October 2023 - vcf-midatlantic

VCF SoCal Update
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

*When:* Saturday & Sunday, February 17-18, 2024 *(Presidents' Day Weekend)Where:* Hotel Fera - Events Center 100 The City Drive, Orange, CA 92868 More details to come, keep an eye on their website: https://vcfsocal.com 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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Floppy Days Podcast with Forrest Mims III
by Neil Cherry 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Floppy Days Podcast with Forrest Mims III https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-130-interview-with-forrest-mims-i… Starts about 00:24:40 -- 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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OT: Netvanta 5660 routers
by Kelly Leavitt 14 Oct '23

14 Oct '23

Anyone need 2 of these? Make an offer (any offer). Spare units that have been out of service for more than a year. I can bring them to the swap meet. Kelly

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Change in CDL practice
by Martin A. Flynn 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

With several high-dollar items going missing, we are considering a change in policy: The change is as follows: Unless something is tagged as "to be scrapped" or "available for re-use", the assumption will be that the equipment / parts are someones personal property, regardless if their name is on it or not. Requesting feedback from all involved. Martin Flynn

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OT: help with cable ID
by Bob Shuster 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Thank you all! Yes, #1 is indeed USB mini-A, and #2 is indeed USB micro-B! I checked #3 against all the old digital cameras I have here but I suspect it’s from one that I no longer own, so into the bin with those. Appreciate the help. - Bob > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:34:11 -0400 > From: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: help with cable ID > Message-ID: <559BC7C2-ACFE-49FC-B517-0FA694393FBB(a)theshusters.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Going through a bin of USB cables I came across some cables with connectors that I don?t recognize. They?re numbered 1, 2, and 3 in the photo. Each has a USB-A male connector on the other end, and I have a second cable with the #3 connector that has white and yellow RCA male connectors (mono audio and video?) The #3 cables also each have a ferrite choke on them. They are not USB mini-B. Can anyone help ID these? > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SPB9ueX19DDGexljSY-n1780ukn40ALv/view?usp=… > > Hopefully the link goes through. > > Thanks. - Bob > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:43:20 -0400 > From: Matthew Martin <cajunc2(a)gmail.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Cc: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: help with cable ID > Message-ID: <3E71496D-B676-48F4-B41E-B7EE811F0804(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > #1 looks like USB Mini-A for OTG devices (hence an A connector on both ends) > #2 is USB Micro-B > #3 is likely a proprietary connector for a digital camera which does USB and (with the other cable) A/V out from the camera. > > -Matthew

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OT: help with cable ID
by Bob Shuster 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Going through a bin of USB cables I came across some cables with connectors that I don’t recognize. They’re numbered 1, 2, and 3 in the photo. Each has a USB-A male connector on the other end, and I have a second cable with the #3 connector that has white and yellow RCA male connectors (mono audio and video?) The #3 cables also each have a ferrite choke on them. They are not USB mini-B. Can anyone help ID these? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SPB9ueX19DDGexljSY-n1780ukn40ALv/view?usp=… Hopefully the link goes through. Thanks. - Bob

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OT: Complete soldering workbench setup available (NY area)
by Michael Lee 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Please pardon this for sale post, but I am posting on behalf of someone who is assisting the family of Curt Vendel to rehome some items. As Curt was a valued member of this group, I am posting this here. They are not subscribed to this list, so I will be passing along any replies. As with any previous discussion, please keep this respectful and do not ask or contact the family or ask about items not directly related to this. The proceeds will directly benefit his family, and the idea is to help them out with the sale of these items. All items will need to be collected from NY as is, without assistance and consider this as a package deal only. Reasonable offers are being accepted for this. Included is Curt's workbench itself, any soldering tools, a SMT reflow ovens, digital microscope, and other misc tools, etc. Items I can see include: T-962A reflow oven new in box SMTmax AS-5001 reflow oven Aoyue 474A soldering station DM201 digital microscope Things not included are any documentation/paperwork, personal effects, the parts boxes and their contents, computers, and/or parts PCBs. He was actively working on projects and those items are not included. Photos of the workbench items are available at: http://www.tdh.com/~mikelee/Curt/ Thanks

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VCF Swap Meet October 28, 2023 - Registration Link
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Oct '23

08 Oct '23

Sorry for the delay everyone. I was trying to get a new payment system up and running through our website to minimize fees, but it is delayed. So I turned on the vendor registration Google Form and we are accepting payments with PayPal or Venmo. Here is the Vendor Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOWh6m56BB9JQ7UfG_8q5kPuLHqIhlrjo… Here is the website info: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ I'm still finalizing the flyer. However we will have the firehouse museum selling food in the parking lot again. They are doing a joint fundraiser selling firetruck and auto memorabilia. 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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OT: Camp Evans Weather Research in the 50's
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Oct '23

08 Oct '23

https://youtu.be/c4Duo-4SZnU?si=fMOB8fkLISMAXI-U at 4:20 it shows the main entrance to Camp Evans in 1956? Fred says many of the buildings are gone that they did the weather research. 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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DEC AlphaStation 200 won't boot
by Christian Liendo 08 Oct '23

08 Oct '23

I got my hands on a DEC AlphaStation 200 4/233 and it won't boot. The lights repeat and when I look at the light codes and compare to the documentatio. I get "Console Initialized (Final Display of using ARC)" Here is a video of it. https://youtu.be/WOsLj-b38u8?si=KXYMInunH6bZgHP8 I removed all the cards, drives and everything except ram. Has anyone else seen this?

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