June 2021 - 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] past, present and future
by Eric Rangell 07 Jul '21

07 Jul '21

> > Hi all, > I plan to bring the exhibit I intended to show last year about Ted Nelson to VCF as well as my current exhibit of the PC Transporter for the Apple //e. I will also be able to show demos of Ted Nelson's JOT and Jef Raskin's SWYFT systems for anyone interested. Ted and Jef had great ideas that were ahead of their time. The potential uses for them I see in the decentralized internet space (which is already being crowded out by corporate interests). After corresponding with others who have done more extensive research I do not see them practically seeing the light of day in any product, other than specialized applications, like molecular biology which uses ZigZag. If you have different opinions, or stories about Ted to share, please contact me off-list at erangell(a)gmail.com. Thanks, Eric

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Volunteers for Consignment Staffing - VCF East 2021
by Alexander Jacocks 07 Jul '21

07 Jul '21

All, I'm looking for volunteers to staff the consignment area, during VCF East, 2021. We have three times the space for consignment that we had in 2019, which should be great. But, to avoid the long lines that we have had in the past, we'd like to have 3 volunteers working the room, during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, at all times. I'm looking for folks to sign up for one or more of the following 2.5 hour shifts, for each day: 8:30 11:00 11:00 13:30 13:30 16:00 16:00 18:30 Please send me questions, or let me know what shifts you'd like to work. If you can, please give me a first and second choice for shifts, in case we're already full for that slot. Responsibilities will include sales, answering questions, and crowd control, should that be an issue. I hope that everyone else is as excited about VCF East as I am! Thanks! - Alex

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Sperry Univac Core - Which computer and Capacity?
by Douglas Crawford 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Board is identified as 90536-7128081-00 G Web hits on this are thin. Anyone know what Univac machine this is from and its capacity? I suppose count of the wires H x L = # of bits of storage, and one side is the word size of the computer? Confirmation? https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kw4AAOSwwlBgujxR/s-l1600.jpg Thanks, DC

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Mo' stickas (2" inch circle stickers of vintage computers)
by Jeffrey Brace 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

There was a sticker sale, I got 3 more: Atari 800, TRS-80, Altar 8800: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-Cl8ZPsxcT3d05krNtuam684_o6QdYAk?us… They are available for sale now at the museum and at VCF East and VCF West. ========================================= 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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Off Topic: Confirmed fix for your messages being in an attachment
by Douglas Crawford 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

In your address book for entry VCF-Midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org, set the drop down: "Prefers to receive messages formatted as: Plain Text" If Mailman ever allows HTML, we can switch back.

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Off Topic - Possible fix of email body inside an attachment - Test
by Douglas Crawford 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

I use thunderbird email client, and apparently all my message bodies are attached instead of in-line. I have just switched for this recipient to be text only. Would one person please respond if this message is in the body rather than included as an attachment?

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Oregon Trail
by Duane Craps 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

Back during the Oregon Trail anniversary. People were talking about running DOS to run it. I assembled a source I found with QB64 (a hobbyist Quick Basic clone). Seems to run OK. I'm not into text games so I have not thoroughly checked it out. Here is a link to the file in my dropbox : https://www.dropbox.com/s/y3qi21j5j266sx3/oregon.exe?dl=0 -- DuaneCraps sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp

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estate sale in RI
by W2HX 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

Mostly ham stuff but some vintage micros here and there: https://www.estatesales.net/RI/Providence/02904/2942061 73 Eugene W2HX

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First Request for Consignment Submissions for VCF East 2021
by Alexander Jacocks 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

All, If you're considering doing consignment at VCF East, please start filling out the consignment forms, located here: https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-cons… Please fill out the form and email it to vcfeast(a)vcfed.org, or if that's not possible, bring it with you to the event. Please do not do all your form filling at the event, as that will cause a lot of confusion for the consignment staff. It would help us greatly if you get those back to us as early as possible. Thanks! - Alex

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