March 2017 - vcf-midatlantic

FS: New Apple II Protoboards with Hard Gold Edge Connectors
by Systems Glitch 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

The boards from this thread: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?53008 Are now available as finished boards with HASL finish in the proto area and hard gold plated edge connectors! Pictures: http://i.imgur.com/QMb1X7v.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qq7w3pr.jpg $10 each plus $5 shipping in the US. International shipping is fine, but I need an address to calculate an actual price. I've got 98 in hand at the moment. Send me a message off-list or (preferably) a message via my contact form: https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/messages/new Thanks, Jonathan

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Finally on my way!
by Jameel Akari 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Leaving from Albany NY. ETA 16:30. So much for making all the Friday sessions. :) -- Jameel Akari

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Arrived safe and sound!
by Alexander 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Just rolled into Neptune in the last half hour, and I didn't destroy my engine this time around -- fancy that! I am totally hyped for this weekend. See y'all in the morning! -Alexander 'Z' Pierson Sent from my pocket telephone.

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Locked and loaded
by Mike Loewen 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

The SAGE is loaded! :-) I hope to arrive mid-afternoon, Friday. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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stuff to donate
by Jeff G 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Id like the Dataphone modem. Readers digest version is I grew up watching the dataphone infrastructure be dismantled. My (rip) uncle's house was literally lined with woodgrain panels from the front doors of the equipment cabinets, with the dataphone logo on every one lol. I gotta get a pic one of these days we still have the house. >> 2. An AT&T Dataphone II 2224B modem, with power supply. This was >> hot-shit in it's day. It would do 2400 bits/second.

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Intro
by Michael Kato 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

My name is Maki and I've been on the list for a little while now, I've also had the chance to meet a number of members two weekends ago at TCF. Since I'm going to be at VCF-E on Friday and Sunday I thought I'd write a bit about myself so that maybe I can connect with those sharing similar interests. I grew up in Japan in the 80's; got my amateur radio license and then almost immediately got caught in the "paso-kon"(personal computer) excitement. Read lots of magazines and spent countless hours typing in hex code to run a game or to try a new programming language. My favorite was the Sharp MZ-80 machines with Z-80s. At school we had access to Hitachi Basic Master Level 3 machines with 6809 still with cassette tapes. I also had access to SORD M-100 and M-23 machines where I learned Z80, I also had a hand me down CP/M crate with 8" floppies.(Probably S-100, but don't know the make or model for that matter I don't even know who gave me the box - probably my dad's colleague) Eventually I went off to boarding school in Singapore, and took with me a Epson Geneva PX-8(z80 cp/m laptop). I have again my dad to thank for this nice gift. I did a little programming on that and remember writing a compiler that would take tiny pascal looking code and output z80 assembly.(in Lisp-80) >From college I remember TOPS-20 and Motorola 68HC11 intro to digital class. I also remember spending lots of time on a Mac IIci with Pascal and C, oh and of course Sun-2 and then Sparc. After graduating I entered the workforce as a programmer, worked for a number of companies including a trip back to Singapore to work for IBM Global Services.(I learned a bit of mainframe and a bit of AS/400 and did quite a bit of C++ on AIX and OS/2) Since returning to the states I've been almost exclusively in the Web space.(and of course the Arduino and Raspberry pi stuff for fun) During the 80's 90's and into the 00's I collected unix workstations mostly around the MIPS architecture, and enjoyed getting NetBSD to boot on each. Recently I've decided to focus on a few things I really want to spend my time on. I've kept my Z80s(~10 machines including a Sharp MZ-700 and Nascom-2) Motorola 88k (NCD X-terminals, VME machines, DG AViiONs and Omron 88k) and some Sharp PC-1500 calculators with 8bit LH5801. I feel like there are still more creating to be done on all the older platforms, but in particular I'm thinking along the lines of z80 as target for embedded application like motor control for a drawbot. I have done some Forth but feel like I haven't experienced enough of that so thinking about Forth on Z80 and 88k to programming these projects. On the NCD 88ks I'm thinking maybe someday of bringing up an Oberon system. Being a web guy I fancy building a collaborative disassembler where people can annotate and share annotations for reverse engineered binaries. That's sort of where my mind's at; looking forward to meeting more z80 fans and 88k fans. And looking forward to seeing cool old hardware. ....maki.... PS. I also kept my sparetime gizmo 6120 - looking forward to learning more about pdp8

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On my way to VCF-East
by jsalzman＠gmail.com 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Coming from York, PA

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VCF East XII road trip !!
by Dan Roganti 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

t-shirts packed, heading out !! -- _ ____ / \__/ Scotty, We Need More Power !! \_/ _\__ Aye, Cap'n, but we've only got 80 col's !!

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FS: Nixie Stuff
by Systems Glitch 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

I know there are a few Nixie folks on this list, so I figured I'd email out these. Currently listed on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/272611605567 <- 0-9 with driver board, tube tested http://www.ebay.com/itm/272611605890 <- +/- with driver board, tube tested, dark glass http://www.ebay.com/itm/272611606124 <- +/- with driver board, tube tested I've tested the tubes with a homebrew Nixie supply, I don't have pinouts for the boards and haven't attempted to test them. They have some pretty early 7400 series TTL on them, including some in blue plastic DIPs from Sprague (?!). Happy to bring them to VCF East this weekend and save on shipping. As always, Buy it Now/Best Offer. Thanks, Jonathan

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by SVCatITC＠aol.com 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Hi All; I felt the need to comment concerning the setup for VCF East. To all below who participated with me in the tables and chairs setup, MANY THANK YOU's. If it wasn't for Tony and his crew helping, we would not be as far along as we were yesterday in progress. I felt privileged and honored to be able to help with the effort. This was a large preparation undertaking. From my viewpoint, limited as it might be, it seems that it is always Evan and Jeff B. doing all the grunt work to get a large presentation such as this off the ground and ready for public viewing. I was able to divert from my job and help yesterday so I stepped up. Being an all volunteer organization, I understand that people have jobs and other commitments during the week. We however all benefit from the 'grunt' preparation that is needed for a large festival such as this, AND as a all volunteer function, it is the members that have to help for the group as a whole. Once we all finish enjoying the fruits of the "boys' labor", then will come the cleanup. I am personally asking everyone, ANYONE willing to step up and help with the pack up after Sunday. If a few more people stepped in to help, pack up goes a hell of a lot quicker. I will not be able to help in the pack up, but then again, I did my part. >From personal experience yesterday, here's a preview of what needs to be done. In 9032 meeting room, where most of the displays are: 1. All rented tables need to be collapsed and piled up ready for pickup by the rental co. 2. All wooden chairs need to be folded and stacked. 3. NJARC's Altec speakers, and podium need to be rolled back out and setup. 4. Info Age tables in storage need to be set back up. 5. Blue cubical dividers with 'Evan's Area' posters need to be set back up in the Hotel dining area. In the Hotel: 1. Consignment area tables need to be brought back to the large meeting area next door. 2. Chairs need to be folded up and returned to their respective areas. 3. Tables in main meeting room need to be folded up and returned. In the women's dorm in the volunteer lodging (key note speaker assembly): 1. The 100+ black folding chairs need to be folded up and returned. to 9032 and the Hotel. 2. Bunk beds need to be returned to the floor and mattresses returned to them. 3. Staging needs to be collapsed and returned to 9032. The main portion of this was setup with 5 guys in 6 hours (1 hour lunch). I wished I could have stayed longer to help, but had to leave. Now that you get a glimpse of the pack up task at hand, PLEASE can anyone help to put Info Age back in place for the next group function. Bill Inderrieden ---------- Original Message ------------ > vcf-midatlantic_DigestVol_17 Issue_29 > Message: 30 > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:33:25 -0400 > From: Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> > Tomorrow the tables are being delivered between 8-9am. Me, Jeff B., Bill I., and Tony's son + friend are > going to set them up. Also setting up the chairs. A few tables/chairs need to be done Thursday so they > don't interfere with IA being open tomorrow.

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