November 2022 - vcf-midatlantic

ATTENTION - Steering Committee News - ELECTION TIME!
by Chris Fala 15 Nov '22

15 Nov '22

Dear VCF Membership, It is time once again for the VCF-MA annual Steering Committee member election! There are three seats becoming vacant; Alex Jacocks and myself have reached the end of our terms, and Doug Crawford was a temporary appointment following Tony Bogan's resignation and is automatically up for election as per the by-laws. Nominations are now open. The election will be held according to section 4 and 5 of our published by-laws (copied below, full document available here: https://vcfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/VCFMA-Charter-Jul2022.pdf) Anyone who directly received this message is eligible to vote. Current members of this mailing list in good standing are eligible to submit nominations for Committee member candidates. Nominations can be made by simply communicating the nomination via e-mail to a current Committee member: Alexander Jacocks - alex.jacocks(a)vcfed.org, Dave McGuire - dave.mcguire(a)vcfed.org, Douglas Crawford - douglas.crawford(a)vcfed.org, Jason Perkins - jason.perkins(a)vcfed.org, or Chris Fala - chris.fala(a)vcfed.org) Members may also self-nominate. To be eligible for the election, the prospective nominee must then accept the nomination by replying in the affirmative to the nomination email. One nomination per member can be made. Nominations will close on November 23th. An updated list of eligible nominees will be published regularly. Voting will commence on November 26th, and will close at 11:59pm on December 7th. Winners will be announced on December 10th during the Town hall event at our annual VCF Holiday celebration. *This is your chance to help steer the direction of VCF Mid-Atlantic! Nominate someone and vote in the upcoming election!* Sincerely, Chris Fala Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Steering Committee of the Vintage Computer Federation 4. COMMITTEE ELECTIONS Steering committee membership includes representation of VCF membership, as determined by the VCF governing board and VCF-MA sponsored elections. - The committee membership will be determined by elections to be held on a yearly basis (currently November). - Committee membership is ideally comprised of five people but may vary due to changing circumstances. Any committee vote to determine an increase in committee members shall be held within six months after a new election cycle. - A minimum of one seat will be up for election in every cycle, unless additional vacancies create the need for additional seats to be filled, in which case all vacant seats will be up for election in that cycle. - In the event of a tie, a two-week runoff election will be held. - If a tie still exists after the runoff, the non-running committee members will determine a winner. - In the event of a committee tie, the current chairperson or chair delegate will determine the winner. - Nominations for committee members can be made by current members in good standing simply by communicating the nomination to a committee member. One nomination per member can be made. Said members may also self-nominate. - In the case of off-cycle vacancies, the committee may move, without a public election, to appoint by simple majority vote new committee members to fill the seats until the next scheduled election. - A committee chairperson will be appointed by the committee members within 30 days of each completed election cycle. At that time a recording secretary will be selected. - Prospective committee members should be knowledgeable in some aspect of computing, preferably vintage computers, and show a demonstrated interest in vintage computing, computing history, and museum management and governance. - In order to be sufficiently aware and have proper perspective of museum and warehouse issues, prospective committee members should be able to physically attend VCF events at least quarterly and attend meetings regularly. 5. VCF MEMBERSHIP VCF general membership is open and granted to anyone who joins the mailing list. Voting rights will be granted to active list members who join no less than 30 days before an election.

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Reached our goal for the IBM 1130 fundraiser!
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

Hello everyone, As of November 14, 2022, we have reached our goal of $6000! Thank you so much to everyone that donated! We will leave the fundraiser open until the end date of November 30. Anything over our goal will be used for any unexpected expenses as well as getting the peripherals connected to it working such as the card reader and card puncher. Thanks again everyone. I will keep you updated as to when we are able to ship the machine down to Florida for restoration. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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CDL says thanks Alex Jacocks!
by Neil Cherry 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

I'd like to thank Alex Jacocks for the donation of a Windows 10 all-in-one touch screen PC. I'll set that up at the front with the 3D printer and OctoPrint so we can use that to send gcode to the printer. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ

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The VCF party that we have at the end of the year
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

So the party that VCF has at the end of the year which has been called Festivus in years past is coming up on December 10 & 11. We have created a survey which I want everyone to fill out. The survey will be active for two weeks until November 26. One of the questions in the survey is the name of the event. We want to see if everyone wants to keep the name of the event as Festivus or change it to something else. Whether you are coming to the event or not, whether you have attended the event in the past or not, please fill out this survey: https://bit.ly/vcfEoY2022pre More details and signups for the event will be coming over the next week or so. Thanks so much! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] LPG-30
by Jeffrey Jonas 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

> Why can't I ever find things like this? I had a similar experience finding my high schools abandoned LGP-21. One day, I wondered "where does all the line printer paper come from?" since it magically appeared when needed. I discovered the supply room with then-current supplies (greenbar tractor-feed line printer paper and tab cards from JTC, paper tape and roll paper for teletypes). In the back was a long abandoned LGP-21 with some manuals and such. One of the manuals was signed out by a friend's older sister! I had no clue how to use the boot-loader so I spent a week or 2 just poking at the console learning the instruction set and running really small programs. Using the oscilloscope (to view the registers) and Flexowriter was FUN! The LGP-21 is the transistorized version of the LGP-30 with a fixed-head disk (not drum), but functionally equivalent. *THAT* is when I groked why my dad was ecstatic when SOAP was available (the self optimizing compiler for drum machines: kinda optimized the placement of variables vs. doing it totally manually like MEL A REAL PROGRAMMER!) -- jeff jonas

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OT - Surplus Domains
by Martin Flynn 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

I am disposing of domains that were registered for projects and never used. If you have an interest in any of them for free (just what it costs to move the domain to your registrar) , please reply off-list quarternet.net 12/31/2023 mars.support 8/11/2023 n2mo.support 8/11/2023 wifi-am.com 8/14/2023 Martin Flynn

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Someone is letting go of a lot of Apple Equipment
by Christian Liendo 13 Nov '22

13 Nov '22

Someone will need a VAN or Truck https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/7553887147.html

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Wanted: Tandy 2000 keyboard
by Mike Loewen 13 Nov '22

13 Nov '22

I have a hard drive controller for a Tandy 2000. Will trade for a Tandy 2000 keyboard. Please reply off-list. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Someone is letting go of a lot of Apple Equipment
by Jeff S 13 Nov '22

13 Nov '22

LOL at the Turbo Future link for reference pricing... I'm also surprised the person didn't mention that the $20 bills must not be in serial number sequence. On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 9:10 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I contacted this person and this was the response. > > Hello MIKE AT SENTRYTV > > Thank you for your interest in the old Apple and Macs & software I’m > selling via Craigslist. > > I’m using this source as a suggested pricing guide: > https://turbofuture.com/computers/vintagemacintosh > > I will be selling Apple Hardware & accompanying Software from my storage > facility on Saturday, November 19th from 12:00 - 4:30 PM: > Manhattan Mini Storage > 135 Street & Riverside Drive > NYC, NY 10031 > (1 block east of Hudson River) > > If you intend to come, you must please email me with your number. If I > already have your number I will call to confirm your entry. > > Payment will be CASH only with no bills larger than $20’s. > > I posted a lot of inventory of storage room at these 3 Craigslist posts: > > newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/d/new-york-80s-90s-apple-macintosh/755388714… > > > newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/d/new-york-apple-mac-software/7553893149.html > > > newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/d/new-york-apple-macs-printerskeyboards/7556…

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Repair Workshop breakfast tomorrow
by Jeffrey Brace 12 Nov '22

12 Nov '22

9:00AM at Blue Swan Diner. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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