January 2019 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Friday classes @ VCF East
by Jeffrey Golas 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

Rather than a restoration class on a particular model or brand, how about an “ask the expert” panel with a panel of peeps who specialize in a particular brand/era of machine? Perhaps even two, one for 8-biters and another for different era machines or big iron. My other idea is along the same line, but almost like a mini workshop with tables set up with experts on various machines, people can bring in their machines to ask questions, etc. Not a full blown soldering/repair thing, but perhaps basic troubleshooting and cosmetic stuff. Jeff (aka Bags)

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Apple ii GS at estate sale in Manalapan New Jersey
by Sentrytv 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

Just a heads up to those who may want an apple IIgs there's one for sale in Manalapan at an estate sale on estatesales.net Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Jan 15, 2019, at 8:41 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > So the next workshop will be February 9 & 10, 2019. > Same place, same time. > Here is the signup sheet: < > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Iy1jqPJqVzY1gnGRrHfLfIcx5IQ82QkkaB… >> > > We tried Patrick's Pub for Saturday dinner and it was a bust. I take the > blame for this one. It had great potential, and came highly recommended. I > didn't call ahead and didn't anticipate the large crowd due to football > playoffs. The waitress was cranky, the service slow, etc. I think that this > place is probably hit or miss. When it's busy, then terrible, when not busy > then fine. I will check out the next place in person to make sure. > > I think that we will try Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten.This one is highly > recommended and Yelp rates it as a 3.5 out of 5. > > I also have a great idea for a different diner for Sunday breakfast. The > Americana Diner which is only 2 minutes further away than the Blue Swan > Diner. It's the best diner in the area. > > > > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation

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Happy owner fo a Tandy MC-10
by Neil Cherry 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

Yup, Ebay but it wasn't expensive. Not in great condition but I can most likely repair it. I like my 6502/68xx chips so this will go along with the rest of my collection. Any other MC-10 owners out there? Atari 800/600xl/800xl TRS-80 CoCo 1/2/3 Sardis ST2900 Grant Searle Multicomp board (6809 - x3) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Friday classes @ VCF East
by Chris Fala 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

I would go to this class. Lots of people need this information. Newbies are ruining their newly acquired retro machines because they don’t know what they are doing or are watching The 8-Bit Guy too much. On Jan 18, 2019, at 11:42 AM, Tony Bogan <thebogans(a)mac.com> wrote: I was tossing around the idea of doing a “basic Restoration and troubleshooting your micro computer collection for beginners” class focused on Apple II and compact Macs specifically, since those are in my wheelhouse. Obviously some of the cleaning and basic techniques would apply to other types of machines. The idea is people starting a collection or even those who may have vintage micros but are just starting to add Apple II and/or Compact Macs to their collection and are looking for tips, hints, ideas of where to start and what to do. No oscilloscopes or multimeters, just the basics of cleaning, testing, simple troubleshooting as well as where to find helpful information . I even considered either CDs (which I already have the ISO file to make them, but CDs are fading from daily use) or cheap usb sticks to give to attendees that already have a nice collection of the manuals and how-to books and service notes I’ve collected over the years in pdf format. My concern is the focus may be too narrow to garner any amount of attendance since 90% of the focus is Apple specific. Any thoughts? Tony

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Friday classes @ VCF East
by Tony Bogan 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

On Jan 18, 2019, at 03:23 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Here's what I have in mind for Friday. We can extend the day by one slot (one hour per slot), so there are 18 classes instead of 15. 1. Apple II (Tony) 2. Mac (Tony) 3. Atari 800 4. C-64 5. Amiga 6. IBM PC 7. TI-99/4A (because it never gets any love) 8. TRS-80 9. CoCo 10. S-100 11. Land of CRTs (we all know who!) 12. "So you are curious about big iron" 13. Schleptops! 14. Power supplies 15. Electronics 101 (Fala) 16. Unix networking (Diller) 17. Unix weirdness (Jacocks) 18. Terminals? Keyboards? Disk imaging? Or anything else Looks good to me! In the event there are not enough bodies to fill the slots, then you could just recombine the apple ii and Mac back into one class. Whatever works best! Tony

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum Tomorrow (Saturday)
by corey cohen 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

You do know there is a monitor rom and kill the bit in eprom on the museum’s ALTAIR. There was a piece of paper under the ALTAIR with the memory addresses where the software is located. Worst case I think I have the bin files that were used to make the proms so I can figure it out on the weekend. corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2019, at 2:41 PM, Tony Bogan <thebogans(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Evan will be at the front desk at Infoage tomorrow so I will be docent in the museum from 1 to 5. > > > > Anyone not busy enjoying their weekend feel free to stop by! Going to test out my step by step "instructions for the front panel impaired" for the Altair and practice Dave G's instructions for the PDP. > > > > Company is always welcome! > > > > Tony >

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Friday classes @ VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

I'm starting to plan the Friday tech talks for VCF East. Andy D. said he'll do one about TCP/IP for vintage Unix computers. That gave me an idea: what if we do a whole *nix track? There are five classes per track. Each class is one hour. So, please speak up if you'd like to be an instructor. (That's important. We need people to say, "I will do it," not just "Someone should do it.")

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East dates - May 3-5
by Evan Koblentz 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

We're still waiting on IA management to make it super-duper-official, but, East will be May 3-4-5.

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Museum Tomorrow (Saturday)
by Tony Bogan 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Evan will be at the front desk at Infoage tomorrow so I will be docent in the museum from 1 to 5. Anyone not busy enjoying their weekend feel free to stop by! Going to test out my step by step "instructions for the front panel impaired" for the Altair and practice Dave G's instructions for the PDP. Company is always welcome! Tony

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Friday classes @ VCF East
by Tony Bogan 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Based on responses both public and private I’ll offer to do a class as previously described. If the powers that be deem it not worthy due to its focus, then that’ll mean more time Friday to set up the exhibit!!! Meanwhile I’d like to see if anyone either Commodore or Atari centric would be interested in possibly doing a duo. I’d like to have multiple “popular” platforms covered at once but a one hour class could easily be filled with one specific brand let alone several. Two I think would be doable. And Apple II/compact Mac and Commodore or Atari works for me if anyone else is interested. Again, one hour is so easily filled that more than two platforms would mean a lot less quality for all of them. If no one else is interested I could do a really comprehensive one on just the two Apple platforms. Ok, those that know me know I could talk for 10 hours without taking a breath but you get the idea! Volunteers? Tony

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