July 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] What's that smell?
by Mike Loewen 10 Jul '16

10 Jul '16

On 07/09/2016 12:41 AM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > sniff...sniff...oh look, the magic smoke is pouring out of my TRS-80 > 8MB hard drive! :-( The culprit turned out to be a RIFA X-class capacitor in the Astec power supply: http://q7.neurotica.com/0709162317.jpg This is exactly the same cap the blew in my Xerox 820-II. Fortunately, I had ordered spares when I fixed the Xerox, and replaced the X and Y-class caps: http://q7.neurotica.com/0709162345.jpg Time to order a new batch from Digikey. Here's a picture of the inside of the 8MB unit: http://q7.neurotica.com/0709162253.jpg The drive shows "ready" (green light). I need to find the diskette with the INIT program to see if I can access the drive. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Scan of an Apple IIc ad
by Jeffrey Jonas 10 Jul '16

10 Jul '16

I found this among my magazine clippings. Probably from Byte. http://ferretronix.com/tech/adz/apple_ad_1.jpg http://ferretronix.com/tech/adz/apple_ad_2.jpg

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HOPE - July 23-24
by Evan Koblentz 09 Jul '16

09 Jul '16

Jeff B. and I are going to HOPE next month. Who else is going?

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What's that smell?
by Mike Loewen 09 Jul '16

09 Jul '16

sniff...sniff...oh look, the magic smoke is pouring out of my TRS-80 8MB hard drive! :-( Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Workshop July 16/17 location change
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Since a lot of our members are going to K-Fest and the turn out looks really low we are moving the location of the workshop from the big room (9032-A) to a smaller "classroom" space in 9010-A. This is the same building where our new museum is located. This is also the same space where we will have Festivus. We will need help to move tables from 9032 to 9010. Please let me know if you have any questions. == Jeff Brace

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Hero Robot
by Alexander 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Welcome to the club, Joseph! I have the complete documentation that came with my Hero 1, however I have yet to begin assembly of mine just yet. As to Evan's suggestion, I believe that my schedule is setting up to be able to attend Saturday of the next workshop, however I am still finalizing that plan. My intent is to work in the VCFed's Hero 1, but I would be bringing along mine and all of the manuals in my possession. -Alexander 'Z' Pierson Sent from my pocket telephone. Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >PS- There's nothing off-topic about HERO! Thus I removed the OT: from >the subject line.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] IBM 360 in North Carolina
by Evan Koblentz 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

>> The Vintage Computer Federation Museum? We never came up with anything better. :)

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] IBM 360 in North Carolina
by Evan Koblentz 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

>> I just noticed that LCM passed on the 360 in North Carolina First I'm hearing if its existence! >> Something that the Infoage museum (what's the correct name?) Vintage Computer Federation >> would go after? YES! Send me details in a private message, ASAP. Important: nobody else contact the owner, it must come from me.

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FindStuff - application for vintage Macs
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Rediscovered this useful application that was written by a friend at Drexel in 1993ish. It search the hard drive for files (by filename, date etc.) very quickly: http://www.macintoshrepository.org/565-find-stuff-1-0-2.

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IBM 360 in North Carolina
by Bill Sudbrink 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

I just noticed that LCM passed on the 360 in North Carolina. Something that the Infoage museum (what's the correct name?) would go after? Bill S.

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