Atte dees
play
o
Apple
Maci tosh
compute s
f om
the
1980s
at
the
Vi tage
Compute
Festival
i
Mou tai
View,
Califo ia
MOUNTAIN
VIEW:
Softwa e
e gi ee
Josh
De sch
loves
old
compute s.
He
spe ds
cou tless
hou s
ti ke i g
i
his
ga age,
t yi g
to
coax
decades-old
machi es
back
to
life.
He
estimates
he
ow s
mo e
tha
200
vi tage
compute s
a d
devices
i
his
Seattle
home.
“It’s
always
bee
fasci ati g
to
me
to
see
the
o igi s
of
thi gs,”
De sch
said.
“It’s
a
fu
challe ge
to
debug
a d
epai .
You
ca
u de sta d
the
e ti e
system
f om
top
to
bottom.”De sch
is
pa t
of
a
g owi g
commu ity
of
vi tage
compute
collecto s
who
a e
p ese vi g
the
classic
machi es
that
helped
lau ch
the
digital
evolutio .
While
Silico
Valley
has
si ce
moved
o
to
shapi g
the
futu e
of
a tificial
i tellige ce,
these
ha dwa e
e thusiasts
a e
i te t
o
savi g
the
Ata i,
Commodo e
a d
IBM
machi es
that
a e
a cesto s
to
today’s
laptops,
wea able
devices
a d
sma t
pho es.Whe e
othe s
see
ju k,
people
like
De sch
see
a tifacts
of
compute
histo y
that
a e
wo thy
of
atte tio
a d
espect.
They
delight
i
hea i g
the
beeps
a d
chimes
of
thei
childhood
a d
fi i g
up
a
low-def
game
of
“Po g”
o
“Space
I vade s”.
“The
e thusiasm
fo
the
histo y
of
compute s
a d
all
the
stuff
a ou d
it
is
g owi g,”
said
E ik
Klei ,
p eside t
of
the
Vi tage
Compute
Fede atio ,
which
o ga ises
a
a ual
festival
at
the
Compute
Histo y
Museum
i
Mou tai
View
i
the
hea t
of
Silico
Valley.
This
yea ,
mo e
tha
3,500
people
atte ded
the
two-day
Vi tage
Compute
Festival
ea lie
this
mo th
that
celeb ated
the
50th
a ive sa y
of
Apple,
fou ded
i
1976
i
ea by
Cupe ti o,
Calif.
It
featu ed
a
pa el
with
co-fou de s
Steve
Woz iak
a d
Ro ald
Way e
emi isci g
about
the
compa y’s
ea ly
days
as
a
sc appy
sta tup
led
by
the
late
Steve
Jobs.Ove
a
doze
such
gathe i gs
have
si ce
sp u g
up
i
cities
ac oss
No th
Ame ica,
South
Ame ica
a d
Eu ope.
G owi g
i te est
is
eflected
i
mo e
dema d
fo
vi tage
compute s
i
o li e
ma ketplaces,
Klei
said.
Ico ic
compute s
like
the
Apple-1
–
the
compa y’s
fi st
p oduct
–
ca
fetch
hu d eds
of
thousa ds
of
dolla s.Klei ,
a
Silico
Valley
softwa e
e gi ee i g
ma age ,
was
a
passio ate
collecto
u til
his
hobby
ove whelmed
his
home
a d
family
life.
He
had
as
ma y
as
150
compute
systems
c ammed
i to
his
closets
a d
ga age.
He
said
his
beloved
collectio
had
become
a
“albat oss”
a d
he
wo ied
about
bu de i g
his
family.
So
he
sta ted
selli g
a d
givi g
away
his
machi es
u til
he
o ly
had
a
few
favou ites
left
at
home.Now
Klei
cha els
his
passio
fo
vi tage
compute s
i to
o ga izi g
festivals,
epai
wo kshops,
swap
meets
a d
othe
eve ts
as
p eside t
of
the
Vi tage
Compute
Fede atio .
“So
it’s
eally
about
eva gelisi g
that
histo y
a d
eva gelisi g
this
hobby
of
mai tai i g,
collecti g
a d
e joyi g
this
vi tage
tech ology,”
Klei
said.
