November 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Supercomputer incoming! Wednesday ultra-early
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: > >Good day today! > >I got here at 10am. Did a bunch of warehouse space-making. Bill I. >helped from noon to 5pm. More space-making! Steve A. came over to >install more ceiling lights right after Bill left. Very handy! We've >needed more lights in the warehouse for a long time. Steve left 10 >minutes ago. Jeff B. is coming by soon to clear more things. > >Ian is coming soon too. He and I are both staying overnight for the >early delivery tomorrow. Bill I. will come back for that too, and Dan >from the shipwreck group will operate the forklift. We have two pallet >jacks ready (VCF's and one of IA's) plus full propane tanks if the >forklift runs out. > >It's been a super day so far :) and tomorrow we get our .... < drum roll >please > ... VAX 9440. This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius! I'd love to drop by to help out, but I recently slipped and, as a result, my bad knee has gone from bad to worse. I foresee the Frankenstein scar over my patella in the not too distant future.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Supercomputer incoming! Wednesday ultra-early
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

"J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic" writes: >Brian, > >The scars are MUCH smaller than they used to be. I had a complete ACL >replacement, 2 years ago, and I just have 2 little laparoscopy scars. A knee is a bit more complicated. Anyway, I'd love to have helped with that Aquarius today but the pain is excessive, especially when bearing weigh, so I would only have been an in-the-way curiosity seeker.

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Supercomputer incoming! Wednesday ultra-early
by Evan Koblentz 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

Supercomputer arrived earlier than expected! Truck will be at the museum 7am sharp on Wednesday. They said it's 25 pallets. YIKES We made a lot of warehouse space but I'm going tomorrow and will clear as much extra space as possible. I will probably have to temporarily abandon some of our aisles and move racks together, making certain things inaccessible for a while. If anyone is available tomorrow afternoon/night or bright/early Wednesday, then let me know ASAP. Send me off-list replies only. (And for the love of cyber-gods, don't post about "I wish I could help but" or "I'll try to" .... firm commitments only please.)

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Festivus request: your favorite Ragooman images/video
by Evan Koblentz 06 Nov '18

06 Nov '18

I'm making a presentation for Saturday night at Festivus. Send me links/attachments (off-list, please) of your favorite images/video of Dan Roganti.

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Another new toy (Laser 128 expansion card)
by Evan Koblentz 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

A2heaven.com announced a reproduction Laser 128 expansion card last month. VCF got one from the first batch. It arrived today, check it out: https://tinyurl.com/y9ze7ggb I'm more excited about this than about the supercomputer. :) ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, executive 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] "Super" sneak peek!
by Evan Koblentz 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

On the move! Our "super" new artifact started its trip in Colorado Springs and is now in Kansas City, awaiting its next leg eastward. To pass the time, here's another SUPER COMPUTER tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFifjeF6Oyw In which Super Grover "helps" fix a little girl's computer, and it works, despite his best efforts. )

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Oct 25 Entry: Re: Workshop on November 11th, 10am - 6pm, at System Source, Hunt Valley, MD
by svcatitc＠aol.com 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

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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Urgent! Festivus docents needed! Help!
by Jeffrey Brace 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

Since there is the holiday train show, VCF needs docents in the museum from 12 to 5pm Saturday and Sunday. Who can help me? Signup here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yyENBp9Oi2Cudkns4X9ssZc2usaGRYHQmbv… > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

We only had two visitors today, but they were good ones. Tom M. (age 81!) is a new member on this list; he's been to VCF East and lives near InfoAge. He got the full tour. Then another visitor, 31, took an even longer tour and asked tons of good questions. So it was busy today despite low overall attendance.

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"Super" sneak peek!
by Evan Koblentz 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Here's a little teaser picture of the computer being delivered to VCF headquarters in early November. https://tinyurl.com/y7lnzwqs I am still not saying what it is, but it's not just any computer, it's "super"!!! :) And: we're sharing with friends. There are two EXTRA of these computers, which we redirected to friends-of-VCF .... stay tuned in November for details. :)

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