November 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] how about a lovely vintage printer for that computer :-)
by Dave McGuire 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

On 11/18/18 7:33 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > But can you get ribbon cartridges? Ribbons for most common dot-matrix printers are still made and are readily available. I hear lots of people saying they're not available anymore, probably only based on assumptions, but I've purchased ribbons for a lot of impact printers over the past few years. I even found DEC LA34 ribbons a few weeks ago and am about to order a few. In fact this applies to a great many things that people assume are somehow unavailable because they've not personally purchased them for many years. A good example is MMJ connectors. I bought 100 new MMJ connectors from a cabling supplier (not a surplus dealer!) a few weeks ago. They actually showed up, and they're actually the right thing. It pleases me to no end that we can actually still get a lot of the supplies we need to keep our stuff running. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

We had a nice group of visitors today from a Pennsylvania museum of industry. They took a thorough tour and stayed for a while. Bill I. escorted them around the campus. Adam and Tony both did warehouse projects. I helped before/after museum hours. Today's assorted warehouse accomplishments: - Cleared a whole shelving unit from the Commodore aisle. During the past few months, that aisle got condensed from 10 units down to 7 units by meticulously assessing what we do/don't need. - Added several Amiga computers to the surplus category. - Remember I posted a while ago about the AT&T "Counterpoint" never-released Unix workstations? They'd been living in various places of the unsorted area. Now they have their very own shelving unit in the sorted area. - Figured out a way to make room for a whole extra aisle in the sorted side! It'll be mostly for DEC, Epson, HP, and Heathkit. - Sorted some books and software. - There's a Mac SE in the surplus area. We happened to have a spare Mac SE original box. We made them into an item. ________________________________ 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] how about a lovely vintage printer for that computer :-)
by David Riley 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

I don't know about that particular model, but often enough, yes! There weren't a lot of different mechanisms, so the ribbons were fairly common (I can still get ribbons for my ImageWriter II, though I don't know if I could still get color ones). They're still used a number of places that require impact printing, particularly for multipart forms. Well, here, answer my own question: https://www.quikshiptoner.com/catalog/panasonic-kx-p1124-printer-ribbon-6pa… - Dave > On Nov 18, 2018, at 7:33 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] how about a lovely vintage printer for that computer :-) > Date: November 18, 2018 at 7:33:59 PM EST > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > > > That really is a great printer are used to have that 20years ago in my business > I still have a box of paper for it! > But can you get ribbon cartridges? > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > >> On Nov 18, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> >> I have some things that need adoption, >> starting with a lovely Panasonic KX-P1124 >> >> 24 pin dot matrix printer. >> Come on, upgrade from that 9 pin printer already! > > >

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Re: Modern Computers available at Festivus
by Jonathan Sturges 18 Nov '18

18 Nov '18

Jason,Are any of them small form-factor systems? I might be interested in something small. thanks,Jonathan

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CRITICAL Festivus SIGNUP NOW!
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Nov '18

17 Nov '18

nOW tHAT i gOT yOUR aTTENTION. It was recommended that I get a more catch subject line so that those with a short attention span will pay attention to my announcement. Squirrel! Please sign up for Festivus so that we know how many are coming and what you are bringing. This is the signup link for Festivus: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CYLtFeyBlKwX7h2ohfXz421hFQjZTPPAkdV… > A more extensive e-mail was sent out on 11/1. Don't miss your opportunity to air your grievances to Evan! Speaking about Evan look for another announcement from Evan about remembering Dan Roganti. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Workshop Calendar
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

For the latest Repair workshop and Mid-Atlantic Chapter calendar, visit this site: http://vcfed.org/wp/groups/vcf-mid-atlantic/vcf-mid-atlantic-calendar/ Note: The March workshop dates are in the process of being updated to March 30 & 31. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Supercomputer is all set!
by corey cohen 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

Or we could raise about $100k and refurbish a new section at InfoAge as a much larger museum... Anyone have any spare change to donate? corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 8, 2018, at 9:33 AM, Tony Bogan <thebogans(a)mac.com> wrote: > > >>>> When is it getting hooked up and running? >> Not anytime soon. The best we can do short-term is display a portion of it >> in the museum. We swalled a large meal; now we must digest it. :) > > What’s the big deal Evan?? > > We just need to remove the UNIVAC, a couple of minis, and the micro row from the Altair through the Amiga and we can set half the new machine up!! :p > > Tony

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Godbout Static (RAM) But Not Lost
by Herb Johnson 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

My recent post about Bill Godbout's passing, somewhat conflated two men; of course, Bill Godbout of Compupro/Viasyn/Godbout Computers. And, a man he worked with on the IEEE-696 specification, George Morrow who also produced S-100 boards as Morrow; George passed in 2003. It's hard for me to think about one person, without thinking about the other. They and others worked in the Oakland CA area, built early microcomputers, shared parts and customers and companies. Their S-100 products were of similar good quality and comparable in kind. Bill Godbout had other accomplishments of course. I'm sorry if anyone was disappointed in my effort to honor Bill Godbout while remembering both. However, the general tenor of my remarks is the same, and no apologies needed for why such persons and companies are to be remembered. I'm working on a better version of these remarks on my Web site, as part of my coverage of Morrow, Compupro and other S-100 companies of the era. A Web search for those will find the document. At this time, it's more important to consider the loss of Bill Godbout. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Supercomputer is all set!
by Neil Cherry 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

On 11/08/2018 09:33 AM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >>>> When is it getting hooked up and running? >> Not anytime soon. The best we can do short-term is display a portion of it in the >> museum. We swalled a large meal; now we must digest it.:) > What’s the big deal Evan?? > > We just need to remove the UNIVAC, a couple of minis, and the micro row from the Altair > through the Amiga and we can set half the new machine up!! :p > > Tony I've got a nice TV set you can use as a monitor ... wait it doesn't hook up like a commodore 64? ;-) All joking aside, I'd expect that this would be a project to get started. A lot of planning would be need but it would be cool to see it start up and play wumpus (duck as large metal objects go flying by). -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Godbout Static (RAM) But Not Lost
by Dave McGuire 15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18

On 11/13/18 12:09 PM, Brian L. Stuart via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > This is definitely a great loss for the microcomputing > community. I bought a 4K memory board kit (similar > to the one on your page) from him back around '77 > or so. I learned a lot from that board. Yes, very much so. I had some of his S-100 boards way back when, and I'm pretty sure I still have some of them. Godbout stuff was *everywhere* in the early-mid 80s. > This may be a dumb question, but I've always wondered > if I've been pronouncing his name correctly all these > years. Is it pronounced the way it appears to be spelled, > "god-bought" or does it come from a language where > the 't' would be silent or some other variation? I've wondered this myself. I've always pronounced it "god-bowt", with the second syllable rhyming with "out", but I've never been sure. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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