July 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

MOBIDIC model
by Mike Loewen 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

This may be of interest to the group: Ebay 263784983409 Not associated with the seller. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Glitch Works 8085 SBC rev 3 Manual Availabl
by systems_glitch 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

All, Finished up the artwork for the 8085 SBC rev 3 manual this afternoon: http://filedump.glitchwrks.com/manuals/glitchworks/gw-8085sbc-3/gw-8085sbc-… I'd appreciate any feedback, especially from people that built one at VCF East this year! Thanks, Jonathan

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Museum closed tomorrow
by Evan Koblentz 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

InfoAge is closed tomorrow for the holiday.

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A personal project
by Evan Koblentz 02 Jul '18

02 Jul '18

Time to reveal a personal project, unrelated to my role at VCFed. In the past two years, while getting neck-deep in the historic Lego robotic set, I learned that there is a TON of information about this set (and about other Lego robotic sets from before the Mindstorms generation) which is mostly missing, or at best scattered, on the web. I decided a few months ago to make a web site about it. I call the site www.mindsbeforethestorm.com. The site is under construction but you can visit now and see where it is going. I'm asking for contributions to the project. Most of you know that I make a very modest living through my work as a freelance tech journalist and additionally through VCFed fundraising. Many of you will also recall that a personal fundraiser is what enabled publishing of my computer history book in 2015. That was a positive experience. I do not plan to sell anything on this new site, only to offer helpful information that isn't currently available or is very difficult to find. As such, I cannot promise any Kickstarter-style rewards: I don't have any ideas about what a good reward for this might be (open to suggestions). Instead, I appeal to your altruism: fund this project because it is a good thing. Please visit my new site. If you think it exemplifies how the web should be used, if you'd like to see it get finished, and if you would like me to continue to be able to pay my rent and eat food, then please make a contribution via https://fundrazr.com/61N3ef?ref=ab_74VRia. Thanks, -Evan

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Breakfast?
by Tony Bogan 01 Jul '18

01 Jul '18

Still meeting at princess Maria diner for breakfast this morning? Never saw the usual reminder email. Tony Sent from my iPhone

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