January 2022 - vcf-midatlantic

Slightly OT, but workshop relevant!
by Martin Flynn 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Three of the first four new benches are assembled! Will setting up the soldering re-work station (Hakko SMD-BGA hot air rework station, Hakko FM-205 De-soldering & Soldering Station, and PanaVise 333 board holders) on a dedicated bench http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/first_bench.jpg http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/bench_drawing.jpg Martin

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Repair Workshop @ System Source - Jan 29 & 30, 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Reminding everyone to sign up for the repair workshop at System Source which next weekend 1/29 & 1/30. I'm going and hope that I will see you there! Signup here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wHIQ-T8EnZdNkUWN_f-rG2hApgCEDqwwdjn… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_spread…> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/338%0D%0A+Clubhouse+Road,+%0D%0A+Hunt%0D…> The Vintage Computer Federation and the System Source Computer Museum are hosting a vintage computer workshop on Saturday January 29th and Sunday January 30th 2022 at: System Source Computer Museum 338 Clubhouse Road, <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_maps_se…> Hunt Valley, MD <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_maps_se…> 21031 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_maps_se…> Plenty of free parking, short walk from Baltimore’s light rail (Gilroy Road Stop) ON SATURDAY we will open at 9:00 AM and will lock up by 7:30 PM. ON SUNDAY: We will open at 9:00 AM and lock up at 5:00 PM *Accommodations:* Try https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g41196-Hunt_Valley_Maryland-Hotels.html <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.tripadvisor.com_Ho…> Feel free to talk with others about sharing a room. Food: There are plenty of restaurants within a short drive. We will have a catered Indian buffet on Saturday at cost ($12.00?) and catered Barbecue ($12.00?) on Sunday for those who are interested. We will feature tours of the museum throughout both days and several mini-workshops: · Retrobright workshop (bring your yellowed plastics) · Lots of New vintage computers from the DigiBarn Collection · Hot Metal Typesetting (3500 lb word processor) ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner VCF Mid-Atlantic Executive Director Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OpenVMS 6.2 DNS Support
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: > >I'm sorry to send a message to the VCF Group. >When I send it to VAXman(a)tmesis.org, I get a bounce back. One of googles servers must be on a RBL again. That's be the only reason that the server at .org would have rejected the message. >I was told there is no "$ TCPIP SHOW VERSION" as this is UCX. > >UCX> show version > > DEC TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS AXP Version V4.0 - ECO Level 1 on a >"AlphaStation 200 4/233" running OpenVMS V6.2-1H3 > >UCX> show interface > Packets Interface IP_Addr Network mask Receive >Send MTU WE0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.254.0 87417308 >84098223 1500 LO0 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 >1 1 65535 UCX> Here is a URL for the TCPIP service V6.2 (UCX) http://odl.sysworks.biz/disk$axpdocsep022/network/tcpip42/cmd_ref/6527pro_c… You should find all you need.

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Wanted: Casing for Apple Profile II
by Joseph Giliberti 22 Jan '22

22 Jan '22

Greetings! One of my regular systems in a nicely decked- out Apple //e system, including a working Profile II hard drive. However, an unfortunate fall practically shattered the plastic shell. Might anyone have a dead drive or perhaps just a case which they could spare? Thanks! Joe Giliberti

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Omnitec Accoustic Coupler Manual?
by Jeff G 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

Hey all! I have an Omnitec 701 acoustic coupler, with both an RS-232 and TTY jack on the back. Would anyone happen to have any manuals or schematics for this? As far as I can tell its not working, but it may be that I need to get a handshake tone specific to a 300 baud modem to get it to do something. I'd also like to see how it hooks up to a TTY! Thanks, Jeff

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OpenVMS 6.2 DNS Support
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: > >Can someone help me with this. Does OpenVMS 6.2 support DNS/BIND? > >I wm being told the following: > >"Correct the OpenVMS 8.4 support the DNS we are running OpenVMS >V6.2-1H3" > >"It is running older TCP/IP from Digitial call UCX" > >I looked up UCX and I see a DNS config, but I cannot tell if it is >supported in a newer or older version. > >Does anyone know? Yes. Thanks for asking. :P Get the output of this command for starts. $ TCPIP SHOW VERSION

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OT: Vintage Heathkit, Not Computers
by Chris Fala 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

I wish I had the discretionary funds to throw at this, even though I would never use it. It's just so pretty! https://www.ebay.com/itm/133994743821

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OpenVMS 6.2 DNS Support
by Christian Liendo 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Can someone help me with this. Does OpenVMS 6.2 support DNS/BIND? I wm being told the following: "Correct the OpenVMS 8.4 support the DNS we are running OpenVMS V6.2-1H3" "It is running older TCP/IP from Digitial call UCX" I looked up UCX and I see a DNS config, but I cannot tell if it is supported in a newer or older version. Does anyone know?

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Bill von Hagen, computer scientist and Pittsburgh punk pioneer, dies at 66
by Christian Liendo 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2022/01/18/Bill-Von-Hagen-bore… Some people might know him as he too was into vintage computing http://www.vonhagen.org/ Very sad to hear.

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[OT] light bulb collector/museum
by Herb Johnson 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Chris Fala: > To the collector in us all. [link to YouTube video] The cited YouTube clip was from a CBS news feature by David Pogue (that guy who used to host PBS Nova episodes by playing dumb about technology). So Pogue asks the collector, "light bulbs? really?" - because of course modern bulbs are not only dirt-common, but obsolete, and therefore uninteresting twice. The collector starts to explain their historic significance as the video shows various bulbs and sockets and accessories. I stopped watching at that point, I know the drill. Later in the thread, Jeff Jonas suggests the point I was about to make, so I'll join his thread. Vintage "light bulbs" is not a trivial subject or some personal oddity. It was an advanced technology that was initially exciting, became necessary, and then invisible. Just like personal computing. And it happens, it's history relevant to New Jersey where VCFed-Midatlantic resides. In the terminology of vintage computing: the incandescent electric lamp, was the "killer app" for the distribution and personal and industrial use of electrical power at the turn of the 20th century. Edison did much of his electrical work and production in New Jersey. What makes a light bulb even interesting? Electrical distribution didn't exist until around 1900. Why electrically wire up a city, in an era of ZERO commercial or consumer electrical devices? To provide smokeless, fireless, constant illumination; for work and safety and entertainment. Cities were in constant risk from fire, used for heating and cooking and illumination (natural gas, coal, wood, kerosene). And all that smoke filled rooms and cities with haze - and of course created carbon monoxide and gas poisoning. Illumination of streets at night, extended business hours and increased safety. Electric illumination was celebrated as a miracle of modern technology - much like computing was half a century later, and personal computing a century later. It was a centerpiece of expositions (public tech shows). And it was one of many technologies pursued by powerful rich people, who financed the "electrical wizards" of the day - Edison, Tesla, JP Morgan. All this played out in the newspapers of the day (their "information highway"). With electric light to provide a revenue stream and incentive to wire cities, electric motors became a replacement for steam. Later, small electric motors over large steam engines. For awhile, electric cars challenged gasoline cars. And Edison's General Electric and Westinghouse fought the AC/DC "current wars" in courts and newspapers. Remind you of Microsoft vs Apple? There's a few Edison museums in New Jersey, one near Edison NJ (yeah), At East Orange NJ is the Edison National Park (his research facility and nearby his mansion). If you are a techie, and you were thrown back in time to 1900, what research facility would YOU build? Edison beat you to it, in East Orange, go look at it. So. The "light bulb" represents early personal electricity, just as vintage computers represent early personal computing. The YouTube video about light-bulb collecting, "illuminates" what most people today think about common technology turned vintage - "huh?". And it shows what a few people are doing to preserve and curate it. Regards, Herb Johnson -- 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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