Pat Hilend of Pheonixville, PA stopped by the shop, and with appropriate “social distancing”, dropped off a papertape to be archived that he claims to have had been created using a Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer containing a “data dump” from the…
Kennet Classic Open by Appointment Re: COVID-19
The Kennett Classic shop on Union St. will be open by appointment only until the Coronavirus/COVID-19 state of emergency has passed, per State of PA guidelines. Please call ahead before your arrival, admittance will be based on safety still-evolving guidelines.…
1st Annual Kennett Classic September 25-27 2020
On September 25 (setup only), 26-27 2020 the first annual “Kennett Classic” weekend is scheduled and a GO; venue booked and implementation is under way. This is also our one year opening day anniversary. The centerpiece of the weekend will…
Servicing Your 1987 Macintosh SE
If you have a Macintosh or any computer from the late 1980’s early 1990’s, open the chassis and locate the motherboard clock battery, it’s almost certainly dead. Sooner or later the battery will leak all over the surrounding components and…
Wilmington, DE PC Professional Users group (PCPUG)
About 10 years ago I picked up a small collection of 360K 5 1/4″ diskettes from a Wilmington, Delaware user group called PC-PUG. Exploring the content of the disks I surmised that PCPUG was active in the mid 1980’s and…
PDP 11/05 Exhibit – a must hear
This weekend we added a circa 1972-3 PDP 11/05 minicomputer exhibit. This computer has BASIC stored in core memory and operates from a Teletype Model 33. After powering on the system, toggle in the correct address using the front panel…
Obsolete Files and Software Archiving and Recovery Services
Did you know we provide file conversion services for obsolete software? We also provide services to recover old files from ancient 8 inch and 5 1/4″ diskettes and other old file storage media. And if you want to do it…
MITS Altair 8800 Jukebox Exhibit
Newly installed, we have a fun little demo exhibit called the MITS Altair 8800 Jukebox that has been designed to play musical tunes over the AM radio. The Altair does this by executing instructions that through trial and error have…
We’re Closed Saturday Feb 22nd (Read why….?)
We will be closed Saturday February 22nd so that we can attend a special event in Linthicum MD. Come join us at the big “Techno Swapmeet” held by the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum Heights, MD.
Loading BASIC on the Altair 8800 LIVE DEMO 2/21 10AM – 1PM
Bring your Altair or pull up a chair to watch as we load Microsoft / MITS 8K BASIC on an Altair 8800a. The 8800a is a rarer model Altair, widely available for only about 6 months. Also on site will…