April 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

Room share tonight
by Evan Koblentz 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

Guys, I have an extra bed in my hotel room for tonight. Anyone want it? Your half of bill is $40.

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F/s- white ceramic 6502
by Evan Koblentz 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

Serious post: a friend is looking to sell his white ceramic 6502. He's asking $2,000.

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Apple Fans, a reminder two working Apple-1's at VCF
by Corey Cohen 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

One NTI and one byte shop board. If you attend Friday's Apple-1 classes you may get to play on one and you will be able to compare them to the current Mimeo and Newton reproduction boards. For the weekend we will be rotating units and will post a schedule when demonstrations will occur. Happy 40th Birthday Apple!!! Cheers, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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Paging Alex Duboski
by Evan Koblentz 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

Alex, I don't have your number or email, need to reach you. Please call me. 646.546.9999

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Article about the vitage computer federation
by Dave 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Hi all, There's an article on the Vintage Computer Federation on the Electronic Design website: http://electronicdesign.com/embedded/qa-evan-koblentz-talks-about-vintage-c… Just in time. I wish I could join you guys this year at the VCF. Maybe next year! Dave

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Terminal for DG Eclipse S/140
by Evan Koblentz 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

I forget if I asked this already. We don't have a DG branded terminal. Which kind among other brands (and which we're likely to have) is most appropriate?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Volunteer signup sheet for recording VCFEast Classes
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Steven Michelsen via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Brian, > >I have a Manfrotto 3001 / 3126 fluid head tripod. It's almost as old as >my computers, and I have used it constantly since "back then". > >My video camera is a consumer grade 1080p camera. Looks great. My comment is that I have both -- the Canon VIXIA HF-G40 (brand new as it was only released 1-FEB-2016) and a Manfrotto tripod which is 10-15 years old now. I'll agree, 1080p does look incredible.

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Help!
by Evan Koblentz 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Hellooooooooo, Had a few helpers yesterday - Jeff B., Jeff G., Corey C., Jeremy, Steve A., and some of the train guys. Is anyone available to help today?

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recording video and audio at VCF East
by Steven Michelsen 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

If the room you are video-recording in is using a mic and speakers, the audio should be OK. It won't sound like CNN but should be legible, like this one from last year... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidooQfvH4I Introduction: I'm Steven Michelsen. I signed up to this list yesterday. I have been a freelancer in the A/V business for 35 years. I programmed multi-image slide shows for corporate meetings and such, back in the '80s on an "AVL Genesis" - either as a branded PC, or with a "Genesis card" in an 8-bit slot in an IBM, Compaq or clone. Now I do powerpoint for a living. Same show, different technology. In recent years I have had a fit of nostalgia for the business as it was back in the day, and of course the gear that I worked with. I am now surrounded by IBM 5155s, Compaq portables, and some AVL branded computers, all in various states of repair. Not to mention slide projectors, dissolve units, etc, etc. Here's my AVL page: www.stevenmichelsen.com/AVL Anyway, all this talk tempts me to bring along my video camera and tripod on Friday (I live in northern NJ). Afterwards I can hand over any video files via dropbox or whatever you like. Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You're both right, but we are dealing with very limited resources here. Let's please NOT make this another "You guys should..." thread. We are all doing our best. It is an amateur event and that's fine.

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Final class schedule for this Friday
by Herb Johnson 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

It's certainly reasonable to ask presenters to post their abstracts, some may have done so already. Brian L. Stuart said: > My early class is Analog Computer Basics. I plan to go though > the basic idea of electronic computing without bits. The first > few minutes will be a quick overview of key ideas in electrical > engineering. The second segment will look at using operational > amplifiers to create mathematical building blocks. The remainder > of the presentation will go through an example of modeling a > simple physical system and illustrating it on a Comdyna GP-6. I welcome this presentation. By age I'm the last of the engineers who might have even SEEN analog computers in use. I operated one and saw another in use to model a chemical plant. These are a different world of computation from digital logic. I suggest anyone interested in this talk, do a quick read about "differential equations" first. That's the equivalent of telling someone "learn Boolean logic before looking at TTL circuits". If that's too abstract, look up how a pendulum works, a bouncing ball, stuff like that are all differential equations at work. Herb change is good -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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