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title = "Retro Computing - Vintage Computer Festival Zürich 2021"
categories = [ "Retro Computing", "Vintage Computer Festival", "VCF" ]
date = "2021-11-29T06:43:34+01:00"
thumbnail = "/images/blog/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021.jpg"
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## Intro

First of all, quite amazing it could even happen given the pandemic
situation, thanks to all organizers and exhibitors. It was held on
November 27th/28th in Zürich in the "Rote Fabrik".

No talks were held this year, also for obvious reasons. There were
not many people there presumably also due to the pandemic situation.

## Tektronix 4010

2019 I saw a PDP-11 emulator along with an emulated Tektronix 4010
graphical terminal. This time there was the real thing. Really impressive,
and a phenomenal keyboard. (The image below is unintentionally blured
due to the subpar photographic skills of the author):

{{< figure src="/images/blog/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021-tektronix-4010.jpg" alt="Tektronix 4010" >}}

## Soviet computers

There were all kinds of Soviet computers, something we don't get to
see very often here.

For instance the Agat computer based on a 6502:

{{< figure src="/images/blog/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021-agat.jpg" alt="Agat" >}}

The BK-0010-01 Soviet computer was really nice, being roughly a PDB-11 clone
with an impressive dual-head monitor setup:

{{< figure src="/images/blog/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021-BK-0010-01.jpg" alt="BK-0010-01" >}}

## Lilith and Ceres

For the first time I saw the "portable" version of the Lilith and sadly
non-working versions of the Ceres 1 and 3 workstations. I did my studies
on the Ceres 3 when back at ETH Zurich from 1992 to 1997. Mr Gutknecht was
around to explain things.

{{< figure src="/images/blog/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021-ceres3.jpg" alt="Ceres 3 Workstation" >}}

I brought along my old school books, so that people had at least the chance
to read a little bit about the system.

{{< figure src="/images/blog/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021-oberon-books.jpg" alt="Programming in Oberon and The Oberon System" >}}


## OLPC XO-1

I was exhibiting my OLPC XO-1 computer in a series of communication devices
from enter.ch.

{{< figure src="/images/blog/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021/retro-computing-vintage-computer-festival-zurich-2021-olpc-xo-1.jpg" alt="OLPC XO-1" >}}

## Important Lessons Learned

My machines are not old or rare enough. I should really try to get the IMC-2001 running again
doing some 6502-Apple2, Z80-CP/M stuff. Or the Olivetti with a 286 board inside or the 386..

## Links

* general links
  * [Vintage Computer Festival Zurich](https://vintagecomputerfestival.ch): official webpage
* PDP-11/Tektronik:
  * [Tektronix 4010](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4010)
* Soviet Computers:
  * [BK-0010-01 Soviet computer](https://wiki.vcfb.de/2020/en:soviet_computers)
  * [Agat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agat_(computer))
* OLPC XO-1
  * [OLPC XO-1](https://www.eguide.ch/en/objekt/xo-1-one-laptop-per-child/)
* Computermuseum
  * [Enter.ch](https://www.enter.ch)
* Ceres/Lilith/Oberon:
  * [Project Oberon 2013](http://www.projectoberon.com/): second edition, with a RISC-5 CPU done on FPGA
  * https://verhoeven272.nl/fruttenboel/Oberon: all kind of information and nice links
  * http://www.ethistory.ethz.ch/rueckblicke/departemente/dinfk/forschung/weitere_seiten/lilith/index_DE/popupfriendly/:
    some nice screenshots of the machines