November 2015 - vcf-midatlantic

Festivus Entertainment Thread
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

Who is bringing what for entertainment? Equipment, games, DVDs?

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Modern Core Memory Implementation
by J. Alexander Jacocks 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

All, I just finished reading these posts, and watching the accompanying YouTube videos, and I was absolutely blown away: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=79346 Amazing work, and really neat to see someone doing such a modern reconstruction of core. Definitely worth a look. - Alex

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Core memory
by william degnan 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

Getting intermittent stuck bits with my pdp 11 non parity core stack. Without getting into a lot of detail, I noticed that something is causing the inhibit to fart high every so often, effecting address bits and to a lesser extent data bits. I have been doing a lot of research. My question.. aside from manuals and the tech docs does anyone have any anecdotal info, advice or test procedures related to DEC core RAM and intermittent stuck bits? Shielding tips? Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net

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Heathkit 3400's
by william degnan 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

I remember ~10 or so people got nice cheap mostly working Heathkit 3400's at VCF 10 last year. Anyone do anything with theirs? Someone today sent me a question through my web site about terminal settings for the 3400 monitor program, I pulled my 3400 system out and fired it up to test and confirm mine is 2400 7/n/2 -- Bill

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Manuals For Sale or trade or for the V.C.F.
by Kelly Leavitt 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Just found several more boxes of manuals. Specifically, I found about 300 pounds of old TRS-80 model II, 12, 16, and 6000 manuals (both hardware and software). I have most of them. Looking for a loving home. Lots of Xenix, programming, database, and OS manuals as well as hardware reference manuals. I want these to find a home, not the recycle bin. The "federation" has first dibs if they want them for a donation. Any interest? Make an offer direct to my email. Two manuals I found that I've been looking for for several years are the Informix for Xenix and the VideoTex and Office System server manual. Not software yet, but I'm just getting started.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] UPDATE -- Festivus food thread: Who'sbringing what?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Bill Dromgoole via vcf-midatlantic writes: >I will bring a case of Yeungling beer. I will also bring a portable >projection screen. The screen is available for donation to VCFederation >if needed or wanted. Also there are three cases of fanfold pin feed >paper up for grabs if VCF doesn't want it. Pottsvile piss! While I was weened on that stuff, I wouldn't drink it today!

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v/68
by william degnan 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

anyone running a v/68 system (motorola UNIX-ette) -- Bill

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] IBM 360 Panel in NYC
by Corey Cohen 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

We give you a letter describing your donation. You and your tax advisor have to figure out what it's worth and what it does to your taxes. corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ > On Nov 23, 2015, at 4:29 PM, Bill Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > Evan Koblentz wrote: >> It's certainly interesting, but we do not purchase artifacts. > > Yes, but you give generous tax breaks. That's the whole idea, > right? > > Bill S. > >

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IBM 360 Panel in NYC
by Jason T 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

This may be of interest to the museum: https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/3tzepr/front_panel_of_ib…

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PDP 11 on eBay just closed
by Chris Fala 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Anyone here get this? It was fun watching it. Within a few minutes it went from around $600 to almost $10,000. http://www.ebay.com/itm/191737673720

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