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13 classes, 2 more needed
by Evan Koblentz 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Here are the 13 classes so far for Friday, May 3: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/classes/ We need 2 more. -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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3D idea for SCSI2SD
by Richard Cini 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Playing off the thread on the SCSI2SD, I wondered if anyone has a nice 3D case for theirs? I bought one a while ago but it’s gray and ugly. I thought it would be neat if there was one that looked like an RA81 drive or something like that. You could even do ones to match other systems/drives. I don’t have a printer or the CAD skills, so I’m just tossing the idea out there if someone is looking for a project. Rich Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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TCF Saturday
by Neil Cherry 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

I think Dean is handling the table for VCF on Saturday. I attempted to get a table for CDL (was IXR - the maker space) but that didn't happen. I still intend on manning the table, if that is okay. I'd like to know what I should bring. I can bring my HA board and that would attract attention but I also not be very Vintage. I have my Tandy MC10s but no monitor/TV to work with (sorry). Any details on what time to meet and where? I can bring the doughnuts or whatever (I don't drink coffee so I may need help there if that's needed). Yes, I'd like to roam about a bit but I'll primarily be there to man the table for VCF (and CDL if that's Okay). -- 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] Vintage Server Rack - Take 3
by Ethan Dicks 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:28 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now > offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack > with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 > system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), Sure is pretty. If I were closer (I'm in Ohio), I'd jump on that. -ethan

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Vintage Server Rack - Take 3
by Jeff G 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

So the link I provided to pics was asking for a login, so I moved the pics over to Dropbox and made sure they're publicly accessible this time around. I also added my location and size info. Hopefully third time's the charm! Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), but does have both (white) sides and power strip built in. I believe it also has wheels. Rack rails are round hole. Ground-level drive-up-and-go pickup. Rack is located in Blue Bell, PA, about 25 mins outside of Philadelphia. Size wise its about the size of a typical server rack, perhaps wider by 3-4 inches than a modern rack. Pics here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mlmo99uwuzbxjfi/AABf-p8h_4vRvuzVOA3xxudua?dl=0

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Bil Herd - update
by Evan Koblentz 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Bil replied about the Friday classes: "You can put me on the schedule for a class on component aging and the effects on heat, with some emphasis on IC’s but not forgetting things like caps, batteries and some of the other components." I'll update the website tomorrow.

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Micro Decision and terminal in NJ
by Mike Loewen 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Just saw this on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/343024439667938/ Morrrow Micro Decision, Lear-Siegler ADM20 and keyboard. Nice little CP/M system. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Vintage Server Rack - now FREE to a home (any home)
by Jeff G 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), but does have both (white) sides and power strip built in. I believe it also has wheels. Rack rails are round hole. Ground-level drive-up-and-go pickup.

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OT: Anyone have full tower ATX case?
by Jeff G 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

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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(no subject)
by Dave Sica 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Frank had it scheduled for the 31st, the last Sunday of the month, which has been his longstanding schedule practice. Someone at InfoAge assumed that it was the third Sunday of the month (which the last Sunday of the month often is) and put it on the InfoAge calendar that way AND advertised in the local media using that date. Because of that, Frank had to change the presentation date to match the advertising. For future reference (with the exception of this month) the NASA lectures are always scheduled on the last Sunday of every month except December. On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:17 AM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow(a)gmail.com> wrote: So why does Frank O'Brien say that it is the 31st? On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 11:28 PM Dave Sica via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Someone was asking about the date of the upcoming InfoAge NASA Lecture. It's usually on the last Sunday of each month, January through November, but this month (March) it's on the 24th due to a scheduling error. If you see it advertised for the 31st, that's the wrong date. More info: https://isec.space/ Someone else was asking about the recent 'big name' NASA presentation. If you missed it, you can catch Kim Arcand's talk about her spectacular 2D and 3D visualizations of space on InfoAge's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/a_xrTvBk9E0 -- Dave Sica -- ======================================================= Jeff Brace =======================================================

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Looking for DEC bulkhead cable kit
by Richard Cini 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

I also posted this on the VCF Forum “wanted” list, but I thought I’d mention it here as well. I’m looking for the Ethernet bulkhead cable kit for a DEC M7504 DEQNA board and BA23 enclosure. I built my own cable based on specs on-line but I’m only 99% sure I did it right. Even if I could borrow one for comparison that would be helpful. The cables aren’t hard to build but I would like to compare against the real thing if possible. Thanks. Rich Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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NASA Lecture (was Re: Museum report)
by Dave Sica 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Someone was asking about the date of the upcoming InfoAge NASA Lecture. It's usually on the last Sunday of each month, January through November, but this month (March) it's on the 24th due to a scheduling error. If you see it advertised for the 31st, that's the wrong date. More info: https://isec.space/ Someone else was asking about the recent 'big name' NASA presentation. If you missed it, you can catch Kim Arcand's talk about her spectacular 2D and 3D visualizations of space on InfoAge's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/a_xrTvBk9E0 -- Dave Sica

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] WTD: PDP-11 tape drive?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: >... > > But congrats on a great score. Sucks about the lack of rack rails, as >they're pretty specific to this drive. But don't worry about the Some "generic" rails and someone with a metal brake could quickly remedy that problem. ;) I don't believe you could support that on too many, if any, "drawers" with that weight. A piece of thinner angle iron could be bolted into your rack to hold the drive in it but it wouldn't provide the ability to slide the drive in-and-out.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Tandy 6000HD lives!
by W. Bryan Caudle 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

>Has anyone figured out a material which can be used to replace the >original aluminized(?) paper discs from keytronic keyboards? The foam I >know (vaguely) what type it originally was. > >I have four of them here (one kb3270 and three victor 9000 keyboards) >where the foam has turned to goo and corroded away most of the metal on >the discs, so I don't think they can be re-used. > >-- >Jonathan Gevaryahu >jgevaryahu(a)gmail.com >jgevaryahu(a)hotmail.com I used the silver static bags to restore a TRS-80 Model 12 keyboard a little while back. It worked ok, just be sure you get the conductive side facing away from the foam disc. If I had to do it over, I would likely just use the kit from texelec. It would save a lot of cutting...

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Today we had three or four groups of visitors with mild interest. Martin spent all day continuing his work on the network/cameras project. He ran network wires in the ceiling for all four cameras and other stuff. We'll probably add two more cameras, but not for a while yet, and we ran out of time today. Last time, we put PFsense (software firewall) onto our server. Before it just ran ordinary Ubuntu. Now it runs the firewall 24/7 and supplies DHCP. We had a problem getting the cameras to obtain IP addresses, but we have a plan for fixing that next time. We also rewired basically the whole network. Before, our LTE modem also served public Wifi. Now it is used * exclusively * for getting connecting the firewall to the Internet, and nothing else. Thus our wifi is temporarily down; it'll be back in another week or two when we bring an access point back online (replacing the older Cisco unit with a newer one from another company; I forget which brand Martin said.) All of the network wires from the cables and from elsewhere in the museum now go through a patch panel. I'll get us some matching cords so it looks nice. Right now they are all gray and different lengths ... no good! :) Martin also swapped out our main switch for a different model. The old one only had PoE on half of its ports, and one or two ports seemed dead. The new one has PoE on the whole switch. So it was a productive day, and I learned a few more things about networking.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15
by Evan Koblentz 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

> What about my idea of having a panel session where people could ask questions on any computer repair topic and a panel of peeps would answer? Pondering it. Not as high on the idea as I was before, for various logistical reasons. > Also, any possibility of Bill Herd doing his soldering class again? Doubtful we'd repeat the same narrow-ish topic two years in a row.

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Museum report 2019/03/16
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

Today we had two to three dozen visitors because of a STEAM event at Infoage: https://njstempathways.org/event/steam-tank-regional-competition-at-camp-ev… Lots of medium to high interest adults and children. Some could identify different computers. I let some of them try some BASIC programming on the C64 as well as paint on PC, Amiga, Mac. Also some games on C64, PC, Next. Telling all of them about VCF East. I hope to get some of them coming. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Ticket desk volunteers needed, too...
by Evan Koblentz 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

Everyone, Amy can't be at the ticket desk this year, and Ann will only be available Friday/Sunday (if I understood Kelly correctly), so we need people for the front desk. Just like in my previous email about consignment volunteers: this is super important!! We need people who have their shit together for this job. Apply off-list to me...

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Volunteers needed for VCF East consignment
by Evan Koblentz 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

Everyone, Jim S. is leading the consignment booth on Saturday and Kelly is leading it on Sunday. We need a few volunteers to help them both days. This is a very important job. We need people who are ultra-reliable and on-the-ball in a retail environment. You've got to learn fast, work fast, and be there exactly when we need you. Apply off-list to me...

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...
by Todd George 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

\,,/ Sabbath!!! \,,/ Based on METAL, Tony is referring to Neon Knights. -Todd On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:44 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Wow, blast from the past! Funny thing is, sitting on the boat eating lunch > I looked up the cDc to see what names would be listed (handles of course) > on any Wikipedia or other entries online and what names is > remember/recognize. There were members (or supposed members....people liked > to pretend they were more connected than they actually were sometimes) I > had dealt with through my our group, especially when we were dealing with > MoD and LoD. > > The funny part is in the Wikipedia list of cDc “affiliations” are not only > groups I know and don’t know, but the group I was part of!!! Was two kids > from Jersey (me being one of them) and one from Oregon and one from > California when we started it when I was 12 years old (1980, just before my > 13th birthday in November) > > Todd George could probably look at the list and know which group it was > based on the name!! > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 15, 2019, at 1:31 PM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-beto-orourke-special-rep/sp… > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:21 PM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic > > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Not trying to get into politics but from the histoical "okay that is > >> crazy..." > >> > >> It just hit the naws that one of the guys running for president who has > >> been a politician for a while (Beto O'Rourke) was actually a member of > >> cDc, Cult of the Dead Cow. This was a legendary "hacking" group that > used > >> to release a lot of t-files. He ran a BBS apparently. cDc held back this > >> knowledge for a while so as to not interfere with his career but he went > >> public with it. A book about cDc is supposed to come out. > >> > >> A whole lot of people that are not familiar with the old school hacking > >> social groups and BBSes and all of that could potentially start to hear > >> about it depending on how far the guy gets in politics. Could bring a > lot > >> of attention to 80s/90s computing and the community around it all. > >> > >> - Ethan > >> > >> > >> > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...
by W2HX 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

Am I the only one? All emails from Tony (and I think some others) always come in as attachments. Meaning I get a blank email from Tony (through the list) with no content, only an attachment. That attachment is an email message itself (like an .eml or whatever) containing his content. Am I seeing things (again)? 73 Eugene W2HX From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org] On Behalf Of Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:44 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Tony Bogan Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15
by Evan Koblentz 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

> I’d like to see such a course be a yearly thing at VCF as it literally will never go out of style The thing is, that could be said about many topics. Only 15 slots to play with ... we could easily come up with 30-40 topics, if there were enough teachers. :) I would TOTALLY DO THAT if we knew that enough people would attend VCF East as a four or five-day event.

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Re: vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15
by Jeff G 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

What about my idea of having a panel session where people could ask questions on any computer repair topic and a panel of peeps would answer? Also, any possibility of Bill Herd doing his soldering class again? I really want to take that as I missed the last one. Jeff aka Bags

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Urgent! Lots more instructors needed for VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

VCF East classes are Friday, May 3, and we still need many more instructors. There are 15 slots. So far we have: - Unusual Unix(es) ... Alex Jacocks - Unix networking ... Andy Diller - Unix headless booting ... Stephen Edwards - SimH ... David Gesswein (We need one more Unix-y topic.) We also have people committed to teach: - Atari 400/800 ... Bill Lange - 8-Bit Computer Basic Repair ... Chris Fala - TRS-80 101 ... Dean Notarnicola - Hard Drive Repair ... Jason Perkins - Apple II 101 ... Tony Bogan That's only nine classes so far. Here are some ideas: - What's NeXT - VMS/OpenVMS - How to be a good PET owner - Commodore 64 repair (it'll never go out of style) - Early IBM PC repair (yes it's vintage now...) - Ian's CRT Magic (people can't get enough!) - "Don't be scared of front panels", a.k.a. "If Evan use one then so can you!" (but no I'm not qualified to teach this) - The role of microcontrollers in the hobby today

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...
by Chris Fala 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

When I read on the web interface (Gmail) it is fine, but when I view on my iPhone, I get them as attachments. For a few other users as well. On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 2:29 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Eugene, sometime a few months back (perhaps it was late last year) > something changed with the list and even my own emails come back to be as a > .mime attachment. It did not used to be that way, and I did not change > anything on my end. Perhaps my .mac/iCloud service changed something, I do > not know. > > There are a handful of people on the list whose emails come through as you > describe. > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 15, 2019, at 2:23 PM, Blake Patterson via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Hah, this is great. I hope it does bring the spotlight on BBS of past > (and > > present!). I am active on several boards daily, right now. The one I hit > > the most frequently is The Level 29 BBS ( bbs.foxxtexx.com ) which is > the > > official BBS of the r/Retrobattlestations subreddit. Stop in (telnet or > > dial-up)! > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:21 PM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> Not trying to get into politics but from the histoical "okay that is > >> crazy..." > >> > >> It just hit the naws that one of the guys running for president who has > >> been a politician for a while (Beto O'Rourke) was actually a member of > >> cDc, Cult of the Dead Cow. This was a legendary "hacking" group that > used > >> to release a lot of t-files. He ran a BBS apparently. cDc held back this > >> knowledge for a while so as to not interfere with his career but he went > >> public with it. A book about cDc is supposed to come out. > >> > >> A whole lot of people that are not familiar with the old school hacking > >> social groups and BBSes and all of that could potentially start to hear > >> about it depending on how far the guy gets in politics. Could bring a > lot > >> of attention to 80s/90s computing and the community around it all. > >> > >> - Ethan > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Heisenberg may have slept here. > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...
by Peter Cetinski 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Might be a Mac/iOS issue as my messages seem to have the same behavior. > On Mar 15, 2019, at 2:28 PM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Tony Bogan <thebogans(a)mac.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes... > Date: March 15, 2019 at 2:28:39 PM EDT > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > > > Eugene, sometime a few months back (perhaps it was late last year) something changed with the list and even my own emails come back to be as a .mime attachment. It did not used to be that way, and I did not change anything on my end. Perhaps my .mac/iCloud service changed something, I do not know. > > There are a handful of people on the list whose emails come through as you describe. > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 15, 2019, at 2:23 PM, Blake Patterson via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> >> Hah, this is great. I hope it does bring the spotlight on BBS of past (and >> present!). I am active on several boards daily, right now. The one I hit >> the most frequently is The Level 29 BBS ( bbs.foxxtexx.com ) which is the >> official BBS of the r/Retrobattlestations subreddit. Stop in (telnet or >> dial-up)! >> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:21 PM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic < >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> Not trying to get into politics but from the histoical "okay that is >>> crazy..." >>> >>> It just hit the naws that one of the guys running for president who has >>> been a politician for a while (Beto O'Rourke) was actually a member of >>> cDc, Cult of the Dead Cow. This was a legendary "hacking" group that used >>> to release a lot of t-files. He ran a BBS apparently. cDc held back this >>> knowledge for a while so as to not interfere with his career but he went >>> public with it. A book about cDc is supposed to come out. >>> >>> A whole lot of people that are not familiar with the old school hacking >>> social groups and BBSes and all of that could potentially start to hear >>> about it depending on how far the guy gets in politics. Could bring a lot >>> of attention to 80s/90s computing and the community around it all. >>> >>> - Ethan >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Heisenberg may have slept here. > > >

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Speaking of BBSes...
by Ethan O'Toole 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Not trying to get into politics but from the histoical "okay that is crazy..." It just hit the naws that one of the guys running for president who has been a politician for a while (Beto O'Rourke) was actually a member of cDc, Cult of the Dead Cow. This was a legendary "hacking" group that used to release a lot of t-files. He ran a BBS apparently. cDc held back this knowledge for a while so as to not interfere with his career but he went public with it. A book about cDc is supposed to come out. A whole lot of people that are not familiar with the old school hacking social groups and BBSes and all of that could potentially start to hear about it depending on how far the guy gets in politics. Could bring a lot of attention to 80s/90s computing and the community around it all. - Ethan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Urgent! Lots more instructors needed for VCF East
by evan 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

>> Thought I was doing an early Mac basic cleaning and restoration class in addition to an Apple II basic cleaning and restoration.Did that change?No change. I neglected to mention that one. Will update the thread.Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S10. null

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

Good day! There were two groups of 15-20 middle/high school students about an hour apart. They all got full tours, were polite/well-behaved, and asked smart questions. Also a third group of three older men. I used the in-between time to install a wall-mounted arm with a 27" touchscreen monitor. It's in the 1950s/1960s aisle. Installing the arm was very easy and only took about 15 minutes. -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New Bare-Metal VICE for the RPi2+
by Blatboy 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Oooooh. This is cool. I may have to give it a try. Thanks for the hot tip Alex! ++++++++++++++++++++++ https://jwalterhawkes.com like to know where/when I'm playing? Click here <https://jwalterhawkes.com/contact> to sign up for my list, and let the babble begin. All, > For any Commodore enthusiasts not following the discussion on Lemon64 ( > https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70498&start=0) there is a > new bare-metal implementation of VICE for the Raspberry Pi 2+, This > project is called BMC 64 (http://accentual.com/bmc64/) and is hosted on > GitHub (https://github.com/randyrossi/bmc64) > Even though the project is only a month or so old, it is already quite > usable. I haven't had a chance to play with it, myself, but the > development of bare-metal emulation is pretty exciting, to me, as it means > that a lot of cycle-exact timing that was quite challenging, under > Raspbian/Linux can be implemented. > Has anyone else tired BMC64? > - Alex

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East flyer
by Chris Fala 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Did you say "competition"? ;-) On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 7:30 AM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > It looks great Andy! As Evan mentioned much of our media has been designed > by Drew, who has done great work for us. Nice someone else has stepped up > to give Drew a break!! Evan works that poor kid to the bone! ;-) > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:36 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Hmmm ... Drew is our "GOTO" designer. > > > > @Drew what do you think of Andy's creation? > > > > > >> On 3/11/19 9:12 PM, dillera(a)gmail.com wrote: > >> Hey - I love doing this stuff - so here is my re-imaginging of the > flyer: > >> > >> https://imgur.com/8ljAYnS > >> > >> -andy > >> > >> > >>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Someone asked for an event flyer, so I made a simple one and posted it > as a PDF link via the event page at vcfed.org/vcfeast < > http://vcfed.org/vcfeast>. > >>> > >>> @Drew N. -- Feel free to make us something nice and I'll replace mine > with yours. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Evan Koblentz, executive director > >>> Vintage Computer Federation > >>> > >>> www.vcfed.org <http://www.vcfed.org> > >>> evan(a)vcfed.org > >>> (646) 546-9999 > >>> > >>> VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. > > > >

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VCF East flyer
by Evan Koblentz 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Someone asked for an event flyer, so I made a simple one and posted it as a PDF link via the event page at vcfed.org/vcfeast. @Drew N. -- Feel free to make us something nice and I'll replace mine with yours. -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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New Bare-Metal VICE for the RPi2+
by J. Alexander Jacocks 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

All, For any Commodore enthusiasts not following the discussion on Lemon64 ( https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70498&start=0) there is a new bare-metal implementation of VICE for the Raspberry Pi 2+, This project is called BMC 64 (http://accentual.com/bmc64/) and is hosted on GitHub (https://github.com/randyrossi/bmc64) Even though the project is only a month or so old, it is already quite usable. I haven't had a chance to play with it, myself, but the development of bare-metal emulation is pretty exciting, to me, as it means that a lot of cycle-exact timing that was quite challenging, under Raspbian/Linux can be implemented. Has anyone else tired BMC64? - Alex

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Important, please read: Unix classes @ VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Here is an important update about the VCF East classes for Friday, May 3. Unix track: - Unusual Unix versions: Alex Jacocks - Unix networking: Andy Diller - Unix headless booting: Stephen Edwards - SimH: David Gesswein We need one more Unix tech talk with a vintage slant. Anyone have an idea???

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum report
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: > >Interesting day! I was supposed to be at the InfoAge front desk (it was >VCF's turn), and Jeff B./Tony were supposed to co-docent in the museum, >but when I arrived there was already a radio club person at the front >desk. Some kind of scheduling mix-up, so I was off the hook. :) Jeff >went to the NASA lecture, Tony did some Apple II tech repair, and I >greeted visitors. We had a few families visit today and also some local >school administrators. What NASA lecture???

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C64 Component Video FPGA article on Hackaday
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

https://hackaday.com/2019/03/10/component-video-for-the-commodore-64/ Also on github: https://github.com/c0pperdragon/C64-Video-Enhancement -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad
by Randall Kindig 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

I’m going to put this out here again, since the item is still available. Is anyone headed to both VCF East and VCF Southeast that would be able to swing by and pick up the following?: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372622105057?ul_noapp=true <https://www.ebay.com/itm/372622105057?ul_noapp=true> It’s listed as pickup only. If I were going to VCF East I could probably get it, but alas I cannot. I WILL be at VCF Southeast. thanks Randy Kindig > On Mar 5, 2019, at 6:53 AM, Mike Willegal via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Mike Willegal <mike(a)willegal.net> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad > Date: March 5, 2019 at 6:53:30 AM EST > To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > > > Hi Randy, > > I’m close to Burlington MA, but am not headed to VCF SE, this year. I could ship it or perhaps you find someone that is headed to both VCF east and southeast. > > Regards, > Mike Willegal > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 4, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: >> >> [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad > > >

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Interesting day! I was supposed to be at the InfoAge front desk (it was VCF's turn), and Jeff B./Tony were supposed to co-docent in the museum, but when I arrived there was already a radio club person at the front desk. Some kind of scheduling mix-up, so I was off the hook. :) Jeff went to the NASA lecture, Tony did some Apple II tech repair, and I greeted visitors. We had a few families visit today and also some local school administrators. Jeff B. will be there tomorrow.

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Big Estate Sale Tomorrow in Ct
by Christian Liendo 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Someone sent me this. This person had some nice stuff https://estatesales.org/estate-sales/ct/seymour/06483/vintage-computer-gami…

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WTD: PDP-11 tape drive?
by W2HX 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Hi friends, I am building my first PDP-11. It is a 11/23+ It is a nice set up with 4 RL02's lots of boards, two half-height racks, spares, you name it. I would really like to get a real-to-real 9-track tape drive, the manual loading kind. I see many autoloading types but they just don't have the panache of what I used to use in the 80's and 90's at my places of work. I have been watching on ebay for a while and those few that come up seem expensive. I did locate these (not cheap but cheaper than others). https://www.ebay.com/itm/192745726868 and https://www.ebay.com/itm/264099860161 The first one says "wiltec" but I am guessing that wiltec was just the reseller. It looks very similar (if not identical) to the second one which is listed as a fujitsu M2444AC. For some reason the "wiltec" one is cheaper. It seems to have some nice connectors on the back. The fujitsu is more expensive, has rack mounting hardware (a plus) but no back connectors. It isn't obvious how to connect this to something. Also shipping for some reason, is $100 more. I found a manual to this on bitsavers (thank you to whomever did this). It says it the fujitsu has 3 modes of operation. MODE A: CDC 9218S COMPATIBLE MODE MODE B: CIPHER F880 COMPATIBLE MODE MODE C: PERTEC FSlOOO SERIES COMPATIBLE Can they be made to interface with a PDP-11 Qbus system? Anyone have any opinions on these? I should also ask if anyone has an open-real tape drive they would like to part with (preferably known working) let me know. I am in NY, willing to drive a few hours or pay for shipping. Your thoughts are appreciated. 73 Eugene W2HX

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 06 Mar '19

06 Mar '19

Sporadic visitors today. Best group was 10 female college students, several studying CS. I spent some time planning for new museum signs and working on VCF East stuff.

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Looking for Lomas Color Magic board
by Richard Cini 06 Mar '19

06 Mar '19

All — I’m looking for a Lomas ColorMagic S100 video board for a project related to my Gazelle. The CompuPro PC-Video might work as well. If anyone has one that they would be willing to part with, please let me know. Thanks! Rich Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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Yay for book sorting!
by Evan Koblentz 06 Mar '19

06 Mar '19

It was a trick subject line. :) Is anyone available to spend tomorrow sorting books with me in the cold warehouse?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad
by Randall Kindig 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Thanks, Mike. Randy > On Mar 5, 2019, at 6:53 AM, Mike Willegal via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Mike Willegal <mike(a)willegal.net> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad > Date: March 5, 2019 at 6:53:30 AM EST > To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > > > Hi Randy, > > I’m close to Burlington MA, but am not headed to VCF SE, this year. I could ship it or perhaps you find someone that is headed to both VCF east and southeast. > > Regards, > Mike Willegal > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 4, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: >> >> [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad > > >

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HP-85 ad
by Mike Willegal 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Hi Randy, I’m close to Burlington MA, but am not headed to VCF SE, this year. I could ship it or perhaps you find someone that is headed to both VCF east and southeast. Regards, Mike Willegal Sent from my iPad > On Mar 4, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: > > [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad

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VCF East - important exhibits update
by Evan Koblentz 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Presently there are 9 regular exhibits and the two massive Atari/Unix exhibits. So far that's 21 exhibitors total! You procrastinators need to register soon, or risk not having a space... http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhib…

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Do milestones mean less as you have more of them?
by Evan Koblentz 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Today I did PDP-8 chase-the-lights from the front panel "all by myself" ... last time Jeff B. and I helped each other. Feels good to use that intimidating front panel and have it work the first time without anyone watching over my shoulder for mistakes. Next time (Wednesday): paper tape! Going to try to load some programs by following DG's instructions. -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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C64 Thermal paste & heat sinks
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Many have recommended that I get thermal paste or heat sinks for my C64 chips. I'm thinking about getting some heat sink as long as I can label what the chip is. Because when I put paste or a heat sink on it, then I don't know what kind of chip is underneath. And as many of you know, there are so many board variations of the C64 motherboard. The chips are put in different places. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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HP-85 ad
by Randall Kindig 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Hey, is anyone near Burlington, MA and is coming to VCFSE? This guy has some HP-85 stuff I’d really like to have but he has local pickup only and Indiana is a long way from there. https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-85-computer-accessories-ie-shoulde-bag-manuals-… <https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-85-computer-accessories-ie-shoulde-bag-manuals-…> Randy

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Is there a RTC for a PDP-11?
by Richard Cini 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Ok, this might be a stupid question, but is there an eqivalent of a battery-backed time-of-day clock on the PDP-11? I know that it has a LTC signal on the bus which gives basic timing, and RT-11 has both date and time commands which aren’t retained through power cycles. It reminds me of the early PCs when there was no real TOD clock board. I found an M7952 real time clock board, but that looks more like an interval timer board. I also found the M4002 board but that seems like the same thing. Thanks! Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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