January 2017 - vcf-midatlantic

Some interesting testimonies on BASIC
by Douglas Crawford 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

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Museum Report 2017-01-29 January 29, 2017
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

It was a slow day today probably because the Apollo Guidance Lecture by O'Brien down the road at the TIROS site. Steve Anderson stopped by and donated a Variac: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9SJLfGXYiG5SDh2ZFlpa1dZWkE/view?usp=shari… A mother and son stopped by and had medium interest, who paid attention the whole way around the tour. Nick Lordi stopped by to see what's new. He was at the lecture. I told him about Brian Stuarts VCF East exhibit since he is very interested in FORTH. I worked on documenting which computers in the exhibits need repair and which ones need demos. I also tested out some donated C64 equipment. Another group of 2 with high interest another group of 4 came with moderate interest. The 2 really like the IBM 1130 and were visiting from Florida. One of them had worked on it before. There were here at VCF East and will return again. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Poly 88
by Evan Koblentz 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

Everyone, Several years ago, one of the legacy MARCH members told me he owns a Poly 88 and would consider donating it to us after finishing a project to get some data off 8" disks. I thought it was Nick L., but I emailed him and he said nope, wasn't me. Anybody know who I mean? If so -- or if it was you -- then please email me off-list. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)3 educational non-profit evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation

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FYI, email header from the strange problem with the List Server
by Dan Roganti 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > Ps. Once again my reply went to you instead of to the list. I don't know > why. It is frustrating. Going to re-send it to the list which was my > intention. > > FYI, that List Server glitch that I mentioned the other day, I think it may confuse some of our Email Clients supposed to be only one recipient sent by the List Server so then no CC or BCC should be added by the List Server The "REPLY-TO" field is always correct other List Servers I'm on never seem to do this not sure what others see in their Email Client, but this one, sometimes I get this in my email header with 2 recipients from: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> reply-to:vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> to: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> cc: Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> or this, with 2 recipients, -and- 2 instances of an email address in the "REPLY-TO" field and 2 copies of the List address, one in the :REPLY-TO" field and another one in the "TO:" field from: Brian L. Stuart via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> reply-to:"Brian L. Stuart" <blstuart(a)bellsouth.net>,vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> to: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> cc: "Brian L. Stuart" <blstuart(a)bellsouth.net> date: Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 4:32 PM subject:Re: [vcf-midatlantic] C Compilers (was Re: Perhaps I asked the wrong question...) a normal example from CCTALK from: Rik Bos <hp-fix(a)xs4all.nl> reply-to:"General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> to: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> date: Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 4:53 AM subject:RE: HP 2100A vs. 2100S resolved?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Why my program IS working
by Dan Roganti 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

ugh mine did too, it only went directly to your email I'm telling ya, it's that List Server glitch that I mentioned On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > >> so you might be wondering, why should I add that > > Not wondering at all. :) Already used that idea in previous versions and > it's a common example in many of the Lego programming manuals. > ok cool Now, get the Board to buy or ask for more donations of Legos and make a ~bigger~ one next time don't fall victim that many of us failed sometimes, by using the old project for spare parts in the new project I saw you did that once already Save the old one too

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curious but too little about vintage machines
by Jeffrey Jonas 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

A quick history of copy protection, but does not mention Apple ][ half-track formats or the laser-burned floppy disks. http://boingboing.net/2017/01/28/a-lively-history-of-drm-and-ga.html https://youtu.be/HjEbpMgiL7U a 17 min video about vintage copy protection methods

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Museum Report - 22-Jan-2017
by Todd George 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

Quick museum report for today. It was a bit of a slow day, but we did have one really interested visitor. Her name is Lynn, she has a long history with computers and said the museum looked a lot like her basement. She mentioned quite a few items she had in her collection, including a wall-mounted Apple //e that boots to Frogger, and TI-99/4A among a lot of other items. She spent a lot of time in the museum. I described our group and invited her to VCF East. She indicated having some prior interaction with Bil Herd during her employment (but not with Commodore). I mentioned that he has a habit of showing up at VCF East, she expressed interest in saying Hi to him. She also indicated that she had never owned a Commodore machine. Was very nice talking with her. We also had a family stop by, they were mostly looking for the Model Train guys but spent a few minutes talking with me. They asked if we had any Burroughs equipment. I mentioned that there was nothing on exhibit, but that doesn't mean we won't have some on display one day. I spent my free time working on the Apple ][ disk drive. It squeaked loudly and sounded altogether terrible, I also witnessed the demo program the Apple was running lock up on disk access a few times. I cleaned and lubed it. It no longer squeaks and in testing the graphic demo seemed much more stable. I also noticed that the Macintosh seems to have an issue with the floppy, but I did not have the proper equipment with me to image another disk for it. I think I remember it being mentioned previously, but we need an RGB cable for the Amiga 500 that's on display. I spent a little time playing around with imaging some additional Commodore music disks (as I did bring equipment for that with me) but didn't have much success prior to running out of time. See ya! -Todd

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Why isn't my program working?
by Dan Roganti 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > You read that way out of context. The "2" was a typo in my REMark in the > code. I meant "1" there which we both know is the second bit. > > > ok just trying to keep the info organized

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Why isn't my program working?
by Dan Roganti 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > >> Yes, typo in the remark. > > No that's the digit value if binary bit# 1 which equals 2 > > What? No, you're wrong. That is from a comment I put in today. > please read my explanation from my last reply about Binary numbers Bit# 0 -- Digit Value = 1 Bit# 1 -- Digit Value = 2 <------------this is the one we were using in the 1stcode, Bit# 2 -- Digit Value = 4 in the 2nd version of the code we tried almost every bit here Bit# 3 -- Digit Value = 8 Bit# 4 -- Digit Value = 16 Bit# 5 -- Digit Value = 32 Bit# 6 -- Digit Value = 64 Bit# 7 -- Digit Value = 128

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semt-ot: embedded Linux roundup
by Jeffrey Jonas 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

I did a quickie presentation for Unigroup: NYC's Unix/Linux/BSD/... user group http://unigroup.org/ It was essentially a roundup of what's on my workbench (and some stuff I wish I had) http://ferretronix.com/unigroup/2016/ 2016: the year of the cheap embedded Linux system and IoT -- jeff jonas

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