November 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

Bernoulli cartridges/disks vs SyQuest
by Herb Johnson 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

I have a few Bernoulli (90MB) or SyQuest (44/88MB) 5-something-inch removable cartridge SCSI (external) disk drives. While they look similar, I doubt they are cross compatible - comments? There's a recent thread in vcfed.org about the 90's. herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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FS: Heap of Crappy Vintage Sockets
by Systems Glitch 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?54954-FS-Huge-Pile-of-Old-IC-Sock… I know some of you like to use old single-wipe sockets for building replica boards and doing repairs on valuable vintage boards. Here's a huge heap of them. *** THESE ARE NOT HIGH QUALITY SOCKETS *** Don't buy these for general use, they were inferior when they were new and age hasn't helped them. I was going to throw them out but figured maybe someone wants them. $20 + shipping for the whole pile. I can drop it off at Festivus if you like. Thanks, Jonathan

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Museum Report for 11/12/16
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

A sporadic day with busy periods and slow periods. About a dozen or so visitors with all of them with moderate to high interest. Also we received a donation of some Altos (Not Xerox) equipment this past Wednesday. And the week before or two there was some RCA equipment donated. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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update: "modern history" exhibit
by Evan Koblentz 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

Here are the items we have for the modern history exhibit ("everything on this wall is now in your phone"): - alarm clock - notepad - newspaper - flashlight - pedometer - stopwatch - TV Guide - digital voice recorder (somehow we got two of these) - protractor - wristwatch - book - camera - calculator - scanner (but we may omit this due to size) Here is what we still need: - small calendar - address book - stand-alone radio - pocket dictionary - directional compass - ipod (doesn't have to work -- we have one but we're using it for another purpose) - roadmap - Gameboy - photo album - credit card (how do we get one with a fake number?) - remote control for a TV - small portable TV (we may have one in the warehouse, I'm not sure) - answering machine - thermal-paper fax machine

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ebay prices
by william degnan 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

ebay prices go up and down, at the moment the trend is for lower prices. This could be a good week for pre-holiday present for yourself. I track broadly Ebay selling prices, nothing fancy, but this is where I am getting my info, not simply conjecture. b

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] update: "modern history" exhibit
by Evan Koblentz 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

>> I’m not trying to compete but I have a Sony IPS-360 from 1991 which is very early for consumer GPS .... I couldn’t give it to the museum but I could loan for the exhibit. Thanks, but in this context a generic one is fine. >> I think one of those small radio shack weather radio wood grain cubes would be nice it covers both radio and current weather. We're looking to keep things separate, but adding a standalone weather gadget to the list is a good idea.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] update: "modern history" exhibit
by Evan Koblentz 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

Someone pointed out that we should have a standalone GPS, not paper road maps. I agree. They also pointed me to a web site for making demo credit cards. Neat!

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MS-DOS for Hyperion?
by Herb Johnson 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

Some school-teacher, asked me about an MS-DOS "boot disk" and BASIC for a brand "Hyperion" computer they obtained, from around 1983. They believe the OS was called "H-DOS". Anyone have a source for more Hyperion information, and for the software for this computer? Is this computer particularly noteworthy among early MS-DOS machines? - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] MS-DOS for Hyperion?
by stevenm 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

Looking at wikipedia, I would speculate that a regular MS-DOS boot disk might at least get that machine running. Here is a bit of what Wikipedia says... "...It included a version of MS-DOS called H-DOS and bundled word processor, database, and modem software." Steve Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7. -------- Original message --------From: Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Date: 11/12/16 11:32 AM (GMT-05:00) To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Herb Johnson <hjohnson(a)retrotechnology.info> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] MS-DOS for Hyperion? Some school-teacher, asked me about an MS-DOS "boot disk" and BASIC for a brand "Hyperion" computer they obtained, from around 1983. They believe the OS was called "H-DOS". Anyone have a source for more Hyperion information, and for the software for this computer? Is this computer particularly noteworthy among early MS-DOS machines? - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Does anyone have a physical copy of Apple Writer 1.0 or 1.1
by Corey Cohen 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

I need a photograph for someone of the physical disk/label. If you have the manual front page that would be cool also. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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