July 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Arrival ETA tomorrow
by Evan Koblentz 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Looks like Chris F. and I won't be there to set up the VCF table until around 10:00-10:30 tomorrow. We planned to be there by 9ish, but my 20-pin female/female ribbon cable broke tonight. I have to stop at the local electronics shop here and get a replacement made. They open at 9am.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Discounted HOPE ticket for partial sale (Friday & Saturday)
by Evan Koblentz 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

>> (This could be by you giving it to an i.e. vcf-midatlantic friend when you leave on Saturday who'll still be there on Sunday, and I call the person on Sunday morning and they come downstairs to bring me the extra badge.) We can have someone here at the VCF booth take care of that for you.

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Discounted HOPE ticket for partial sale (Friday & Saturday)
by Ken 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Know anyone in the following situation? - Wants to go to HOPE - Doesn't have ticket yet - Wants to be assured entrance in case the event sells out - Wants to go Friday and/or Saturday, but not Sunday - Wants to save some money - Wants to help someone else out (me!) in complementary situation I have a ticket (they're no longer for sale online, will cost more at the door, and might sell out). I can now only go on Sunday. I'd love to share it with someone, for whatever price split seems nice. The catch is, we have to find a way for you to hand off the badge to me when you're done with it. (This could be by you giving it to an i.e. vcf-midatlantic friend when you leave on Saturday who'll still be there on Sunday, and I call the person on Sunday morning and they come downstairs to bring me the extra badge.) Longshot? I figure I'd try. :) - Ken On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:01 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >I have an extra HOPE ticket for sale (I paid $170), because my friend accidentally double booked his weekend. >Anyone wanting to come to HOPE, let me know if you'd like to buy my ticket so I don't worry about selling it anymore! >I look forward to seeing many of you there as usual. The MARCH exhibit has always been a highlight, always attracting interesting/interested folks of all ages for great teachings and reminiscings. > >- Ken

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HOPE dinner plans
by Evan Koblentz 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Instead of me trying to round up everyone Saturday afternoon (July 21), what if we (gasp!) make plans? First thing: what's the best time to meet for dinner? I'm guessing late-ish because we would be leaving our demo tables unstaffed, so we want to wait until attendance goes down. (VCF owns a pair of huge tarps with grommet holes. What we usually do overnight is drape those over our tables and tie around the bottom with rope.)

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Osborne 1A auction
by Mike Loewen 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

This might be an opportunity for someone to own an Osborne 1A: Ebay 323356336033 I'm not saying that there might not be more problems with the machine, but one of the reasons the display doesn't work is because the video jumper connector is missing from the front panel. You can easily make one from a 20-pin (2x10) edge card connector. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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LOGO help?
by Evan Koblentz 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Who's very good at LOGO programming? I hit a snag. Looking for real-time phone assistance. No time to post code on the list and start a million emails.

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Microsoft references David Gesswein. Thats just too cool
by Christian Liendo 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2018/06/20/windows-command-lin…

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Museum report (Sunday)
by Evan Koblentz 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Chris F. and Doug were our museum docents yesterday. Chris (who is preparing for our HOPE demo) said: "I tested one of my new Commodore SD card readers, and over a dozen NTSC demos that I downloaded. A few don’t work despite the fact that they work on an emulator in NTSC mode, but I have plenty of good ones that do work on real hardware. Looking for my good speakers with subwoofer so that the demos are audible at the event better than the small speakers I used previously." Doug said: "Good day overall! We drove over in pouring rain but it was over pretty much when we arrived. Folks seem to bail on the beach and tour InfoAge, as we might expect. There was a steady flow of people from about 1:45 to closing." ________________________________ 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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Northern Telecom Displayphones
by Paul Rickards 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hi All, I recently acquired a couple of Northern Telecom Displayphones. They're neat little telephone terminals with a 7" black and white CRT, 80x24 ANSI text, built in 300 baud modem, and a RS-232 port that goes to 9600 baud. I've looked around and haven't found much technical info on them so I started a site to gather any extra info I can locate. See link below. http://biosrhythm.com/?p=1628 If you have a Displayphone model and can dump the EPROMs, I'll add them to the site. What I've dumped so far is available to download there. My Plus model is non functional so I'm not sure if the ROM dump is valid. I have the manual to the Plus model that I will be scanning soon. Hope this helps some folks. Cheers, -p

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Can someone get me a signature from VCF West?
by Christian Liendo 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

I am not able to attend VCF West this year. I did last year and I got a signed shirt from Steve Russell. I'm wondering if anyone can do this for me for a friend? I will send you money for the shirt and for the assistance on this. Please let me know

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