January 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

FS: Motorola 68HC11 Evaluation Kits, Complete in Box
by Systems Glitch 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

All, I ended up with a bunch of these 68HC11 eval kits with a lot of lab gear from PSU's Allentown EE department. I'm selling off the last three. List price is $68.11 because that's what Motorola suggested on the front of the box -- make an offer :) Kit includes the 68HC11 single board computer, cross assemblers on 5.25" and 3.5" floppy, all manuals, and some promotional stuff. http://www.ebay.com/itm/272098952794 Thanks, Jonathan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museumsigns
by Duane 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Office Depot/Office Max has a HP 7612 on sale for $149.99. The reviews seem to run about 4 stars out of 5 -----Original Message----- From: Corey Cohen via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 6:48 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Corey Cohen Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museumsigns I have a spare network enabled HP laser jet 4plus for VCF which we can use for printing high volume hand outs and stuff. It can print on some pretty heavy paper stock and is dirt cheap to run. I just have to move it to the new space and it even has serial so we can print from vintage machines. The problem Evan is trying to solve is the colour signage for the museum. If someone can recommend a good 11x17 printer, we don't need a scanner, for around $200 or less please post an online link. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ > On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:45 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > >> On 01/05/2016 05:45 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> However, a freebie B&W letter-size laser printer will print for FREE, >> and would be a good thing to locate elsewhere. > > I may be able to supply a B&W letter-size laser printer to VCFed. > When everything is shaken out after Autumn and I move our work areas to > the new building I will see what is left. I should have at least one. > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ > New Kensington, PA

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Cheapest way to buy nice stools?
by Ben Greenfield 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

I would try a restaurant supply place preferably in Chinatown. Ben

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Timex/Sinclair, C=, IBM stuff in DC area
by Evan Koblentz 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Available for adoption by a good home: - Timex Sinclair 1000 - Timex Sinclair 1016 16K RAM module - Timex Sinclair 2040 printer - Commodore 64 w/ drive - 1984 IBM PC with two 128K drives, Amdex amber monitor, Okidata printer, original boxes/manuals Contact: jakabp(a)si.edu (He's not on this list.)

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January Workshop Who's Coming?
by Chris Fala 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

1. Jeff Brace 2. Evan 3. Dean 4. Drew 64738. Steve Toth 65535. Joseph Oprysko 0200000 David Gesswein 0111. Bill Degnan 6. Jeff Galinat (Saturday/ maybe Sunday) 5 N = 9 10 N = N + 1 20 print N;" Doug Crawford" run 10 Doug Crawford FB & 0F Chris Fala

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Blit Express Lives!
by Systems Glitch 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/wDXnt Basically the trick to getting it working is that it hates commodity hardware. I guess being a Bell Labs product, it's above such pedestrian things as MFM/RLL controllers. More to come as it finds a permanent PC to live in. And, the RIFA caps in the ECL monitor released the magic smoke, so like all good projects it has had its "Will it Smoke?" moment. I have the ROMs/PALs for "pretend to be a MDA" mode. As you can see, it's not this unit's strong point. Thanks, Jonathan

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January Workshop Who's Coming?
by Jeffrey Brace 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Happy New Year VCFins! Our January Workshop will be January 23 & 24. I will post more details later, but basically it will start at 10am Sat Jan 23 and end Sun. Jan. 24. The usual $10 per person and and in the big room 9032-A. Who's coming? 1. Jeff Brace 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Flashback Trenton 2005
by william degnan 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

http://www.vintagecomputer.net/tcf_2005/ I was browsing around and found these photos from FKA MARCH's first event. -- -Bill-

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Compuseum
by Mike Loewen 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Does anyone here know about these folks? They have some grandiose plans, including: "The Compuseum's primary gallery is to include a display of sections of the ENIAC, the earliest digital computer created within the University of Pennsylvania and in step-wise fashion, show the march of forward progress." There's no real content on their web site, just a lot of goals. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Jim Scherrer Compuseum Project Technology Center 120 Arrandale Boulevard Exton, PA 19341 484-875-1700 www.TheCompuseum.org info(a)TheCompuseum.org SKYPE = JS.Scherrer The mission of Compuseum is to stimulate the public and the technology industry to share information and to raise the public awareness of the important role the digital age has played and will continue to play in our society. Compuseum will be a springboard into various ways to teach and discuss new and emerging technologies, and their implications, within the context of prior achievement. Thank you for helping the Compuseum bring people together from across America and around the world to learn about, discuss, and celebrate the computer technology revolution. View the History of HP here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLG_C28L7Y Did you have an HP-35? View the Worlds First PC- Kenbak 1- By John Blankenbaker http://www.retrothing.com/2007/11/kenbak-1---the.html Read about John Blankenbaker on BBC World News Our "Friend of Compuseum" http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34639183

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East - Kernighan video online
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >>> You might be surprised at what a little effort in Audition, Audacity, >= or similar tools can do pressing capture noise print, select all, and >act= ive noise reduction. Much much greater gain than a $300 bump in mic >quali= ty - and cheaper too. > >Thanks, I will try that. The problem is what's been posted is audibly terrible. How it is remedied, whether by better equipment or via post-processing (and note, I have several professional sound packages and equipment, etc.), is the issue and, INMSHO, it should be addressed for the future for such historic, one-time, lectures.

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