Joyful chaos: Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2023

Joyful chaos: Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2023

Time for an important training and service video from ShadyTel. (Short video)
Only 8 months until #VCFMW
Who else is planning on going this year?
Multilink Monday: 12/22/25
Slowly making headway against a year's worth of accumulated links. Please enjoy whatever takes your interest.
1. Sega's One-Sided History, from The History of How We Play, about the tensions between Sega's Japanese and American management.
2. From Mugen Gaming, working on a
https://setsideb.com/multilink-monday-12-22-25/
#multilink #news #niche #retro #2025 #bootleg #multilink #niche #pokemon #retro #sega #Splatterworld #StuntCarRacer #SwordWorld #VCFMW
Awesome of VCF Midwest to send us Swag from their fest! π (oh, and look, ours! π)
#VCFMidwest #VCFMW #VCFSoCal #VCF #Festivals #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #FUN
RnRDoesStuff Episode 48 Posted!
Ryan takes a trip to see Rich in TX! We get into a lot of adventures and a celebration.
Yesterday I had the chance to play with the "1802 membership card" my friend bought back at #VCFMW
You can put a small program in ROM (the "monitor") that does serial I/O, which we did; but we didn't find documentation on how to use the monitor's serial routines in our own programs.
We pieced it together from some internet sources, plus trial and error. I put up the details here: https://codeberg.org/jepler/hello_1802_membership
It's not much; it just prints a message then echoes characters back. but it's a starting point for writing actual software.
The 2nd best source for info that I found was https://github.com/dmalenic/RCA1802-playground/
RnRDoesStuff Episode 47 Posted! VCF Midwest 2025!