This is the list of machines that will be coming to the event.
This is largely seeded from the 2012 Demosplash retro gaming page.
Machines
Here's the list of hardware I'm aware of: (excluding precious and Rashid-needed stuff where noted)
Amiga
NTSC 500
-floppies only, have some games
-composite (RGB maybe via XRGB)
New UK PAL A1200
-floppies mainly, have some games
-has (old) HD, but nothing really interesting on it?
-composite (RGB maybe via XRGB)
Others excluded, too precious/busy
Apple
IIgs
-floppies only, have some games
-useless composite, RGB maybe via XRGB
"Performa" ~x2? (cclub/my/Keith's)
-some classic on-HD games
-VGA via magic adapter (one Keith's, one lroop's)
Atari
2600 - x2/3 (mine, lroop's, lroop's fake one)
-various cartridge games
-RF only (does the fake one also do composite maybe?)
800XL - x1
-several cartridge games
-floppies not worth it and floppy emu too precious
-RF or s-video (just one with mod for that)
Commodore 8-bit
C64/C64c - fucktons (me, barn guy, keith) -- say 2x C64
-no good cartridge games
-various OK floppy games (need list), need to make disks
-RF or s-video (have 2 cables)
drives: several 1541s/1571s
Magnavox (Odyssey^2) - EXCLUDED, too fragile/obscure
Nintendo
NES (areese)
-various cartridge games (keith has several too)
-composite
SNES - x2 (areese and lroop)
-various cartridge games
-composite or s-video (RGB sounds flaky)
PC
DOS PC with SB (Keith)
-233Mhz Pentium MMX
-various on-HD games (copy from weasel image?)
-VGA
2x "Tetris" Weasels
-333Mhz Pentium !!
-onboard sound (SB Pro compatible Crystal Sound/Cirrus Logic)
-VGA
-null-modem cable for Tetris tournament
Are we going to have enough keyboards/mice?
Sega
Saturn (areese?)
-various CD games
-composite, s-video, or RGB (worked well with XRGB last time)
Sinclair - EXCLUDED, too fragile/obscure
TI (TI-99/4A) - EXCLUDED, too heavy
Uzebox Atmel-based homebrew gaming system
-composite and s-video
Vectrex
Vectrex
-several cartridge games
-self contained, yay!
Display Devices
Here's the list of display devices I'm aware of:
3 Acer & 1 Dell and/or IBM LCDs from b6 -VGA only Lroop's LCD -VGA, composite, s-video mdille3 LCD -VGA Keith's LCD -VGA, DVI Keith's nice LCD (maybe?) -VGA, DVI, composite (crappy scaling), s-video (crappy scaling) 2 B6 CRTs -VGA Keith's CRT -VGA mdille3 CRT -VGA Lroop's TV (maybe?) -RF probably, composite maybe? Keith's TV (if we dare, heavy IIRC) -RF + composite Projectors -In-room (get "umbiblical" cable from infodesk) -SDC portable Note: The Acer AL1706 montiors do not work with the XRGB or s-video upscan converters The Dell 1800FP monitor does not work with the XRGB or s-video upscan converters The IBM monitor DOES work. The Acer AL1717 also works.
Magic converter boxen
Here's the list of magic boxen I'm aware of:
2x XRGB (one cclub, one areese's)
-composite, s-video, and RGB to VGA
hk/taiwan (areese)
-s-video to VGA
Startech AVlink TV to VGA
-s-video and composite to VGA
TV tuner box (Keith)
-RF to VGA
Taiwanese video->VGA (cclub)
-composite/s-video -> VGA
RGB to s-video ("Australian") box
RGB to VGA ("Taiwanese") box
Sound output devices
pile of crappy Logitech speakers @ mdille3's
Proposed Setup
2600 -> RF -> TV NES -> composite -> TV SNES -> s-video -> hk vga box -> VGA Saturn -> RGB -> XRGB -> VGA Amiga -> RGB -> XRGB -> VGA Amiga -> s-video -> Australian box -> VGA IIgs -> RGB -> Taiwanese box -> VGA C64 -> composite/s-video -> AVlink & Taiwanese s-video-VGA -> VGA PC -> VGA