April 2020 - vcf-midatlantic

State of New Jersey needs COBOL programmers
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Apr '20

04 Apr '20

https://josephsteinberg.com/covid-19-response-new-jersey-urgently-needs-cob… -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

1 0

IBM Selectric Prestige Elite 72 element available for free
by Martin Flynn 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

IBM Selectric Prestige Elite 72 element available Will leave in the top of the CDL red tool box for pickup on Saturday the 11th. Martin Flynn

1 0

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Commodore Vic-20 Visual Companion Book Free
by Christian Liendo 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

https://www.oldcomputr.com/product/commodore-vic-20-a-visual-history-pdf-ed… On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 7:57 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Website? > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Apr 2, 2020, at 2:17 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Due to the Covid-19 outbreak the author is offering his book free as a PDF > > from this website. I had already bought the book form of this, so a PDF is > > a great companion. > > > > > > -- > > ========================================= > > Jeff Brace > > Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner > > Vintage Computer Federation > > http://www.vcfed.org/ > > jeffrey(a)vcfed.org >

4 4

Commodore Vic-20 Visual Companion Book Free
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak the author is offering his book free as a PDF from this website. I had already bought the book form of this, so a PDF is a great companion. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

2 1

Important IBM 701 Anniversary
by Bill Degnan 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

On this day in history, April 1 1952 The IBM 701 computer successfully calculated with highest precision the universe "atomic core number" is 41.99349992(etc). rounded up to 42. This is the source of the tongue-in-cheek Hitchhiker's Guide book reference.

3 2

OT: Science Fiction: Science Advising on Star Trek
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

Science History Institute is doing an online event on April 8: https://www.sciencehistory.org/event/scientific-fiction-science-advising-on… -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

1 0

OT: a SETI@home system now searching for a cure
by Jeffrey Jonas 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

from the NJ Linux list: 1) folding@home has been updated for the corona virus. maybe some of you can contribute some CPU / GPU resources. 2) I've been running Rosetta@home, which also is working on Covid-19 problem solving. I've found that the BOINC client behaves better under Linux. I got the client from the repos under both Fedora and Ubuntu. Sorry, even a Beowulf cluster of 6502 or Z80s won't help much :-/

2 1

OT: HP 660LX Color Palmtop PC available
by Bob Shuster 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

I was going to toss this, but thought someone in the group might be interested in this Windows CE device from 1998. In the box with manuals, two battery packs, stylus, power supply, modem card, a docking station, and an additional circuit board which I did not try to ID (perhaps leftover from a RAM upgrade?) This does power up, but I’m sure the batteries need to be replaced. Any interest? Contact-free front porch pickup in Wyndmoor, PA (near the Fort Washington exit of the PA Turnpike.) Contact me off-list if interested. Btw, I finally powered up the 2006 Dell XPS 700 Jet Black which I had offered before (nobody wanted it.) It had apparently never been powered up as the power cord is proprietary and was never out of the package. Motherboard is bad. :( I pulled the three 500GB HDs and the rest is going to electronics recycling. If anyone wants any bits of this, let me know too! Dual video cards, RAM, dual optical drives, etc., all stuff easily pulled. Look up the specs. - Bob

2 1