November 2019 - vcf-midatlantic

11/9 & 11/10 Workshop
by Tony Bogan 10 Nov '19

10 Nov '19

Very productive workshop! While others will chime in no doubt with they’re accomplishments, here’s my update from the workshop. Saturday Andy Diller and I spent a lot of time on his Mac Classic and a couple SCSI hard drives. We used a few different Macs and peripherals to troubleshoot the Classic and confirm the hard drives are working (I forgot how much I love SCSI voodoo....yeah. Right.) I also got to disinfect two hard drives that belong to Jason Perkins. Can’t remember the last time I used Disinfectant to remove the Wdef virus!! Jason brought a bunch of HP i5 mini machines. A bunch of us picked up one or two and spent some time installing Windows 10 or Linux on them (not very retro, but it’s a workshop so who cares!?!) Sunday I spent the better part of the day working on the Apple /// from the museum. The computer was working but the drive was a bit wonky. After a good cleaning it worked fine. I ran the Apple /// confidence test and discovered some bad ram on the Memory Board. This is a first run Apple /// so it has the 12v memory board. A run to the warehouse revealed the other 3 Apple /// machines we have are all later models with the 5v memory board. Alex Jacocks used his new IC tester to determine which ram chips were bad. Now we know the ones we need to replace. Meanwhile, as Adam Michlin and I went through the machines in the warehouse we discovered the in box Apple /// we have is actually a nice Apple /// plus!! We brought it back to the workshop and with Ian’s help we got it running. It is now the Apple /// running in the museum. Side notes: The museum Apple /// decided to let out the magic smoke from the RIFA caps during testing. While Adam and I were going through the warehouse machines Ian removed those caps from the PSU. He also preemptively removes the ones from the ///+ PSU. I had brought my library of Apple /// software in anticipation of working on the museum machine, and Adam and I picked out a couple of dealer demo disks I had to run on the machine in the museum. I also got to spend a little time with my newest acquisition, and Apple II J-Plus. It was used to donate parts to Mike Rosens Apple II+ for troubleshooting and donated its 6502 to the Apple ///+ to get it working! Not what I planned on doing with it, but it was fortuitous I brought it! Saved some trips to the warehouse for parts! Tony Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] First to smoke award goes to ... (Jeffrey Brace)
by Tony Bogan 10 Nov '19

10 Nov '19

Unfortunately the Apple /// was the one from the museum. Fortunately it was just a RIFA cap. It’s no longer a problem. Tony

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] First to smoke award goes to ... (Jeffrey Brace)
by Michael Thompson 10 Nov '19

10 Nov '19

> From: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] First to smoke award > > Jeff Salzman and his KayPro at our VCF repair workshop today. > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation We did that at the RICM a few weeks ago. The RIFA cap below the AC inlet in a Kaypro-4 let out a huge amount of really stinky smoke. We just cut it out for now.

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Workshop start time today
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Nov '19

10 Nov '19

We are all at breakfast now. We should be finished by 10:30 and back at the repair workshop by 11. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Wanted 286, 386 working motherboard
by Sentrytv 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

I have a couple of cases that had a 386 and 286 motherboards in them. The 286 motherboard is corroded beyond repair, so I would like to put a working motherboard in the case and get the system working with DOS and windows. I have tons of software, I just don't have a good working motherboard. So if anybody out there is coming to the workshop tomorrow, Sunday, if you have a spare and you want to get rid of it, please contact me off list. Also If you have one and your not coming to the workshop, still contact me, maybe we can work out a way for me to either pick up or have it shipped. Thank you Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Repair Workshop Sat Dinner
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

I took the liberty of making reservations at Asbury Festhalle and Biergarten. I went there Wednesday night for my birthday and it seemed like a great place that our group would like. Lots of great beer selections. Good food. I currently have reservations for 10 people. So if you are definitely interested, then let me know and if you aren't going, then let me know as well. The reservation is for 7:30PM. Yes, you have to pay for parking, but it is only about $1 per hour and you can download an app "Asbury Park Parking" to "pay the meter" over your smartphone. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Sunday breakfast at Americana Diner 9AM
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

Those wishing to join us tomorrow at the Americana Diner tomorrow at 9AM. A few of us from the VCF repair workshop will be meeting there tomorrow (Sunday). Let me know if you will be joining us. It is about 20 minutes from Infoage. I will be at Infoage at 8:30 if anyone wants a ride. I can take 4 people. Address is: 1160 Route 35, Shrewsbury, NJ. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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First to smoke award goes to ...
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

Jeff Salzman and his KayPro at our VCF repair workshop today. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Repair Workshop location
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

I'm just reminding everyone that the building for the workshop is different than the usual one. It will be here this month: InfoAge Building 9059 (CDL Hackerspace (formerly IXR)- (2201 Marconi Road, Wall Township, NJ) The reason for the change is that the 9032-A is being used by the model train guys to setup for their holiday train show. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Repair workshop Saturday overnight people
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

Those staying overnight Saturday night: you will be using the small bunk room next to the men's room. There will be other volunteers from another group staying in the other bunk room. Please take care not to make too much noise when settling in for the night. If any of you are not clear, then I will explain and show you in person Saturday night. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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