January 2021 - vcf-midatlantic

Last Video in My PS/2 70 OS/2 Series is Posted
by Alexander Jacocks 14 Jan '21

14 Jan '21

All, I just posted the last video in my PS/2 70 OS/2 2.1 series: https://youtu.be/J8_5q82XPGE I finished installing OS/2, in the last video, so I go through some basics of using OS/2 2.1. Thanks! - Alex

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OT: AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Socket AM3 stuff
by Herb Johnson 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Brief: I'm looking for a central-New Jersey purchase of a desktop, or just a replacement processor, all recent tech (several years old I call recent) not cutting edge. This is too new for general discussion, too old to just buy online. I know some here do this stuff, have these things around. Covid limits my ability to shop around, shipping is a recent nightmare. Also: no workshop visiting. So it's plausible to ask here, for private reply. Those not interested can stop here. So my wife wants to build a particular sort of video server, modest performance quad-core but not cutting edge, Win 8 64 bit operation. We have on hand a decent GigaByte motherboard that supports an AM3 or AM3+ CPU - but we have no CPU, this was a backup board. The prices on 3GHz quad cores are cheap (ten-year old processors), heat sinks are cheap. To put this to use, is plausible. But even old mobos are not expensive, if someone has something they upgraded from not too long ago. Same with an upgraded system. And some mobo that's newer will have USB 3.0, good for external drives. So that's a thing. And a more recent power supply, maybe a decent case, you see where this goes. What I don't want is something that got cooked and overclocked 24/7 to run bitcoin. I want this thing to run for some more years. On a mobo: PCI slot or two, PCI Expr X 1, PCIExp X 16; and USB 3.0 would add value. I might take the whole complete system, decent case and not-abused power supply. No drives, no software - I won't bug you about support (if the stuff isn't crap, it's all on the Web). No junk. The local thing, is someone to DROP OFF in the Princeton/Trenton NJ area. No workshops, I pass. 1) Covid 2) recent shipping nightmares. Just a deal on a processor and heatsink can reasonably ship by mail. Ship a mobo, maybe. Ship a whole system, kinda pointless. So see my email address below and make an inquiry. Not overly rushed but this ought to resolve in a few weeks, a month. Again - if you read this far - I'm not looking to discuss 2010 computing in a vintage computing email list, so keep this private. Thanks for some "old" hardware help. Regards, Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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Interesting take on modern terminals
by Andrew Diller 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Saw this posted on a discord I'm on, and thought it was appropriate for this group: https://uri.cat/projects/modern-retro-terminal/ Some interesting designs and very DIY... -andy

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 32, Issue 10
by Eric Rangell 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum Report 2021-01-10 Hi all, VCF owns an Applesauce floppy disk imager that was donated by John Keoni Morris. Over the past 2 years Tony and I tested it and got two 5.25" Disk II drives to work well with it (replacing the MC3470 amplifiers). It is a deluxe unit, so we also have an Apple 3.5" drive attached. We installed the sync sensors in the Disk II drives so it can create full flux images of GCR floppy disks in A2R and WOZ formats. Unprotected disks can be imaged to DSK or PO using the Fast Disk Imager. The latest version of the software can also create Commodore D64 and Atari image files for emulators. We were also able to image Lisa and Mac 3.5 disks. Yesterday I set up the unit on the Mac Mini in the museum, so it is available for use by anyone who has floppy disks that need to be imaged for preservation. To learn more about Applesauce, visit: https://applesaucefdc.com Thanks, Eric Rangell

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Did you know? Events calendar on VCFed website
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

This is the website: http://vcfed.org/wp/groups/vcf-mid-atlantic/vcf-mid-atlantic-calendar/ It is found through menu path: Groups ... VCF Mid-Atlantic ... Calendar I also reorganized some of the menu items for clarity. For example, the Steering Committee sub-menu. I will work on other parts of the website in the future. -- ========================================= 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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Museum Report 2021-01-10
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

I got the FujiNet working on the Atari 1200. It looks like since the power button on the FujiNet is broken, I have to unplug the micro USB from the FujiNet to reset. And there is an order of power. Power on FujiNet, Power on Atari. And then reverse when shutting off. Bill Dromgoole got the Kleinschmidt printer working from the Univac. It took some work for him to prepare it and some onsite work to get it working. Jeff Salzman got the Zorba working and operating in the museum and able to boot from disk. The Xerox Star is working and operating for visitors to see now. The Osbourne 1 drive B needs looking after as it doesn't seem to work. Some programs need a drive B. -- ========================================= 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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Repair Workshop Day 2 == 2021-01-10
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

To quote Jeff Jonas: "This is the best repair workshop in a long time. We got a lot done and a lot of things got fixed." Dmitry got his C128 working. Ryan Morrison got his teletype working after reviewing the schematic. He can give everyone details. Bill Inderrieden and Jeff Jonas got the paper tape reader to read properly. Ian and Connor got the museum IBM System 36 working for the museum. Chris Fala installed a light switch in the warehouse by the door. So no more walking across the room in the dark to turn on the lights anymore! Does anyone else want to chime in on what they worked on? Next month Jeff Salzman is going to do a Commodore repair/demo theme. Pictures and videos from this weekend: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10KbtBsNn-kEyXKvIPkgTCPLRlofrAk4Y?us… -- ========================================= 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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New YouTube Series on VCF's PS/2 Model 70
by Alexander Jacocks 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

All, I just started a new video series on the IBM PS/2 Model 70: https://youtu.be/tKha3QLwXgA In the first video, I attempt to install OS/2 2.1 on the machine, and natter on about computing history. Let me know what you think! - Alex

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Feb Repair Workshop - Feb 6 & 7, 2021
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

*SIGNUP HERE!*: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FytFtk9_rE0Nw_Pk_M9bFVMh324hNwJMwcK… : -- ========================================= 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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Workshop Day 1 Jan 9, 2021
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

A good showing with 18 people socially distanced, wearing masks and spread out over 4 buildings and 5 rooms total. 3 new people came. I will share pictures later. Bill Dromgoole fired up the Univac 1219B the first time in a year. Andy took some video of it and interviewed him. Hopefully it turned out OK. There was some warehouse work including getting a light switch by the door. It will make it greatly convenient! Bill Inderrieden got a Zenith PC to boot up. Jeff Salzman got the Zorba working. Anyone else want to chime in with what they worked on? We will meet again tomorrow at 10AM. -- ========================================= 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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