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https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=5148
combined boardgame room front (a lot of boardgames) and museum in the back. several introduction into the topic from board games up to flipper history up to computer history. almost everything ist playable. 
Local focus
2022-06-25 08:53:42
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=4069
The Finnish Museum of Games focuses on local finnish games and local game culture.
Fata Morgana Verlag
2022-07-08 18:41:34
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=4572
Fata Morgana
Landoltstrasse 63
3007 Bern
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=5884

 

Facts

  • TTV1 was the first file-based Amiga virus
  • Its creation was a fun experiment. It was inspired by the boot block based SCA virus which had reached dubious fame due to its very successful spreading and the flaw of overwriting the boot block. Would it be possible to create a self spreading file, thus breaking out of the boot block dread?
  • Development took place between spring and fall 1988.
  • The early code name was HOUZ virus.
  • Thinking up the name we tried to find something that would sound mean and at the same time on the verge to ridiculous. The final name was inspired by a rap band called The Terrorists.
  • The virus does not harm the system. In fact, care was taken to avoid any even unintentional damage.
  • Identity of the authors was kept secret for 30 years. It was officially revealed on March 9, 2019 at the Demonights 008 event in Bern Switzerland
  • "The names have been changed to protect the innocent" shown in the message was inspired by the song Beat Dis by Bomb the Bass. They have sampled it from the Dragnet radio series.
  • The "BGS9" was in fact a clone. Its code is almost identical even including the resident name "TTV1". It got more reach and thus was regarded as the origin.

About the life of the beast

  1. TTV1 installs itself as a reset proof resident module (KickTag/ROMTag) named "TTV1"
  2. On reset the resident module (virus) is called
  3. Execution gets delayed in order to gain disk write access. Therefore Intuition's OpenWindow function is redirected.
  4. As soon as the AmigaDOS tries to open the CLI window the OpenWindow gets called the virus looks for the startup-sequence on the booted disk
  5. The virus is looking for the first command (A) in the startup-sequence
  6. File request windows (e.g. "Disk is write protected") are being temporarily disabled
  7. Virus renames A to $a0202020a02020a020a0a0. This is a combination of none breaking spaces and spaces. The idea is that the user will oversee this "invisible" file.
  8. Virus writes itself as an executable command with the name of A to the disk
  9. Eventually A gets loaded and executed with all its parameters by the virus
The next time the user will boot the disk the virus gets loaded into RAM and step 1 takes place. On reset the horizonal beam position gets evaluated. If the beam position is smaller than a certain number the screen turns black and a message in white letters appears.
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=7127
@la1n/imp89 @Shana @dipswitch Sorry, I only just now noticed about this intense discussion going on. Shana has put it 100% correct already. The name eventually was given to the event by Furball/Fake That back in 1996 for Bünzli#1 (taking place near Bern). Was changed to 'Buenzli' (no umlaut) once international visitors started to appear. This then was kind of a 'trademark' for a while. When we changed the location from Winterthur to Olten, we also rebranded the party to Demodays, a name that was a bit generic but worked without the need to explain it all the time. It also allowed for the Demonights pun afterwards. 'Demodays', however, has not really been adopted by the demoscene too much, many people just kept it calling Buenzli (or 'Buenzu' for some). This is also somewhat reflected in inconsistent naming/series ordering on Pouet and possibly Demozoo. I'm happy, Furball &the other teenage guys called the event Bünzli: Without that decision, we wouldn't have interesting discussions like this 😉
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2022-08-20 09:30:23
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=5312
Seine erste Begegnung mit der Kunst hatte er als kleiner Junge im Rätischen Museum in Chur mit einer Mumie, die sein Schaffen nachhaltig geprägt hat. Als bedeutendster Vertreter der phantastischen Kunst setzte sich Giger mit Werken von Ensor, Klinger, Kubin, Bacon, Velasquez auseinander.
Giger H.R. (Swiss)
2023-03-28 11:38:31
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=905
Giger was an educated as an industrial designer. Afterwards he made art and after working with jodorowski on dune, he joined the aliens-team. He created the slick fast monster in ALIEN. he influenced with his style (developped before in paintings and sculptures) the whole scifi. And so he became also one of the most influencing artist for games like r-type and and and and and …
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=2406
Die Digitalisierung ist ein schwieriger Transformationsprozess, der seit 40 Jahren andauert und gegen den sich grosse Teile der Gesellschaft lange Jahre (zum Teil zu Recht) gewehrt haben. Letztlich geht es um die tiefgreifende Ablösung der auf Menschen-prozessierten-Medien zu auf Computern-prozessierten-Medien, die dann wiederum vom Menschen bedient, genutzt werden. Und selbstverständlich viele neue Anwendungen möglich machen. Die Corona-Pandemie hat nun die letzten Zweifler* zumindest zu Nutzern* gemacht.
Vom Auf-Menschen zu auf Computer-Laufende-Medien
Die Digitalisierung ist letztlich die Digitalisierung des Menschen zur Turing Maschine / Universalmaschine, einem einfachen Buchhalter mit Stift und Papier. Es ist die Kybernetik der 30 Jahre in der Realität, unserer Realität. Es geht um automatisch prozessierte Regelsysteme, die das erst möglich machen. Die Ausstellung zeigt in ihrem Ausgestellten ethnologisch und ethnografisch, was die Digitalisierung so erfolgreich gemacht hat, die Technologie dahinter ist anscheinend verschwunden. Sie ist im Hintergrund, im Handy, im Server (Server?) und ist damit handhabbar geworden. Nun ist sie durchsetzbar, weil sie niedlich und nett ist, was sie nie war. Die Digitalisierung wird zum Oberflächenphänomen und eine Ausstellung zum digitalen Planet schafft es, daran kleben zu bleiben. Ihr fehlt das digitale Herz! Sie ist letztlich nur GUI (Was die Computertechnologie ab 1985 sehr erfolgreich machte und mit dem WWW explodieren liess).
Diese digitale Welt ist nur möglich, weil millionenfach Programme warten, endlos warten auf Eingaben oder weil sie endlos vor sich hinrechnen. Selbst ein banales Programm wie Excel wartet bis der da draussen – genannte – User* etwas tut. Computer, Computerprogramme sind unsere kleinen je eigenen Sklaven, Maschinchen mit weissen Handschuhen.
Gescomp 720 / 730 1982
2023-03-20 11:54:29
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=7573
GESPAC SA was a Swiss company who designed the G-64/96 Bus in 1979. This interface bus concept provides a simple way to interface microprocessor modules with memory and peripheral modules on a parallel bus. The G-64/96 Bus uses a simple, yet modern and powerful interface scheme which allows a higher level of functionality from the single height Eurocard form factor. The low overhead of the G-64/96 Bus interface greatly eases the design of custom boards by the User. This is why, even many years after its invention, the G-64/96 Bus is still widely used in the industry. 
 
Power (Einfluss, Agency)
2023-04-04 08:41:24
https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=7692
Coding gives you power.
Everybody can have its own slave (LCP)!