May 2019 - vcf-midatlantic - lists.vcfed.org

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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] BeBox for the Museum
by Michael Kato 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

> > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:09:22 -0500 > From: Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> > To: Christian Liendo <cliendo(a)gmail.com> > Cc: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] NeXT(s) f/s in Maryland > Message-ID: > < > CADAdoY7HSnf9efqXOmPrpf7K6OQVafFPer0ytzg+adA8c3hCyw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Someone please get it for us!! We don't have one. :( > Evan, Let's talk. I have one in working order, and I might be ready to donate. ....maki....

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Unix demo @ Bell Labs - June 5
by Evan Koblentz 15 Aug '19

15 Aug '19

This is tentative / not yet 100%: Bell Labs (at the historic Murray Hill, NJ location) is planning a Unix event on Wednesday, May 5. They invited us to do a mini-version of Unix Town that afternoon. Important details: - We'd probably have five or six tables. - This is NOT a public event; it's invitation-only by BL. - Our goal is to do demos for important people. So I'm gauging initial interest: who is able to take a day off from work that afternoon and come to NJ for this?

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Maker Faire this year
by Evan Koblentz 22 Jun '19

22 Jun '19

Everyone, This year's idea for our World (NYC) Maker Faire exhibit is replicas/workalikes. The registration opens next month, so for now this is conceptual. Me/Dean/Jeff/Corey are planning it behind-the-scenes. We will bring: - Replica 1 (Not a Mimeo, because the former is hobbyist-friendly; latter is for true aficionados) - Altair Mini - PiDP - Kim Uno - Commodore Mini - Glitchworks 8085 - Atari Flashback (maybe) Two questions: - Does anyone have Oscar's PDP-11/70, and if so are you willing to loan it to us or (better yet) exhibit it personally at the event? - What other replica hardware should we consider for this exhibit?

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Festivus December 7 & 8, 2019
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Jun '19

08 Jun '19

Mark your calendars. The infamous VCFestivus party has been scheduled. Signup here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x0oSxqZXh8tmqqbUsP3KS3OywiNsEAOOmtq… > -- ========================================= 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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TRS-80 PC-1 - New manufacture replacement LCDs
by Mark Whittington 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

Pretty awesome -- a YouTuber that I follow (Robert Baruch) designed replacement LCD modules for the TRS-80 PC-1 (aka Sharp PC-1211 Pocket Computer) and had them manufactured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Vagc0FJK8 He's received the samples and they work great, and so he's ordering 200 more and will have them for sale sometime soon. Seemed like something that might be of interest to this crowd :) Best, -Mark

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New museum artifacts -- great stuff!!
by Evan Koblentz 31 May '19

31 May '19

There was a place in Wilmington, Delaware called the Museum of Business History and Technology. They closed and offered VCF most of their computer collection. We selected certain items. Today was trip number one. We'll take trip number two later this summer. I rented a box truck and drove down there. Bill Degnan (and his GF and the MBHT guy) helped me load up. Steve Anderson helped me unload back at InfoAge in a massive thunderstorm! Today's trip included: - Two Xerox Star 8010: these are massively historic! http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/xerox-8010/index.html ... Our oldest Xerox system until now was the 860. There's only one keyboard and monitor. MBHT has the mouse and they promised to dig it out and send it to us ASAP. I don't know if any other mouse can be used for testing in the meantime. - Xerox Daybreak (next version after the Star) - DEC Industiral-8 (not sure how complete it is) - Mac 20th anniversary edition - IMSAI 8080 - SWTP CT-64 terminal - PET 2001 with the black faceplate - About a half-dozen unusual analog desktop computers/trainers, including the "cowculator". - EAI TR-20. Bill I. is restoring our existing one, so this will help a lot for parts. - NeXT Cube. It's funny after the lengths we went through to get one last year! - IBM 5110 + drives. - Intersil computer ... Degnan knows about this; I don't. The next trip will be for rack-mount stuff. Stay tuned later this summer. :)

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New museum artifacts -- great stuff!!
by Evan Koblentz 31 May '19

31 May '19

Oops, I didn't actually answer your questions! > Nice haul! We have two of the Xerox 'Dandelion' systems as well, including a load of software and several keyboards. Unfortunately, we have no monitors. Would love to collaborate on any restoration work and maybe learn more about the video interface in hopes that we can get ours running as well. Awesome! The best way to collaborate is to bring your systems to one of our repair workshops. > Also, VCM may be interested in any items from MBHT that VCF was not interested in. Feel free to connect me if you feel it would be appropriate. Unfortunately I can't do that. IRS rules state that when a 501(c)(3) closes, it can only give its assets to another 501(c)(3).

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New museum artifacts -- great stuff!!
by Evan Koblentz 31 May '19

31 May '19

> Also, VCM may be interested What is VCM?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New museum artifacts -- great stuff!!
by W. Bryan Caudle 31 May '19

31 May '19

Nice haul! We have two of the Xerox 'Dandelion' systems as well, including a load of software and several keyboards. Unfortunately, we have no monitors. Would love to collaborate on any restoration work and maybe learn more about the video interface in hopes that we can get ours running as well. Also, VCM may be interested in any items from MBHT that VCF was not interested in. Feel free to connect me if you feel it would be appropriate. Thanks!

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