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NOVA

50 years of Nova history

The last 50 years

The NEXT 50 Years

The last 50 years

The NEXT 50 Years

NOVA

Celebrate 50 years of Nova history

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We celebrated 50 years of Nova history

In October, 2018, in Denver, Colorado.
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CELEBRATED...

The computer that was ahead of its time.

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CELEBRATED...

...Old friendships, stories, personal musings, special announcements and mini-presentations — and much more.

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CELEBRATED...

The personal and technical impact of the Nova.

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CELEBRATED!

Where: Denver, Colorado
When: October 22-24, 2018
What: Novas, Nostalgia & MORE...


Event Highlights

We Celebrated the technical and personal impact of the Data General Nova and its exciting part of computer history.   This gathering of Nova-creators and Nova-lovers shared a broad range of Nova hardware, software, old friendships, memorabilia, personal musings, special announcements and mini-presentations
...and much more.
Friends

Old Friends, Personal Histories and Memoirs

Pictures and memorabilia from the "good ol' days"— shared anecdotes, stories and outright lies...

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Live Nova Computers!

Played with working Nova, Nova 1200, Nova 3, and Nova 4 computers running original DOS, RDOS and MP/OS - hardware and software that some even designed!   Pampered our nostalgia with languages like Assembler, BASIC, ALGOL, FORTRAN IV, FORTRAN 5, DG/L, Pascal and others.

Novas

Special Feature

Relived the original Nova Spacewar! demonstration for the 1968 FJCC .


Schedule

The fluid schedule was roughly as presented below.

Computers and other exhibits will be open during the three days.

Geek Challenge:   tests of front panel toggle dexterity and instruction set memory.

Additional technical hands-on sessions occurred pre- and post- conference by special arrangement.

Contests and prizes will be given for:
♦   Most unusual Nova application
♦   Most unusual Nova peripheral
♦   Most unusual Nova location
♦   Most unusual Nova OS and language
♦   Most unusual Nova memorabilia item
♦   Most bizarre hardware problem

But Wait, there's more...
♦   Show and Tell - your own memorabilia
♦   Tell your own story - with pictures, artifacts, quotes and lies
♦   DG Item donations - to the growing DG archive

Monday

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Social reception (appetizers, bar)

October 22, 2018

Tuesday

9:00 AM:   Nova - The First 50 Years

10:00 AM:   Designing the Dream

11:00 AM:   The Nova Series - The Best Gets Better

12:00 AM:   Lunch and Friends

1:00 PM:   Software Rules!   A Personal Nova 840 Perspective

2:00 PM:   Sales - the Wild, Wild West

3:00 PM:   Paths Not Taken:   Dead Designs and Dreams

4:00 PM:   The Elusive Bird

6:00 PM:   dinner

8:00 PM and later:   Social time - Tales & Ales

October 23, 2018

Wednesday

9:00 AM:   Buzzards to Eagles

10:00 AM:   Soft Ride in a Hard Market: From 16 to 32 Bits

11:00 AM:   Untold Personal Stories

12:00 AM:   Lunch

1:00 PM:   Awards, Prizes and Bragging

2:00 PM:   Announcements: Novas and Software and Museums, Oh My!

3:00 PM:   Nova - The Next 50 Years

October 24, 2018

It happened - whether you were there or not...



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Some of the computers demonstrated...





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And some of the Nova designers, users and lovers...




Are you ready for the NOVA 100-year anniversary celebration...?