DENCON

posted Jul 26th 2009 2:50pm by
filed under: cons, news

dencon

Defcon, the world’s largest hacker convention, is this coming weekend in Las Vegas. While the convention generally focuses on breaking new technology, digital archivist [Jason Scott] has an interesting surprise for attendees this year. With some help from VintageTech, he’ll be assembling a massive den of retro computing machinery. They’ll have fully functional systems like the PDP-11/70 for people to play with. It sure to be one of the more unique things to see at the con.



13 Responses to DENCON

  • strider_mt2k says:
    July 26, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    Good way to warm up that water…

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  • Jim says:
    July 26, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    That would actually be pretty awesome, shame im a britfag and cant go.

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  • 6adget says:
    July 26, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    never been to one, but since i live in vegas i wont miss it. on a side note, i work at las vegas tattoo and souvenir (702) 384-7379. come on in and get a hackaday tattoo by a geek/artist. ask for Gadget.

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  • svofski says:
    July 26, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    The plastic bottles give it away. It could very well pass for a ye olde photo.

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  • Punkguyta says:
    July 26, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    @svofski

    They aren’t old bottles, if you look closely, I believe it is actually rubbing alcohol, which makes sense if he’s restoring an old dusty machine.

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  • ryan leach says:
    July 26, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    @Punkguyta, @svofski never said they were old bottles, he said that they were plastic bottles, thus not looking old, your both arguing the same side…

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  • pongor says:
    July 26, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    “dencon”

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  • pinoutman says:
    July 27, 2009 at 2:37 am

    Jea, wats dencon ?

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  • Peter says:
    July 27, 2009 at 4:08 am

    Is that a *necktie* hanging on that tape drive door?

    //to use the computers, you must have a 70s hairstyle

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  • Agent420 says:
    July 27, 2009 at 5:05 am

    You are in a twisty maze of passageways, all alike.

    xyzzy

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  • Colin says:
    July 27, 2009 at 6:03 am

    Any hackaday editors going to defcon? I saw eliot at defcon15, and still have my t-shirt :)

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  • Bill Hates says:
    July 28, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Fuck off with the goddamn plastic bottles. I can hack into your grannies panties with that thing…

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  • Bill Hates says:
    July 28, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    BTW, its crystal gyser water. Its in a popular six pack form, Shrink wrapped to prevent bottles excaping. Its usually on sale at your neighbor hood store for about $ 2.89
    any other questions?

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