Computers — Vintage
Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is fortunate to have a small collection of (donated) vintage computer stuff.
Vintage Computers at PPM
| Picture | Item | Manufacturer | Model Number |
Owner |
 |
computer system and
floppy disks |
Atari Inc. | ATARI800 | PPM |
 |
computer display | AMDEK | VIDEO-300A | PPM |
| 3-button
computer mouse |
Sun microsystems | Crossbow | PPM | |
 |
FONE FLASHER 2 | Radio Shack | 43-178 | PPM |
- Pikes Peak Makerspace is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so we can provide a receipt for any donations you make.
Hand-Curated Links
Links to member-recommended external sites:
Homebrew Computer Club
Computer History Museum - Timelines
The Mother of All Demos
- A landmark (1968) demonstration of windows, hypertext, graphics, efficient navigation and command input, video conferencing, the computer mouse, word processing, dynamic file linking, revision control, and a collaborative real-time editor.
- By computer pioneer Doug Engelbart.
Links to vintage laptop sites:
Links to vintage calculator sites:
Links to vintage space hardware:
- Space Shuttle Main Engine Controller (pdf)
- Space Shuttle's upgraded IBM AP-101S computer
- CuriousMarc — restorations of space hardware
- Hidden Figures and Human Computers — National Air and Space Museum
Links to other external sites:
- The Story of the Tandy 100 — on YouTube
- TRS-80 Model 100 | Walt Mossberg's gadget museum — on YouTube
- Building 20 "The Magical Incubator" — on Wikipedia
- centre for computing history — Computers
- The "Buxton Collection" — interesting, useful, or important
- The Madness of Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2022
Picture Gallery
-
BYTE magazine cover
SEPTEMBER 1980
(63) Influential People
in Personal Computing -
Radio Shack
TRS-80
computer system
For Additional Help
- Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
- List of all PPM Slack channels
- Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.
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