A hall full of bizarre computers and enthusiastic people. A band playing music with a Gameboy and a trumpet. A speech synthesizer from the early eighties announcing "Starbase one under attack!".
It's the Alternative Party, an event for nerds who love hardware which has more spirit than a regular dull office pc. Those that know the magic may show their skills in demo and music competitions. But guru level knowledge is not required to enter: despite all the machines it's above all a social event.
The venue was nice and big enough for a couple of hundred visitors.
Atari Falcons powered the booth of these guys from the UK.
Magnavox Odyssey, the ultimate gaming box from 1972.
Commodore CBM 8032 had advanced features like a double 800 kB floppy drive.
No I Ain't had the most brutal instruments.
Tero's C64 set rocked and CNCD (in the picture) created a more ambient feeling.
Epävire shared the first place with Nosfe & co. in the "here are a couple of synths, start playing" competition.
Bass Cadet played a didgeridoo.
The guys from Redmond weren't entirely forgotten - this MSX was running Microsoft Basic.
The analogue graphics competition.
The only entry for the overhead demo compo was from tAAt but they did it with style.
One of the original Amiga designers RJ Mical was a much awaited guest.
A dead battery and broken keyboard connector contributed to the "hack the SGI" challenge.
This must have been a happy design team (the graphics board of the SGI).
Pelikonepeijoonit had the best collection of obscure stuff.
Didaktik M came with cool software - too bad the Perestroika floppy was broken.
The info screen was frequently replaced by games - Mattel Intellivision attached here.
These fancy graphics are from the Mattel enhanced with a special computer module.
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