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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie
by Sentrytv 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Antitrust Ryan Phillip Tim Robbins (as Bill Gates type leader) Hackers Who can't resist Angelina Jolie Weird science Always gets a laugh Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Apr 1, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Jeffrey Golas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > <mime-attachment>

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie
by David Riley 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

On Apr 1, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Jeffrey Golas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Jeffrey Golas <jeffg(a)junknet.net> > Subject: Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie > Date: April 1, 2019 at 12:07:14 AM EDT > To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > > > I was poking around my Apple TV tonight and spotted a movie I never got to see called “the computer wears tennis shoes” - a 1969 Disney movie with Kurt Russel about a mainframe. I put it on my short list to watch on a rainy day. > > It got me thinking...we all know the staple computer movies like Wargames and Weird Science, Lawnmower man, Matrix etc. > > Whats your favorite “computer” movie? Can be current or ancient, modern or mainframe. A one liner about why you chose it would be cool too. Mine is probably still WarGames. It actually still has a lot of real life applicability: the mad rush to automation and workforce reduction with insufficiently-proven technology resulting in near disaster, poorly-secured network connections and OSINT leading to breaches by bored teenagers, etc. It's all still quite relevant. It's also a great reminder of how mind-bogglingly insane the late Cold War was on all sides. Sneakers is also still pretty good. Hackers is amusing, if maybe a bit overly campy, but it has strong accolades from folks who were actually in the scene back in the day, so I have some respect for it (and the soundtrack is pretty great). - Dave

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie
by Ethan O'Toole 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

> [NON-Text Body part not included] Mine used to be War Games. I also liked Sneakers. Hackers is fun and had a great soundtrack. I think a lot of it had to do with just seeing it and it being computer related, although the idea is a bit far fetched looking back. When I was young there were some other run-ups. Disney's B.R.A.T. Patrol had modified TRS-80 model 100s, that was a fun movie. If you haven't seen it, check out Whiz Kids. It was a TV series that was good but unfortunately all of the copies in the wild are bad. Of course there are other hacker movies. Laughted at The Net because it seemed silly, but it had the true heartthrob in it.. <3 The US Robotics Courier HST Dual Standard! Of course we laughed at Emojis but now that Slack has taken over many a workplace ... it's full of emjois. Guess it predicted the future. Jumping Jack Flash is another often left out hacker movie. Dumb terminal/mainframe even! Of course Real Genius is awesome, but I don't think of it as a computer movie. It involves another hobby of mine, laser show systems. But I think I'm sticking with War Games. - Ethan

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Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie
by Jeffrey Golas 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

I was poking around my Apple TV tonight and spotted a movie I never got to see called “the computer wears tennis shoes” - a 1969 Disney movie with Kurt Russel about a mainframe. I put it on my short list to watch on a rainy day. It got me thinking...we all know the staple computer movies like Wargames and Weird Science, Lawnmower man, Matrix etc. Whats your favorite “computer” movie? Can be current or ancient, modern or mainframe. A one liner about why you chose it would be cool too.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] UNIX TOWN --- Repair Workshop Signup for March 30 & 31, 2019
by Lou 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

As much as I wanted to attend this workshop especially for the UNIX TOWN exhibit planning my ability to get up there this weekend is very unlikely. There is a small chance I might come up later today for an hour or two but again, this is unlikely. To those who do meet up today to discuss the exhibit and plan it out, give me the details over discord! I don't want to be left out. -Lou

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Breakfast tomorrow 9am Mariner’s Cove
by Jeffrey Brace 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

VCF repair workshop people will be going to breakfast tomorrow 9am Mariner’s Cove in Brielle. 712 Union Ave Brielle, NJ 08730 All are welcome, but let me know if you are coming so that I can get enough seats. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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OT: A good blog on programming subjects
by Douglas Crawford 30 Mar '19

30 Mar '19

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amber CRTs
by Herb Johnson 30 Mar '19

30 Mar '19

Someone is asking me for a particular oddball-brand 12" CRT monitor, for one of those "word processors". I'm posting here, because I have one for them but they want it cheaper than my price. (No, it's not CGA or VGA or MGA etc.) But this monitor is *amber* (yellow phosphor) and that's how I value it, as a CRT part. If I have to buy such a CRT "cold", it's likely I'd have to spend $75 to get it. It will likely fit a number of terminals or vintage computers. (I know how to do that.) So: does someone have a 12" amber CRT or monitor for sale? Then I can offer this guy what he wants a little cheaper. and I'm curious, do my vintage friends particularly *value* amber monitors (versus white and common-enough green) anymore? Is it still a thing? Herb "screen-burn" Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Straight 8 training
by David Gesswein 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

Hopefully at this workshop I will finish the work to get rid of the last known issues that prevented fully using the straight 8. If any of the Docent's or anyone else wishes to practice/try using it stop by. Sunday would be better since most of the repairs should be done by then..

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Subject: Re: Hello - new to list
by David K 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

Unfortunately I can't be there this Saturday because of plans with the family. But I appreciate the offer and will look to come to the next one. David K

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Sun E250
by Ethan O'Toole 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Is a Sun E250 something that VCF would want? Have one from a friend that passed away. Also have an Oracle N|C, Oracle's set top forray into cloud before cloud I guess you would call it. - Ethan

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F/S: Sun E450 (not mine, not VCF's)
by Evan Koblentz 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS LIST, the seller isn't here. Seller said he's in Monroe, NJ. His email is below. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: RE: Consignment at VCF East Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:12:52 +0000 From: Steve Zubatkin <zubykins(a)outlook.com> To: Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> Hi Evan, Thanks for the response. Here’s information on the condition as well as its specs and accessories. *Condition:* Overall condition is 9 out of 10. Externally, the system looks new except for some minor scratches. As with most E450s, the removal media/control panel door does not latch but this one doesn't open by itself. The system is 100% functional as it passed all diagnostics, connects to the network and runs Solaris 10 from hard disk. This is a “turn key” system: 1. Sun Ultra Enterprise 450 on 4 casters 2. Power cable 3. Console Serial cable for connection to a PC 4. 2 Keys for locking the power switch and door accessing the disk drives 5. A notebook containing hardware documentation 6. Solaris 10 This E450 is well configured: * 4 X UltraSPARC-II 400 MHz * 4,096 MB (at the maximum) * 2 x 9 GB & 5x 18 GB Hard Disks. All disks have been wiped. * System originally had a CD-ROM drive but it was upgraded to DVD * DDS3 Tape drive * Diskette drive * 3 power supplies * Sun Quad Gigaswift Ethernet UTP Adapter Thanks, Steve

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DIP switches
by Mike Loewen 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Don't neglect them while troubleshooting, especially the little red bastards. :-) My HP 2647A graphics terminal developed what appeared to be a sync problem when displaying more than one line of text. Swapping the suspect cards with known good ones from another terminal didn't change a thing. All self-tests passed, including text RAM and graphics RAM. Graphics mode worked perfectly. I finally swapped the two RAM cards (32K on each), changing the DIP switch configurations on each. At last, a RAM error. I excercised all of the DIP switches, put everything back together and it worked. This is the second time I've had problems with DIP switches in vintage HP gear. The other was in a 2117F I was working on for Dave McGuire. Same cure. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Subject: Re: Hello - new to list
by David K 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

The two things I am most interested in working on are: 1. I have a Mac SE Superdrive. It doesn't want to boot correctly and I get an image of a disk with a question mark when I turn it on. One time I used a Desktop Diagnostic disk and I was able to get into the computer. It suggested there was damage to the hard drive and asked me if I wanted to re-initialize (?) and I said no as I wanted to see what was on the computer. That was a mistake because since then the same diagnostic disk will not do anything. A "Macintosh Basic" introductory disk also works on it but I can never get to the desktop screen. It's been frustrating for sure. 2. Trying to get one of my Commodore 64's to work with sound. I don't know if the only way you can do it is to buy the correct chip (the 6581?). I've never replaced something like this... I think it doesn't need soldering but I'm not sure and I'm hesitant to buy the chip if that isn't the solution or there is a better work around. David K.

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Vintage Computer Lot
by Christian Liendo 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Someone selling in NJ https://newjersey.craigslist.org/sys/d/northvale-massive-vintage-computer-l…

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Commodore term app
by Matt Reynolds 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Hi, Do any of you folks out there in VCF land have the ability to write me a disk for the Commodore 64 with a terminal app, like this one? http://commodore.software/downloads/download/59-ccgms/410-ccgms-elite-v2-0 I am trying to get back into the retro comp/gaming scene, and I'm working on building a wifi "modem" from an IoT board. I'm contemplating going to the repair day, but even if I don't make it, I am down at the base frequently and can pick it up sometime soon. I will be more than happy to send you a disk. Thanks for the help. Matt

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VCF Pacific Northwest pictures
by Tony Bogan 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

There are a large number of pictures on the VCF Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/423874470963995/posts/2897415740276510?sfns=1 Tony Sent from my iPhone

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Person w/ the PDA/Hand-held exhibit at VCF east
by Andrew Diller 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Hello - if you are on this list please contact me off list! About VCF East 2019. -andy

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Interesting day. A group of 20 special needs students visited at 11am, and then we had a few random visitors throughout the day. Bill Drom. and Duane arrived yesterday and they're staying on campus through Sunday to work on the Univac. They are focusing on making the CPU and tape drives more reliable. Duane built a gadget that uses a microcontroller that lets his laptop communicate with the Univac -- USB on one side, serial on the other. They also had a homemade Univac card tester. I had my own projects to do all day, including trying new info kiosk software. We closed the day at a local Irish bar for dinner/beer.

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Subject: Re: Hello - new to list
by David K 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

I first heard of vcf at a STEM convention that was held at the Philly Convention Center a few years ago. You had a table set up with a number of old computers that the public could interact with. Since then I've gotten more into the hobby myself and want to do more with understanding and exploring vintage computers and so I thought I'd join. David K

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IMPORTANT Info for VCF Repair Workshop
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

As a reminder the workshop is $10 *per* person, *per* day. Sorry this is InfoAge's rule and not our decision. So that means for two days it is $20. Sign up quickly to guarantee a table. DATE: March 30 & 31, 2019 LOCATION: InfoAge Building 9032A - (2201 Marconi Road, Wall Township, NJ) TIME: Start about 10 A.M. on Saturday and ends whenever we go to sleep. End about 5 P.M. on Sunday. (Starts around 10 A.M. Sunday morning) SIGNUP: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qisU7Goz7_QQVOtuCEg8PsDfh7-adv0zNXI… > COST: - $10 per person, PER day. This is required by InfoAge for us to pay for renting the space. - $25 for those wanting to stay overnight (Money goes to InfoAge). Please pay me when you get there so that I don't forget and then have to spend time chasing you down. Credit cards accepted. I will be using VCF's PayPal Here tablet with bluetooth credit card machine. OVERNIGHT: Bring your own pillow, blankets, soap etc. We provide a bed frame and an uncovered mattress. There are showers and a kitchen for your use. - You can pay via PayPal to paypal(a)vcfed.org. or to me via cash or credit card in person. EQUIPMENT: - VCF will provide a table and you can use any available electrical outlet. - Bring your own tools, power strips, power cords, and supplies etc. - If you need particular tools that you don't know or particular parts, please post to the list for those going. They may have what you need. Let them know ahead of time. - Please bring an extra one or two power cords as these are often forgotten by people. DRINKS: You should bring your own. I would recommend bringing a cooler of some type. FOOD: You provide your own. We usually order pizza, subs or go out to a dinner and everyone pays their own way. Usually, we make a decision when everyone gets hungry. GATE: During the hours from 1 pm to 5 pm close the front gate behind you. We want museum visitors to go to the front lobby and not wander through the middle of the campus. Outside of those times, you can feel free to leave the gate open. PARKING: Park across from 9032 or 9010A on any blacktop area. InfoAge doesn't like us parking on the lawn anymore. QUESTIONS? Contact Evan : 646-546-9999 or evan(a)vcfed.org or myself (Jeff) : 732-759-1783 or jeffrey(a)vcfed.org Have fun everyone! -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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8-Bit Goldbergs
by Andy Meyer 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Has anyone else seen this episode? It hits pretty close to home :-) https://abc.go.com/shows/the-goldbergs/episode-guide/season-6/19-8-bit-gold… Andy

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Cards Against Humanity @ upcoming workshop :)
by Evan Koblentz 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Someone please bring CAH this weekend (for Saturday late night). My girlfriend never played it; she wants to see what the fuss is about.

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Hello - new to list
by David K 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

My name is David K and I am more a fan of vintage computers than any sort of expert. I am in the health care field and currently teach at a college in Reading PA. I've been reading the daily digest for awhile and realize I am in over my head and have very little to offer to the group. I get excited if I can open an Apple disk drive, clean off the head, and get it back together. Many of the topics discussed I have no familiarity with (ex. Unix). But I love vintage computer and have more than a dozen in my basement. I grew up with the Apple IIe - still my favorite - and have other popular machines like the Atari 800XL, Vic 20, TI-99/4A, Apple IIgs, etc. I would love to know more about these machines including how to make repairs (I have an Apple IIc plus that has a stuck internal disk drive, a Mac that will only boot to the image of the disk with a question mark, a Commodore 64 with no sound) but lack the skills and typically do not feel confident doing work based on videos or pages I see online. I live about 2 hours from the museum but it sounds awesome and I will make a pilgrimage there in the near future. If there is anyone in the southeast part of PA (Berks, Lancaster counties, etc.) who is interested in connecting feel free to email me. I am excited to be part of the group.

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Staging Consignment Items
by Jason Perkins 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Let's say you had a large number of items you were planning on putting in the consignment sale. Let's also say you were worried about car space on the weekend of the event. Would it be possible to bring some items up to the workshop this weekend, and leave them at the facility? Thanks! -- Jason Perkins 313 355 0085

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Staging Consignment Items
by David Riley 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

On Mar 25, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Staging Consignment Items > Date: March 25, 2019 at 12:35:37 PM EDT > To: evan(a)vcfed.org > Cc: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > > > I have a question: > > Would it be possible to consider a "vendor" area with tables, to sell your stuff? > > Not necessarily instead of Consignment. We did this last year, and it seemed like a success to me (Evan could probably say better than me whether it was). - Dave

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum Report for March 24, 2019
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hey Pete! Thanks so much for filling in as docent today as I am away volunteering at VCF PNW. It's nice to have fresh faces being docent at the museum. I'm glad that you were able to enjoy yourself despite the day being slow. :) Thanks again Pete! On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 8:39 PM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Fairly slow day today. We had one family of four come in for a tour > around 3pm. Then nothing until the last half hour or so where we had an > older single fellow and 2 different families. > > My son Alex and I had a Solitaire and Minesweeper competition on the > Windows 3.1 PC. :) > > It’s always fun and a pleasure to help out the VCF. > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Museum Report for March 24, 2019
by Peter Cetinski 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Fairly slow day today. We had one family of four come in for a tour around 3pm. Then nothing until the last half hour or so where we had an older single fellow and 2 different families. My son Alex and I had a Solitaire and Minesweeper competition on the Windows 3.1 PC. :) It’s always fun and a pleasure to help out the VCF.

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Kemner's Surplus Warehouse
by Eric Rangell 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Hi all, I went to Kemner's Surplus Warehouse yesterday and picked up miscellaneous parts I wanted, and I suggest anyone in the area do the same for what they want. There are signs in the store that indicate they have been evicted. I don't know any more about their situation or their timeframe for clearing out the store. I saw a bunch of Apple II series machines, some Vic 20s, C64s, and TRS80s. There are lots of electronics parts, vintage test equipment, and media. Here is a message Beverly sent me: "Sure if you tell a computer Club about our store that would be great I keep swearing that there's got to be museums out there that would like some of the stuff we have even stuff that doesn't work you would think of Museum either them or people that are part of it would fix it and want it on display we've got to have some stuff that they may not have that they would still want the important thing is for them to understand that the prices on them are not what we're selling it for but we're also not able to be completely low-balled because we still need money we were talking today about how there's people that are probably not coming now because they think the day's going to come when everything in the store is like 90% off. And unfortunately we're not a regular store and I don't believe he's going to do that. So the thing is they need to just bargain with him and if he likes the price he will accept it . Or if that item he can go 50 off then he'll do that. If he can't or won't then he'll give you 30% off Etc. It probably will stay that way until we're out. Sometimes some things may go up to 75 some things you may only ever get up to 50% off. What the main idea is that you may not be able to get them after we're closed. we're not sure about that , so Now's the Time to really see and get what you want" So I would suggest that someone at the museum contact Beverly (Facebook seems to be the best way: https://www.facebook.com/KemnerEnterprises/ or https://www.facebook.com/bkemner ) and discuss what is possible and find out more about their situation with the contents of the store and their warehouses. Perhaps a win/win situation can be found where some of their inventory is offered for sale at consignment at the VCF events around the country, or we repair some of their computers during upcoming workshops for use in a training lab - it's going to take some tact to negotiate so all communications should be done through Evan and the other VCF chapter leaders. We can discuss more at next week's workshop. Thanks, Eric

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Workshop dates
by Evan Koblentz 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I talked to Ian the other day. He will be there. On Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 10:00 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I should be there Saturday > Maybe Sunday not sure yet > Have not signed up yet > Ian is the expert on CRT STUFF. > I have knowledge of this too. > See if Ian has signed up yet. > > Mike R. > > Besides *March 30 & 31*: < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qisU7Goz7_QQVOtuCEg8PsDfh7-adv0zNXI… > > > > There is: > *April 13 & 14*: < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XTEGeYkzqrmGL_X5OdyFbjoy4QtLMBDoX5r… > > > > *June 1 & 2*: > < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cdRaUOarYmLe0c7Veddzl4HhOqB1BXTgTCQ… > > > > *August 24 & 25*: > < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Gmvr2ZEtEXouN0oB7Y_UtCRabbwhLTi4E_… > > > > > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Peter Fletcher <pfletch(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > > Have to work on Saturday, but may be able to make it on Sunday. Do you > know what time the workshop is happening on Sunday? > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 1:19 AM, Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >> You can bring them to the next workshop at InfoAge. > >> I believe it is next weekend. > >> There should be someone there to look at them. > >> > >> I maybe going but have not confined that yet. > >> > >> Mike R. > >> > >> Sent from: > >> My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > >> > >>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> <mime-attachment> > >> > > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Kemner's Surplus Warehouse
by Eric Rangell 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Their hours are Friday 1pm-7pm, Saturday 10am-7pm. They are busy the other days preparing for the move out. This video shows a lot of the electronic equipment. https://www.facebook.com/KemnerEnterprises/videos/1744945005556433/ The computers are shown starting around the 13 minute mark.

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Upgrade your Putty
by Neil Cherry 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I don't know how many others use Putty (a SSH/Telnet/SCP/SFTP client for Winwods) but seems there are security issues with Putty before 0.71 Article about the issues: https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/putty-software-hacking.html More important, link to the latest Putty: https://www.putty.org/ -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Kemner's Surplus Warehouse
by Tony Bogan 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

> On Mar 24, 2019, at 7:31 AM, Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Where is this warehouse ? > > Mike R. Kemner’s Surplus Warehouse 114 S Washington St Pottstown PA

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Workshop dates
by Sentrytv 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I should be there Saturday Maybe Sunday not sure yet Have not signed up yet Ian is the expert on CRT STUFF. I have knowledge of this too. See if Ian has signed up yet. Mike R. Besides *March 30 & 31*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qisU7Goz7_QQVOtuCEg8PsDfh7-adv0zNXI… > There is: *April 13 & 14*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XTEGeYkzqrmGL_X5OdyFbjoy4QtLMBDoX5r… > *June 1 & 2*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cdRaUOarYmLe0c7Veddzl4HhOqB1BXTgTCQ… > *August 24 & 25*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Gmvr2ZEtEXouN0oB7Y_UtCRabbwhLTi4E_… > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Peter Fletcher <pfletch(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Have to work on Saturday, but may be able to make it on Sunday. Do you know what time the workshop is happening on Sunday? > > Thanks for the help. > > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 1:19 AM, Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> You can bring them to the next workshop at InfoAge. >> I believe it is next weekend. >> There should be someone there to look at them. >> >> I maybe going but have not confined that yet. >> >> Mike R. >> >> Sent from: >> My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. >> >>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >>> >>> <mime-attachment> >> >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] CRT Repair suggestions
by Tony Bogan 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Sunday usually starts around 10 once everyone is back from breakfast. Sometimes a little earlier. The next VCF Repair workshop will be March 30 & 31, 2019. Signup here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qisU7Goz7_QQVOtuCEg8PsDfh7-adv0zNXI…

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] CRT Repair suggestions
by Sentrytv 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

You can bring them to the next workshop at InfoAge. I believe it is next weekend. There should be someone there to look at them. I maybe going but have not confined that yet. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > <mime-attachment>

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Trenton Computer Festival Report
by Dean Notarnicola 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Great day today! Adam Michlin, Neil Cherry, Drew and I hosted a VCF exhibit at TCF. We setup an Atari 2600 and 800xl for visitors to interact with, along with various Atari related books. Neil also setup his home automation demo. The exhibits drew a constant stream of curious visitors who asked a lot of questions, with a fairly good crowd around the table for most of the day. Adam, Neil and Drew engaged them with various technology topics while talking up the upcoming VCFe events. Many people asked about VCF and hopefully we encouraged them to introduce themselves on the list and attend a workshop. We had many VCF alumni visit, among them Herb Johnson, Bill Dudley, Tom Hornberger, Jeff Gallinat and others. All in all, a fun day with good people. Another TCF in the books. Regards, Dean

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] CRT Repair suggestions
by Tony Bogan 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

If you can come to next weekends workshop at Infoage I’m sure you could get some help. Especially if Ian is coming! Tony

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CRT Repair suggestions
by Peter Fletcher 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I have two Atari SC1224 Color monitors that are in need of repair. The one does not turn on at all and the other only seems to only have blue functioning. ( I can see the screen, just everything is either blue or black). I am in southeastern PA, but someplace regional for repair would be fine. Any suggestions? Thanks, Pete

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

Slow at the museum today. Bill Lange visited. Mostly I worked on VCF East stuff.

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Ok I give up
by Jeffrey Golas 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

I vendored there for a few years starting at the Mercer County location, and loved every minute of it. I would have gone today to keep supporting it, but had a scheduling conflict. I still have my registration sheet and flyer from the 1996 one (at least). I loved dumpster diving at the end of it all too, and I wasn't alone! The good ol days! Jeff aka Bags

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RE: I Give Up!
by svcatitc＠aol.com 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

Us core members forget that we are talking to a wider audience than just us when we throw acronyms around. lest we forget there are new members joining in all the time that may not be familiar with Trenton Computer Fest, as TCF. They may also not be familiar with many of the technical acronyms we throw around, so to all, there are no dumb questions and to the rest of us, let us have patience. To all in Trenton, have a blast. Sorry I won't be there. Bill Inderrieden Are you kidding, really? Trenton computer festival @ TCNJ I'll be there tomorrow at the fleamarket area formally known as the Hamfest. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Mar 22, 2019, at 5:43 PM, Andy Diller via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > What is TCF? > > > - andy diller

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Ok I give up
by Andy Diller 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

What is TCF? - andy diller

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Someone is looking to get files off a DLT
by Christian Liendo 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Long story short. There is a company that I had gotten some SGIs from contacted me asking if I or someone else could do the following We need a cost to hook up our film scanner and our DLT tape to a stand alone Dell R710 server (our old server). The tapes were archived with the basic unix tar command. The scanner also had been connected up to our R710 server which uses the windows 98 software. We would like to extract the data, when needed, from the DLT tapes and transfer that to the new server via usb drives This company is in NYC. Is anyone interested? Let me know and I will forward you the info

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VCF East classes update
by Evan Koblentz 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Fifteen classes: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/classes/ I'll work on getting a backup or two. Schedule TBD.

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Tandy 6000HD lives!
by Mike Loewen 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Another Tandy 6000HD lives again! The hard drive had a bad head, and was replaced with a Seagate ST-251 (thank you, David Gesswein). The foil-and-foam Keytronics keyboard required a complete rebuild (disintegrating foam), and a Sun Type 4 keyboard was sacrificed to provide replacement pads. The Sun pads will no doubt eventually go as well, but they're from 1991 and in really good shape. The upper case was severely cracked in multiple places, and I did my best to stick it back together with MEK. Finally, I formatted the drive and installed Xenix 3.2 and the full development system from 8" diskettes. This system is going to the LSSM (Large Scale Systems Museum), for their new Unix workstation section. http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/Soltoff6000HD.jpg This particular machine was once owned by Roy Soltoff of MISOSYS. When I emailed him about it, he replied: "It probably was not used for anything much. Back in the late 80s, I had accumulated a few 16s and 6000 - but never did much with them. Most of the old equipment was sold off to someone in NJ for a computer museum." Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TCF on Saturday
by jaj＠totallyamused.com 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 6:08 PM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > Enjoy guys! > I'm glad that you guys could step in for Evan and myself. > I'm at VCF Seattle volunteering. > Evan is busy preparing for VCF East and has stuff to do at the museum. > It's nice to see others involved with representing VCF! > Thanks so much! > I will be at TCF in the Flea Market area, I may have a few vintage items for sale, but mainly modernish projects for others — laptops, power supplies, digital signage players, cabling — and all priced to move from my house to yours. Be sure to mention you are a VCF supporter! -Justin

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TCF on Saturday
by Neil Cherry 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

I won't be presenting this year. Good thing I recognized I was overloaded in December it's gotten worse since then. I will have my board and it should be up and running. I'll start it up again. I'll be sitting with Dean at the VCF table. I'll represent both CDL and VCF. :-) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Anyone have full tower ATX case?
by William Dudley 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

I have a Gateway 2000 "full tower". It's 23 inches high. It has 4 5" bays on the front, plus one 3" floppy hole. I didn't open it up to see what other space it has. I put a sticker on it (a long time ago) that says "K7-2400", so that gives you an idea of when last used. I'm in Jackson, NJ. I may be going to TCF on Saturday. Before I give it away, I'd want to fire it up (if possible) and see if there's anything interesting/personal on there. I have no idea if it even has a hard disk at this point. Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 5:10 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Just curious if anyone has a spare full-tower ATX case with many (5+) 5.25" > drive bays available? Its sort of vintage-computing related as I want to > update and fix up my shop mule. Case can be beat up even missing sides for > all I care. > > I'm in the Philly area and would be willing to drive to the surrounding > areas, etc to meet up. >

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Slow day visitor-wise. Only a few people stopped by today. Steve A. came over at 5:00 and we spent two hours sorting books in the warehouse. The slow-but-steady project continues! We constantly put aside unneeded books (to sell) and we re-box the books the books that we're keeping (to eliminate boxes that are odd-sized or falling apart). Each time, we're left with more floor space. Eventually we will finish separating the keeps from the sells, and then we can embark on phase two which is organizing the kept stuff. Making floor space is a satisfying experience, but it will feel GREAT when the books/magazines are as well-organized as the hardware!

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