Cursed Apple IIgs, Odd Windows 1.0, iMac Prototypes, the AT&T UNIX PC, And More (VCF East 2021)

So what happens when you release a wild NCommander at an event celebrating vintage computing? You end up with Vintage Computer Federation and a sleep derived NCommander shooting 120 GiB of footage over the course of three days, and a 26 minute long video covering this fact. During that weekend, I helped create an exceptionally cursed Apple II/gs running flight simulator, then spent a lot of time covering the AT&T UNIX PC, a strange copy of Windows 1.0, a look at an iMac prototype, an HP Minicomputer, followed by a DEC Rainbow, and so much more.

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Channels and persons referenced:
ActionRetro: https://www.youtube.com/c/ActionRetro
Mac84: https://www.youtube.com/c/Mac84
Mike's Mac Shack: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikesMacShack
Ian Primus/Sark: https://twitter.com/crtdude

During VCF, I set up an exhibit with my friend sirocyl demonstrating the Compaq Portable that I had been repairing ont his channel. Of course, just before show, the machine gave up the ghost, so I did a bunch of emergency repairs, and got it ready before heading down to Wall, NJ.

While down during the first day, I ended up helping setup a lot of the machines on display, such as the XT 286, an IBM PC 5155, and setting up OS/2 on a PS/1. We also had our first deaths of the show, such as three PS/2's on the bench of healing, a Commdore PC floppy drive, and more. Still, we got it all sorted out in the end.

The second day, I met @ActionRetro, and checked his cursed Mac collection, while also meeting @Mac84, who unfortunately, I didn't get to talk long with. However, I did spend quite of time trying to dump the firmware off @MichaelAStanhope's iMac G5, which involved telneting into OpenFirmware and more. Afterwords, I spent some time browsing consignment.

In the consignment area, I found a version of Windows 1.0 for the Zenith Z100, which has not had a proper dump, then setup Windows on the actual Z100 in the show. The Z100 is a non-PC computer capable of running its own special versions of DOS and Windows. I also tested the hello world programs from my first retrotech videos.

Afterwards, I spent some time with the system that sank the Bell System, the AT&T UNIX PC. This system has it's own unique UI based off MGR, and is built around System V UNIX. I really wish I had a lot more time to spend with it

Following a night of almost no sleep, I then spent some tim eexploring an HP 3000 Micro minicomputer, which had Dungeon, a bunch of programming tools, and more, with a really amazing terminal, and then topped it off with a DEC Rainbow 100, which brought VCF to a close.

This was then ended with the CHRP based RS/6000 I found at consignment.

Chapter Marks:
00:00 - Intro
03:00 - The Compaq Portable
04:50 - Retro Machine Setup and OS/2 Unboxing
06:38 - Apple II PC Compatibility (and Flight Sim)
09:30 - Cursed Mac Collection
10:33 - Archiving Firmware From Prototype imac G5
12:07 - 8088 MPH in COLOR!
13:42 - Windows 1.0 on the Z100
17:45 - AT&T UNIX PC
20:06 - HP 3000 Micro XE w/ MPE Minicomputer
21:57 - DEC Rainbow 100
25:23 - Dawn Of A New Day

Music Provided by Epidemic Sound, with the tracks used in order:
- A Sophisticated Affair - Gavin Luke
- Where It Started - Spectacles Wallet and Watch
- Hidden Enigma - Dream Cave
- Progressive Progress - Howard Harper-Barnes
- Control Bridge STEMS INSTRUMENTS - Etienne Roussel
- Don't Fear the Future - Philip Ayers
- Up and Beyond - Airae
- Prescient - Howard Harper-Barnes
- Sacred Waters - Gabriel Lewis
- Seeking Justice - Raymond Grouse
- For the Many - Jon Bjork
- A Celtic Blessing - Bonnie Grace
- Valiant - Dream Cave
- A Healing Component - Spectacles Wallet and Watch
- In the Mystic Woods - Spectacles Wallet and Watch
- Chariots - Gavin Luke
- Until You Left - Madison York

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