November 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

When and where is Festivus this year?
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

I'm interested in going and would like do know the dates, times, locations, etc. Where can I find this information? Who do I ask about it? -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Altair etc f/s near Philly
by Evan Koblentz 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Just noticed this on cctalk: http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2016-October/028561.html

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Baynesville Electronics
by Mike Loewen 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

You folks in the MD area will be disappointed to hear the Baynesville Electronics is closing its doors: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/ph-tt-bay… I only visited there once, but it's the kind of that we fixer-uppers needed to have around. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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OT: RIMAGE CD/DVD Everest duplicator and printer FTGH
by Kelly Leavitt 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Similar to: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/311724503890?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true [http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNjAw/z/N58AAOSwAuNW7C~~/$_57.JPG?set_id=8…]<http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/311724503890?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true> Rimage Everest (RAS15E) Disc Publisher Duplicator & Color DVD Printer (CDPR21) | eBay<http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/311724503890?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true> www.ebay.com Rimage Everest (RAS15E) Disc Publisher Duplicator & Color DVD Printer (CDPR21) in Business & Industrial, Healthcare, Lab & Life Science, Medical Equipment | eBay The thing is, you have to come to Sparta, NJ to pick it up, and it has to be gone soon. Contact off list. Kelly

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ram card identification?
by Steven Michelsen 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Can anyone identify this 640k expansion card? I need to test the memory in each bank, but don't know it's make and model, and therefore can't learn what the dipswitches do! This card is apparently the troublemaker in my recent IBM 5150 boot problem. It appears to have some replacement chips in it, so who knows "where it's been". https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65762317/forums/ram_card_for_IBM_5150.jp g If there's no way to identify it, is there a generic expectation of what the six dipswitches do on these cards? Best, Steve

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

I was at the museum Saturday. Three groups of visitors. First was a family who contacted me a while ago to ask if they could come early. Their 9-year-old son was VERY excited and talked the whole time. :) Second was a father and three kids (one young, one 13ish, one older teen) and none of those kids talked at all, even when I asked them things. I finally learned how to install the rack side panels now that Martin got us the missing clips. Next he's getting us the key for the middle panels; can't put those on until then because they would fall off. Couple of years ago there was a group at IA about the history of surfing. They started making an exhibit in the room across from ours. For various reasons (some known to me, some not), they stopped working on it. Their stuff is gone now. The room is being temporarily rented out by IA as a private art studio. I'm told that is for six months or so. I met the artist (Roddy). Seems like a nice person.

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wanted: CP/M for Heath/Zenith H-89
by Herb Johnson 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Alex Bodnar kindly posted that he could provide a copy, from his H89's. Bill Degnan offered to make a copy from images - I directed him to SEBHC's archive of disk images. So I'll pursue this with these good friends of mine, thanks to both. - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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wanted: CP/M for Heath/Zenith H-89
by Herb Johnson 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

I need a set of CP/M diskettes for the H-89 (Z-89), soft sectored, standard H-37 floppy controller. The standard Zenith distributions were CP/M 2.203 or 2.204; 5.25-inch, 40 track, single-sided, single density. This comes down to someone making a set of disks and postal-mailing them to me. Someone who is able to do this, please contact me with terms. I'm aware of alternatives, I'm asking for diskettes not pointers. Thank you. Herb Johnson retrotechnology.com -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preservation of 1970's computing email: hjohnson AAT retrotechnology DOTT com alternate: herbjohnson ATT retrotechnology DOTT info

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VAXstations in NJ
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

David Riley via vcf-midatlantic writes: >On Nov 7, 2016, at 1:44 AM, Andrew K. Bressen via vcf-midatlantic = ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >=20 >=20 > >Does the museum have any running VMS or VAX BSD systems, > and if so, >what's the hardware? > >None currently running, but there are a few nice VAXen available for = >restoration: > >- 1 VAX 11/750 (condition mostly unknown), in the warehouse - 1 VAX >11/785 (missing CPU boards and probably others), on display in = the >museum > >There may be a MicroVAX or two in the warehouse, possibly more than I = >remember. There was definitely an AlphaServer 2100, but while that can >= run VMS, I suspect you were more interested in VAXen. Andy Goldstein's MicroVAX-II is there and was on display running VMS at one time.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Suggestions? East XII keynoters
by Dave Wade 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

> -----Original Message----- > From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic- > bounces(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Ken via vcf- > midatlantic > Sent: 06 November 2016 23:33 > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> > Cc: Ken <kenzolist(a)lastever.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Suggestions? East XII keynoters > > At 11/6/2016 06:11 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >Sam [Harbison] was one of the ASCII overstrike art pioneers. His name is on > several of the large prints, such as Buzz Aldrin on the moon, and Spock > holding the Enterprise. He was at Princeton in 1973. See my ASCII Art page > for details: > > > >http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ASCII/ > > Fantastic! I'd merely appreciated and speculated on these printouts back on > the day, and had never gotten to read the history/tech before this. > > Not really "ASCII Artwork," though...as he mentions in the interview, it was > EBCDIC! > > - Ken If you get Sam I will have to come again. Always fascinated me. I remember when they had a purge of such files on the 360/67 at Newcastle Uni a little note, written on a Punch Card was pinned on the notice board, it think it read.. "Due to a lack of Reindeer this Christmas will not be directing an output stream down Roger Broughton's Chimney, Signed S Claus" Roger was I think Ops Manager at the time.. http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/images#TOC-Photos-from-Roger-Bro ughton-s-Home-Page Dave Wade

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