November 2019 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum report - 12/16/18
by Douglas Crawford 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

Again? This isn't getting through. On 12/17/2018 12:28 PM, Douglas Crawford wrote: > Great day at the museum. Visitor flow was non stop in the afternoon. > I am grateful for the assistance of Chris and Tony, with their help we > cycled > through the visitors and gave everyone good attention. > Its fun to docent in teams! > > The museum looked sharp and with Tony's help we had most everything > running that is > demo-able.

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10 days 'til Festivus!
by Evan Koblentz 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

There are just 10 days until the magic of Festivus. All you slackers :), please use the links that Jeff posted to get tickets and to document what food/drink you will bring. The more people who do both of these things ahead of time, the better the party will be.

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Festivus tickets bought?
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

We are getting lots of people signing up, but there are still some slackers out there who haven't got their tickets, so please sign up. It makes it easier to organize. PayPal is preferred, but you can do Eventbrite if you want. *Paying via PayPal:* Use the Friends and Family option. Send to paypal(a)vcfed.org and put in the note your Name, "Festivus 2019 dinner", "Festivus Dinner and Overnight". *Paying via Eventbrite:* < https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festivus-2019-tickets-77436696243?aff=VCFMaili… > Cost is $10 for Festivus, $15 at the door. Overnight stay is $25 via Eventbrite and $30 at the door. Tickets are available until Dec. 6 (day before Festivus). Dec. 7 you have to pay at the door. If you pay at the door, there is cash, credit card, PayPal, and Apple Pay options available. I will have a tablet and a PayPal card reader. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Festivus Battle Royale!
by Dean Notarnicola 03 Dec '19

03 Dec '19

Yeah, boyeeeee! On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 4:12 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Popeyes chicken is the Shiznit! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 29, 2019, at 3:38 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > So I was going to bring a bucket of chicken from Popeye's, but I thought > I > > need to do something more in the spirit of Festivus. > > > > Festivus includes the feats of strength. So I will buy one Popeye's > Chicken > > sandwich and tell everyone that is the last one in New Jersey. Then I > will > > have a wrestling tournament to determine who gets the sandwich. > > > > Afterwards I will whisper to the winner that so-and-so says that Popeye's > > Chicken sandwich is crap and thinks that Chick-Fil-A's chicken sandwich > is > > the best. > > > > And if all that doesn't work to inspire something interesting, then I > will > > setup a floppy disk golf course around campus. > > > > > > > > -- > > ========================================= > > Jeff Brace > > Vice President > > Vintage Computer Federation > >

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4 Player M.U.L.E.
by John Heritage 01 Dec '19

01 Dec '19

Any interest in 4 player M.U.L.E. during Festivus? If yes i'll pack up my Atari 800, a monitor, 4 sticks, and a cartridge..

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NES lives!
by Glenn Roberts 30 Nov '19

30 Nov '19

Interesting article from the Washington Post about modern-day NES programming.! * Glenn

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Festivus Battle Royale!
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Nov '19

30 Nov '19

So I was going to bring a bucket of chicken from Popeye's, but I thought I need to do something more in the spirit of Festivus. Festivus includes the feats of strength. So I will buy one Popeye's Chicken sandwich and tell everyone that is the last one in New Jersey. Then I will have a wrestling tournament to determine who gets the sandwich. Afterwards I will whisper to the winner that so-and-so says that Popeye's Chicken sandwich is crap and thinks that Chick-Fil-A's chicken sandwich is the best. And if all that doesn't work to inspire something interesting, then I will setup a floppy disk golf course around campus. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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HP 9227A toner cartridge
by Kelly Leavitt 30 Nov '19

30 Nov '19

New in box. For 4L, 4M, 4LC, 4P, 4MP, 4PJ. Anyone want it? Come get it in Wantage, NJ or I'm going to try to get to Festivus Sunday. Kelly

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] much ado about chording keyboards
by Eric Rangell 29 Nov '19

29 Nov '19

Thanks Jeff. To give context to this discussion, I built a chording keyboard for my Replica 1 and Apple 2+ by interfacing an Arduino to the keyboard socket and using 5 arcade momentary switches from Micro Center. I coded it so that my fingers chord a hex nibble and the thumb strobes it into the Arduino, and the LED shows whether you are chording the high nibble or low nibble. It is possible to recode it for other chording mechanisms and add switches to choose a mode. Eric

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More vintage equipment available at Festivus
by Jeff Galinat 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hi All, I found a few more vintage items available to bring to Festivus. Heathkit H-19 to H-88 Conversion Kit - Converts H-19 Terminal into H-88 Z-80 Computer $100 IBM 7588 Industrial PC - Single Board Computer AMD K2-400 64mb,Floppy & CD-ROM, Super VGA, 2 Serial ports, 1 printer port,100mbps Ethernet No HD but 2 HD Bays Passive Backplane 10 ISA, 2 ISA/PCI slots 1 SBC slot Locking front panel $50 I also have a New in Box HP 6100Cse SCSI flatbed scanner Price is now FREE! I also have an HP DesignJet 430 Wide carriage inkjet printer - prints up to 24" wide This is now FREE Several LCD VGA monitors and 3 CRT VGA monitors FREE! If you are interested please let me know as I will only bring the items that were requested. Regards, Jeff

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