October 2023 - vcf-midatlantic

Breakfast for repair workshop attendees tomorrow
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Oct '23

28 Oct '23

At Blue Swan at 9AM

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Honeywell Engineer needs floppy disk help
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Got a phone call today from an engineer at Honeywell Aerospace. Anyone interested in helping him troubleshoot over the phone? He lives in Arizona. Here is what he said: “ - There is a 5-1/4” floppy diskette created in 1995 that can no longer be read by the Honeywell designed equipment. - We found one 5-1/4” floppy diskette from our Test Group that works in the Honeywell designed equipment. - We need to make additional copies of the working 5-1/4” floppy diskette. It contains one executable file on it. - We have tried making copies, on an IBM Compatible PC from 1995, but the floppy disk doesn’t work in the Honeywell designed equipment. - It looks like the disk is being read by the Honeywell designed equipment but after a few seconds from reading the disk the system fail light turns on. - We would like your help to see if we can make a working copy from the original 199X created Floppy Disk. ”

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Swap Goods!
by ☼ wil lindsay ☼ 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

I took the liberty of adding a tab and a bunch of stuff to the Swap Sellers list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U2zZbAGmSZ_ea9vjPXngKsLUohe9vAKNn7L… I'm releasing a good portion of my slab collection to the wild. Also bringing some Radio and Microcontroller stuff not listed. As always, I like trades.

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Bringing 3 C= 4032 Pets to swap meet
by Douglas Crawford 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Raw & Unrestored. $350 If you always wanted a 4032 PET and a fun restoration project, this is it! DC

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Swap Meet update: Accuweather says: very warm with plenty of sun; warmest weekend until spring
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Oct '23

25 Oct '23

The weather that I ordered is coming. Sunny, 78 degrees, light wind. Better bring your sunscreen! If you haven't done already, then sign up here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ We are currently at 38 vendors with 50 spaces total. Lots of interest. Everyone in the area is busting to get out this weekend as we have been cursed with rain every weekend for the last 9 weekends. I broke the curse! Time to start getting your stuff ready to sell! Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Suggestions for the front bench in CDL
by Martin A. Flynn 24 Oct '23

24 Oct '23

Suggestion from the CDL membership - Looking for input on how much use it would receive during VCF workshops and learn to solder. https://www.tequipment.net/Aven-Tools/26510-CAM/Magnifiers/ https://www.tequipment.net/Aven-Tools/26512-CAM/Magnifiers/ Martin

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Central NJ 3 free Tandy Monitors Craigslist
by MEK K 23 Oct '23

23 Oct '23

https://cnj.craigslist.org/zip/d/trenton-rgb-computer-monitors/7679919400.h… 3 free RGB computer monitors. Condition unknown. Near Trenton Not my listing, just sharing

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old WMID station transmitters
by Sentrytv 21 Oct '23

21 Oct '23

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Swap meet buy and sell list
by Sentrytv 21 Oct '23

21 Oct '23

Just wanted to let people know that I posted some items on the sell list for the swap meet. Even though I have not added anything to the wanted list, I am looking for: 2 working Apple 2+, Apple IIe floppy disk drive controller cards, one with the header pins for ribbon cables, and the other for the external DB connector cable drives. Please let me know via email. I need one of each, preferably as least expensive as possible. Thank you Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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old WMID station warehouse auction
by Sentrytv 21 Oct '23

21 Oct '23

This is more of a question, than a statement. WMID Atlantic City radio station started in 1947 has been sold , and their warehouse is being cleaned out or auctioned off. My question here is, does anybody know of this and when it’s going to happen? Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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