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Steckschwein<p>We participated at the Ultimate Forth Benchmark at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a> </p><p>The results are out now:<br><a href="https://theultimatebenchmark.org/#sec-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">theultimatebenchmark.org/#sec-4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Not too shabby, I might say, given the competition.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/benchmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benchmark</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Commodore Chessmate (1978). Schachcomputer auf Basis des KIM-1. Gesehen am Wochenende in München. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a></p>
echopapa √<p>VCFE: T.Geberts kurzweiliger Vortrag über die Wiederbelebung seiner SGI Indy. Fortsetzung folgt im nächsten Jahr.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Somebody passing by, holding some bound paper towards me: “See, found this at home, might be interesting to you, please.” Cray Unicos 6.0 User Vommands Reference. Thank you, my friend. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cray</span></a></p>
echopapa √<p>VCFE von oben</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a></p>
echopapa √<p>Einer von den ganz frühen 8 Bit Rechnern, die man sich leisten konnte. SC/MP Processor von National Semiconductor im Selbstbau Rechner vom elektor Magazin</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a></p>
echopapa √<p>PDP-8 aus den Schaltplänen nachgebaut von Andreas Bombe</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a></p>
42N3<p>I owned one for 2 months as a teenager, never worked, but nice to see one after all that time 🙂 <a href="https://res.social/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a></p>
echopapa √<p>Das Steckschwein in Action</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a></p>
echopapa √<p>Akiko - ein Amiga im Eigenbau von Michael Spindler, inzwischen auch mobil.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a></p>
Björn Winkler<p>"Mastowall" auf dem VCFe 24.0 (2025) ...<br>😊</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InT8vint4ysK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InT8vint4ysK</span></a></p>
VCF Europa<p>In the 1970, many electronic magazines offered schematics to build your own computer. This one is an SC/MP based microprocessor system from late 1970ies, magazine + the working prototype. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scamp</span></a></p>
Axel ⌨🐧🐪🚴😷 | R.I.P Natenom<p>Some more pictures from the first day of the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VCFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe</span></a> 24 in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Munich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Munich</span></a>:</p><p>A <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/punchtape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchtape</span></a> reader (and puncher).</p><p>A <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mega65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mega65</span></a> running <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ManiacMansion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManiacMansion</span></a> based on IIRC the Amiga graphics and the C64 sound of the game. I by chance wore the appropriate t-shirt, albeit in the German localization.</p><p>And I'm still not sure after which related game -- Maniac Mansion or Day of The Tentacle -- the t-shirt is actually modeled after as the verbs don't match as well as I expected.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DOTT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOTT</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VCFe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe24</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VCFe2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe2025</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/M%C3%BCnchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>München</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mastowall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastowall</span></a></p>
Steckschwein<p>Do a 6502 mnemonic cross word puzzle while peeing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a></p>
VCF Europa<p>Vom Start weg gut was los in der Halle. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Herr Dr. Bert<p>Found a cute calculating device at <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> in Munich</p>
VCF Europa<p>Die Arcade-Ecke steht bereit für Besucher. Samstag ab 10:00h, Sonntag ab 10:30h, München, ESV-Halle Berg am Laim. Alles, was ihr wissen müsst, findet ihr auf der Webseite: <a href="http://vcfe.org/D/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">vcfe.org/D/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
VCF Europa<p>Auch dieses Jahr wird es wieder einen Flohmarkt am VCFe geben. Natürlich nicht nur mit EPROMs. Es gibt da auch alte Computer, Taschenrechner, Literatur, Software, Spielemodule, und, und, und. Kommendes Wochenende, 3./4. Mai 2025, München Berg am Laim: <a href="https://www.vcfe.org/D/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">vcfe.org/D/index.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCFe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Jürgen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dec_hl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dec_hl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stiefkind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stiefkind</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@rstockm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rstockm</span></a></span> hach ja - die guten alten Zeiten... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Jürgen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stiefkind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stiefkind</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@rstockm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rstockm</span></a></span> dann schicke ich doch gleich mal schöne Grüße ans <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcfe24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfe24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputer</span></a></p>