September 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Interest in a Workshop at System Source, in Hunt Valley, MD?
by J. Alexander Jacocks 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

OK, so here are the final numbers: *September 29th/30th:* 4-7 (Craps, Dromgoole, Hendrickson, Loewen, O'Toole, Perkins, Jacocks) *November 10th/11th:* 6-7 (Craps, Degnan, Dromgoole, Gesswein, Koblentz, Lou, O'Toole, Sturges, Jacocks) Anyone else interested in the 29th or 30th, please let me know ASAP. I'm going to talk to Bob Roswell, to confirm his availability. Thanks! - Alex On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:24 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I would be interested in either date > > Duane Craps > > Hope it works this time. I keep forgetting what email address of mine > that goes though > > > On 9/13/2018 9:34 AM, J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > Here are the current numbers: > > > > *September 29th/30th:* 4-6 (Dromgoole, Hendrickson, Loewen, O'Toole, > > Perkins, Jacocks) > > *November 10th/11th:* 7 (Degnan, Dromgoole, Gesswein, Koblentz, Lou, > > O'Toole, Sturges, Jacocks) > > > > Anyone else interested in the 29th or 30th, please let me know ASAP. I'm > > going to talk to Bob Roswell, to confirm his availability. > > > > Thanks! > > - Alex > > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 3:33 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > >> November > >> > >> > >> On 09/12/2018 03:27 PM, Bill Dromgoole via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >>> I am interested in either date . Maybe both. > >>> > >>> Bill Dromgoole > >>> > >>> > >>> From: J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic > >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 9:22 AM > >>> To: vcf-midatlantic > >>> Cc: J. Alexander Jacocks > >>> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Interest in a Workshop at System > >> Source,in Hunt Valley, MD? > >>> Any other interest? So far, I don't think that we have enough folks > for > >>> either the 29th/30th or the 10th/11th. > >>> > >>> Here are the current numbers: > >>> > >>> *September 29th/30th:* 2-4 (Loewen, Hendrickson, Perkins, Jacocks) > >>> *November 10th/11th:* 4 (Degnan, Lou, Gesswein, Jacocks) > >> > -- > > DuaneCraps > sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp > >

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Vote! Re: Gathering for Dan
by Evan Koblentz 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

We haven't done anything because not enough people replied. There are two full months between now and Festivus. I see two realistic possibilities: we could meet at a restaurant someplace central-ish (mid/late October), or simply honor him as part of Festivus (early December) -- he was sad that he couldn't go last year.) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XW53NHS Voting will be open until early next week.

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OT: Looking for a Software Developer position in the Monmouth County, NJ area
by Bryan Pope 30 Sep '18

30 Sep '18

Good afternoon all, I have been a member of the VCF since before it was MARCH and lived in the New Jersey area from 2002 - 2012. After attending this past VCF East, it reminded me how much I missed InfoAge, the computer museum and especially all of the people I knew and how much it was all a part of me. Now I would like to move back to the Monmouth County area to be with my friends, make new ones and do what I can at InfoAge and the computer museum. So would anyone know of companies in the area that are looking for Software Developers? Here are the basics of my recent experience/education: - 2.5 years using C#/Javascript/PHP/MySQL, used Kanban/Agile methodology - 2015 received Honors Diploma for a Video Game Design & Development course with a 4.0 GPA (also received the Excellence Award) - This included Unity/C#, Javascript, DirectX, C++, Java, Math and Physics - 8 years C programming under QNX Thank-you all in advance for anything you can do to help me make this a reality! Bryan Pope

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Looking to borrow two DEC boards for troubleshooting
by Richard Cini 30 Sep '18

30 Sep '18

Does anyone have an M7270 (LSI-11) and/or an M8043 (DLV11-J) that I can borrow for troubleshooting my Heath H-11 machine? If so, please let me know off list. Thanks! Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

I was at the museum yesterday and today. IA was open special today because the tradition in the local Hasidic community (Lakewood, NJ, which is close to InfoAge) seems to be that they all bring their families to visit. It happened last year and this year too. We had about 100 people combined yesterday and today, all families.

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ReActiveMicro - Project: HDMI Adapter
by Henry S. Courbis 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

Hello everyone! If you follow the ReActiveMicro facebook page or site blog you may be aware of our Retro HDMI Adapter project. The concept has grown from the need of a total HDMI solution for the Apple II, however we plan to cover the rest of the retro systems out there in one well designed external adapter. The Adapter is planned to be SBC linux based and open source. Currently on the linux side of things I could use some help and I would like to try and keep things within the Retro Community. Yes, this is a paying gig if that helps motivate someone to help. We currently have a display program which runs on the SBC side and handels the incoming data stream from a custom video input adapter board. However it's slow and needs a rewrite by someone who has some time and experience so I can continue with proof of concept testing. The idea with using a SBC is we can tap in to the GPU and OpenCL. So experience with linux, video, and OpenCL is probably a good idea. However I don't mind working with intermediate users looking to hone their skills. Anyone willing to help can contact me off thread to discuss details. I will send our current sample program for code review, and a data stream capture to help base the new program on. Don't need anything fancy. Just a simple but efficient and fast program we can edit when needed as the data stream changes. Thanks! Henry S. Courbis Office Toll Free: (800) REACTIVE (732-2848) Office/Mobile Direct: (856) 779-1900 www.ReActiveMicro.com <http://www.ReactiveMicro.com> - Sales, Support, and News, Our Headquarters on the Internet ReActiveMicro.com/wiki - Support, Software, Manuals, and History. Create your own page today! Facebook.com/reactivemicrousa - Our Social Media Outlet and Support

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Fwd: Floating point math in FORTRAN IV on PDP-8
by Kyle Owen 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 11:38 AM David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 10:40:34AM -0500, Kyle Owen via vcf-midatlantic > wrote: > > I sent this over to cctalk and haven't found a taker to try out my > FORTRAN > > code on another PDP-8 yet. Might any of you be able to try this out? > > > Should be able to next week if nobody else does first. > Thank you! > > > I tried running a simple program to print some natural logs and square > > roots, which ran quite well with the FPP8/A in place. > > > > Without the FPP8/A...all of the results were wrong. Significantly. > Negative > > numbers in many cases. No clear pattern as to what it's doing. > > > Are you are recompiling each time and not using a save file? The save file > is only valid for the configuration it was built on. > Yes, recompiling each time. > > > Would anyone be able to try my program on some other real hardware (or > > another emulator) to verify? With and without EAE would also be > desirable. > > I'm not sure how to disable the EAE in SIMH, else I'd try that too. > > > set cpu noeae > Ahh...excellent. Thanks! Kyle

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Vice News September 25th 2018
by alan＠alanlee.org 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

(cross-posed to cctalk, vcf-midatlantic, and AHCS lists) Imagine my surprise when I was catching up on my daily Vice News diet today - watching today's and yesterday's episodes - when VCF Mid-Atlantics's own Corey Cohen, InfoAge, and a VCFed banner popped up! They did a story on an auction house and verification of an original Apple 1 board up for sale. They called on Corey and his expertise to verify the condition of the board! Way to go Corey! If you want to check out the segment, I've hosted it here: https://www.atlhcs.org/links/Vice_Apple_Auction.ts Enjoy! -Alan H.

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Commodore Monitor needed to borrow Oct. 6 in San Francisco Area
by Jeffrey Brace 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Friend of VCF Leif Bloomquist needs to borrow a monitor to show off his 6502 assembly Networking code. He has been invited to give a talk at GitHub HQ in San Francisco about coding network games for the Commodore 64! If you have a Commodore 1702 monitor that would be great, but any model would do. Send me a private message if you or someone you know can accommodate him. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Small rescue needed in DC area (Fairfax / Tysons Corner)
by Evan Koblentz 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Need someone to do a microcomputer-sized rescue for the museum in the next week or two. Contact me off-list.

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