March 2019 - vcf-midatlantic

Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 06 Mar '19

06 Mar '19

Sporadic visitors today. Best group was 10 female college students, several studying CS. I spent some time planning for new museum signs and working on VCF East stuff.

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Looking for Lomas Color Magic board
by Richard Cini 06 Mar '19

06 Mar '19

All — I’m looking for a Lomas ColorMagic S100 video board for a project related to my Gazelle. The CompuPro PC-Video might work as well. If anyone has one that they would be willing to part with, please let me know. Thanks! Rich Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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Yay for book sorting!
by Evan Koblentz 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

It was a trick subject line. :) Is anyone available to spend tomorrow sorting books with me in the cold warehouse?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad
by Randall Kindig 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Thanks, Mike. Randy > On Mar 5, 2019, at 6:53 AM, Mike Willegal via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Mike Willegal <mike(a)willegal.net> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad > Date: March 5, 2019 at 6:53:30 AM EST > To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > > > Hi Randy, > > I’m close to Burlington MA, but am not headed to VCF SE, this year. I could ship it or perhaps you find someone that is headed to both VCF east and southeast. > > Regards, > Mike Willegal > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 4, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: >> >> [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad > > >

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HP-85 ad
by Mike Willegal 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Hi Randy, I’m close to Burlington MA, but am not headed to VCF SE, this year. I could ship it or perhaps you find someone that is headed to both VCF east and southeast. Regards, Mike Willegal Sent from my iPad > On Mar 4, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: > > [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad

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VCF East - important exhibits update
by Evan Koblentz 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Presently there are 9 regular exhibits and the two massive Atari/Unix exhibits. So far that's 21 exhibitors total! You procrastinators need to register soon, or risk not having a space... http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhib…

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Do milestones mean less as you have more of them?
by Evan Koblentz 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Today I did PDP-8 chase-the-lights from the front panel "all by myself" ... last time Jeff B. and I helped each other. Feels good to use that intimidating front panel and have it work the first time without anyone watching over my shoulder for mistakes. Next time (Wednesday): paper tape! Going to try to load some programs by following DG's instructions. -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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C64 Thermal paste & heat sinks
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Many have recommended that I get thermal paste or heat sinks for my C64 chips. I'm thinking about getting some heat sink as long as I can label what the chip is. Because when I put paste or a heat sink on it, then I don't know what kind of chip is underneath. And as many of you know, there are so many board variations of the C64 motherboard. The chips are put in different places. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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HP-85 ad
by Randall Kindig 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Hey, is anyone near Burlington, MA and is coming to VCFSE? This guy has some HP-85 stuff I’d really like to have but he has local pickup only and Indiana is a long way from there. https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-85-computer-accessories-ie-shoulde-bag-manuals-… <https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-85-computer-accessories-ie-shoulde-bag-manuals-…> Randy

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Is there a RTC for a PDP-11?
by Richard Cini 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Ok, this might be a stupid question, but is there an eqivalent of a battery-backed time-of-day clock on the PDP-11? I know that it has a LTC signal on the bus which gives basic timing, and RT-11 has both date and time commands which aren’t retained through power cycles. It reminds me of the early PCs when there was no real TOD clock board. I found an M7952 real time clock board, but that looks more like an interval timer board. I also found the M4002 board but that seems like the same thing. Thanks! Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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