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Roger Amidon, RIP....
by Evan Koblentz 17 May '16

17 May '16

Very sad news to report. Our good friend Roger Amidon died a few days ago. I found out just now. http://www.hopewellmemorial.com/obituaries/Roger-Amidon/#!/Obituary Roger was a founding member of ACGNJ, had the idea for the Trenton Computer Festival (implemented by Sol Libes and Al Katz), and founded Technical Design Labs which made the Xitan computer -- probably the first machine to put a Z-80 in an S-100 system. TDL spun out the people/company that turned in Epson USA. They designed Valdocs for the QX-10, etc. .... but more important than all of that is this: Roger was a great guy. I only knew him for 10 years, but he was always friendly and in a good mood. He cared a lot about groups like MARCH/VCF and always treated us very well. Here's a video of a panel from VCF East 7.0 including Roger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P_I5H_9uvU Herb knew Roger better and for a much longer time than I. I'm sure others here also knew him pretty well, especially the long-time Trenton veterans such as Jeff G. and Andy Meyer. Further information is here: http://www.hopewellmemorial.com/obituaries/Roger-Amidon/#!/Obituary I will go to his memorial service this Friday. - Evan

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German Nixdorf 820 Brochure
by Ben Greenfield 17 May '16

17 May '16

Hey All, I just got a 65 page pdf brochure from the Nixdorf Museum in Germany. http://www.hnf.de/en/museum.html the problem is that I don’t speak or read german. I’m wondering if this group has connections to people that translate old computer docs. I would think that a normal german translator could be overwhelmed by technical explanations. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ben

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Commodore Mid-Atlantic Connection Article
by william degnan 16 May '16

16 May '16

Talks about my county; Chester, PA *http://tinyurl.com/zxywcpb <http://tinyurl.com/zxywcpb>* -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Cromemco Dazzler 40th birthday presents...
by Douglas Crawford 15 May '16

15 May '16

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Museum Report
by Jeffrey Brace 15 May '16

15 May '16

About 20 visitors came today. Most of them looking for the model trains museum. A few that were really interested. One that had graduated from Stanford recently so I told him about the VCF West that was nearby where he went to school. It was good that the Model train guys had advertising for the official open house. It will get more people drifting over from the main museum building to the new satellite museums. Jeff Brace

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Great day @ museum
by Evan Koblentz 14 May '16

14 May '16

The model trains group had a big event today with about 100 people. Around half of them made it across the hallway to see our museum, plus there were several ordinary InfoAge visitors. Herb stopped by too. A very good day.

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OT: Helpers needed to prepare InfoAge satellite dish exhibit
by Evan Koblentz 13 May '16

13 May '16

Everyone, InfoAge is looking for helpers at the satellite dish campus on May 21 and June 18. They're looking for people who are ready to do real labor, from painting to gardening to raking (and that sort of thing). RSVP privately to Jim Kudrick: jimkudrick(a)gmail.com / 908-278-4850.

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Belated group pic from last Saturday
by Evan Koblentz 13 May '16

13 May '16

A few of us met at a bar in Philadelphia last weekend: http://www.vcfed.org/evan/philly_5-7-16.jpg Right to left (because I like to be different): me taking the selfie, Jonathan G., David Rys., David's brother Phil, and Bill Deg. In related news: I highly recommend the chicken tenders at Misconduct Tavern, they're delicious.

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You should really have a redirect from vintage.org to vcfed.org
by Christian Liendo 13 May '16

13 May '16

I couldn't remember vcfed.org and if you google vintage computer fest it still links to vintage.org

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Oklahoma City?
by Dave McGuire 13 May '16

13 May '16

Hey folks, is there anyone near Oklahoma City who might be able to pick up a biggish oscilloscope for me (Tektronix 500 series, one-man lift but big as oscilloscopes go) anytime soon? It came from a friend of mine who needed it gone, and it's trying to make its way up here to me. The fellow who has it now will be moving soon and it needs to be gotten out of his way. Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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