Many thanks to all who came out to share their retro tech and to come hang out and play with it at the Wisconsin Computer Club Halloween show at the Weyers-Hilliard library on October 3rd. I've attached a few photos from the event, it was a good time!
The Wisconsin Computer Club is returning to the Weyers-Hilliard library in Howard for another pop-up museum show featuring vintage computers, retro video games, and old tech of all sorts. I've attached a few photos from past events there as an idea of what the setup looks like, though the equipment lineup varies depending on what the members bring to share. The event is free and open to all ages and abilities!
The complete gallery and plenty of discourse on Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2026.
The Wisconsin Computer Club hosted a retro tech event at the library in Verona Wisconsin (a suburb of Madison) and WCC members brought a whole bunch of cool things to share.
The Wisconsin Computer Club hosted a retro tech event at the library in Verona Wisconsin, and one of their members brought in a Core Grafx setup I thought I'd share here. A whole lot of folks got to try one of these for the first time, which is pretty cool!
A collection of photos from the Wisconsin Computer Club's retro tech pop up museum show at the Verona Wisconsin Public library on 9.5.26. It was an excellent time! More photos and video from the show are available on the WCC forums.
Full photo gallery at the WCC website of the Verona Wisconsin pop up museum show from 9.5.26.
Some video from the show with some exhibitor demos.
This one's rough on the outside, but still good where it counts- hoping we can find someone who will love it again at the Verona library show this weekend, 9.5.26.
In case anyone here didn't see it, LincCon (the long-running gaming event in Merrill Wisconsin) is hosting a big interactive TurboGrafx/PC Engine feature showcase at their event in a few weeks. I'm an exhibitor in another section of the show, and the lineup they're talking about is wild. The only place you might see more Turbo stuff set up to play with in one place is (again, maybe) Midwest Gaming Classic.
If you're anywhere close, it's gonna be mighty cool. Otherwise I'll have pictures to post after the weekend of the 25th when the show wraps up.
The Wisconsin Computer Club is headed back to the Madison area in a week's time as of this writing, this time to the Verona Wisconsin public Library on 9.5.26 from 10AM-3PM. The show will consist of WCC member exhibits of vintage computers, retro game systems, and other tech displays of all sorts from across the state. I've included a few photos from our last show in the area that was held in Oregon Wisconsin to give you an idea of what it will kinda look like. Exact system lineup varies from show to show as exhibitors bring different things all the time. The event is free to all ages and abilities- if you want to talk shop, play with old tech, and hang out with other nerdy people, we'd love to have you with us!
We're in Plaza 3 with a couple other exhibitors, it's been a good time!
It has "retro style" games, so it counts.
CREATE Portage County and the Wisconsin Computer Club are running another video game night on the lower level of CREATE's air conditioned facility at 1300 Maria Drive, across from Pacelli from 6PM until 9PM-ish.
The game lineup may vary a bit depending on which exhibitors can make it, but all the fan favorites like the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Sega Genesis will be there for sure, along with some other surprises! I've added a few photos from past shows for an idea of what to expect.
This event is, as always, free and open to all ages and abilities- we hope to see you there!
Early in Hong's campaign, I found out that her round logo was called "Hong_Cube" and I immediately thought of the Nintendo Gamecube. I downloaded the design, then one thing led to another, and the HongCube was created!
When Hong came to Stevens Point in the spring (I forget which event exactly, she visited us many times!) I was able to meet her in person, and she was generous enough to pen our campaign slogan onto the HongCube!
The HongCube toured around the state with the Wisconsin Computer Club's "Retro Pop Up Museum" shows at local libraries from Green Bay to Janesville and all over in between. I'll toss a few pics up from it's various travels. I figure this is probably the best place to share this until her next run for something.
Win or lose, every day we still make better possible! Forward!
The Wisconsin Computer Club hosted a retro tech event at the Hedberg Library in Janesville, and one exhibitor was demonstrating some of the cool things the PS2 and PSP could do when connected to each other. Really cool to see it!
The Wisconsin Computer Club hosted a retro tech pop-up museum show at the Hedberg Library in Janesville Wisconsin on Saturday, and some WCC members brought some real classic PC equipment. The Toshiba T5200 had something come loose in transport, so it was opened up to reseat some parts.
The Wisconsin Computer Club hosted a pop-up museum show at the Hedberg Library in Janesville Wisconsin, and a number of club members brought vintage Apple hardware to share.