December 2022 - vcf-midatlantic

OT / Equipment pickup
by Martin Flynn 11 Jan '25

11 Jan '25

Anyone on list in proximity to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania? There's a Winsted equipment rack that's a cosmetic match for what we have deployed already that I am considering purchase of Before arranging shipping / freight, anyone nearby that might be headed to VCF East or the swap meet? Martin

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

Just added: Besides the TRS-80 Model 1 systems, Model 4, Color Computer 2 systems, plus related software and documentation that I added the other day, I’ve also now added all the TRS-80 Model 1/3/4 books that I have. I’ve had a lot of inquiries about the Model 4 - yes, it’s still available until someone commits to coming and getting it! I think I’m going to have to put it back into storage, as I’ve now been using it for days and I don’t want to get drawn back in! ;) I think once I get all the TRS-80 stuff stowed back away I’ll go back and add the assorted items that I found in my closet in the other categories *after* I did the listings. I've been regularly marking the sold and sale pending items, thank you guys so much! And once again - many thanks to those who have adopted some of my babies so far. Please let me know if I can clarify anything or if any more photos are needed. The link: http://www.theshusters.com/bobvintage.html <http://www.theshusters.com/bobvintage.html> Please don't share without asking me. Currently just open to this group - my contact info is intentionally missing from the webpages. If you can read this, you have my email. Email me with questions or offers! Please don't make offers on the list, but if you want to discuss my process and feel the group would benefit, then by all means knock yourself out! :) Bob Shuster (Original message below) ---- Well, folks, I've gotten to the age where I need to seriously downsize my hobbies and collections, not wanting to leave it to my children to have to deal with in later years. (I had to do that recently for a relative.) On the electronics side, I've decided to concentrate on my vintage video game systems - and therefore sell off most of my vintage computer stuff. My collection includes mostly 8-bit stuff: TRS-80 Models I, IV, M100, etc. - Atari 400, 800, Portfolio, ST, etc. - C64/VIC20 - T/S1000 (including an unbuilt kit), Apple II, II+, IIe, IIe Platinum, IIgs - Wang WLTC - Mattel Aquarius - TI-99/4A - many others that I still have to dig out - plus lots of peripherals, disks, manuals, etc. Also have some newer Macs starting with a Mac Plus in an Apple carrying bag. I'm starting with you guys before trying to list elsewhere, although I may hit some of the dedicated FaceBorg pages (such as for Aquarius and Apple II.) I'm willing to ship some of the smaller items, but in general systems or monitors will need to be picked up here (near the Fort Washington exit of the PA Turnpike) or nearby, and cash or PayPal for payment. I may also consider trades for some of the video game stuff I'm looking for. It pains me to do this, but the clutter is getting out of hand, and I haven't touched most of these in years. It's time for someone else to enjoy. Bob Shuster

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Commodore 1702 door
by svcatitc＠aol.com 20 Apr '23

20 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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2023 VCF Event Dates
by Jeffrey Brace 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] What we can learn from vintage computing
by Jeffrey Jonas 05 Jan '23

05 Jan '23

Bob Jeffway posted: > I co-teach a class at University Of Massachusetts in Amherst > using Bob Applegate's KIM-1 replicas. An interesting choice for sure. Hex keypads & displays are definitely a step-up from toggle switches and individual bits. > We start with machine language programming, then move to an assembler, > and teach all the low-level stuff; address bus, data bus, controls, clock, etc. > and how to interface hardware. Very nice! Ben Eater advocates breadboarding everything yourself, learning every wire along the way: https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater One of my masters' degree pre-reqs was a 68000 lab course with this single board trainer: http://ferretronix.com/tech/sbc/index.html#68k The ROM provided an interactive debugger and a few run-time library calls for print, read, etc. http://ferretronix.com/tech/68k/68k_monitor_notes -- jeff jonas

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Bad bearing in Atlanta (ST-225)
by Neil Cherry 04 Jan '23

04 Jan '23

Michael Evenson of the FlexUsergroup (FuFu) email list (Flex, OS9, OSK, UniFlex) has a drive with a failing bearing. Is there a repair group down in Atlanta are like we have at the museum in Wall? Really like to help him keep going on his emulator. If not does anyone have a ST225 drive they're not using? -- 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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1968 Longley-Rice model in Fortran IV
by Herbert Johnson 31 Dec '22

31 Dec '22

>> the RF propagation model by Anita Longley and Phil Rice, still widely >> used after a half century. Going from one old report to another, I >> found the original 1968 CDC-3600 Fortran IV source code as an appendix ...and there's some C++ code and Python code in the mix. This looks like fun stuff to an old engineer like me; and some of my amateur radio friends too. Radio propagation is still an art among some hams these days. FORTRAN, well, that was my first programming language. I've sent you a private email, and I'll see if I can poke at this code myself. Thanks for posting notice of this work; your Web page shows good historic technical preservation at work. That's how it's done. 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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Soviet Project SPHINX
by Mike Markowski 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

An impressive looking Soviet project from 1987: https://www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/project-sphinx-when-the-ussr-tried-t… Mike Markowski, ab3ap

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9000 subscribers for VCF's YouTube channel!
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

VCF's YouTube channel is up to 9K subscribers! Only 1K more to get to our goal of 10K! https://www.youtube.com/@vcfederation ========================================= 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] Slightly O.T., Main Street Bar and Grill Revisited
by Jeff S 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

That's a very thoughtful act, Bill. We're all going to miss Cheryl. And I, in particular, am going to miss the Black and Bleu burger and a good on-tap IPA to wash it down with. On Wed, Dec 28, 2022, 9:36 PM Bill Inderrieden via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > In an effort to show our last patronage, Jeff Jonas and myself went to > dinner at Main Street Bar and Grill in Ocean, NJ. > > Representing VCF, a letter of recommendation, pictures of our Festivus > visit, and a gift card were presented to Cheryl, > our loyal server, as a parting gift. > > She said to us that Friday, December 30th, is the last business day for > the bar, so if you want to make a last visit, > you have only two days to make the trip. > > > Cheryl is moving to Virginia on Saturday and not looking back. We wish > her good wishes and best of luck. > > Bill Inderrieden > > > > >

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