February 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCFED forum errors
by Evan Koblentz 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Yikes! Whole site is down. I'm calling the hosting company support now. On Feb 14, 2018 8:43 PM, "Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. 20:41 EST. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Can PD-1 LF-1094C drive read NeXT optical disk cartridges?
by Eric Rangell 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Hello all, I recently visited the Large Scale Systems Museum in New Kensington, PA, and one of the NeXT boxes had an optical drive. I have a Compaq Presario 9240 from the late 1990s which came with a PD-1 LF-1094C drive that is driven by an Opti Dual PCI IDE Controller on IRQ 14. Here is a picture of the optical drive with a cartridge: http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PD1driv… <http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PD1driv…> Does anyone think this drive can read the raw data from a NeXT cartridge so it can be saved somewhere else? I can bring it to an upcoming workshop if someone wants to hack on it. I will also be at the lecture by Alice Bowman on 2/24 at Infoage, so let me know if anyone is going and would like to meet up. Thanks, Eric Rangell

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] March 3 & 4, 2018 VCF Repair Workshop reminder
by Blatboy 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

The wife will be out of town that weekend. Shake ye in thee shoes. I think I'll be able to make it. (Though I may show up late in the day on Sat) I've signed the list. Looking forward! w http://www.jwalterhawkes.com http://www.blatboy.com like to know where/when I'm playing? Click here <http://www.blatomaster.com/mlist.php> to sign up for my list, and let the babble begin.

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Many 80s computers available in Virginia Beach
by Evan Koblentz 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Is anyone close to Virginia Beach? I got an email from former lurking MARCH member Steve M. (smccreary(a)sourceamerica.org) He works for a refurbishment company and they have four pallets of 1980s computers. I believe it's mostly common 8/16-bit stuff. His company would like to sell it in one giant lot, but I'm encouraging him to bring it to VCF East consignment instead. Anyway he'd like someone to come take a look. He is not (yet) on this list.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCFED forum errors
by Bill Degnan 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Assuming someone knows to re-index the message board there. A built in function that comes with the program, needs to be run but it will take down the board while indexing occurs. Good luck. On Feb 15, 2018 9:17 AM, "Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> Back up this morning, but extremely slow I see what you mean. Hosting company ia informed. Waiting for their reply. >> What happened? I don't know. >> And do you need any sysadmin assistance? No, but thanks for offering. On Feb 15, 2018 7:25 AM, "alan--- via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > Back up this morning, but extremely slow to the point of timing out on > most requests. What happened? And do you need any sysadmin assistance? > > -Alan > > On 2018-02-14 20:55, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >> Yikes! Whole site is down. I'm calling the hosting company support now. >> >> On Feb 14, 2018 8:43 PM, "Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic" < >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> >> >> Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. >> 20:41 EST. >> >> >> Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us >> Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ >> >

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Hey Dave McGuire!
by William Sudbrink 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Is this a relation of yours? http://history.cs.ncl.ac.uk/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm360_672/slide17.htm l http://history.cs.ncl.ac.uk/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm360_672/15.html Bill S. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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VCFED forum errors
by Mike Loewen 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. 20:41 EST. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Needed ASAP: PowerMac 9600 + Multiscan 15AV monitor
by Evan Koblentz 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Contact me off-list if you have the subject line items in good working condition. ________________________________ 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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Is there anyway to caps lock an ADM3a?
by corey cohen 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

I know on the adm5 there is an actual caps lock key. On the 3a, I can’t seem to find it in the manuals other than setting the dip switch to upper case. Which is not practical. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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Museum Report for Sunday Feb 11
by Peter Cetinski 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

It was a slow day at the museum today which is not unexpected given the rain. We had 3 groups stop by. One group was a bunch of contractors that are working on one of the buildings at Infoage who stopped in after using the bathroom. They got an express tour. Then, the fellow who does the woodwork across the hall stopped by with his girlfriend and I gave them the full tour. Finally, we had a couple stop by who enjoyed taking pictures but didn’t seem interested in the full tour so I gave them a few highlights. Tony also stopped by to finish up work on a few Macs and he shared his knowledge of Mac troubleshooting with me and my son Alex. Thanks Tony! Pete

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