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Strange and Obsolete Computer Technologies
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track)
Half a century ago, computer designers were building hardware when they didn't have modern fast cuircuitry, and had to do "creative" and off times strange things to make things work. Ben Yalow hosts this trip down memory lane.
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Jay Maynard

Jay Maynard is a lifelong computer geek whose career spans everything from embedded systems — like the ones in microwave ovens — to IBM mainframes. When he’s not in front of a keyboard, he’s on ham radio, serving on the Fairmont, Minnesota city council, tinkering with his... Read More →
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Ben Yalow

LC37 Special Guest of Honor
Ben Yalow’s very first convention he attended as a fan was Lunacon in 1971, followed later that year by his first Worldcon, Noreascon. Ben first started staffing conventions at the very first Star Trek convention in January 1972, followed by the Worldcon in 1973, Torcon 2. He has... Read More →
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Jim Beall

Jim Beall (BS-Math, MBA, PE) has been a nuclear engineer for 50 years, beginning as a nuclear engineering officer in the US Navy. Civilian experience includes design, construction, inspection, enforcement, and assessment with a nuclear utility, an architect engineering firm, and the... Read More →
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Rich Weyand

Rich Weyand started writing eight years ago and has published over thirty-five novels in seven series: CHILDERS (Military), EMPIRE (Galactic Empire), COLONY (Colonization), PANTHEON (Hard Fantasy), AGENCY (Espionage), TALBOT (Exploration), and SHARP (Espionage). He writes ‘competent... Read More →
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Mark Haynes

I’m a renaissance man trapped in a specialist’s body. My degree is in biology. That’s why I’m IT. I’ve worked as a software developer, with an elegant language for a more civilized age. I became a QA guy because breaking things is therapeutic. I became a process specialist... Read More →
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
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