While we do have a real Altair 8800 that we demo, we’re working on our next workshop which will be to build a Altair 8800 replica and learn how to use it. We’ll announce the date for this at VCFPNW next month! icm.museum #kit #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Compaq floppydisk calculator. What would you calculate? #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #calculator

I have a Basic Fractal Benchmark on this Google Sheet: If anyone has cool computers with 80-columns and BASIC, try running this little program while timing it. Report back so I can add it to the leaderboard. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Apple-1 replica arrived just in time for Apple 50th at icm.museum #apple50 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

This MV/8000 is on display in the icm.museum large systems gallery

Fixed my oscilloscope tonight and played with some vector stuff. Managed to adapt a vector brick breaker sample to use a 360 controller.

We’re so close to being at capacity for this. 1, possibly 2 people could still sign up. Yes, you are encouraged to participate with a friend who can assist with organizing and preparing parts as another solders. icm.museum/blog/?p=446

Daniel Kottke sums up the fundamentals of life with a Woz quote at #mimmsmuseum #byte26 🥳=😄-🙁

3 years … Aburiya Bento House. After 2020 when they struggled and many patrons stepped up supported them (and other local favorites) with social distancing bento take away. Then this happened and they were gone forever. They were contributors to the city of Seattle. tx0.org/manage/smj/?...

Stephen Jones, co-founder of SDF.ORG and former engineering manager of Living Computers is leaving Seattle. Proceeds from the sale of his home on Capitol Hill overlooking downtown, Elliot bay and the Olympics will go to create an endowment for icm.museum and SDF. please DM for details. #seattle

Byte26 last night was incredible success debuting iNSPIRE! Members please come today 12-5 to see the new Apple Exhibit with several running machines from Living Computers #mimmsmuseum #apple

Seattle area folks - the retro event of the year is back. May 2,3. vcfpnw.org

Do you enjoy old computers and live in the US Pacific Northwest? We're six weeks out from the first Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest since 2019! We'd love to see you there and we'd love your help getting the word out. Reposts appreciated! vcfpnw.org

Tasker Industries mouse is the first production unit based on the Englebart mouse. Tasker produced graphical terminals which connected to SDS-940 & PDP-10 systems for use with NLS. Date codes for this unit are 7016 and 7102 which put it early 1971 and part of a small run. Courtesy of icm.museum

New Apple 1 clone. www.rru-products.com

SDF.ORGとLOPSHOP.NETが共同で湯島天神の梅園再生を協賛いたしました。 菅原道真公御神忌千百二十五年式年大祭記念 梅園再生事業協賛者 この春の梅まつり期間中、ぜひ敬意を払って美しい梅園と境内をご参拝ください。2027年の大祭も楽しみです！🌸 #湯島天神 #梅まつり #天満宮 #梅園再生

Can’t make it to ZKM but near Seattle?Join us at icm.museum to celebrate 40 years of the connection machine! #ai #supercomputing #hpc #lisp

An ERIS 6800 retroesque microprocessor trainer from @Dream_Library_ has been added to icm.museum Come see its debut March 28th - 30th in Seattle and our events this year! #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

RIP Tully’s. Just like Lawsons and Tower Records they’ve left the USA for a better life.

The Legacy 8080 is an incredibly built IMSAIesque replica with enhanced features courtesy of @Dream_Library_ and now on display for use at icm.museum come see it march 28th - 30th in Seattle! We will bringing this to the upcoming events on our calendar this year. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Restoring vintage computers is a major source of joy for me these days. Way to go, Josh! Check out the Interim Computer Museum and please consider supporting the cause: icm.museum?donate

Congrats to Josh Dersch who tracked down a microcode fault on the DEC m data systems 570 known as Miss Piggy! The pig lives! icm.museum #retrocomputing #unix #vintagesystems

Bill Gosper on the console of his Symbolics XL400 during VCF 6.0 in 2003 @ComputerHistory demonstrating a color “Gosper curve” with a color flowsnake print. The XL400 is now on display and demonstrated at icm.museum #vcf #vintagecomputing #lisp #ai #hacker #graphics #life #fractal #art

Made in S’pore 👀 🫦

Happy 37th Birthday to Fujitsu's FM Towns, a computer that pushed the limits of what was possible in 1989. These are the two that I've restored - the UX Towns II in 2020, and the HG Tower in 2023, both for NEON Retrofest. 💿 #retrogaming

Learn this one trick vintage computer museums don’t want you to know!!!

We’re hosting a PiDP build workshop April 18th & 19th. Join us for a guided build of your very own PiDP-11 and learn some kit assembly tips as well as what your replica can do! Registration details are at: icm.museum/blog/?p=446 #diy #kit #builder #soldering #tech #workshop #electronics

Are you a licensed HAM radio operator? It is now time for the SDF Amateur Radio weekly check-in NET. echolink node 9229 Or listen on aNONradio.net #ham #amateur #radio

We’re in the process of freeing the DATA trapped on these esoteric carriers. Would you support and help us store and carefully recover this data with a membership or sponsorship? icm.museum #software #preservation #esoteric #tapes #disks #media #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

The Seahawks have just released this statement:

Using the LED output register card from MBasic for the first time. Basic program is shown in reply #altair #vintagecomputer #basic #switchesandlights

What an absolutely amazing opportunity from @sdforg.bsky.social and the interim computer museum. If you are in or around the Seattle area, this is a extraordinary opportunity to build a PDP 11 simulator with a group of like-minded folks over two caffeinated days icm.museum/blog/?p=446

Installing DOS 5.02 on an IBM PS/1 donated to us by Free Geek PDX thank you FG! #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #ibm

Excited to play with this. It’s a Kyroflux board intended to produce very low level backup/restores of floppy disks (platform independent). You’ll see Kyroflux images on the Internet Archive occasionally.

Wow my @commodoreofficial.bsky.social 64 is here and it’s just perfect www.tiktok.com/t/ZThxTMs9G/

You have GUEST access to 28 vintage systems in the browser at connect.sdf.org Experience vintage operating systems, architectures, programming languages and GAMES. icm.museum #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrogaming #gaming

Here are the classic Macs I am showing at #vcfsocal this weekend. Both feature the 32-bit 68030 CPU although the Mac Classic II only has a 16-bit data bus (doh!). Both feature an internal BlueSCSI emulated hard drive #retrocomputing #macintosh #apple #Mac #bluescsi

We’re hosting a PiDP-11/70 Build Workshop in April! Join us for a guided build of your own PiDP-11 and improve your soldering technique through a guided assembly at the museum. Register at: icm.museum/blog/?p=446 #pidp #replica #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrogaming

So many great magazine covers. Legend. I have his iconic "Smalltalk" waiting to be framed...

We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting icm.museum #vintagecomputing #retrogaming #retrocomputing

They’re not UNIX v4 tapes, but if you know, then you definitely know. 🏆 icm.museum #software #archive #preservation #tape #data #history

Thanks to Bruce and Jeff for their hard work getting the Altair 8800 running PGA BASIC in time for the big game! #gohawks #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing icm.museum

I spent a couple of hours today at The Interim Computer Museum (icm.museum) going “oooooh”. Walking into the room holding the Thinking Machines CM-2 supercomputer stopped me in my tracks. The lights are simulated right now but restoration is underway!

This is a major level up for Scott, congratulations on this breakthrough in visibility! Also bonus points for having the Altair 8800 in view! @scott.hanselman.com

April 18th we’re hosting our first PiDP build workshop for experienced beginners/intermediate folks. kit, tools and guidance is provided! Interested? icm.museum #pidp #kit #soldering #electronics #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

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You asked, you got: Welcome sparcy a Sun SS20 running Solaris 2.6 / SunOS 5.6 is now available in the icm.museum Vintage Systems UNiX Cluster. Thanks to RabbitHole Computing for providing the ZuluSCSI #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Patina for the interim icm.museum

New in the box model 28 typing unit from 1971. We’re going to install it in our 28ASR base and copy RTTY at the icm.museum #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Only one person here knows what this is.