July 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

Unusual workshop hours :)
by Evan Koblentz 17 Jul '16

17 Jul '16

The museum workshop stopped at 9pm last night, but I didn't start at home until 7pm. Stayed up until now (5:45am) working on Lego stuff for my HOPE game next weekend. Redesigned the reduction gearbox for compactness. Now it's half the size and just as efficient. We only have two motors. One opens and closes the garage door to let cars down the track. The other moves the garage sideways for aiming the cars. Players will control both of them using my BASIC program, so I dug through my big box o' childhood Legos and found some computer-y looking parts from a Lego space station model. I will make a little control room. If anyone asks, that's what runs all the action. :) Going to sleep for a while and get back to building and coding later.

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Workshop 7/16 report
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Jul '16

17 Jul '16

Alex and I were the first to arrive today. He helped me setup the tables in the room. I started him working on the Hero 1 Robot. Alex can provide deals, but he was unable to get the Hero 1 working. :( Later Bill Dromgoole came and worked on the generator for the Univac. He can provide you his progress report. Dean and Drew worked on and fixed their three Vic-20 keyboards. They also helped out myself with setting up the wi-fi network better as well as did a food run to Taco Bell. Jeff Jonas and Bill I. helped bring over and do a cursory check of the EAI analog machine. Bill I. will be working on this tomorrow. I worked on helping get everyone setup and settled and was docent at the museum. There were about a dozen visitors. I started sorting out the parts for the C64 robot, and picked out all the parts for a project to build. I will work build it tomorrow. Everyone shared knowledge and helped it each other out. It was great fun! We ended the night rather early for a workshop at around 9pm. We start again tomorrow at 10am.

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Looking for the CompuPro monitor code
by Richard Cini 16 Jul '16

16 Jul '16

All – I’m planning ahead for another S100 project and wondered if anyone had the CompuPro 8088/8086 Monitor-Debugger code or manual. I did some searching and I haven’t hit on it yet, so I thought I’d ask. I’d like to get my 8086/87 and System Support Board working. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT (maybe WAY OFF topic)
by Alexander 16 Jul '16

16 Jul '16

Just the other day I decided to give this Go game a shot, since pokémon has been something I've enjoyed since it hit American shores in '98. It's a buggy ARG, but it is kinda fun. If it weren't the dead if summer in Virginia, I would probably be walking around more to make the most of the experience. For someone like me, it's letting me play out something I've enjoyed for most of my life. I still find myself carrying an original Gameboy (or more recently the Japanese exclusive Gameboy Light) with a copy of Red version from time to time. Then again I happen to be in the age range that pokémon targeted when it was released. I watched the poorly animated/dubbed TV show, collected the early era of cards -- I've even been known to cosplay at anime conventions as one of the stock bad guy grunts, Team Rocket. Side note, it's not dog fighting, it's Japanese beetle collecting and fighting -- something kids don't exactly participate in here. While I await work to begin at the workshop, I'm going to see if I can catch something. -Alexander 'Z' Pierson Sent from my pocket telephone. william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >I had said elsewhere that it was fun taking my kids to hunt pokemon around >town. We already had an account (billdeg of course) so it was easy to >download the ap and go. FAmily Fun > >Bill Degnan >twitter: billdeg >vintagecomputer.net >On Jul 16, 2016 8:55 AM, "Ethan via vcf-midatlantic" < >vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > >> I was resisting to play this game, but I was curious. This is one of those >>> fads that makes me curious and I wanted to see what it actually was and >>> looked like. It will be one of those things we look back on 10 years from >>> >> >> I played Ingress. I remember capturing portals @ VCF East last year. >> >> It's interesting that the Ingress game got so big. >> >> I don't know how well it will last though, you will have the power people >> that just play it non-stop and become the kings of the game. Also strange >> communities with all their drama around it. >> >> I used the same nickname I used on the BBS systems on Ingress and I must >> of run into 15 people from the old school BSS days on Ingress (many of whom >> were also using their BBS handles!) That part was wild to me. >> >> The Ingress client kept getting "updated" and to the point where it would >> no longer run on my phone. When I upgraded I could play it again, but then >> they kept feature creeping it to the point of it not running. I like my >> cell phones with physical keyboards so I can use the control/esc keys for >> unix screen utility and stuff, so I'm stuck at the pinnacle of keyboarded >> Android phones which is pretty old. >> >> So now I have to run Ingress or the Go thing on a tethered tablet or phone >> that is more capable of drawing crap when you really don't care about any >> of hte graphics. >> >> Also, the entire idea of Pokemon is dog fighting. >> >> >> >>

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Atari Kickstarter
by Evan Koblentz 16 Jul '16

16 Jul '16

Our good friend Bil Herd is one of the main people behind this documentary. They already met their goal, but there's one day left to help them further. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744798558/easy-to-learn-hard-to-maste…

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Workshop July 16/17
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

I know that there will be less attendees for this workshop, but still wanted to send this out. The room for the workshop is cleared. There are enough outlets for the people coming. I'm told there are eight separate circuits. There are tables from 9010-B that we can use for the workshop. Looks like we are in good shape and ready to go. I just ask that everyone make sure that they take care not to mess up the carpet and to clean up afterwards as much as possible. LOCATION: InfoAge Building 9010A - (2201 Marconi Road, Wall Township, NJ) TIME: Start about 10 A.M. on Saturday and ends whenever we go to sleep. End about 5 P.M. on Sunday. (Starts around 10 A.M. Sunday morning) COST: $10 for all members attending the workshop, which VCF donates to InfoAge as thanks for providing the space for us. EQUIPMENT: VCF will provide a table and you can use any available electrical outlet. Bring your own tools, power strips, power cords and supplies etc. DRINKS: You should bring your own. I would recommend bringing a cooler of some type. Upon request there is a refrigerator available down the hall. FOOD: You provide your own. We may order pizza or go out to a dinner. Usually we make a decision when everyone gets hungry. GATE: Please close the front gate behind you. We want museum visitors to go to the front lobby and not wander through the middle of the campus. PARKING: Park across from 9010A on the grass area. QUESTIONS? Please ask me (Jeff Brace) or Evan. My cell is 732-759-1783 and Evan’s is 646-546-9999 in case you need to contact us. See everyone there! And have fun!

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WTB/WTT: PDP-11/34 Chassis, or Boards for Trade
by Systems Glitch 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

All, I recently picked up a large lot of board scrap that appears to contain a gutted PDP-11/34. The CPU, front panel interface, floating point, et c. all appears to be there, in relatively OK shape (for board scrap). I don't have a PDP-11/34 chassis, so I'd like to see if anyone has one for sale/trade, with or without anything in it. If I'm unsuccessful in finding a chassis, does anyone need some/all of the board set for a PDP-11/34? Obviously untested since I don't have a chassis. Thanks, Jonathan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Workshop July 16/17
by Evan Koblentz 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

I've got a million things to do, so I decided to sit this workshop out. Jeff B. has everything covered.

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Interesting craigslist sale
by Evan Koblentz 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

http://elmira.craigslist.org/sys/5656768392.html

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum Report 07/13/16
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Jul '16

14 Jul '16

He improvised and said "Let's play Global Thermal Nuclear War". ;) On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Bill Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > Jeffrey Brace wrote: > > He was a War Games fan so he asked "Shall we play a > > game?" What was the response? > > How about a nice game of chess? > > Bill S. > > >

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