====== Vorträge 2017 ======

//Saturday and Sunday  in parallel with the exhibition//
====  Sat 13:00  Building bridges over 30 years of technological development ====

Marc describes his experiences on how to keep C64 and Amigas running, using newly developed hardware, finding spare parts and restoring machines.

He will demonstrate a C64 with a SD-card adaptor, the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack.
Marc will also report on his current project of connecting a current USB-mouse to an Amiga, by using an Arduino DUE.

Furthermore he will reflect on the problems facing computer restorers : fading EPROMS, leaky batteries and capacitors.

Time permitting we will discuss usage of FPGA.


// Marc Schaffer //

====  Sat 14:00  History of game consoles ====

The well known collector Robert Weiss talks about game console development.

His poster documenting the computer development will be for sale in the exhibit hall.

// Robert Weiss //

====  Sat 15:00 Logarithms as used in calculators ====

Stephan Schwarzmann discusses the development of the calculator, from the earliest beginnings until now.

// Stephan Schwarzmann //

====  Sat 16:00 - 18:00 Programming the 8008, 8080 and Z80 microprocessors ====

Neil Franklin talks about programming the 8008, 8080 and Z80 in machinecode and assembler.


// Neil Franklin //
====  So 13:00   Building bridges over 30 years of technological development  ====

Marc describes his experiences on how to keep C64 and Amigas running, using newly developed hardware, finding spare parts and restoring machines.

He will demonstrate a C64 with a SD-card adaptor, the Commodore 64 SD2IEC Backpack.
Marc will also report on his current project of connecting a current USB-mouse to an Amiga, by using an Arduino DUE.

Furthermore he will reflect on the problems facing computer restorers : fading EPROMS, leaky batteries and capacitors.

Time permitting we will discuss usage of FPGA.

(repeat of yesterdays talk).

// Marc Schaffer //

====  So 14:00 Basicode ====

Martin Bijl shows Basicode, a means of distributing home computer programs via radio and TV-channel.

Differences in BASIC-dialects were taken into account, such that programs could run on a multitude of home computers.


// Martin Bijl //
====  So 15:00 Super-Nintendo internals ====

Sven Heurlimann delves deep into the innards of the Super-Nintendo games console.

// Sven Heurlimann //