March 2019 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East flyer
by Chris Fala 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Did you say "competition"? ;-) On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 7:30 AM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > It looks great Andy! As Evan mentioned much of our media has been designed > by Drew, who has done great work for us. Nice someone else has stepped up > to give Drew a break!! Evan works that poor kid to the bone! ;-) > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:36 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Hmmm ... Drew is our "GOTO" designer. > > > > @Drew what do you think of Andy's creation? > > > > > >> On 3/11/19 9:12 PM, dillera(a)gmail.com wrote: > >> Hey - I love doing this stuff - so here is my re-imaginging of the > flyer: > >> > >> https://imgur.com/8ljAYnS > >> > >> -andy > >> > >> > >>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Someone asked for an event flyer, so I made a simple one and posted it > as a PDF link via the event page at vcfed.org/vcfeast < > http://vcfed.org/vcfeast>. > >>> > >>> @Drew N. -- Feel free to make us something nice and I'll replace mine > with yours. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Evan Koblentz, executive director > >>> Vintage Computer Federation > >>> > >>> www.vcfed.org <http://www.vcfed.org> > >>> evan(a)vcfed.org > >>> (646) 546-9999 > >>> > >>> VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. > > > >

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VCF East flyer
by Evan Koblentz 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Someone asked for an event flyer, so I made a simple one and posted it as a PDF link via the event page at vcfed.org/vcfeast. @Drew N. -- Feel free to make us something nice and I'll replace mine with yours. -- 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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New Bare-Metal VICE for the RPi2+
by J. Alexander Jacocks 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

All, For any Commodore enthusiasts not following the discussion on Lemon64 ( https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70498&start=0) there is a new bare-metal implementation of VICE for the Raspberry Pi 2+, This project is called BMC 64 (http://accentual.com/bmc64/) and is hosted on GitHub (https://github.com/randyrossi/bmc64) Even though the project is only a month or so old, it is already quite usable. I haven't had a chance to play with it, myself, but the development of bare-metal emulation is pretty exciting, to me, as it means that a lot of cycle-exact timing that was quite challenging, under Raspbian/Linux can be implemented. Has anyone else tired BMC64? - Alex

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Important, please read: Unix classes @ VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Here is an important update about the VCF East classes for Friday, May 3. Unix track: - Unusual Unix versions: Alex Jacocks - Unix networking: Andy Diller - Unix headless booting: Stephen Edwards - SimH: David Gesswein We need one more Unix tech talk with a vintage slant. Anyone have an idea???

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum report
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: > >Interesting day! I was supposed to be at the InfoAge front desk (it was >VCF's turn), and Jeff B./Tony were supposed to co-docent in the museum, >but when I arrived there was already a radio club person at the front >desk. Some kind of scheduling mix-up, so I was off the hook. :) Jeff >went to the NASA lecture, Tony did some Apple II tech repair, and I >greeted visitors. We had a few families visit today and also some local >school administrators. What NASA lecture???

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C64 Component Video FPGA article on Hackaday
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

https://hackaday.com/2019/03/10/component-video-for-the-commodore-64/ Also on github: https://github.com/c0pperdragon/C64-Video-Enhancement -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] HP-85 ad
by Randall Kindig 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

I’m going to put this out here again, since the item is still available. Is anyone headed to both VCF East and VCF Southeast that would be able to swing by and pick up the following?: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372622105057?ul_noapp=true <https://www.ebay.com/itm/372622105057?ul_noapp=true> It’s listed as pickup only. If I were going to VCF East I could probably get it, but alas I cannot. I WILL be at VCF Southeast. thanks Randy Kindig > 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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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

Interesting day! I was supposed to be at the InfoAge front desk (it was VCF's turn), and Jeff B./Tony were supposed to co-docent in the museum, but when I arrived there was already a radio club person at the front desk. Some kind of scheduling mix-up, so I was off the hook. :) Jeff went to the NASA lecture, Tony did some Apple II tech repair, and I greeted visitors. We had a few families visit today and also some local school administrators. Jeff B. will be there tomorrow.

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Big Estate Sale Tomorrow in Ct
by Christian Liendo 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Someone sent me this. This person had some nice stuff https://estatesales.org/estate-sales/ct/seymour/06483/vintage-computer-gami…

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WTD: PDP-11 tape drive?
by W2HX 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

Hi friends, I am building my first PDP-11. It is a 11/23+ It is a nice set up with 4 RL02's lots of boards, two half-height racks, spares, you name it. I would really like to get a real-to-real 9-track tape drive, the manual loading kind. I see many autoloading types but they just don't have the panache of what I used to use in the 80's and 90's at my places of work. I have been watching on ebay for a while and those few that come up seem expensive. I did locate these (not cheap but cheaper than others). https://www.ebay.com/itm/192745726868 and https://www.ebay.com/itm/264099860161 The first one says "wiltec" but I am guessing that wiltec was just the reseller. It looks very similar (if not identical) to the second one which is listed as a fujitsu M2444AC. For some reason the "wiltec" one is cheaper. It seems to have some nice connectors on the back. The fujitsu is more expensive, has rack mounting hardware (a plus) but no back connectors. It isn't obvious how to connect this to something. Also shipping for some reason, is $100 more. I found a manual to this on bitsavers (thank you to whomever did this). It says it the fujitsu has 3 modes of operation. MODE A: CDC 9218S COMPATIBLE MODE MODE B: CIPHER F880 COMPATIBLE MODE MODE C: PERTEC FSlOOO SERIES COMPATIBLE Can they be made to interface with a PDP-11 Qbus system? Anyone have any opinions on these? I should also ask if anyone has an open-real tape drive they would like to part with (preferably known working) let me know. I am in NY, willing to drive a few hours or pay for shipping. Your thoughts are appreciated. 73 Eugene W2HX

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