Varese Retrocomputing 2024 is just around the corner! The event will be held on September 15 in Tradate, in the province of Varese - ITALY, at the historic Villa Truffini, located in Corso Paolo Bernacchi 2. The opening hours to the public will be from 10:00 to 17:00. Admission is free, so there's no reason not to attend!
The event will offer an extraordinary exhibition of vintage computers and retrogaming consoles, which will allow you to relive technological history, from the past to the latest innovations in the digital world, with some modern and powerful computers for gaming and 3D graphics.
Here is the list of exhibitors present at Varese Retrocomputing 2024
- ESCoP
- Steve Jobs' Significant Machines:
- Apple II
- Macintosh
- Next Cube
- How "live" BBS worked
- Steve Jobs' Significant Machines:
- Gabriele Petino
- "Pong" and similar:
- Philips Odyssey 2100 console (colour) late 70s
- Italian Re-el Consul late 70s
- Tenko PP-150 Italian console late 70s
- Consul New-Vidf 8 French late 70s
- Atari 2600 "darth vader" + games
- Sega Master System II + games
- "Pong" and similar:
- Davide Barlotti
- Photo editing with the Spectrum. Two ZX Spectrums with both Opus Discovery units. The first acquires in real time from the camera, transferring the frames per second via the network where it will be possible to edit them with the optical pen
- Varese Retrocomputing 2023 ZX Spectrum guest book with recorder that "copies" from tape to monitor the guests immortalized in the previous edition
- Mario Prato
- ZX Spectrum 128 "One Hundred and Twenty-Eight K" Clone
- FIZ Floppy Interface
- Racunari turbodrive floppy interface
- IF4 Multifunction Interface
- Kempston Disk Interface mini
- Andrea Contato
- Numerous books and pieces from the Cabel Electronic device collection
- Simone Nasa
- Commodore Vic20, Commodore 64, Commodore 64C, Commodore 64G
- Amiga 500 gotek display mod
- 1541 PI Raspberry 2/3
- Modded joystick 4 button C64
- Gerundo Retrogaming Group
- Arcade station
- Commodore 128 dual screen
- Vectrex
- Vintage consoles
- Giuseppe “Saxabar” Papa & Chiara “Kika” Carrara
- Two Japanese computers among: Sharp X68000 XVI, FM-Towns 80H, Sharp X1 Twin, NEC PC-9821
- Retrocampus
- Intellivision Keyboard Component
- Olivetti Prodest PC1
- Olivetti M10
- Commodore PET
- MINITEL
- BBS
- Matteo Toia
- Mesaton (Mesa 2 Spa, 1978)
- Commodore Vic-20 (1980)
- Commodore 16 (1984)
- NES (Nintendo, 1985)
- Game Boy (Nintendo, 1989)
- Amiga 600 (Commodore, 1992)
- Game Boy Advance (Nintendo, 2000)
- Commodore 1084 Monitor
- Color TV Mivar 14"
- Michele Petino
- Workstation with latest generation graphics workstation, 3D modeling and real-time rendering
- Comparison with software available for Amiga
- Amiga 500 with 68030 card
- FDM 3D Printer
- Lorenzo Bolla
- C64 SX with a self-made expansion cartridge that allows you to expand and give new life and new features to old machines
- Eugenio Ciceri
- Three different ways to take the Spectrum with you by tram:
- ZX Spectrum 128K Toastrack Laptop
- ZX Spectrum N-Go Laptop
- Acer laptop in Spectrum theme with simulator and stickers with keywords on the keys
- Three different ways to take the Spectrum with you by tram:
- Karl Voltolini
- Apple II Plus
- Amstrad CPC464
- Commodore 64
- ZX Spectrum 48K
- All with the Ghostbusters game and a vintage poster from the movie
- Frank
- Apple IIc
- Macintosh SE/30
Conferences at Varese Retrocomputing 2024
- A memory of Gianni BBK 10 years after his death. Bruno Grampa.
- In Search of the Lost Game: The Sumerian Game 1963. Andrea Contato.
- The project of the magazine RetroComputer. Luciano Costarelli, Fabio Massa, Carlo Santagostino.
- From Altair to Amiga – 15 years of successes and failures: small stories for big innovations. Sergio Gervasini.
- 30 years of evolution of 3D modeling and rendering, from the Amiga 500 to the Nvidia 4090. Michele Petino.
- Ghostbusters: a film that leaves a mark on the culture of the 80s, including home computers. Karl Voltolini.
To see the highlights of the 2023 edition, click here.
Varese Retrocomputing 2024 is a celebration of the technological past that unites enthusiasts and curious people of all ages. Don't miss this opportunity to travel through the time of computing and live a unique experience.
The appointment is for September 15, 2024, at the splendid Villa Truffini, in Corso Paolo Bernacchi 2, in Tradate, in the province of Varese - ITALY. Admission is free, we are waiting for you!