January 2023 - vcf-midatlantic

2023 VCF Event Dates
by Jeffrey Brace 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

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Arsen Arachelian, Vintage Lisa Enthusiast passes at 51
by Christian Liendo 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

I worked with him at a Internet service provider called Globix in the 90s, please share with other Apple Enthusiasts Obituary of Arsen Arachelian On January 18, 2023, Arsen “Ray” Arachelian, 51 years old, died of colon cancer. He is survived by his wife Lee Arachelian and two sons William and James Arachelian. Ray was born in Constanta Romania and came to the United States when he was 8 years old. He was the only child of his family. He had a college degree in Computer Science and had been working in IT industry until he died. His last job was with Warner Bros Discovery HBO. Ray had been married since September 1999.He and his wife were together for more than 23 years. His two children are 18 and 15 years old respectively. https://parkfuneralchapels.com/tribute/details/4062/Arsen-Arachelian/obitua… Ray was a Lisa computer enthusiast. He’s the creator of Lisa Emulator and had shared freely his software with people like him around the world. He had donated generously and passionately his time and money on Lisa Project, which was pursued by a small group of enthusiasts trying to keep Lisa legacy alive. He has many admirers and friends within their online community. https://github.com/rayarachelian/lisaem Ray is deeply loved by his families and friends. He’ll forever be missed. Visiting Hours 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Saturday, January 28, 2023 Park Funeral Chapel 2175 Jericho Turnpike Garden City Park, New York, United States

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VCF East related.....
by Martin Flynn 22 Jan '23

22 Jan '23

*The good news:* CDL deployed a combination phone and network jack next to the lobby fireplace for digital signage during VCF East. CDL has the stand and player, need to source a suitable display * http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_3222-scaled.jpg *The bad news:* Persons unknown decided spend a day scrapping out the both the Army and InfoAge installed telephone and data cables in the hotel basement * http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_3216-1-scaled.jpg * http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_3213-1-scaled.jpg * http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_3212-1-scaled.jpg Sadly, this now make it impossible to provide analog or digital dial tone from the Building 9059 PBX in support of buildings 9001 and 9032 A-D without a huge expenditure to replace / splice the cables. A police report was filed, Wall sent over their detectives to take pictures and document the theft. If you have question, email please to keep the list clutter down... Martin Flynn

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OT: Move over Netflix, The Army Signal Corps was Here First
by Jeffrey Brace 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

Two Rivers Times a local newspaper talks about filmmaking by the army at Fort Monmouth over the years: http://tworivertimes.com/move-over-netflix-the-army-signal-corps-was-here-f… ========================================= 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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VOX looking for a Lisa to demo
by Jason Perkins 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

VOX media contacted VCF looking for someone who could bring a Lisa to their NYC studio for some demos. If they can't find someone nearby NYC, their producer, who is in Seattle, thinks we can work something out and do the demo in WA. I'm trying to talk them into this route :) I did say I'd ask if anyone was closer to their preferred location in NYC. They're looking to shoot between 1/24 and 2/3. Thanks, -- Jason Perkins

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] MICROTREK Aug 1976
by ☼ wil lindsay ☼ 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

Hi David, I follow eBay pretty heavily. Other computer magazines from that early era get listed in the $50-$80 but never sell. The ones that do sell are usually below $10 or a bundle of multiple issues for a higher amount. You may have better luck on the local market for that, as there are ads for PC76 in Atlantic city,making it a bit of a regional curiosity. If money is an issue, I'dhappily pay you $15 for the right to scan it, submit the files to Archive.org and then donate the paper copy to VCF. Let me know if that helps or if you have a larger stack that could be archived, and we can work something out offline. -Wil Lindsay. On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:03 AM David Keith via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I have been inactive for a while. I was basically forced to retire about a > year ago, and now I am looking to sell off some of my collection vintage > computer items. I have pristine copy of Microtrek August 1976 magazine, I > would like to sell on eBay. Wondering what I should list it as a starting > price. Any ideas ?? > ThanksDavid duBose >

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MICROTREK Aug 1976
by David Keith 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

I have been inactive for a while. I was basically forced to retire about a year ago, and now I am looking to sell off some of my collection vintage computer items. I have pristine copy of Microtrek August 1976 magazine, I would like to sell on eBay. Wondering what I should list it as a starting price. Any ideas ?? ThanksDavid duBose

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No more Amazon Smile
by Christian Liendo 20 Jan '23

20 Jan '23

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-closing-amazonsmile-to…

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social.vcfed.org (VCF Mastodon instance) is down
by Dan FitzGerald 19 Jan '23

19 Jan '23

I'm not sure where else to take this to, so I am sending it to the list. Our Mastodon instance at social.vcfed.org has been unreachable for the last several hours. Does anybody know what is going on, or when it is going to be back online? Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger

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Repair Workshop 2023-01-14 & 15
by Jeffrey Brace 18 Jan '23

18 Jan '23

Seems like everyone had fun this past weekend with the repair workshop. The usual suspects were there. Lots of interesting stuff getting fixed. David Gesswein repaired the VCF Museum's Xerox as well as the Sol-20. Thanks so much Dave! One lady came who needed picture files recovered from her early 2000's Macintosh. Dan helped her to recover and transfer most of them. Bill Dromgoole worked on the Univac a bit. Thomas worked on the Iris Personal as well as The Philips CD-ROM. Supposedly this is the first CD-ROM drive ever made. Very cool. For dinner Saturday night we split into two groups half went to Brick House Tap & Tavern, the other half went to MJs. Both were good. Sunday night we tried a new place Patrick's Grill and the 8 of us really liked it. So I will make reservations next month for this place. Anyone else want to chime in on what they worked on? ========================================= 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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