Various computer platforms running FujiNet-enabled applications.
Gateway Country
Presented by Old World Computing
2025 is the 40th anniversary of the founding of Gateway. This exhibit will show off a variety of PCs and memorabilia from their heyday.
Genericable
Ever wonder about the equipment that you would see in a Cable TV Headend? We demonstrate the local forecast computers from The Weather Channel and more!
Handheld Computers
Palmtops and handhelds - Dos based, Windows CE, Palm Pilot, Radio Shack, etc.
Hard-N-Retro
Restorer of vintage computing history
ianoid
Vintage computers and software for sale
IBM RT PC
I will be exhibiting an IBM RT PC (an early RISC UNIX workstation), an HP 7550 pen plotter, and various other machines depending on what is working that week
IBM Speech / Laser Goods
Exhibit of the IBM Speech adapter in three different forms. Sales of laser engraved items.
Jason's Tech Table
A small collection of personal PCs and parts (20+ years old) I've collected over the years.
Mostly Pentium 1 - Core 2 Duo era stuff for sale like IDE CD, DVD, HDD drives, mobos, etc, a few 486 era parts too.
Will display a 1997 Apple G3 Beige Minitower, iMac G4, Compac Presario Desktop, and/or a Dell Latitude C840
Jeff's Vintage Electronics
I sell S-100 boards, IBM interface boards, cables, laptop items, miscellaneous computing accessories along with vintage ICs and other electronic components.
Joel's Apple II Stuff
Apple II Stuff for sale. Thinning the herd!
The Journey to x86
Most modern PCs and servers run on the x86 architecture. This exhibit explores how a glass terminal led to the PCs we rely on today. This is a hands on exhibit featuring a reproduction SCELBI-8B and a reproduction ALTAIR 8800 as well as an original IBM PC XT, each system powered by a major stepping stone in the x86 journey!
KeyRetro
Sale: PC parts, accessories and beyond.
And a little bit of exhibition
The Kitchen Sink
Currently planning to exhibit an Amstrad CPC running multitasking SymbOS and a subset of my other machines that, based on the last years, are less likely to duplicate other exhibits.
Possibly:
- How we Got the Laptop with Osborne One andTRS-80 102
- Age of Workstations with Sparcstation IPX and SGI O2
- PC Eat World with OS2/NextStep/BeOS multiboot
- WinME in Japanese
- Mobile devices
Or TBA...
Lone Star Computer Gamers
PC gaming at it's finest! Showing hardware commonly gamed on from the past all the way thru the present. This year, may touch on a Gateway 2000 theme. Also available for group member sales.
Lost Wonders
Retro and vintage computer games, video games, and neat electronic toys from the 80s & 90s
Macintosh Librarian
Macintosh Librarian Booth - Apple and Macintosh hardware and software from the 70s, 80s and 90s! Ran by Youtuber Macintosh Librarian and her talking Macintosh, Maccy!
MC6800 Midi Synthesizer / PDP 11/23
A 24 channel MIDI synthesizer using ICs from the MC6800 family.
Also a PDP 11/23 revived from a 40 year storage.
Micro Technology Unlimited MTU130
The MTU-130 is a 6502 based system from Micro Technology Unlimited and Hal Chamberlin. It has many unique features such as an 18-bit addressing scheme to access more than 64 KB, light pen support, 8 bit DAC for audio and support for 68000 and Z-80 chips as well. An advanced OS rounded out the system. Come see what you can get when you take a 6502 far beyond a normal system.
Modern Usability Enhancements for Tandy Color Computers
PiKey-10 is a Raspberry Pi Pico-based wired USB keyboard and Atari joystick/Sega joypad adapter compatible with the TRS-80 Micro Color Computer MC-10. CoCoVGA is a VGA monitor adapter for Motorola 6847-based systems which supports the stock modes of the 6847 as well as providing enhancements such as 64-column text, a configurable palette, and 16 simultaneous on-screen colors in a 128x96 graphics
MSX Computers
MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+ Computers and some other 8-32 bit stuff
m.t.closet
Good memories shared and sold.
Murdock's Vintage Apple Goodies
Showing and selling cool items from 40+ years of Apple history, including a working Lisa, Power Computing poster and accessories, and a Radius 81/110 Mac clone!
My Vintage Collection
A collection of my vintage computers and accessories.
NeXT Computer 40th Anniversary
Everything NeXT. Hardware, Software and Demos. NeXTSTEP, OpenStep and WebObjects demos plus lots of third party gems.
NeXT Computers
Live network of NeXT Stations and a Cube with peripherals.
nowt for owt
transcendental or existential odds and ends i.e. tbd
Petar's Place
Apple World across 4 tables! Apple IIc, IIgs, Macintosh, Power Macintosh and Emulation demonstrations. New additions to the Apple IIgs release day sales display!
PicoBoy - The Gameboy Hardware Emulator Workshop Kit
This is the PicoBoy. It is a Gameboy emulator running with a Raspberry Pi Pico and has SD card interface, Lithium battery and and USB-C charger. This simple design makes it an ideal workshop kit for this years VCFSW. The kits will be available here for sale to take home or sign up for the limited space workshop. A select number of assembled and tested units will be available as well.
Prodigy Reloaded
Prodigy Reloaded is a faithful re-implementation of the Prodigy online service backend, allowing the original client to work again. Experience the Prodigy service again, as you might have in 1989.
Protoweb
Protoweb is a service which makes it possible to browse an early replica of the Internet with newer and older computers.
RetroRounds
Selling and exhibiting Vintage Computers : Amiga, Commodore, Atari, Japanese 8bits
SadMac
Restored Macintosh computers and related items for sale!
Sergiu & Magda
TBD
SneakyNet Telecomunications
Ever wondered how America got Online? Wondered what's at the other end of your modem or why tech support needs you to reboot things? The fine folks at SneakyNet are happy to show you how our live network serves real and fake endpoints around the show.
Souper Computer
junk for sale and interesting things on display
Strange and Weird Toys
I have some old Atari 2600 games, old big box PC games, and some old PC gaming magazines to display and sell
Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC
Display and design of Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC processors
SuperPope Gaming
Japanese hardware and software primarily from the 80s and 90s.
Tandy Assembly Meetup
This will be the information table for the Tandy Assembly/Tandy Assembly Meetup
Team Mesalanius
90s/2000s hardware and software. Maybe some OS/2 stuff?
techav
techav's retro-style homebrew computers and related projects
Technomancer Technologies
Selling technological wares from a bygone era and showcasing the CMD SuperCPU 128 and the Ultimate Commodore 128 Setup!
Tektronix 4054A - Vector Graphics Computer
Tektronix 4054A - vintage 1979 vector graphics computer with BASIC. I will be demonstrating this computer running my released version of MONOPOLY and several other new programs I have developed since my exhibit at VCF SW 2024.
Timeless Typing & Input Interfaces
Computers wouldn't be useful without keyboards and input interfaces! This booth will feature iconic boards, unique boards, and boards that will blow your mind -- in good and bad ways. Try a wide variety of the good, the bad, and the ugly from across the history of personal computing at this booth, and be prepared to rethink the experience you have every day with your keyboard now.
UNIX Smorgasboard
A small collection of various UNIX workstations/servers spanning different types of processors
Usagi Electric
Honestly, I don't know what I'll be able to bring this year! Potentially, a PDP-11/73 with graphics capability, or maybe a Data General Nova 1210? A lot of things can break or be repaired between now and then, haha.
Vintage Portables
I would like to show off my gas plasma display portables as I didn't see any at the event in 2024. Toshiba 3100, 3200, and 5200. Also a gas plasma PC Portable III. I also have three working Compaq portables (the original, plus, and 286). I have IBM 5150, 5151, 5152, 5154, 5154, 5160, 5161, and (hopefully by June, a 5162)
Wicked Fast Mac + A/UX
Multiple Mac IIfx running A/UX, Ethernet, rare NuBus cards Also cameo from other 80's systems and game consoles.
yotsubanome network
80286s and other vintage pc compatible computer systems on display and is interactive display. Please use my machines!
ZigZagJoe's Macintosh Emporium!
Exhibit of SE/30s and upgrades for vintage 68K macintoshes I've designed. Accelerators, video cards, and more!