October 2020 - vcf-midatlantic

Commodore 1702 door
by svcatitc＠aol.com 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

Jeffrey Brace jeffrey at vcfed.org Writes:Wed Sep 2 13:48:24 EDT 2020 Sounds like an Outer Limits episode where the world was taken apart and remade every moment and sometimes they made mistakes which is why when you lose your keys you find time in a place that you already searched. I thought this was a Spielberg "Amazing Stories" episode, obviously not. The episode is: "A Matter of Minutes" is the third segment of the fifteenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series The Twilight Zone. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Minutes I remember that scene where the couple is in the "Void of White Space" and the "Supervisor of the Maintenance of Time" says: (paraphrasing) "Ya know how you go back to look for something you know is supposed to be there multiple times and then it finally is where you thoughtit should be? That's us. We forgot something. We are now working on moving Christmas!" I personally call them the "Minute-Ahead" men and you may hear me at a workshop cursing at them!!!! I DOOO BELIEVE! Bill Inderrieden

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UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) was: How's Everyone Doing
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

I decided to make a new thread since there is a lot of interest in this topic, etc. @Dave Mcguire. Thanks for the tip on where to buy replacement batteries. As far as I know APC is the most recommended brand. I see others are using Panasonic. I'm curious to know which brands everyone recommends or discourages? On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:02 PM Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > > I used to work for a large music streaming provider and we had thousands > and > > thousand of servers. The data center would put out a notice that they're > > going to do UPS maintenance or Switchgear maintenance... and usually > that > > night we would have maybe up to 20 servers have issues. Hard hang or > maybe a > > reboot. Meanwhile everything looked okay. > > At one point, I had a production server in the data center, an IBM > RS6000 > with redundant power supplies (2). The techs were moving systems to a > different power bus and unplugged one of the supplies: my system promptly > shut > down. It turned out that my system required THREE power supplies before > redundancy was in effect. Oops. > > > Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us > Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Fixes and improvements to VCF website
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

The link on the head of every page had a link "Get our e-mail newsletter" produced an error when clicking on it. Now it has been updated with "Sign up for our Mid-Atlantic Discussion List" and with the proper link: http://vcfed.org/wp/groups/vcf-mid-atlantic/vcf-mid-atlantic-discussion-lis…. I'm not sure how long this error has been there and it was discovered today by one of our docents trying to signup up for our discussion list. I also added a Contact Us sub menu item under "About". I'm working on adding "Contact Us" info on the footer of the website now. If anyone has any other suggestions or problems with the website, then please let me know. Any minor things I can fix right away. Other stuff will have to wait. Things in the works: Organize the VCF East archives with proper links to videos on YouTube. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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by None 29 Oct '20

29 Oct '20

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VCF Swap Meet update
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

The steering committee and I have been busy planning for the upcoming swap meet (http://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-swap-meet) which takes place on Nov. 7. So far we have 9 vendors with a total of 12 spaces (including VCF) with more coming in everyday. Places we have advertised: InfoAge member groups including CDL (hackerspace), NJARC (radio museum) Facebook Instagram Twitter To be advertised soon: Reddit Craigslist Eventbrite VCF Forum Does anyone have any other suggestions? Signup here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftdpkFQo0CBCatGfqt1OICP-_g22n8nAj… -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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Pre-swapmeet dinner (Friday, Nov. 6)
by Evan Koblentz 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

I'm not attending the swap, but would like to get together for dinner with VCF friends on Friday night (Nov. 6) here in central NJ. If anyone's interested then contact me OFF-LIST (evan(a)snarc.net) We can meet anywhere between the museum and my home (08873). Also I have room for two or three people to stay over Friday night, socially distanced.

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VCF East 2021 Theme update
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

After some consideration with the steering committee. I have tweaked one of the two themes for VCF East 2021. It was a little confusing and limited. The two themes are now: *1) The legacy of the IBM PC.* This means that the IBM PC came out in 1981 and it has a lasting legacy with clones, and lineage that stretches up to the modern era. This machine was influential in a lot of ways. Please note that I prefer that everyone have machines that are before 1995 to keep with the vintage computer theme. *2) Text adventures* Side note: Oregon Trail has an anniversary next year as well (1971) -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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Swap meet marketing?
by Ethan O'Toole 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

Have you all advertised it on places like reddit /r/retrobattlestations? They have a calendar but it's outdated - Ethan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF swap meet update.
by Tony Bogan 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

“One question We will be able to park our vehicles at our selling space for easy access to load and unload and leave the vehicle there?” Yes. You can set your table up right at your space where your car is parked for easy access to whatever you bring for the swap meet. Tony

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VCF swap meet update.
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

Hello everyone, An update on our swap meet. We were able to get permission to use the large parking lot across from InfoAge/Brookdale. It is found on Monmouth Boulevard. This gives us plenty of room for our swap meet. GPS location: 40.1848793,-74.0630848. Plenty of space for vendors, plenty of parking for buyers. For reference, the Brookdale College Wall campus is 800 Monmouth Blvd, Wall NJ 07719. The large municipal parking lot is directly across the street. Just a reminder: Swap meet is Saturday, November 7 from 9AM to 6PM. Vendors setup at 7AM. Buyers can come at 9AM. Reservation form is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftdpkFQo0CBCatGfqt1OICP-_g22n8nAj… Vendors and buyers will be required to wear masks and social distance. Below is a link to the current NJ travel advisories. The full advisory is found here: https://covid19.nj.gov/faqs/nj-information/travel-and-transportation/which-… Any questions or concerns please contact us at swapmeet(a)vcfed.org or 732-722-5015. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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