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Indy VCC, April 2023

Pictures from the Indianapolis Vintage Computer Club meeting on April 15, 2023.

A day of Nabu disk controller exploration and Indy Classic Expo preparation.

A busy club meeting with nearly a dozen attendees.
A busy club meeting with nearly a dozen attendees.
Simon successfully tests his Nabu's floppy disk controller with both a physical drive and a GoTek emulator running FlashFloppy.
Simon successfully tests his Nabu’s floppy disk controller with both a physical drive and a GoTek emulator running FlashFloppy.
Ryan archives his Apple II floppy disks to images using ADTPro and a null modem cable.
Ryan archives his Apple II floppy disks to images using ADTPro and a null modem cable.
Eric's Atari 800 XL is running an assembly language program he wrote nearly 2 decades ago while in college. The program displays a rotating 3D cube and was hand-typed from a printout he recently found.
Eric’s Atari 800 XL is running an assembly language program he wrote nearly 2 decades ago while in college. The program displays a rotating 3D cube and was hand-typed from a printout he recently found.
This Toshiba Libretto is powers up and the screen lights but display anything. The HDD makes some sounds but never seems to enter a booting state.
This Toshiba Libretto is powers up and the screen lights but display anything. The HDD makes some sounds but never seems to enter a booting state.
A temporary power configuration for the Libretto brings it to life for the first time in many years.
A temporary power configuration for the Libretto brings it to life for the first time in many years.
Matt's Psion Series 5 is connected to a laptop via serial cable. This is used to install software and transfer data. The laptop is running the Series 5 demo kiosk program.
Matt’s Psion Series 5 is connected to a laptop via serial cable. This is used to install software and transfer data. The laptop is running the Series 5 demo kiosk program.
The Commodore PET is loading BASIC programs saved to tape by a Commodore 64 then a pointer in memory is changed to save the program back to tape. Upon reload, the program is now in the correct memory location for the PET to execute.
The Commodore PET is loading BASIC programs saved to tape by a Commodore 64 then a pointer in memory is changed to save the program back to tape. Upon reload, the program is now in the correct memory location for the PET to execute.