August 2016 - vcf-midatlantic

OT: CTC 3D Printer for sale
by Bill Loguidice 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Sorry for the off-topic, but considering who's in this group I thought it would be appropriate to offer it for sale here first as a courtesy before going elsewhere. I very recently got a CTC 3D Printer, which is essentially a Chinese Makerbot Replicator Dual knock-off. I'm actually going to end up with another printer very shortly and don't have a need for two. It's only received a few hours of use and is essentially new. I haven't even opened the silver ABS filament that it came with yet (I've only printed my own PLA filament to date). If anyone is interested, please contact direct to my email with an offer. Thank you. (it's this one if you're not familiar with it: http://ctcprinter.com/product_detail.php?ProId=32 ) -Bill (I live in Burlington, NJ and work in West Berlin, NJ, and would be happy to meet someone somewhere as well) ======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ========================================================

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Info for Workshop Aug 20 & 21
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Everyone who has already told me that they are coming will have a table. If you haven't told me, then there is no guarantee and you will have to carry one over from the hotel building or 9032-A. Temperature is great in that room and HVAC is new so we can stay comfortable in there. 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. 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! -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ
by Evan Koblentz 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

TI-99/4a needs a good home. That's all I know. Reply to the owner (Benedict) at benforest(a)me.com. Says his wife wants him to recycle it.

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Workshop 8/20 & 8/21 location change
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

So it looks like about 10 or so will be coming to the workshop on Aug. 20 & 21. So I'm moving the location to the classroom again in 9010-A. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Museum Report - 14-Aug-2016
by Todd George 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Pretty decent traffic at the museum today, we had about 16 visitors. Surprising for a 95+ degree day. I started off the afternoon by noticing that the Macintosh was still down. I cracked it open and fixed what ailed it (these have a common issue with yoke connector solder failure, that's exactly what it was). I also ran thorough all the caps with an ESR meter just to be sure. Up and running, and just in time... Keep reading. :-D Three of the groups of visitors had high interest. One was a couple that were probably 18 or 20 years old. We also had a group that was two older couples, the gentlemen both had mainframe experience, one of them showed a lot of interest in the StorageTek as he had experience implementing them. The last group of-note was a family with two younger children, one boy and one girl. The boy ran into the space so excited yelling "here it is, here it is"... He walked straight toward the Macintosh and yelled back to his father "The Macintosh M0001, here it is!!!". Yes, this 8 year old (?) kid knew EVERYTHING about this Macintosh. Glad I had fixed it! I had just finished buttoning it up about 10 minutes prior to this. His father mentioned that he's obsessed with YouTube videos of vintage computers and has been begging them for a while to either buy him an old Macintosh or find one he could try. His mother said she "was sure there had to be a computer museum of some sort", and found us. Collectively (they stopped by a few times), they must have spent about 2 1/2 or 3 hours in our space. The father was very knowledgeable about computers, and was being very supportive of his budding vintage computer aficionado. The boy's sister was less supportive, rolling her eyes about the whole situation and explaining to me how "he won't stop talking about this thing". The rest of the visitors were of low to moderate interest and I think were just wandering the facility to check out the other groups and just happened to stop by our space. Also, Valente's makes a great Pork BBQ sandwich for those who haven't tried it!! Thanks! -Todd

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ
by Dave McGuire 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

C'mon man, it hurts to type. I said "aren't rare". -Dave On 08/15/2016 07:43 PM, Christopher Blackmon via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > 4a rare? I thought those were pretty common... it's the 4's that > were kinda rare (I thought). > Christopher. > >On 08/15/2016 05:04 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> TI-99/4a needs a good home. That's all I know. Reply to the owner >> (Benedict) at benforest(a)me.com. Says his wife wants him to recycle >> it. >> >> Recycle the wife! >> >> Someone please grab that machine...TI-99/4a machines aren't rare, >> but recycling them is how they get that way. >> >> -Dave >> >> -- >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ >> New Kensington, PA -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ
by Evan Koblentz 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

>> 4a rare? I thought those were pretty common... it's the 4's that were kinda rare (I thought). Christopher. Correct, which is why I declined it for the museum. We have plenty of /4a systems and it is easy to get more. But I told the owner NOT to recycle it so someone here could adopt it... which happened 10 minutes after I posted the message. :) On Aug 15, 2016, Christopher Blackmon via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >From: Christopher Blackmon <ckblackm(a)yahoo.com> >To: vcf-midatlantic ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> >Sent: Mon Aug 15 19:43:28 EDT 2016 >Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ > >4a rare? I thought those were pretty common... it's the 4's that were >kinda rare (I thought). >Christopher. > >From: Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> >To: vcf-midatlantic ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> >Cc: Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 7:36 PM > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ > >On 08/15/2016 05:04 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> TI-99/4a needs a good home. That's all I know. Reply to the owner >> (Benedict) at benforest(a)me.com. Says his wife wants him to recycle >it. > > Recycle the wife! > > Someone please grab that machine...TI-99/4a machines aren't rare, but >recycling them is how they get that way. > > -Dave

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Good day. There were a bunch of visitors. Many families and a guy who worked for DEC in the 1970s. Also our old friend Jeff Frady visited from Texas. Who brought in the picture of a terminal-using monkey covered in paper tape? I like it! :) Someone put the framed ENIAC poster on top of the Cray: don't do that. It was in the workshop for a reason (frame is too ugly to be on display). Jeff B. brought over the leftover shirts that we shipped in from VCF West. They'll be available next weekend.

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IBM 3174 (older version)
by william degnan 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

For $88, it's prob close to a handful of people here who could pick up, someone I am sure could make use of this for their IBM 80's 90's mainframe stuff...I know Dave McGuire has an IBM S/370 system that use two of these as part of it at the museum in Pittsb. The're used to connect printers and terminals. http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3174-11R-CONTROLLER-DATA-PROCESSOR-/14207313401… -- Bill Degnan

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Real time video software for SGI computers
by Matt Patoray 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Hello all, I know that SGI machines are well know for high end 3D graphics that are not real time (Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump and the like. But was there ever any real time 2D/3D graphics programs for title generation to replace a stand alone Chyron unit for making opening/closing titles and lower 1/3 graphics? If so what system would be the best to use, I was thinking an O2 since it is small and has a low power consumption along with standard composite video output. Thanks, -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG

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