July 2019 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] PCjr people - ROM version of 1-2-3 on eBay
by Bill Loguidice 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

I used to have this version of Lotus 1-2-3 in my collection, but I never heard of a cartridge version of King's Quest. I only had the 1.0 disk version with the weird knight drawing. ======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ======================================================== On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 3:58 PM Bob Aviles via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I had no idea that this item was rare? I have one as well, Thanks for the > info. > Bobby > On Monday, July 22, 2019, 03:22:07 PM EDT, Dean Notarnicola via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > It's the installation kit also necessary? > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:20 PM Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > For once something on eBay that is actually "very rare" and the price is > > quite reasonable if bidding doesn't drive it too high. I believe this > > version of 1-2-3 executes "in place" within the ROMs rather than being > > copied into conventional RAM which should allow a larger spreadsheet than > > is > > possible on a conventional PC (ignoring expanded/extended memory). > > > > If you are a PCjr collector, this is one of the holy grails of jr > > collecting. [The others being the ROM version of Kings Quest and any SCSI > > hard drive adapter sidecar, however SCSI is no longer needed with the > > availability of the (modern) PATA sidecar (but is that cheating?).] > > > > NOS Lotus 1-2-3 123 Release 1A ROM Version for IBM PCjr - Very Rare > > https://ebay.us/aHzFZV > > > > Jim > > > > > >

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Museum report(s)
by Evan Koblentz 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

The museum was very busy yesterday and today. Dozens of families came for tours. Our building has the best air conditioning on the InfoAge campus, and it was too hot for the beach, so I'm sure that those factors had a lot to do with it! Side project: I updated the content on our information kiosk. Now (I hope) it's more clear to visitors that they are supposed to touch it.

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

The museum was very busy today. Most of Wall Township is still experiencing a power outage from Monday night's storm, so I posted on the town Facebook page, "InfoAge is open. We have air conditioning and power. Come visit!" ... it seemed to work. :) About 30 people visited today. Mike R. stopped by too. He picked up some items Tony left for him. The power outage had a minor impact on VCF: 1. Everything came right back up when IA's main power was restored yesterday -- except for our info kiosk and our hotspot. I rebooted those manually. After that I was able to access our intranet (kiosk and admin pages), but I wasn't able to get onto the Internet with either a wired or wireless connection. I know the problem wasn't our access point, because the wired connection didn't worth either, and I knew it wasn't the switch, because as I said intranet access worked. That left only the firewall, so I rebooted it and then we were in business. The firewall is PFsense. Does anyone know why I had to restart it, rather than it automatically working after the hotspot was back on? 2. Part of a large tree came down outside of our building. It didn't hit the building, but it was scary-close! IA said the town public works dept. will come take care of it in a few days. I put cones around the area so nobody walks under it.

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Museum Wednesday
by Sentrytv 23 Jul '19

23 Jul '19

Would anyone be at the museum on Wed. at around 10am? I need to pick up something Tony left for me. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: TI/99 items available
by Bob Aviles 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

Hi, I am interested, If you still have it? ThanksBobby On Monday, July 22, 2019, 02:22:19 AM EDT, Brian Marstella via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Depending on location, I'd be interested in the expansion box and possibly cartridges if I don't already have them. Regards, Brian On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:01 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I would definitely be interested in the TI 99 stuff since I just picked > one up myself not to long ago in really good condition. > I don't have any other peripherals so the "voice module" would really be > nice > If you are not keeping it. > Just let me know > Thank you > > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:15 PM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > <mime-attachment> > >

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PCjr people - ROM version of 1-2-3 on eBay
by Jim Scheef 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

For once something on eBay that is actually "very rare" and the price is quite reasonable if bidding doesn't drive it too high. I believe this version of 1-2-3 executes "in place" within the ROMs rather than being copied into conventional RAM which should allow a larger spreadsheet than is possible on a conventional PC (ignoring expanded/extended memory). If you are a PCjr collector, this is one of the holy grails of jr collecting. [The others being the ROM version of Kings Quest and any SCSI hard drive adapter sidecar, however SCSI is no longer needed with the availability of the (modern) PATA sidecar (but is that cheating?).] NOS Lotus 1-2-3 123 Release 1A ROM Version for IBM PCjr - Very Rare https://ebay.us/aHzFZV Jim

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: TI/99 items available
by Brian Marstella 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

Depending on location, I'd be interested in the expansion box and possibly cartridges if I don't already have them. Regards, Brian On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:01 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I would definitely be interested in the TI 99 stuff since I just picked > one up myself not to long ago in really good condition. > I don't have any other peripherals so the "voice module" would really be > nice > If you are not keeping it. > Just let me know > Thank you > > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:15 PM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > <mime-attachment> > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: TI/99 items available
by Sentrytv 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

I would definitely be interested in the TI 99 stuff since I just picked one up myself not to long ago in really good condition. I don't have any other peripherals so the "voice module" would really be nice If you are not keeping it. Just let me know Thank you Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Jul 21, 2019, at 1:15 PM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > <mime-attachment>

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: TI/99 items available
by Vincent B 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

Got any extra power supplies? On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, 1:15 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > All, just had a friend drop off some TI/99 machines, cassettes, cartridges > etc. > > I’m going to pick through for the couple things I want (which is not much, > just want a a cpu and sampling of stuff) and the rest I will make available > to anyone interested. Obviously if there’s something VCF could use for the > museum VCF gets first crack. > > My friend knows most of this isn’t worth much dollar wise but if there’s > something thats worth more than $10 then a minimal “donation” would be > appreciated. He used to work on my boats, is retired and he and his wife > are downsizing to a new home nearby and need to unload some excess stuff! > > I’ll get pictures tonight and post where they can be viewed by anyone > interested. Just figured I’d see if there was any interest at all. > A couple machines that were never or barely used,just taken out of box. I > know there’s a voice synthesizer, expansion box, couple other items and > maybe a couple dozen carts in original box. Nothing to call the media about > :-) > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: TI/99 items available
by Evan Koblentz 21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19

>> VCF gets first crack Thanks, but we decline. We have plenty of /4A gear. On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, 1:15 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > All, just had a friend drop off some TI/99 machines, cassettes, cartridges > etc. > > I’m going to pick through for the couple things I want (which is not much, > just want a a cpu and sampling of stuff) and the rest I will make available > to anyone interested. Obviously if there’s something VCF could use for the > museum VCF gets first crack. > > My friend knows most of this isn’t worth much dollar wise but if there’s > something thats worth more than $10 then a minimal “donation” would be > appreciated. He used to work on my boats, is retired and he and his wife > are downsizing to a new home nearby and need to unload some excess stuff! > > I’ll get pictures tonight and post where they can be viewed by anyone > interested. Just figured I’d see if there was any interest at all. > A couple machines that were never or barely used,just taken out of box. I > know there’s a voice synthesizer, expansion box, couple other items and > maybe a couple dozen carts in original box. Nothing to call the media about > :-) > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone >

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