November 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Hello Introduction
by Tom McNicholas 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Evan suggested I post a hello and background not sure of length or detail is the norm,, so here goes Retired a few years ago but still on the board of directors after a 45 year stint with a local electronics manufacturing company doing DOD work. during the 45 years did everything from testing, QA, engineering and plant manager Prior to the 45 year stint was in the USAF working on VHF, UHF and teaching then a couple of DOD manufacturing companies working on SSB transmitters, Radar, Sonar and microwave., During the 70,s at work used the Apple II and later the Mac during the 80,ss and at that time started using the commodore 64 and Radio Shack 100 at home latter moving to the 128 and then building IBM clones from parts bought at computer shows. Now all I do is just buy them ,too many as per my wife. . Presently have a small collection of vintage computers around 25 which I am sure is nothing compared to other members of the group. But I am looking forward to meeting others in the group who share my interest in vintage computers. My only other interests outside of family and grandchildren are short wave radio and occasional riding on my Can Am trike. Regards Tom McNicholas Wall NJ

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www locks out older browsers
by Jim Scheef 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

Hello all, After playing with an eMac running OS X 10.3 several months back, I let it sit for a few months. Now it can no longer open most common websites. So what changed while the machine was not even plugged in? After some investigation I realized that main-stream sites have changed their SSL to require TLS 1.2, mostly because it actually works. The result is that vintage browsers return an error similar to “cannot establish secure connection”. Forcing SSL by refusing to connect on port 80, these sites have locked out many vintage machines. So, what can be done? The obvious solution is to find a modern browser that runs on your vintage OS. This may require an OS upgrade (OS X 10.4 should run on the eMac) which allows running TenFourFox, which seems to include TLS 1.2. The irony that in the name of security, the machine used to invent the web (NeXT) may no longer be able to display it. Any thoughts? Jim

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Museum Report 18-11-11 November 11, 2018
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Nov '18

11 Nov '18

Good and steady busy day at the museum. About 2 dozen visitors in total today. In groups between 1 to 5 spread out throughout the day. Some of it was because of some World War I event in 9032-A, but mostly it was because it is cold day and this time of year things start to pick up again as people look for indoor things to do. Lots of nice visitors with medium to high interest. Some really knew their stuff. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Vintage Server Racks FS or trade
by Jeffrey Golas 11 Nov '18

11 Nov '18

I have a vintage 1970s (or 60s?) server cabinet for sale. Good shape, blue filler panel on front and white panels on sides. Round hole, front panel can be removed. Breaker at bottom can be used as a power switch and is accesible from the front. Note that this is the rack only (anything else in pics is not for sale). Located in Blue Bell, PA (outside Philly) Best offer or trade for an interesting terminal or maybe s-100 boards? Pics here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cvohi2n8oog78tz/AACZBt9LiZPgTA-CZbGjD2dCa?dl=0 Jeff

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Oct 25 Entry: Re: Workshop on November 11th, 10am - 6pm, at System Source, Hunt Valley, MD
by J. Alexander Jacocks 11 Nov '18

11 Nov '18

Bill, Indeed, I got your email, but just got home from vacation, this past weekend. I'm thrilled that you can make it! With you, we have 10 confirmed attendees, and 1 maybe. - Alex On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 8:37 AM Bill Inderrieden via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Alex J.; > I responded to this request for last minute attendees "off list" on > Friday, so this is just a confirmation of that. I couldn't respond until > now when I knew definitively what my work schedule was going to be. > Looking forward to seeing everybody. > Bill Inderrieden > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:25:13 -0400 > From: "J. Alexander Jacocks" <jjacocks(a)gmail.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Workshop on November 11th, 10am - 6pm, at > System Source, Hunt Valley, MD > > > > >

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Apollo AGC restoration
by Mike Loewen 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Carl Claunch is in the process of restoring a Block II Apollo AGC! Start with this entry: https://rescue1130.blogspot.com/2018/10/studying-to-assist-in-restoration-o… Interesting stuff, to be sure. These guys are serious about their projects. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Busy day
by Evan Koblentz 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Lots of visitors today, including a group of 25 scouts/parents and several families. Jeff B. helped me out.

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Sunday Workshop - Anyone going back to the Museum before Festivus?
by Jason Perkins 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

I’ve got the NeXT slab & CRT that was donated to the museum. Is anyone coming to the workshop tomorrow that would be going by the Museum before Festivus? If so, could you relay it up for me? Thanks! -J -- Jason Perkins 313 355 0085 Sent from my iPhone

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Workshop Sunday, stuff for trade + more people
by Ethan O'Toole 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Two friends of mine are also interested in the VCF workshop thing at system source. One might bring his Pet and another is going to ride along with me. Some stuff I have that I don't need that could use a home, trade, whatever. Speak now if interested. Things I guess I need: 1. S100 serial + rom monitor for IMSAI 8080 2. Newton 2100 power swich (plastic slider part) Up for grabs: Grabs to my VCF homies: 1. SCSI cables (Possibly 20+ different genders / types) 2. Serial cables (20+) 3. Amiga 5.25" floppy 4. Two Atari 1050 floppies, non working, retrobrited, no accessories 5. Apple IIGS CPU box, non working 6. Cisco 6506 chassis, large, with VPN accel, 48 port gigabit copper board, 16 port gigabit board that uses transceivers, 4 x long rage fiber transceivers included, CPU board, etc. 7. RJ45 patch panels (2), cable management thingy, etc. -- Evan gets first dibs for museum. For sale / trade: 7. Lot of Apple II software/hardware I have on craigslist, would discount for VCFers https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/sys/d/apple-ii-iigs-sw-hw/673701312… If anyone needs SCSI hard drives, speak up!!!!!!!!! 80 pin, 68 pin, 50 pin oh my! Same with SATA 1TB / 1.5TB

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VCF WORKSHOP signup
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

One final date change: Mar. 23 & 24 is now Mar. 30 & 31. Here is the updated schedule of VCF Repair workshops for 2019: *January 12 & 13 : *< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vhb9sEi7ZjuQ6h_OK0EwCw-rR2xS0yO4N99… > *February 9 & 10:* < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19jmTH0KaXLTvww9s_YDOafI6GeZIHD_J-su… > *March 30 & 31: *< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1evfPzab05VheIsz5d5L5Ffp02ZxgmBTqXeb… > *April 13 & 14: *< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uteU2ZAwlG0rwyRFuYfJwq_bVVilbL3ni7L… > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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