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Wisconsin Computer Club
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The news/media account for the Wisconsin Computer Club. Serving the entire state of Wisconsin, with events every month. Join the club (it's free!) and join the fun!

Check out our website at https://wisconsincomputerclub.com!
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That's a wrap on the Wisconsin Computer Club events for 2025! Planning for 2026 is already underway, so check the event calendar for updates soon! If you want us to come to YOUR town library, swing by our website and say so! We'd love to bring the fun to you! Until then, happy holidays all- game on!
A Sega Genesis 3 runs Sonic 3 at a WCC show. Our long-suffering Apple Macintosh Plus running at a WCC show. Guests enjoying a WCC show Burnout 3 on the PS2 on the big screen at a WCC show.
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Listening to the last @nerdmysteries.bsky.social episode, host Austin says something about someone having two of Atari Lynx! Well, uh, actually yeah. There were two models, the original (center) and the Lynx 2 which had slightly better specs and battery life. As seen at a WCC show in Wautoma WI.
The Atari Lynx, Nintendo Virtual Boy, and Nintendo 3DS (pretending to be Virtual Boy systems) sit on a table at a WCC show. Two Atari Lynx consoles sit on a table at a WCC show. The Atari Lynx 2 in action! Not pictured, good photography skills.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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The Hulk from Avengers: Endgame says "These are Confusing Times" in a meme.
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Really really old video games. 😁
A look inside the WCC's ominous box. It may or may not be a Magnavox Odyssey video game console.
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Probably the most ominous looking retro tech box in the whole club. 😬
A dusty wooden box with a brass latching catch sits on a shelf in a poorly lit basement.
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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It was a busy weekend for retro tech here in Wisconsin!
A Panasonic 3DO runs at a WCC show. A Macintosh Plus runs at a WCC show. Two Nintendo Virtual Boy consoles, an Atari Lynx, and two Nintendo DS handhelds at a WCC show. A Nintendo 64, PC Engine Core Grafx, and Amiga 4000 run at a WCC show.
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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We had a great time in Janesville today! Many thanks to all of our exhibitors and everyone who came to game with us! 🥳
From left to right; Otter X16, Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, Apple iBook G3. The Wisconsin Computer Club banner set up over member displays at our Janesville Pop-Up Museum show. From left to right, TRS-80 Color Computer 2, Pi-Top laptop, IBM PC AT, IBM PC XT, TI-99/4A. Acer Aspire with the Frog Design styling. Amiga 1200 (left) and Amiga 500 (right)
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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A gmod scene of Team Fortress 2's Heavy Weapon Guy saluting while surrounded by the letter "F" to pay respects.
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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The retro game night at the museum was a big success!

If you're reading this on 11.8.25, stop by the Hedberg library in Janesville for an even bigger WCC event!
An Apple Macintosh Plus computer at a WCC event. The Atari 800XXL, a sleeper system in an 800XL case, runs Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers at a WCC show. Sonic Adventure 2 on the Sega Dreamcast at a WCC show. Guests play games at a WCC show.
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Many thanks to all who came to our show at the Wausau library today! We'll be back in Wausau on Friday, November 7th at the Historical Society museum for their last retro game night of 2025- hope to see you there! 😃
The Nintendo Wii set up on an improvised table (our transport cart) at a WCC show. Fun fact, that piece of yellow and orange camo fabric we're using as a table cover was bought from JoAnn Fabrics about two years ago for about 70 cents (allegedly the deepest discount they could mark it to), which many argue was still way too much money. Still not the ugliest table cover we have in the fleet by a long shot, but still noteworthy for how weird it is. An Apple Macintosh Plus sits on a table at a WCC show. On the screen is the classic game "OREGON TRAIL" which remains a fan favorite, even today. The venerable Nintendo Famicom, running yet again at a WCC show. The Nintendo Gamecube is ready to play at a WCC show.
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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We're off to Janesville on Saturday, November 8th! We'll be at the Hedberg Public Library at 11AM onward in the big room- stop on by for some retro tech fun with us!
A poster displaying the Wisconsin Computer Club event on Saturday, November 8th, 2025 at 11Am at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wisconsin. The picture at the bottom features a row of old computers that I couldn't get the refresh rates to sync with my camera, but that's some of the machines from last time.
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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You love to see it!
A meme from Metalocalypse with the word "BRUTAL" in bold.
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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We knew this game was "bad" before giving it a whirl but wow, it really is an atrocious thing to suffer through. Condolences to the kids who had this to play with.
A Nintendo 64 plays "Superman 64" at LincCon 2025.
October 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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If you're looking to do some retro gaming, LincCon in Merrill Wisconsin is the place to be! #linccon
A row of video retro video game systems are lined up for play at LincCon 2025. Sonic 2 on the JVC Xeye, a licensed copy of the Sega Genesis and Sega CD in one combined unit. To the right, a Super Nintendo plays Mario 3. The rare NEC SuperGrafx makes an appearance. Two Neo Geo machines do their thing at LincCon 2025.
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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We recently did a demo on RCA CED SelectaVision, and it worked... bizarrely good? Like, these disks are physically deteriorating year on year, but somehow this ancient press of the Rankin Bass "Hobbit" looked and sounded great... not at all the usual CED experience! 😅
A CED player, a machine that plays electrified video disks like a record player, operates with the lid off to demonstrate the technology. On the TV beside it, the Rankin Bass animated "The Hobbit" (1977) movie plays surprisingly well to demo what the playback looks like on this obscure old tech.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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TIL that my email to @nerdmysteries.bsky.social about the haunted monorail didn't get there.
Dr. Claw shouts "NEXT TIME" in this meme.
October 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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A few photo's of @graffias79.bsky.social's beautiful Amiga One 500 machine at the WCC's Green Bay show on 10.4.25. This is a piece of kit I'd always wanted back when it was "new" so it was a treat to take it for a spin at the show!
An Amiga One 500 at a WCC show. An Amiga One 500 at a WCC show. An Amiga One 500 at a WCC show.
October 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Arbitrary post about the Casio Loopy on it's anniversary tour with us! Maddest props again to @partlyhuman.com for making this all possible with the Floopy Drive and the English language translation of the crazy dog game so folks can actually get into the Loopy!
The Casio Loopy, a commercially unsuccessful Japanese video game console, running at a WCC show in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
October 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The Wisconsin Computer Club's show in Green Bay on 10.4.25 was a blast! Many thanks to all who came out to experience all these great old machines and talk shop with the club and I! Looking forward to our next visit to Titletown!
Guests at a WCC show explore the main room. Machines on the tables across the back wall (partly visible around guests) include: Amiga 1200, Amiga 500, NEC PC Engine Core Grafx, Amiga One 500, Nintendo Virtual Boy, Sega Dreamcast, Tandy 1100FD, Apple 2GS. Free stuff we were giving away is in boxes at the front of the room. Guests enjoy a WCC show. Machines pictured (partly hidden by guests) include Otter X16, Commodore 64, Atari 800XL, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo Super Famicom, Amiga 1200, Amiga 500, NEC PC Engine Core Grafx, Amiga One 500. Mr. Moran's video-to-text demo, now in full motion and high resolution! The old camera (left) inputs video data to a small computer, which translates the image into text characters to recreate the displayed image in real time. This is a technical triumph a year in the making! Mr. Mijal's "corner" of the show, featuring an IBM PS/2 model 60 computer, Apple Macintosh Classic, Tandy 1000, and apple 2GS.
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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We're doing something silly on a very unusual machine this Saturday in Green Bay! 😁
The game "Doctor Robotnik's Ring Racers plays on a sleeper PC built into the shell of an Atari 800XL The game "Doctor Robotnik's Ring Racers plays on a sleeper PC built into the shell of an Atari 800XL
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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It's nearly ready... 😃
A computer sits on a messy desk, with the game "Bricklayer" on screen. Bricklayer is a Tetris clone, and the PC variant of Tetris Max.
September 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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We had a great show at CREATE Portage County! Our next one is October 10th!
Video games on a table at a WCC show. From left to right, Nintendo Famicom, Nintendo Gamecube, Commodore 64, and Nintendo Virtual Boy. Apple 2GS computer at a Wisconsin Computer Club show. An ASCII live feed video on retro tech at a WCC show. Two Macintosh computers at a Wisconsin Computer Club show.
September 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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A few more photos from #VCFMW!

We have even more photos stashed on the WCC forums, and will continue to post more as I have time. This is a tremendous show!
Lighted keyboards for retro computers! A Commodore PET doing it's thing at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. The PROGRAMINOMICON at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. A mostly-new Apple Lisa, complete with high resolution LCD display.
September 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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A few more photos from Vintage Computer Festival Midwest! #VCFMW
A custom case and keyboard for the ZX Spectrum computer, presented by Mr. Collins. The Little Sixteen (Little16) computer cooked up by Mr. Fecyk of Great White Retro. It is good to have LGR back at VCFMW! An absolute tower of Commodore 1541 disk drives.
September 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The Compaq Portable 3 saga in a few photos! Mr. Collins had this dysfunctional machine at #VCFMW and spent a few hours fixing it- few better places on earth to find all the parts you might ever need all in one place at one time! 🥳
A Compaq Portable 3 computer with the back panel removed sitting on a table at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. A Compaq Portable 3 computer with the back panel removed sitting on a table at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. A Compaq Portable 3 computer sitting on a table at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. A working Compaq Portable 3 computer sitting on a table at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest.
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM