March 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by Herb Johnson 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

VAXman writes to my post: > Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >>I went to a number of talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran >>their hour, they outta work on their presentations. Talks varied from >>lock-picking to solar-panel technology. > > 'outta work'? 1) I write 400 words, you comment on the choice of one? out·ta ˈoudə preposition preposition: outta; preposition: outa an informal contraction of “out of,” used in representing colloquial speech. "we'd better get outta here" - courtesy of Google Translate My error, my intention was a contraction of "ought to", as in "oughta". It's a (regional) homophone. I ignored the spell-checker to be colloquial. 2) My post is time-stamped Mar 22 17:10 CET (I don't know why the list chooses Central time and not Eastern time). Your reply after was time-stamped Mar 22 16:15. Looks like someone's computer clock was not set forward (not sure whose). 3) These are examples of posts that ignore the content of a thread and go off on tangents that are silly or are non-informative about core topics, or lead to harsh exchanges. Or, responses to posts so brief they are ambiguous and generate excessive dithering about their meaning or value. 4) "Don't bite my finger, look where I'm pointing", one of my favorites; from Warren McCulloch. 5) (ignore, no response) Readers: vote for your favorite response. VAXman: what fits your expected response? ;) Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Custom disk sleeves
by Evan Koblentz 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Suppose I wanted to order a huge amount of 5.25" disk sleeves in a custom color with the VCF logo. :-) Anyone know of a company that provides this service?

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Special thanks to .... well everyone
by Evan Koblentz 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

I've been meaning to send this message for a while now. Our group has had an INSANE amount of volunteer support in the past few months!!! Raising funds, fixing computers, organizing the warehouse, preparing various details for VCF East, and most recently doing physical labor in the new museum space. I am continually blown away by how much everyone finds creative ways to help in this group. Sometimes we see the same few names over and over in the report emails, but in reality there are several dozen people who all help in important ways. Cheers to everyone.

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Neat-o!
by Evan Koblentz 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

ACM is posting about VCF East/West right now on their Facebook/Twitter accounts.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Neat-o!
by Brian L. Stuart 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

On Wed, 3/23/16, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> ACM is posting about VCF East/West right now on their >> Facebook/Twitter accounts. > > Wow!! The Academy of Country Music? Damn, who woulda thunk? > :-) Years ago, the ACM had their computing week conferences at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. I was there helping with the SIGCSE part of it. It turns out that at the same time the Academy of Country Music was also having an event in the hotel. It was absolutely hilarious to see a bunch of computer nerds and a bunch of people in cowboy boots staring at ACM signs trying to figure out which ones where theirs. BLS

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Best place to buy rack screws
by Matt Patoray 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

I am looking for a good place to buy rack screws, I was hoping to find a place i can just stop in and pick up a pack of 100, tried Guitar Center and they told me they have to order them, unless i wanted some "specialty" ones they had in stock that where $9 for 10 screws, yeah I dont think so. I am reassembling an Ampex VR-1200 Quadruplex VTR and it has a lot of rack mount modules. Vintage Computer tie in, lots of Mini and S-100 bus computers are able to be rack mounted, and the VTR was able to used in a PDP-11 comtrolled editing system. -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG Amateur Radio Call Sign

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: >VAXman writes to my post: > >> Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >>I went to a number of >talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran >>their hour, they outta >work on their presentations. Talks varied from >>lock-picking to >solar-panel technology. > > 'outta work'? > >1) I write 400 words, you comment on the choice of one? > >out=C2=B7ta =CB=88oud=C9=99 preposition preposition: outta; preposition: >outa > > an informal contraction of =E2=80=9Cout of,=E2=80=9D used in >represe= nting=20 colloquial speech. "we'd better get outta here" - >courtesy of Google Translate > >My error, my intention was a contraction of "ought to", as in >"oughta".=20 It's a (regional) homophone. I ignored the spell-checker to >be colloquial= . Ought or out -- that makes a big difference to understanding what you wrote. >2) My post is time-stamped Mar 22 17:10 CET (I don't know why the >list=20 chooses Central time and not Eastern time). Your reply after >was=20 time-stamped Mar 22 16:15. Looks like someone's computer clock >was not=20 set forward (not sure whose). Don't look at me, all of my clocks are correct. It's currently about 15 mins after noon here. (EDT) >5) (ignore, no response) > >Readers: vote for your favorite response. VAXman: what fits your=20 >expected response? ???

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Posts not showing
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic writes: >On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < >vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > >> The problem with not getting your own posts is that you don't know if >it > was successful. So I used to end up posting the same message again >becaus= e > I didn't know if it got through or not. So now do I have to >ask everyone = if > they got it? And thereby generate more e-mail? > > >=E2=80=8Bif there is some worry about whether the post made it to the >maili= ng list, you can go check the archive=E2=80=8B here to see if >it's been recorded. If it's on there, you can be rest assured it has >been distributed to all of the subscribers whether they have read it or >not is a whole different issue :) >http://lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org/pipermail/vcf-midatlantic/ That's akin to the WEENDOZE email delivery verification system -- a follow-up telephone call.

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Posts not showing
by Jeffrey Brace 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

So I have a gmail account since this list doesn't work with my msn account. I have no idea if that has anything to do with it. Whenever I post something, my own post doesn't show up, but when someone replies, then I see my post. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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OT: Space available at OMARC Hamfest
by Martin A Flynn 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

OMARC makes courtesy table space available to InfoAge member orgs (and their members) at the spring and fall hamfest. If any of the VCF team would like a table, please contact me off-list. OMARC Hamfest When: Saturday, May 7, 2016 Where: Diana Site, 2300 Marconi Road, Wall Township N.J. Gates open to Sellers at 07:00 Hours. Gates open to Buyers at 08:00 Hours. Martin Flynn

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