March 2017 - vcf-midatlantic

If anyone has a spare SupRmod they want to sell me, I'd appreciate it.
by corey cohen 26 Mar '17

26 Mar '17

I just went to work on my apple II for VCF east and I forgot that I have an external modulator for my Rev-4 not an internal SupeRmod. If anyone has a spare working SupeRmod and can part with it, I'd be pretty appreciative. Email me with how much you want for it. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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VCF-E consignment room form
by Jim Scheef 26 Mar '17

26 Mar '17

Hello all, We should have a great consignment room again this year. Procedures will be much like previous years, however you are *greatly* encouraged to fill out the consignment form in advance. To make life easier, the form is a fillable PDF. Get the form here: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-consi… See you at VCF! Jim

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VCF - Wednesday problem
by Evan Koblentz 26 Mar '17

26 Mar '17

Guys, We've got a problem. A bunch of people volunteered to help Thursday, Friday, etc. We appreciate it very much. But what we really need are Wednesday volunteers to help us schlep tables and chairs. Can anyone please help?

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Monitor repair class test subjects
by Ian Primus 25 Mar '17

25 Mar '17

I'm getting my material ready for the monitor repair class I'm doing on Friday, and Jason I know is bringing a monitor with some faults as an example. Looking around, I seem to have fixed most of the broken things i had laying around that were obvious. I'll keep looking, but, has anyone got a monitor that has a fault that they think would make a good demonstration? I *think* Will had one he said he could bring that has messed up vertical, I can ask him to bring that along if he has it handy. But if anyone else has anything convenient, let me know. Preferably monitors that either are self contained terminals, or take composite video, to make getting some video on the screen simpler with limited amounts of hardware. Thanks! -Ian

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VCF-E Consignment room volunteers
by Jim Scheef 25 Mar '17

25 Mar '17

Hello all, Hopefully some of you remember me as Kelly's helper in the consignment room over the last few years. Before that I was MARCH's first treasurer for VCF 3, 4, 5. This year I agreed to take over the consignment room so Kelly can concentrate on his team exhibit. If this is going to work, I need two or three volunteers to help in the consignment room. This ensures that no one is stuck making change the entire weekend. In exchange you will be reimbursed for your ticket for Saturday and Sunday. This is important work and the volunteers must be approved by Evan. This is actually a fun job, and, of course, you get first crack at all the consignment stuff. If you would like to help, please respond off-list. Jim

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MARCHIAN invasion of Trenton
by Herb Johnson 25 Mar '17

25 Mar '17

A stub of a Web page with my photos of TCF 2017. I'll flesh it out later. http://www.retrotechnology.com/restore/tcf_2017.html Contact me for comments, any photos you have of the event, permission to use my photos (a link and credit pls), etc. I'd certainly would like to add photos and give credits, link to other photoed sites. Herb Johnson retrotechnology.com -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Altair bootloader
by Mike Loewen 25 Mar '17

25 Mar '17

Our Josh Bensadon received a mention on Hackaday for his 14-byte bootloader for the Altair 8800: https://just8bits.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/doing-it-in-less-than-bill-gates.h… Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Online hangout for Enigma fans?
by Evan Koblentz 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

I want to let the Enigma community know about Tom P.'s talk+class at VCF East. Where do Enigma people congregate online? ________________________________ 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 instagram.com/vcfederation

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Looking for Tarbell DD controller
by Richard Cini 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

All – I still can’t get my Cromemco 16FDC to work properly with the hacked-together Gazelle I have – the individual parts seem to work but not the whole. By chance, does someone have a spare/extra Tarbell DD controller that they would part with? Or I’d even maybe I could send my 16FDC to someone with a working Cromemco system who can test it for me. It would also be helpful if I could get a picture of the floppy controller and CPU Support cards in the Gazelle that VCFMA has in-stock. I pinged Jim privately but I haven’t heard back. Please let me know off-list if you can help. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32 All –

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"PC Radio Show" interview link
by Evan Koblentz 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Here's the podcast link for my recent interview on the WBAI "PC Radio Show": http://pcradioshow2.org/2017/pcrs_2017_march22_128kbps.mp3 I'm on from about 5:30-16:30 in the program. Special thanks to friend-of-VCFed Hank Kee for making it happen. Then next Wednesday evening I'll be on 2600's "Off the Hook" show on the same station, with VCFed friends Bernie S., Emmanuel Goldstein, and Kyle Drosdick.

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