April 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Museum Report 2018-04-03 March 3, 2018
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

Whew! So InfoAge advertised a "special Chol Hamoed opening Tuesday & Wednesday 1 - 5". So I get here around 1 and it's 3:30 and Ino visitors. I'm wondering if anyone is coming to VCF. I saw a large number of people around the Hotel building when I had arrived around 1. In the meantime, I checked the condition of various exhibits and noted things that have to be repaired, improved or put back in place. Suddenly a big group of 15 comes in around 3:35 and then another, and then another. It's hard to know exactly how many, but I estimate between 150 to 200 people visited the museum today. I continuously did one tour after another with 15 to 30 people at a time. It's nice to have such large groups of people come to visit the museum. Visitors were here until 5:15, which is past the official closing time. Most of the museums were open including the model train guys. The visitors were all very interested and polite. It's nice to teach all kinds of visitors both young and old who don't know computer history. Tomorrow there may be many more coming. It's hard to say. I will be here. == Jeff Brace

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OT: free Linux-friendly routers, pick up at workshop
by Jeffrey Jonas 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

I have 8 Linksys Linux-friendly routers, free for the taking. Just ask or I won't bring them. WRT54G 4 MB flash, 16 MB RAM 1: v1.1 1: v2 3: v3.0 2: v3.1 1: v4 see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series#WRT54G -- Jeff Jonas

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VCF East -- vendors
by Evan Koblentz 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

Everyone, Some of you may remember how last year we jammed in the professional vendors like sardines. Not anymore! For 2018 we arranged the show layout so vendors (and consignors and VCFed itself) will have copious space available. Please forward this message to any businesses you know that might want to be a vendor at the show. Vendor tables are $30 each, vendors can order as many tables as they want, and the deadline is Friday April 20. Two rules: 1. Vendors must be on-topic (vintage computing items, or relevant electronics/supplies). 2. Vendors must be businesses or your primary income: individual sellers use consignment. 3. Vendors must be there Saturday and Sunday. No one-day sellers. Any questions should be directed to me. -Evan

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Computer Church Tour and Vax Workshop April 14th (&15th?)
by Bill Degnan 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

An impromptu workshop is formulating at my house for April 14th if anyone is interested. I live in Landenberg, PA contact me privately for directions. Starting in the morning through the day/night. 1. We will be working on VAXen as the theme, 2. We will caravan over to the new Computer Church computer museum (a 501c,etc org) to review the extensive collection and maybe help out there. 3. We will go out to dinner locally. If anyone is interested in what remains of the unclaimed VAXen machines please plan to be there then as they'll likely be gone by the end of the weekend. I want to give everyone a fair chance to finalize who gets what. I have received a lot of inquiries. I will publish a list of what's left after I contact the people who contacted me already about these to claim them, in the order that they inquired. I have tested them to get a feel for their status. This stuff is not free, I need to recoup my expenses. I had not mentioned that I also likely will have pedestal VAXen too, 3800's and 4000's in addition to the workstations. Of course I have tons of other non VAX, DEC and OtherCo around. I will bring some items to VCF East but assuming I am going to exhibit I don't have a lot of space in my small car for deliveries. Landenberg, PA Inquiries: http://www.vintagecomputer.net/contact.cfm Bill

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VCF East: Friday tech talks
by Evan Koblentz 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

We have eight tech talks so far: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/classes/ but we need 7 more to complete the schedule. Contact me off-list if you'd like to teach a class. ________________________________ 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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Club tables @ VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

Do you know of, or are you part of, another club/organization that would benefit from having a table at VCF East? Let me know offline. ________________________________ 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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Ahem.... register VCF East exhibits!
by Evan Koblentz 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

There are 20 exhibits so far: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhib… .... register soon! It'll close around the third week of April. ________________________________ 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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720K diskette drive
by Mike Loewen 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

Does anyone here have a spare 3-1/2" 720K diskette drive, in exchange for pictures of dead presidents? All I have are 1.44MB drives, and I need the older, 720K drive. Please reply privately, thanks! Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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OT: Troubleshooting Port Forwarding with Verizon FIOS Actiontec MI42WR
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

So Dan Roganti and I were troubleshooting getting a new C64 network game working. It wasn't working so we tried Artillery Duel Network game. It still didn't work. Does anyone have experience with this router and doing port forwarding? Thanks, Jeff

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C64 Multiplayer Internet Dungeon crawler (alpha)
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

Thought this was cool. A new C64 network game by Leif Bloomquist. It’s an alpha, but so much cool! Anyone want to play together? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Leif Bloomquist <leif(a)schemafactor.com> Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 6:57 PM Subject: [torontocbm] Multiplayer RogueLike game...now playable! (In browser too!) To: torontocbm(a)freelists.org <torontocbm(a)freelists.org> At World of Commodore 2017 I talked about my latest networked game project, a multiplayer "roguelike" dungeon crawler. I'm pleased to announce that an early alpha version is now playable! It's ready for C64 with RR-Net and (drum roll)...JavaScript! This means that you can play it in any modern web browser, theoretically. To get and set up the C64 version: http://forum.jammingsignal.com/thread/120/connecting-real-c64-rr-net To play it right now in your PC browser: http://rogue.jammingsignal.com/rogue/ I'd like to emphasize that they are connected - you can play head-to-head between multiple PCs and C64s, :-) The game is winnable. How to win? Email me privately the "magic word"... I'm also looking for suggestions for a name for the game!! Enjoy! Feedback and suggestions most welcome. Cheers, -Leif -- Leif Bloomquist | leif(a)schemafactor.com | +1 416-737-2328 | Check out my blog! http://www.jammingsignal.com "Every choice, no matter how small, begins a new story." - xkcd -- ======================================================= Jeff Brace =======================================================

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