January 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

MOS 6501 seems to have sold for $5000
by Christian Liendo 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOS-MCS-6501-CPU-IC-DATE-3475-VINTAGE-MICROPROCESS…

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TV alert
by Evan Koblentz 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Reminder to everyone: tune to CBS on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 8:30pm. The "Young Sheldon" show (spinoff of Big Bang Theory) is featuring 10-year-old Sheldon getting his first computer, a Tandy 1000, which the set designers sourced from us. Here are some publicity photos: https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/01/young-sheldon-episode-112-computer.html

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New TestFDC Results Registry
by systems_glitch 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry into my site: https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results This registry currently includes Dave's last registry update from 2007. There's now a form for entering your results, you can find it as a link from the registry, or here: https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results/new Result submissions have to be manually approved currently so that the registry doesn't get spammed. Text export forthcoming. Any suggestions welcome! Moderators, if someone wants to sticky this (here or in other forums), I think this would be a valuable resource for anyone wanting to use ImageDisk on non-PC formats. Thanks, Jonathan

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AT&T UNIX PC 7300 (3b1) disassembly video
by AJ Palmgren 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

While I'm thinking about it, for any/all who might be interested, just last week, I created a step-by-step video for disassembling a UNIX PC 7300 (with a few comments/comparisons for the 3b1) https://youtu.be/vYKS-jOdcsQ I've always found them tricky to work on with the way they are packed together, so I hope this could help others who might want to take a crack at a repair/restoration (or, heaven forbid...a "part-out") -- Thanks, AJ http://MightyFrame.com http://QICreader.com http://UnixPC.blogspot.com

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April 2018 Workshop Date
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Jan '18

17 Jan '18

I found out that April 14 isn't available, so the April workshop will be April 7 & 8. Signup here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15skPd9SrZ2WsHMoTBTrrvBNwG1nbixVNfey…

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OT: Looking for pinball machine repair
by Kelly Leavitt 16 Jan '18

16 Jan '18

Have a friend in Vernon NJ looking for someone to fix is 1950's era relay based pinball/baseball game. Contact me off list if you know anyone. Thanks, Kelly

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Successful workshop! : Jan 13 & 14, 2018
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

We had 21 people show up and work on various equipment. Some things got fixed completely, some things need more work. It is always nice to meet with and learn from such a smart group of guys. Always a fun time with you guys! Special Thanks: Bill Dromgoole for working on the Univac Dave Gesswein for working on the PDP 8 Adam and John S for working on testing of joysticks and VCF Commodores Ian for helping everyone with everything. Tony for letting us use his van to transport and heavy lifting Jeff G for sweeping up And all others for overall helping with various things. The next workshop will be March 3 & 4. You can sign up here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/123vqgOH6iteYwHwLiANXmdSUvZOTEMTArZR… > Here are some pictures that I took: < https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9SJLfGXYiG5LTVDNnFYZ0RuamM?usp=sha… >

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Next Workshop March 3, 2018, April ?
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

Thinking ahead. We have the next workshop scheduled for March 3 & 4. Which date for the April workshop? April 7 April 14 Vote now.

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Thank you to all for a great VCF Weekend!
by C.J. Slade 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

We wanted to thank Evan, Jeff, Ian, Eric & the many, many others at VCF who were so welcoming to Connor (age 10) this weekend at the Jan. VCF workshop. He had a great time learning from everyone and is already asking when the next VCF event will be that he can attend. Special thanks to Evan for the invitation & introductions, Eric for time teaching programming BASIC graphics, to Ian for resourcefulness to fix the ImageWriter II print head, and to person who brought Apple IIGS games. Since the workshop, Connor has spent all Sat night and all day Sunday programming in BASIC, including his new print program and playing Kings Quest on the Apple IIgs! He also enjoyed seeing the other computers and has been researching Tandy & Commodore computers as well. Thank you again for being so welcoming & inspiring interest in vintage computers! - Connor S. & Family

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Applesauce - .WOZ File Spec Released
by Henry S. Courbis 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

I'm happy to announce a major step in the Applesauce project: Preliminary release of the .WOZ file spec. File spec can be found here: http://evolutioninteractive.com/applesauce/woz_reference.pdf Applesauce info can be found here along with the file spec, detailed project info, and pics of the UI: https://wiki.reactivemicro.com/Applesauce More info about the different file formats of Applesauce can be found here: https://wiki.reactivemicro.com/Applesauce#Applesauce_Image_File_Format_.28.… Background: Applesauce is currently an Apple II targeted disk imaging solution which allows preservation of protected floppies. Other platforms are also supported like Atari. This goes WAY beyond what Catweasel or KryoFlux has been able to achieve. The creation of the .WOZ file format allows programmers to create their own software to use protected and unprotected images alike. Those who wrote emulators are now able to add support for example, and several of them are working on it as you read this. Applesauce allow original disks to be fully preserved. The ENTIRE flux state of the medium is read and preserved unlike other copy solutions like EDD. This means originals disks could be reproduced and the "art" which is copy protection is also preserved as a disk no longer needs to be cracked in order to be preserved due to the imitations of other file formats. Question: Why aren't other platforms supported? Answer: In short - they are. Other disk formats are very simple in comparison to Apple II. Once Apple II support is perfected then adding support for other platforms is trivial, and will happen later in the year. Congrats to John Morris for this milestone! And I and others look forward to working with him to help bing Applesauce to the Retro Community. In related news... Be sure to subscribe to the ReActiveMicro.com Newsletter to know instantly about project release updates (such as Applesauce preorder information): https://www.reactivemicro.com/news/email-newsletter/ Henry S. Courbis Office Toll Free: (800) REACTIVE (732-2848) Office/Mobile Direct: (856) 779-1900 www.ReActiveMicro.com <http://www.ReactiveMicro.com> - Sales, Support, and News, Our Headquarters on the Internet ReActiveMicro.com/wiki - Support, Software, Manuals, and History. Create your own page today! Facebook.com/reactivemicrousa - Our Social Media Outlet and Support

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