Difference between revisions of "Computers -- Vintage"

Latest revision as of 18:54, 19 September 2024

Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is fortunate to have a small collection of (donated) vintage computer stuff.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.

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

Donations Received

Wish List

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.

Demo by computer pioneer Doug Engelbart.

Links to vintage hardware sites:

OLPC - One Laptop Per Child

The Museum of HP Calculators

Vintage Calculators Web Museum

The "Buxton Collection" — interesting, useful, or important

Links to other external sites:

The Story of the Tandy 100 — on YouTube

TRS-80 Model 100 | Walt Mossberg's gadget museum — on YouTube

centre for computing history — Computers

CuriousMarc — restorations of space hardware

Hidden Figures and Human Computers — National Air and Space Museum

Picture Gallery

BYTE magazine cover
SEPTEMBER 1980
(63) Influential People
in Personal Computing
Radio Shack
TRS-80
computer system

Related Pages

Links to related PPM Wiki pages:

Computers — Windows

Computers — Mac and Apple

Computers — Ubuntu

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.

Search the PPM Wiki — include Content pages as well as Multimedia.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.

Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative processes by providing shared space, shared tools, materials, software, and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.

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-===[https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/Donations_Received Donations Received]===
+[[Donations Received|'''Donations Received''']]
-===[https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/Wish_List#Computers Wish List]===
-:Donation of computer that can run Windows 11
-==Benefits and Policies==
+[[Wish List|'''Wish List''']]
-{{Member Benefits}}
+:Pikes Peak Makerspace is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so we can provide a receipt for any donations you make.
-===[https://pikespeakmakerspace.org/reserve-equipment Equipment Reservations]===
-===Red Tags===
-:Use a '''[https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/New_Member_Orientation#Red_Tags Red Tag]''', which can be found in the '''red tag area''', to designate broken equipment.
-{{Scrap and Trash}}
-==See Also==
+== Hand-Curated Links ==
-Links to other PPM Wiki pages (internal links):
+'''Links to member-recommended external sites:'''
-:'''[https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/Printers Printers]'''
+===[[wikipedia:Homebrew_Computer_Club|Homebrew Computer Club]]===
-:[https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/Arduino '''Arduino Computers''']
+===[https://computerhistory.org/timelines/ Computer History Museum - Timelines]===
-:[https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/Raspberry_Pi '''Raspberry Pi Computers''']
+===[[wikipedia:The_Mother_of_All_Demos|The Mother of All Demos]]===
-:[https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/Ubuntu '''Ubuntu Workstation''']
+: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.
+:Demo by computer pioneer [[wikipedia:Douglas_Engelbart|'''Doug Engelbart''']].
+<br>
+'''Links to vintage hardware sites:'''
+:'''[https://laptop.org/ OLPC - One Laptop Per Child]'''
+:'''[https://www.hpmuseum.org/ The Museum of HP Calculators]'''
+:'''[http://www.vintagecalculators.com/ Vintage Calculators Web Museum]'''
+:'''[https://www.microsoft.com/buxtoncollection The "Buxton Collection"]''' — interesting, useful, or important
-== Curated Links ==
+'''Links to other external sites:'''
+:'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtEL5auR20c The Story of the Tandy 100]''' — on YouTube
+:'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNPFQfdCfbs TRS-80 Model 100 | Walt Mossberg's gadget museum]''' — on YouTube
+:'''[https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/sec/193/Computers/ centre for computing history]''' — Computers
+:'''[https://www.youtube.com/c/CuriousMarc/featured CuriousMarc — restorations of space hardware]'''
+:'''[https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/hidden-figures-and-human-computers Hidden Figures and Human Computers]''' — National Air and Space&nbsp;Museum
+==Picture Gallery==
+<gallery widths="200" heights="125">
+File:1990 09 BYTE 15-09 15th Anniversary Summit 0000.jpg|alt=BYTE magazine cover|'''BYTE magazine cover<br>SEPTEMBER 1980<br>(63) Influential People<br>in Personal Computing'''
+File:TRS-80 computer system.jpg|alt=TRS-80 computer system|'''Radio Shack<br>TRS-80<br>computer system'''
+</gallery>
-==Other Fun Stuff==
+==Related Pages==
-Links to other sites (external links):
+'''Links to related PPM Wiki pages:'''
-===[https://computerhistory.org/timelines/ Computer History Museum - Timelines]===
+:[[Computers|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Computers — Windows'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
-===[[wikipedia:The_Mother_of_All_Demos|The Mother of All Demos (from Wikipedia)]]===
+:[[Computers -- Mac and Apple|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Computers — Mac and Apple'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
-: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.
+:[[Computers — Ubuntu|<span style="color:#000000; background:#D0DD27">&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Computers — Ubuntu'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]
-:
-<br>
+== For Additional Help ==
-<hr>
+:Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
+:[[How To Slack#PPM Channel Names and Descriptions|'''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&nbsp;community.
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+{{Template:Ideas into reality}}
+<p style="padding:0.2em 0.4em;  background:#D0DD27; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:15%;"> &nbsp; </p>
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