December 2022 - vcf-midatlantic

Tech Luminaries that we lost in 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

The late David Walden appeared at VCF East in 2018. Ken Gagne included him in an article with others. The article was published today: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3682772/14-tech-luminaries-we-lost-in… ========================================= 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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Slightly O.T., Main Street Bar and Grill Revisited
by svcatitc＠aol.com 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

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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May you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
by Christian Liendo 27 Dec '22

27 Dec '22

I hope everyone is nice and warm, because it is COLD!!!!! If you got yourself a nice present related to the hobby then please share. Its always nice to see what new things people got. Just remember April is not that far away.

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Vendor Registration - VCF East 2023
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Dec '22

27 Dec '22

Anyone wanting to be a vendor should register here: https://forms.gle/zGsPxCcuDQBXm3fb7 Thanks! ========================================= 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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1968 Longley-Rice model in Fortran IV
by Mike Markowski 26 Dec '22

26 Dec '22

I just subscribed to the list last week, still getting a feel for topics and hope this one is of interest. I was recently looking into 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 in a report. After correcting the many OCR errors with O/D/0/Q, I/l/1 and similar, I posted about it to the PiDP11 mailing list. Several folks joined in and the code now runs on several old OSes in addition to F77 if you want to run it on linux. The output is, well, admittedly not as fun as a game, but if you want some contemporary code for your retro computing or happen to also be an EE working in RF, it is at https://udel.edu/~mm/itm/ Merry Christmas! Mike Markowski

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VCF East 2023 Exhibitor Registration
by Jeffrey Brace 26 Dec '22

26 Dec '22

VCF East 2023 Exhibit Registration is now open. Register your exhibit through this URL: https://forms.gle/u6NZVYUaqtwEWyX67 Thanks! ========================================= 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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Fwd: Merry Christmas (Use fixed width font)
by Duane Craps 25 Dec '22

25 Dec '22

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A Mastodon Instance for VCF - an Invitation
by Andrew Diller 24 Dec '22

24 Dec '22

With support from the VCF Board I have created a new service for supporters of the Vintage Computer Federation: A VCF Mastodon instance. I have a direct invite to sign up below, or the public url if you just want to look around. I also have some Q&A words below that may help explain why we are doing this. Just go right to signup: https://social.vcfed.org/invite/QDJkojxi Take a look around: https://social.vcfed.org/public Why do we need this? Mastodon is a federated network of instances (servers) every person that wants to participate needs an account on an instance. Many instances have rules and themes around topics. I thought it would be interesting to have one centered around VCF, its supporters which acknowledges our charter and its goals. The Board agreed and we have created and then set up a server inside of VCF's AWS (Amazon) account. This hosts the Mastodon instance. Is VCF Leaving Twitter? No, VCF is exploring Mastodon in conjunction with continuing to use Twitter. Mastodon is an interesting federated technology and as such offers a unique and different way of engaging socially with others on the Internet. It complements Twitter and has some fun new ways of tracking events and postings, more like classic Twitter in terms of a straight non-influenced timeline. Why would I use VCF's Mastodon? There are a few reasons. One: we are here and offering accounts. Some of the larger M. instances have been overwhelmed with requests and are closed to new accounts. The VCF Mastodon Instance (VMI) is open and can allow an easy way for interested individuals to sign up and explore the fediverse with fellow VCF supporters. What did you just say? You can read more about the fediverse here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse It's another interesting technology that has been around for a while but gained recent notoriety as more people have joined up. Mastodon is just one front-end application that participates in the larger fediverse. I have already seeded it with some interesting retro federated sites so you should see postings when you visit. If you decide to join up and start to follow people who are of interest to you it will widen the Federated stream on the site. Please feel free to click on the link and sign up for an account. So far I've found it interesting and fun. You can decide for yourself. If you have questions about using it once you sign up ask me via Mastodon DM me via Masto----> @dillera@social.vcfed.org Again, the VCF Instance is here: https://social.vcfed.org/public Happy Holidays -andy diller Social Media Manager, not Director, at VCFederation

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interesting unit
by Duane Craps 23 Dec '22

23 Dec '22

Looks like it could be a good storage device for 8 bit computers -- DuaneCraps sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Netflix studios coming to former Army base in Monmouth NJ
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Dec '22

23 Dec '22

On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 2:03 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > So how will this affect InfoAge(?) in the future? > There is no way to know for certain. The only way that I see it affecting InfoAge is in rental of different equipment. Of course there is a chance for someone at NetFlix to discover the history of InfoAge, do some filming and draw in more visitors. For the Vintage Computer Federation most shows that we have rented artifacts to in the past have been far away. This would be super close, so much easier to rent artifacts. As for VCF East, it may make it harder to get hotel rentals if there are a lot of people using up the local hotels. However this may incentivize more hotels to be built, which would be helpful overall. There are also plans to renovate or rebuild abandoned housing in the surrounding area since the Army moved out of Fort Monmouth. There have been other businesses that have moved into Fort Monmouth including churches, rehabilitation centers, CommVault, etc. This is the first really big named place to open up. There are still acres and acres and acres of undeveloped land (total area of Fort Monmouth is 1,126 acres). I know because I have read the local news and drive through the center of the campus periodically. I invited anyone when visiting VCF to drive through and see what I mean. Jeff Brace > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Dec 22, 2022, at 9:52 PM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > > "New $848M Netflix Studios Monmouth At Former New Jersey Army Base Is A > Firm Go; Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Sees “Billions In Economic Output” From 12 > Sound Stages – Update" > > > > "Netflix will pay $55 million for a big parcel of land in New Jersey, > then invest about $850 million to build a state-of-the-art production > studio, according to details of the streamer’s bid. " > > > > "The 289-acre site of Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth, a former army base, > would be one of the largest fully integrated production facilities in the > world and a very close second to Netflix’s biggest U.S. production hub in > Albuquerque, New Mexico, which totals 300 acres." > > > > > https://deadline.com/2022/12/netflix-studios-fort-monmouth-new-jersey-produ… > > > > So uh, this is really close to VCF. 10 mile drive according to the Goog > but much shorter as the crow flies. > > > > - Ethan > >

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