There was a time when seeing an actual computer was a big deal. They were in air-conditioned rooms with raised floors and locked doors. Even at a university, you were likely only to get access to a ...

If you’re on the US East Coast, you should head on over to Wall, NJ and check out the Vintage Computer Festival East. After all, [Brian Kernighan] is going to be there. Yes, that [Brian Kernighan].

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1981 Commodore SP9000 “Super PET” computer and floppy disk drives are displayed at the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain ...

I’ve been to a lot of computer conferences over the last 30 years– my first was the mainframe-oriented National Computer Conference in 1979, and I’ve probably been to 250 more since then– but one of ...

The Vintage Computer Festival is an interactive, family friendly journey back into the history of computing. Scheduled speakers will bring history to life with ...

It’s hard to believe, but before that phone in your hand existed people used to tap on boxy, clunky machines called “computers.” Now the golden era of desktop computing will be feted at the Vintage ...

The Verge video crew took a weekend trip to get some hands-on experience with as many vintage computers as possible. The Verge video crew took a weekend trip to get some hands-on experience with as ...

You would have to ride in a time machine back to 1976 and that garage on Crist Drive in Los Altos, Calif., to find 10 Apple 1 computers in the same space. But this weekend, 10 or more will be ...

New England RetroFest debuts in Concord on Saturday, bringing vintage computer displays, parts and a flea market for enthusiasts across the region.