VCF Southwest
The Vintage Computer Festival Southwest is o an event that celebrates the history of computing. It features a variety of activities including exhibits of vintage hardware, workshops, classroom sessions, presentations from industry veterans, and a swap meet. The festival is known for its hands-on experiences and aims to preserve computing history through education and outreach. It's a place where enthusiasts can come together to share their passion for vintage computers and learn from one another. The Dallas edition occurred for the second time June 14-16, 2024 at the UT Dallas college campus.
This year I purchased a both to showcase a project I've been working on for a little bit of time. I wanted to develop a game for vintage hardware, I decide to build a nod to the classic dinosaur game found in Google Chrome. This offered an opportunity to play with smooth horizontal scrolling found in the modern game, but a little more unusual on the vintage hardware. The game was developed using C and assembly, edited in Visual Studio Code. It's a clear example of how we can use today's software to explore and expand the capabilities of technology from the past. Throughout the development process, I had a little help from Copilot for Code, which provided some surprisingly good suggestions.
The code is available on my GitHub: