Adventures in the Computer Garage

All images and video clips herein are Copyright © 1996 James Willing except where superceded by previous existing copyright.

Current Projects

• Restorations in progress:
  Work continues on the PDP-8/i system Work continues on the PDP-8/e and a newly acquires PDP-8/m in the collection
  Mechanical restorations in progress on a pair of Altair 8800 CPUs belonging to another collector

• Testing in progress:
  Testing and configuration of the PDP-8/a 420 proceeds
  Testing and configuration of the PDP 11/34a CPU proceeds
  

• Acqusitions in progress:
  Planning for a PDP-8/i system that we hope to have in soon
  Planning for a PDP 11/34a CPU that we hope to have in soon
  

• In Development:
  PC Board layouts in progress for the reconstruction of a "Mark 8" computer
  

Upcoming Projects and Events

Reciently Completed

The HERO Robots from the collection did demonstrations at the Fir Grove Grade School Science Fair on November 13th. They were quite the hit!

I presented a talk on the History of the BBS and how it got us to the Internet at the first annual Vintage Computer Festival in Pleasenton, California. Pictures of many of the items on exhibit at the festival can be found on the "From the Vintage Computer Festival" page.

Mechanical and electronic restoration of the Digital CR11 card reader in the collection and the completion of a data recovery project (reading a LOT of punch cards) for a local university. (details video clips to follow!)

Last updated: 01-February-1998