February 2022 - vcf-midatlantic

Swapmeep
by Sentrytv 27 Feb '22

27 Feb '22

Just wanted to say the swapmeet, to me , was a success. There was definitely quite a few vendors and the foot traffic was almost overwhelming before 11am. I sold a few items, bought a few, took home some free stuff, ( did I really need that) and talked to so many people that I am hoarse today. Just would like to thank all involved who made it happen! Next swapmeet I will bring more radio equipment also. Looking forward to being outside (hopefully) for the next swapmeet. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Poll: How many vintage systems supported
by Bill Degnan 27 Feb '22

27 Feb '22

Thanks, I changed to hopefully allow all Twitter users. No emergency, this is the first poll I have ever run since I joined twitter 10 years ago. Just having fun. Bill On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 8:26 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > It seems it’s not worth the effort. > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > On Feb 27, 2022, at 8:10 PM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Hi Bill, I signed up for Twitter and tried to take your poll. I got this > response “ You’re unable to view this Tweet because this account owner > limits who can view their Tweets.” > > Any ideas? > Jeff > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 5:25 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am running a Twitter poll here: > > > > > > > https://twitter.com/billdeg/status/1497755783492165635?t=q3ubHB3m-QIXFR0o48… > > > > If you have a Twitter account and would like to participate I want to > know > > how many computers built before 1995 do you actively support in your > > collection. "Actively" defined by any system powered on at least once > per > > year. > > > > The more responses the better. Thanks > > > > Bill "stats" Degnan > > > >

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Poll: How many vintage systems supported
by Bill Degnan 27 Feb '22

27 Feb '22

Hi all, I am running a Twitter poll here: https://twitter.com/billdeg/status/1497755783492165635?t=q3ubHB3m-QIXFR0o48… If you have a Twitter account and would like to participate I want to know how many computers built before 1995 do you actively support in your collection. "Actively" defined by any system powered on at least once per year. The more responses the better. Thanks Bill "stats" Degnan

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OT - Camp Evans Wi-Fi
by Martin Flynn 27 Feb '22

27 Feb '22

The Camp Evans Wi-Fi was turned up this afternoon in 9032A (the big conference room) and 9032D (the radio museum) More access points will be added to back-fill the Building 9032 locations that have inadequate coverage. SSID is: camp_evans_guest, Password is jeeps_are_green

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Jim Scheef (DACS prez still?)
by skogkatt007＠yahoo.com 26 Feb '22

26 Feb '22

You on here? I could find your contact through DACS but I figured this might be easier.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 26 Feb '22

26 Feb '22

Sorry to miss the swap meet, but think I finally got enough catalogued and photographed to share with the group. I was able to go through most of my Apple collection, but I will keep adding other items then alert the list with significant updates. The URL won’t change so if anyone likes they can just go back to the page to see if there’s anything new. There are some notes at the top of the sheet, but to reinforce: All large items are for local pickup only (just NW of Philadelphia, near the PA Turnpike at Fort Washington) and I’ll accept cash or PayPal Friends & Family. Smaller items may be available for shipping at the buyer’s cost. Prices are just asking prices and certainly negotiable! Please respond to me directly and don’t post offers to the list - I’m sure the admins will appreciate that. ;-) If you see an error in the listings or some price is egregious please let me know. That being said, the link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ttnt42zcjHlXb2Oi8_Wc00-9kTQzQ-p9RMn… More to come, including manuals, books, and software at the end. Commodore, Atari, TRS-80, TI, TS, etc. coming soon. I need to make space so I can even look at some of the stuff. Thanks for looking! Bob Shuster

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Wi-Fi at the swap meet
by Sentrytv 26 Feb '22

26 Feb '22

To anybody listening is there anybody who knows if the Wi-Fi is up and running in 9032a I needed to test something out? If it is which access point is it and password Mike Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Wi-Fi at the swap meet
by Martin Flynn 26 Feb '22

26 Feb '22

9032A WIFI is not up yet - running fiber today On 2/26/2022 10:23 AM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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Not going to be the Swap Meet tomorrow
by Gregg Levine 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

Hello! Sorry gang, this is one VCF event I won't be able to make it to the event tomorrow. It seems that I have a conflict in that a family event is scheduled for the same date, and the individual who scheduled insists that they forgot about what I had originally planned on doing. I'm still trying to find those X86 based handhelds from around 1992 or so. Jeff I wanted to tell you this then, but I've been unable to get my idea that you saw me working on in January and we talked about then, to work. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

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Weird request: older CRT oscilloscope?
by Dave Shevett 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

My kid is super-into older analog gear (they're big into the modular synth thing). Does anyone have an old greenscreen oscilloscope they'd like to get rid of? Smaller would be better (IE a desktop Tektronix, as opposed to a rolling cart sized one). Thanks! I'll be there Saturday :) -- Dave Shevett shevett(a)pobox.com

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