February 2021 - vcf-midatlantic

Apple IIe Related Kickstarter
by Herb Johnson 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

> a new, transparent keyboard for the Apple IIe. soda !-> keyboard - 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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Apple IIe Related Kickstarter
by Chris Fala 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

In case you missed it, a new, transparent keyboard for the Apple IIe. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maceffects/mechanical-keyboard-for-the…

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HP 85 For Sale (not mine)
by Alexander Jacocks 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

All, There is an HP 85 for sale, near me, if anyone is interested: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/313453723100742/ - Alex

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Anyone Have a B/C Class HP 9000 Workstation for Loan/Trade/Sale?
by Alexander Jacocks 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

All, I need some kind of an HP PA workstation for a project that I have coming, next month. Does anyone have one that they'd be willing to part with, either temporarily, or permanently? I'm in Maryland, in the USA. Alternatively, does anyone know what PCI video cards might be supported in HP A-class servers? That might be an option. Thanks! - Alex

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Infoage closed tomorrow Sunday February 14
by Jeffrey Brace 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

Due to the impending ice storm, All Infoage museums will be closed tomorrow Sunday February 14. 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

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Amiga (Classic) BBS Terminal Program
by Blatboy 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

I used JR-Comm back in the day. I really liked it. It supported 80 column + full color ANSI. I do remember using it for file transfers. Donno about ATASCII off the top of my head. I used it to dial into the VAX at the university from my apartment to do my CS assignments, and skip the trip to the computer lab. I was so bleeding edge in 1990. I almost regret it though. I hear I missed out on a pretty good hang in the lab. I can make and send an ADF if you'd like. :) Walter ++++++++++++++++++++++ https://jwalterhawkes.com like to know where/when I'm playing? Click here <https://jwalterhawkes.com/contact> to sign up for my list, and let the babble begin.

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ENIAC 75th Anniversary Celebration
by Brian L. Stuart 11 Feb '21

11 Feb '21

This evening begins a series of events celebrating the 75th anniversary of the unveiling of the ENIAC at the University of Pennsylvania. On the 11th and 18th, the Philadelphia Venture Cafe will be hosting virtual round tables with a number of us who have some connection to the ENIAC and Philadelphia technology. Included among the people present will be: - Bill Mauchly and Chris Eckert, sons of the ENIAC creators - Bill Mensch, part of the 6502 engineering team - Kathy Kleiman, producer of the ENIAC programmers documentary (And yes, I'll be there for anyone who wants to get nerdy and talk about the technical aspects of the machine and its programming.) Monday, the 15th is the day of the anniversary, and there will be a full day of webcasting. Starting at 10:30 EST, UPenn will be holding a mini-symposium in recognition of the ENIAC. Then at 3:30 EST, Unisys will be webcasting an ENIAC celebration video that includes a number of panel discussions, as well as clips from early newsreels, and happy birthday wishes from the various locations housing ENIAC artifacts. More details and links to all the events can be found here: http://www.eniacday.org/events/ BLS

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Amiga (Classic) BBS Terminal Program Questions
by John Heritage 11 Feb '21

11 Feb '21

Dear VCF, I was a long time BBSer on the Atari 8bit, Atari ST, and then later PC until the mid 1990s; I had occasionally dialed Amiga BBSes from the PC but never actually used an Amiga to dial out to a BBS. I was curious: - What are some recommended Amiga terminal programs (A-Term, Termite, etc?) for use on Amiga OCS that people have used back in the day? - Can Amiga OCS handle 80 columns and 16 color ANSI? (It was always disappointing the Atari ST could not..) Any serious serial port speed restrictions in this mode? - What terminal program would do 80 column + full color ANSI, and also be good for file transfers (Ymodem-G, ZModem) for example? - Bonus: Did anyone write any terminal programs for the Amiga that display ATASCII graphics from an Atari 8bit BBS? :) I will actually be using an Amiga 1200 for messing around but would like to see what the 'authentic' experience was like back in the day. Thanks! John

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stickers Please Re: 2021 Event T-Shirts
by Michael Brutman 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

The stickers were returned to NJ along with the unsold 2020 shirts when I left the national board. I am particularly proud of them; two out of three were my design. The t-shirt was my design too. I had a great year as a graphic designer. ;) On Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 6:15 AM Sentry TV via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Jeff > At the next workshop, I would not mind laying out some money for a shirt > and stickers if available. > Mike Rosen > > On Monday, February 8, 2021, 08:49:51 AM EST, Jeffrey Brace via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:07 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > Whatever happened to the stickers idea? > > > > We had some stickers done for VCF PNW back in March 2020. I will have to > see if we got those back over here in NJ. This is something that I will > think about and work on as I make plans for VCF East 2020 and or the Swap > Meet in April. > > > > > > I know there was some discussion but I don't know what happened? > > > > Covid-19 happened. We had put out a survey of 10 sticker designs and I > believe we took the top 3 and made them. We were going to sell at VCF PNW, > which was cancelled and then VCF West and East went virtual so there was no > opportunity to sell in-person and it wasn't practical to sell online at the > time. I have to check in the boxes of stuff that was shipped back to NJ > from Seattle to see if the stickers were included in the shipment. We had > the swap meet in November, but the stickers and the 2020 t-shirts were in > Seattle at the time. The swap meet was quickly arranged and it was our > first one so there was little time to plan. We will have the VCF 2019 and > remaining VCF 2020 t-shirts for the next Swap Meet April 24 (with rain date > of April 25). Keep in mind there is limited sizes for the t-shirts, they > are just leftovers that didn't sell before. We don't plan on printing new > ones for the swap meet at this time. Also we have plenty of VCF polos in > every size available. > > We also don't want to get too many of any particular swag before we have an > idea of how well they will sell in-person. We have been brainstorming for a > while about what kind of swag will sell or not sell. We will often try it > out with a small quantity to see what will sell before scaling up or buying > more for the next year. I know with East from 2019 there was a lot of > interest in swag of all kinds and we sold out of many items that sat around > not selling for a while from previous shows. It's always difficult to gauge > what will interest people. We had coffee cups made for VCF West and PNW and > very few sold and sat around for 2 or 3 years and then at East 2019 every > single one sold out. > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 10:56 AM Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic > > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > With the news that VCF East has been postponed to the Fall, we are > > > able to move forward with one of many projects to give members more > > > input into the day to day running of VCF. > > > > > > To that end, we're going to try a new approach to designing the T > > > Shirts. For those who may not know, we design one t-shirt for all > > > events in the year (VCF East, VCF West, and, historically, VCF Pacific > > > Northwest). > > > > > > >

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Univac Demo
by Duane Craps 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

Woo Hoo Bill Dromgoole's UNIVAC Demo Has 1000 views in the first week UNIVAC 2021 Update - Full Boot and Diagnostic - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_d1QbeiOu0> - DuaneCraps sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp

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