November 2017 - vcf-midatlantic

Looking for BR1951-L05 chips
by Richard Cini 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

All – Does anyone have a cache of these WD baud rate generator chips? I just mistakenly bought three of the L06 versions but it turns out I need the L05 version, the difference being the divisor (I think) and the crystal. I’m going to re-create a Seattle Computer board and it uses the L05 version, and the software relies on the right divisor. If anyone has spares, please let me know. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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relaying the news: Oregon Train revisited
by Jeffrey Jonas 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

It's https://traveloregon.com/thegame/ from the boingboing random nooz generator: https://boingboing.net/2017/11/05/craft-coffee-and-dysentery.html A playable version of Oregon Trail to promote Oregon tourism The semi-independent Oregon Tourism Commission has created a playable version of the classic Apple ][-era adventure game Oregon Trail to promote Oregon tourism. I played for a while and didn't die of dysentery; instead I helped out at a Portland craft brewery, went skiing, threw out tees at a hockey game and bought kombucha in the general outfitters.

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Museum Report 2017-11-05 November 5, 2017
by Jeffrey Brace 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

About 7 or 8 today. Interest varied from the quick tour to the long tour. As per tradition, I made sure to leave on random computers and peripherals to keep them warm through the cool fall months.

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Museum Report 2017-11-04
by Jeffrey Brace 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

Bill Dromgoole was docent at the museum. About 7 or 8 people in 3 groups came. 2 were very interested, and the rest had casual interest. Andy Bodnar dropped off a Vax cooling fan.

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Vic 21
by william degnan 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

Anyone have a vic 21 ? They're pretty rare too. Wonder what a person could get for one of those today. Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Use smile.amazon.com to donate to VCF
by Jeffrey Brace 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

Yes of course that's what I meant and implied. Not literally VCF, but what the acronym represents. I figured that everyone could figure that out themselves, but I guess that I was wrong. I will go back to my literal self. The figurative one is too ambiguous! ;) On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 1:08 PM William Dromgoole via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > VCF is Victory Christian Fellowship. > Maybe we should use Vintage Computer Federation. > > Bill > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic > Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:13 AM > To: vcf-midatlantic > Cc: Jeffrey Brace > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Use smile.amazon.com to donate to VCF > > As a reminder when shopping on Amazon, please use smile.amazon.com and > specific VCF as the charity that will benefit. Amazon donates 0.5% of your > eligible orders to VCF. > >

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Use smile.amazon.com to donate to VCF
by Jeffrey Brace 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

As a reminder when shopping on Amazon, please use smile.amazon.com and specific VCF as the charity that will benefit. Amazon donates 0.5% of your eligible orders to VCF.

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Intel Drive Pack/Cart - Help Identify
by william degnan 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

What is this? http://vintagecomputer.net/pictures/2017/Intel_Drive-Pak/ It looks like an RK05 a little but it's not the same dimensions. I don't know what system this came from, or what kind of drive would use it..... Bill

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17" and 19" LCDs
by John Heritage 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

Would any of the museums have use for 17" or 19" LCDs? I have a small pile of them.. I believe they're all at least DVI capable, some have VGA and DVI, and some have USB hubs built in.. PM me ..

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Re:Digest, Vol 25, Issue 3: PET keyboard question
by SVCatITC＠aol.com 04 Nov '17

04 Nov '17

Hey Bill Degnan. and All; I will offer my $ 0.02 for what it's worth. Why not try the "sandpaper" trick. Before you all look at me like I used a "stupid rock" to beat my head with, consider the following, with a little latitude. This technique has worked for me with little to no invasive infrastructure intrusion. History... I have a Radio Shack Realistic universal TV remote I bought in the 80's, and over the course of it's life, I have had to open it up and service the keypad carbon pads about 3 times, when the keys don't work. I first cleaned with Isopropyl, but initially found that it did not cure the keypad failure when reassembled. Using regular 10# stock printer paper, (like "sandpaper", yeah now you're getting it) with medium pressure, I polished the carbon pads. This seems to remove a micro oxide crust (I call it) from the carbon crosspoints, thereby allowing contact when the rubber carbon pad key is depressed. I DO NOT recommend using a pencil eraser. Way too abrasive! The remote operates the widescreen 1080 DP TV to this day, every night, with no issues. Hopefully you are not laughing too hard! Bill Inderrieden In a message dated 11/3/2017 12:01:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org writes: Message: 18 Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 17:49:41 -0400 From: william degnan <billdegnan(a)gmail.com> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] PET keyboard question Message-ID: <CABGJBucEUUDx5huBQ8EEjUMuoFs+M4cHO=oN1DWsUSFem_cjkg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I could but I am looking for what someone who successfully restored a dead keyboard did. I never heard anyone putting colloidal silver on a pet keyboard before. Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On Nov 2, 2017 4:48 PM, "Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: How about putting silver on the contacts? On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 4:21 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > I used the 91% with qtip on both. I could try the eraser why not...but my > method should have worked > > Bill Degnan > twitter: billdeg > vintagecomputer.net

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