August 2020 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Free stuff at repair day (tomorrow)
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Aug '20

15 Aug '20

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 11:15 PM laurakid via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > One of these days I would like to come to workshop with my 9600 and ibook > G4... I can give them away once i get data off > Sure sign up for the repair workshop and someone would be glad to help you out. > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Friday, August 14, 2020, 9:18 PM, Andrew Diller via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Thanks to the generosity of Dave Riley, who is super busy packing and > moving his household down to MD, i'll be bringing a van load of freebie > hardware to the repair day. > > Yes, it's really a uHaul van load of stuff that we packed in there this > afternoon. He wants it to go to good homes. > > in the haul (first come can take some stuff): > > - PowerMacintosh 8600s > - 3x PowerBooks (one has a PPC upgrade he said) > - iMac G4 that works, needs a HD (may boot os9?) > - Apple IIg3 > - Apple external floppy drives > - Apple 13" color RGB monitor > - Quadra 605 Mac (2 maybe) > - SunFire Server (rails) > - Sun memory boards > - FC boards > - box full of random cards > - box of 64 stuff > - UPS 1000 personal UPS > - imagewriter II > - box of fan-fed paper > - Opteron Desktop server/workstation > - some random stuff I may have forgotten. > > > Find me at the repair day to see and acquire some of this cool gear... for > free! > > > -andy > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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Free stuff at repair day (tomorrow)
by Andrew Diller 15 Aug '20

15 Aug '20

Thanks to the generosity of Dave Riley, who is super busy packing and moving his household down to MD, i'll be bringing a van load of freebie hardware to the repair day. Yes, it's really a uHaul van load of stuff that we packed in there this afternoon. He wants it to go to good homes. in the haul (first come can take some stuff): - PowerMacintosh 8600s - 3x PowerBooks (one has a PPC upgrade he said) - iMac G4 that works, needs a HD (may boot os9?) - Apple IIg3 - Apple external floppy drives - Apple 13" color RGB monitor - Quadra 605 Mac (2 maybe) - SunFire Server (rails) - Sun memory boards - FC boards - box full of random cards - box of 64 stuff - UPS 1000 personal UPS - imagewriter II - box of fan-fed paper - Opteron Desktop server/workstation - some random stuff I may have forgotten. Find me at the repair day to see and acquire some of this cool gear... for free! -andy

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Needed 5-1/4? Cleaning Floppy
by David K 14 Aug '20

14 Aug '20

I recently bought a 5 1/4 version of Witness from infocom. I bought it for the contents as the listing said the disk was bad. Visually looking at the disk it looked dirty. I used a sharp hobby knife to open the disk "envelope" at the top edge (the edge you hold when you put the disk in the drive). This allowed me to totally remove the magnetic disc itself - being careful not to touch the magnetic parts. I used 90% rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball. I cleaned the bottom side of this disk because that was the side actually read by the head. I used moderate pressure and cleaned the disc in a circular pattern from outside to inside. I could see some dirt on the cotton ball. I let it dry completely and then put it back in the "envelope" and tried it in the drive. Initially it did not work but after repeating the same process two more times the disk has been working. I have used this same process with other "dirty" disks and been successful maybe 30% of the time. David K

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Zip 100 drive cartridges
by Sentrytv 14 Aug '20

14 Aug '20

I just found an old 486 computer and it has an IDE zip 100 drive. If anyone who going to the workshop (or museum) and can bring a couple of those cartridges I would appreciate it. I want to back up the hard drive and the only way I can think of to do it right now is on that zip drive if it works. I won’t be at the workshop, but I could stop by if anybody has them, just let me know. I’m going to see Alex J. sometime late afternoon. Thanks Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Repair Workshop Saturday Dinner at 7:30 Brick House Tavern and Tap
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Aug '20

14 Aug '20

If you are interested in going out to dinner Saturday night around 7:30, please let me know ahead of time so that I can go to Brick House Tavern and Tap and put our names on the list. An alternate location would be MJs, which is down the road. A third alternate location would be Kelly's in Neptune on Route 35. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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Keyboard encoder chips?
by Richard Cini 14 Aug '20

14 Aug '20

All – I was recovering an ASCII keyboard from a video titling machine (no documents) and in it is a Clare/Pendar keyboard that’s in nice condition (#700223-K1-1). The gold-pinned ceramic encoder chip on it looks like a General Instruments “S0778”. The only other numbers/markings are “GI 3-24-70”. I have seen references to a “S077D” used in the Apple keyboard, but I have no data sheet on that. The other reference I thought might be “AY-3-2470” but no luck there either. Of course, either could be a date code, too. I have several GI data books (1977, 1980 and 1982, which would be the right timeframe for this keyboard) and the GI keyboard encoders were AY-5-2376 and AY-5-3600. Any clues would be appreciated. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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Water and Soda for repair workshop 8/15 & 8/16
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Aug '20

14 Aug '20

VCF bought bottled water as well as Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero and Mountain Dew for the workshop. I put all of it into the full sized fridge in CDL. So anyone at the repair workshop please feel free to take any water or soda. Whatever is left I will donate to CDL. If anyone wants to bring their own beverage then feel free to do so. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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World War 2 Weekend At InfoAge Aug 15 & 16, 2020
by Jeffrey Brace 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

FYI to everyone that InfoAge will have a World War 2 weekend. I don't know all the details, but here is the flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WYbkNlYF32SixOsHJ-zzypRw8IhQJOH8/view?usp=… It is this weekend August 15 & 16 during regular museum hours : 1PM to 5PM. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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Stuff for Sale/Trade at the Workshop
by Alexander Jacocks 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

All, I have a bunch of PC-related stuff for sale or trade, at the workshop, this weekend. I haven't made an inventory, yet, but the load includes: 1) several 486 and Pentium laptops 2) at least one P3 laptop (12" ultraportable) 3) several large case 486 and Pentium desktops Does anyone have a specific want, or want to see pictures of what I have? Thanks! - Alex

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Needed 5-1/4” Cleaning Floppy
by Alexander Jacocks 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

All, I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads on, without disassembly. Thanks! - Alex

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