They are based on a design by Philippe Lafortune out of Montreal.
I made up some wall mounted units to display the Atari 2600 games I got from Sue Phillips (Chris Burger's sister) a few months back. These were part of my late friend's collection. I hope Chris would be proud. They still need some painting, but I think they look pretty good even without it. They are based on a design by Philippe Lafortune out of Montreal.
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Rebuilt my 1702A EPROM programmer so that all those ugly "wall warts" are hidden in this case. Also built my latest revision of my Vintage EPROM reader for the Arduino.
Saw some neat things yesterday at the Barrie Game Exchange, including a flux capacitor! Just watched Ready Player One. Totally awesome. Lots of references to old 80s games, music etc. Even the names all mean something, if you know your geek history!
Loved the movie, but I am enjoying the book even more! I can't get over the references to things I forgot (like placing your quarter down on a coin-op machine to reserve the next game) and obscure things that I knew, such as the reference to the Capt Crunch whistle used by phone phreakers back in the 70's to get free long distance from Ma Bell. If you are a Gen-X'er, you gotta read this one. I only found out about this place in a round about way about a month or two ago. Located in Bozeman, Montana, it claims to be the oldest computer museum still in operation. As we were (more or less) in the area, I thought I would make whatever effort I could to see it. For one thing, there is an Apollo Guidance computer here. Also, many other cool early computers, such as Altair, IMSAI, Commodore PET, 64 etc., SOL, an Apple 1, and lots of other cool stuff. Even my wife really enjoyed the place. I highly recommend it. |
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