October 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

C64 workhorse survivor
by Douglas Crawford 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

http://hothardware.com/news/battered-but-not-beaten-commodore-c64-survives-…

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F/S - STM Baby
by Evan Koblentz 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

John Dilks, who started the Atlantic City Personal Computing '76 conference, is selling his STM Systems "Baby!" computer. He said it includes the original briefcase and 9" screen. He sent some links which I posted: http://vcfed.org/evan/baby1.jpg http://vcfed.org/evan/baby2.jpg http://vcfed.org/evan/stmbabyad.jpg John is asking $2,500 and said he will donate 10% to VCFed. I asked him to donate the computer instead :) but he prefers selling it. John's email is oldradio(a)comcast.net. He is not on our list.

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Good stuff available in northern NJ / southern NY state
by Evan Koblentz 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

There's a bunch of good stuff available for the taking in northern NJ / southern NY state. It is free to good homes, but the owner would appreciate reasonable cash donations -- please don't take advantage of him. He has Parkinson's disease, so he is definitely NOT shipping anything. The items are in two locations (his home in Hewitt, NJ and an airplane hangar in Montgomery, NY). I don't have a specific breakdown of which items are at which locations. But, he said that the items in the hangar MUST be moved by the end of this month or they'll be thrown away. The full list of items (both locations) he sent me is: - 10 (or more) Kaypros - 6 (or more) Epson QX-10 - 1 or 2 Zorbas - 1 Televideo TS-803 - 1 Philips 2000 - 1 Xerox 820 - Several dot matrix printers. - Several CRT monitors - 1 Apple small monitor (used with an Apple 2 C) - 1 Compaq portable - 1 Commodore 128 - 1 Tandy Color Computer - 1 Toshiba luggable with plasma display. (at home) - 1 external 8" floppy drive - 1 external 5" floppy drive - 1 IBM PC-Junior - 1 DEC Decwriter III - 1 Japanese Word Processor. - Floppy disks, (5 and 8") manuals, etc. (at home) - 1 Diablo printer + some ribbons and wheels. (at home) - 1 CD reader with SCSI interface. - acoustic coupler modem - "Probably more things I don't recall at the moment." He has one other artifact which VCFed has dibs on: an HP-21MX minicomputer located at his home. This is non-negotiable. It's ours. :) Obviously we would be grateful if someone can go retrieve it for us and bring it to the museum. Very important: if you can retrieve it for us, then you MUST let us know ahead of time; don't tell me after the fact. He also has, at home, a new-ish Supermicro pedestal file server: http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/pedestal/800/SC850.cfm. We don't need that, but he wants it to go together with the HP, so be warned. :) Contact: Roberto Waltman, 973-853-0042, rgwaltman(a)warwick.net

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Vintage Computer Festival West 2016 Gaming Panel 1080p with perfect audio
by Corey Cohen 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

https://youtu.be/bS_qGy3Ei3s <https://youtu.be/bS_qGy3Ei3s> Finally got around to converting this down from 4k 100mbps to 1080p and uploaded it to youtube. Enjoy, Erik Kline did a great job moderating the panel. Cheers, Corey

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OT: Dell laptop for sale
by Evan Koblentz 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

I'm selling a laptop. It is a Dell Latitude E6510. Works fine, needs new battery, has small chip in the plastic frame behind the monitor. It runs Linux Mint 18. This is a good, fast-ish system. $100 firm.

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Evan's Lego Robot work made the Make: cool stuff list
by Douglas Crawford 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

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Woohoo! Award....
by Evan Koblentz 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

We won a Maker Faire Editor's Choice award. It's our second time; we won two years ago.

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Reaching our goals (big news)
by Evan Koblentz 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Vintage Computer Federation has big dreams. We’re restructuring our organization to help make them come true. Our mission is to empower collectors, grow the community, and teach everyone about computer history. We especially want to raise interest in computer history among young people. To do so, we are planning many changes. For example, we want to expand the Vintage Computer Festival event series, offer new resources on the vcfed.org site, foster regional chapters, and improve our museum space. There are still other ideas that we hope to share in 2017 and beyond. We firmly believe these goals are attainable and imperative. However, as an all-volunteer unit, there simply isn’t enough time to devote to our cause without overly sacrificing time spent at our regular jobs, being with family, collecting vintage computers, and so on. As such, effective today, Vintage Computer Federation co-founder Evan Koblentz is stepping down as president and accepts the new position of part-time director. Evan is the Federation’s first employee. He reports to the board. Evan will continue day-to-day administration of the Federation and will embark on new fundraising initiatives. Erik Klein, formerly vice president, is now board chairman. Jeffrey Brace, also formerly a vice president, is now vice-chairman. Corey Cohen retains his role as business manager. We feel this new structure will help us gain resources, meet our goals, and continue to save and teach computer history for many years to come. Vintage Computer Federation Inc. is a 501(c) non-profit organization.

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Reaching our goals (big news)
by Evan Koblentz 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Vintage Computer Federation has big dreams. We’re restructuring our organization to help make them come true. Our mission is to empower collectors, grow the community, and teach everyone about computer history. We especially want to raise interest in computer history among young people. To do so, we are planning many changes. For example, we want to expand the Vintage Computer Festival event series, offer new resources on the vcfed.org site, foster regional chapters, and improve our museum space. There are still other ideas that we hope to share in 2017 and beyond. We firmly believe these goals are attainable and imperative. However, as an all-volunteer unit, there simply isn’t enough time to devote to our cause without overly sacrificing time spent at our regular jobs, being with family, collecting vintage computers, and so on. As such, effective today, Vintage Computer Federation co-founder Evan Koblentz is stepping down as president and accepts the new position of part-time director. Evan is the Federation’s first employee. He reports to the board. Evan will continue day-to-day administration of the Federation and will embark on new fundraising initiatives. Erik Klein, formerly vice president, is now board chairman. Jeffrey Brace, also formerly a vice president, is now vice-chairman. Corey Cohen retains his role as business manager. We feel this new structure will help us gain resources, meet our goals, and continue to save and teach computer history for many years to come. Vintage Computer Federation Inc. is a 501(c) non-profit organization.

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Fwd: equipment available - NH
by Evan Koblentz 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: equipment available - NH Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 15:24:12 -0500 From: Jay West <jwest(a)classiccmp.org> Reply-To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org I have no idea how many people this person emailed, but I did get emailed directly about it so passing it on.. "Stuff" available (as of today for sure) in central NH. See a few pictures at www.ezwind.net/nh <http://www.ezwind.net/nh> The person said it includes 2 or 3 systems (altos? PDP? Vax?), and a lot of documentation and media. Some other documentation is present for other systems (Honeywell, etc.). They also said some Prime manuals but not sure I buy that. Snippets in email I received: You would not want to see what I have go into the dump. My Dad was a programmer from day until . His life's work is in my basement. Includes a VAX and a Dec PC and an Altos. Also have numerous PDP and PDP material. Many VAX/VMS manuals, multitude of software and manuals. And. We have some PDP=10 and somePDP11 books and manuals. Prime. And. Still available. Location Central NH. Come get it or call me via telephone. Where do you want it shipped and can you pay for freight charge? Want it gone now as soon as possible. Thank you. And. Here are pics of the DEC machines and an Altos. All of the documentation goes with the computers and some is from other mid-range platforms. Some text books as well. I need to sell all of this stuff to an interested buyer. Moving and can't take it with me. If you are serious (and able) to get this equipment within a week or two, then contact me off-list and I'll send an introduction email. Whoever takes this on should be in the NorthEastern US at least.. Best, J

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