November 2015 - vcf-midatlantic

Repairs / Next Workshop
by James Garland 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Hello everyone, I've been wondering if there are any plans for having a repair workshop soon. This is probably a bad time to ask about workshops seeing as Festivus is so soon (which I am excited to attend). Anyway, I'm looking for some help on a (probably simple) repair project I've been struggling with for a while. Thanks, James Garland

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Festivus Entertainment
by Ian Primus 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

I am planning on bringing the same sorts of things I usually do - four or five televisions and some assorted video game consoles. Normally an Atari or two, NES, Genesis, and N64. Anyone have any requests? In past years, I've brought the sound system and the DVD player as well. Nothing fancy, just a hi-fi amplifier, some speakers, and an ordinary DVD player. I can bring a VCR as well, if need be. -Ian

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Festivus food thread: Who's bringing what?
by Evan Koblentz 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Everyone, This thread is ONLY for discussion of who's bringing what food/drink to Festivus. Don't fork it .... unless you are the one bringing forks. VCF will provide: burgers, beef hot dogs, rolls, common toppings, common snacks (chips, pretzels, etc), soft drinks, bottled water Guesstimated attendance is three dozen nerds... Volunteers needed to bring: - plastic knives/forks/spoons - napkins, cold drink cups - styrofoam cups for coffee - coffee, machine, fixin's... - other entrees beside red meat - any other desserts / snacks My personal contribution is a tray of soft pretzels. They're yummy. Corey L.'s Penn Brewery is giving us a good amount of frothy stuff. He is unable to attend, but Kelly is retrieving and delivering it. Thanks guys! Big fan of your American P.A. :) As always, we're collecting $10/person that we donate back to InfoAge. Food contributions do not offset this. Nobody is required to bring anything, but it makes Festivus all the more festive when that happens. Please reply with what you're bringing. Ask if you are unsure about anything.

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Festivus - Who's going?
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Just trying to get a rough idea of who's coming to Festivus this coming Dec. 5 & 6. Put your name on the list and approximate arrival time. 1. Jeff Brace 10:30AM Saturday (Staying all weekend) 2. Evan Koblentz 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. <https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-em…> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-em…> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Fwd: Re: Updated list - Festivus - Who's going?
by alex bodnar 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

> >> Just trying to get a rough idea of who's coming to Festivus this coming >> Dec. 5 & 6. >> >> Put your name on the list and approximate arrival time. >> >> 1. Jeff Brace 10:30AM Saturday (Staying all weekend) >> 2. Evan Koblentz >> 3./4. Dean & Drew Notarnicola 11:00 Sat. only >> 5./6. Bill Dudley and Xiulan Zhao (not sure of arrival time -- >> mid-afternoon Sat?) >> 7./8. Kelly L. and Ann 11:00 Sat. only >> 9. Steven Toth (mid morn Saturday, all weekend probably). >> 10. Connor Krukosky >> 11. Tony Bogan - between 11 & 12 on Saturday. Back on Sunday too! >> 12. Tom Hornberger - around 11 on Sun >> 13(ish). Dave Riley (noonish Saturday) > >14. Ian > >(Doh! He replied right after I sent a cleaned-up list.) 15. Alex B Alex M. Bodnar aviation: PP-SEL-IA amateur Radio: K3CIM Emergency Services: EMT-BD, ARES/RACES

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Festivus - Who's going?
by tom.hornberger＠verizon.net 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

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Gobble, gobble!
by Evan Koblentz 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Happy Thanksgiving to all. 2015 was a good year for us! Many new members, fantastic artifacts came to us, VCF East bigger than ever, starting a non-profit, and moving forward with a larger museum space. In two weekends we'll celebrate. For now, I hope everyone has a relaxing day with family/friends, good food, and (since we're nerds) 8-bit videogame football.

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Productive day @ museum
by Evan Koblentz 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Me, Jeff B., Tony (plus his son Mike), and Steve A. got a lot done at the museum today. In the new museum room: - Removed all leftover Infoage stuff - Swept the floor, brought in trash cans - Tony brought a bunch of tables and chairs for Festivus + we set them up - Moved a refrigerator into the room - Brought in the non-perishable food - Located the correct thermostat In the warehouse: - Assembled and filled two shelving units - Put away various unsorted items - Made a plan for sorting the rest of it - Brought in various stuff from museum Jeff B. will stop by on Friday to plug in the fridge and load it with soft drinks + perishable food (no point in plugging it in today and leaving it on all week).

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11am Festivus start next Saturday
by Evan Koblentz 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

That's all.

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Calcomp Colormaster printer.
by murphnj 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Hello folks. I have a problem. I have to get a lot of stuff out of my apartment, or I'm going ot be in the street soon. I have a few things that I'd like to find homes for, and this is one of the largest. It's a Calcomp Colormaster printer. It's parallel, thermal transfer. (Per-postscript) Last time I had it out, it worked, printed fine. Oh, and by the way, if you're interested, you can get a second one free! One of them has a bad board, but the mechanicals were fine. I had swapped the board while troubleshooting, and both of them printed with the good board. One has the original box and packing material, the other does not. Not sure which is which anymore. That was a long time ago. There are Amiga drivers for it, not sure about anything else. (There were Windows drivers back in the day, but that day was quite a while ago.) I'd really like to find someone interested in it, so if anyone is, please let me know, or if you know someone off-list that may be please let them know. This must happen pretty fast, though. Also, it's large. As in too-large to-fit-in-my BRZ. So it will have to be picked up, in Morris county. Any takers? Want more details? Pictures? I'll dig 'em up. Thanks, --murph

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