June 2023 - vcf-midatlantic

IMPORTANT!!! Parking at InfoAge
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Jun '23

17 Jun '23

>From now on everyone needs to park on only one side of the road inside the campus. This is for fire truck access in case there is an emergency. This goes for all buildings including CDL. Wall Township mentioned to InfoAge that we need to take this precaution. Thank you for your cooperation! 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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Corsham day
by Herbert Johnson 17 Jun '23

17 Jun '23

Bill Degnan suggested ways to pay homage to Bob Applegate. One thing mentioned was a VCF-East exhibit. That seems to me to be a long way off, other things can be done sooner. Bob's work included producing new SS-50 products and also KIM accessories and a half-sized KIM. But I looked at my 2023 VCF-East photos, and I didn't notice or recall any SS-50 exhibits. Bob of course exhibited Corsham products a few years prior. So, why not encourage a few owners of Corsham products, to exhibit next April at VCF-East, their SS-50 systems, original era and Corsham-era? It need not be a large exhibit, these are not large systems. A few owners could run a table and possibly accept other owner's equipment for exhibit. The VCFed warehouse has a few SWTPC, Gimix and other systems (maybe to be restored at repair events?) The SS-50 6800 architecture created by SWTPC in the mid-1970's was well respected, not hard to build, and performed comparably to 8080 systems of the era. Other companies produced SS-50 products; in time some moved into other bus architectures that supported Motorola processors. FLEX OS was comparable to CP/M. And that base of software and hardware led to 6809 and 68000 SS-50 systems into the early 1990's. They found use as business and industrial systems and personal systems, again as did other 8 and 16-bit microcomputer architectures. As IBM PC's and compatibles began to dominate personal and business computing, and home-video-gaming computers became less expensive and consumer items; the class of boxey-bussed-board systems (SS-50, S-100, etc.) became out of favor in that space. Bob revived production of SS-50 boards decades later, I don't know the details. That history suggests an exhibit theme. I don't have much SS-50 myself but I know others do. And I've not described other products of Bob's, others who know can work those into a narrative and an exhibit. regards, Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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Corsham day
by Bill Degnan 17 Jun '23

17 Jun '23

For the next workshop and/or Vcf east we should all try to set up a Corsham-featured project/exhibit (Bob Applegate's company) to pay homage to him from our community. Or maybe post photos of same, and link them to the vcfed social media. I think his family might like that. Bill

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VCF East XII (2017) Appliance Computer Talk by Bill Degnan
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Does anyone remember if a recording was made of Bill Degnan's talk at VCF East XII (2017)? I didn't find any on YouTube or any of our video files. Seems odd that we don't have a copy of it. 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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FS: Elektronika BK-010-01 $200 (not mine)
by Alexander Jacocks 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

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Swap meet - tell me about the deals
by Ethan O'Toole 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

A few of us NoVA dudes were planning to go to swap meet but didn't. Then maybe regretted not going? Dunno. Tell me about the deals I missed. I think I saw in the Mac84 or another video the CDi? How much was the NES (though really only interested in random NES games.) Looked like quite a bit of variety from DEC Desksides to in the box Apple II stuff to TRS-80s and more? Should hopefully make it to the System Source swapmeet. - Ethan

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Help identifying a memory/program card case
by Bob Shuster 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

I found a couple of what appear to be card cases mixed in with my stuff but I can’t identify them. They have no writing and are transparent with a light violet hue, 2-1/2” by 3-1/2” and about 1/4” thick. Photo link below. Do any of you have any idea what these are? They sure look familiar to me. Bob https://drive.google.com/file/d/14bJAPwK86Q4KNGy_UmjnbTyQQnSteHsm/view?usp=…

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Next Warehouse Cleanup Day
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Hello everyone, Summer is here and it's getting hotter, therefore I think less people are inclined to work in a hot warehouse. I'm setting a date for the next warehouse cleanup: Nov. 5. My plan for this day is to clear out the vines and small trees behind the new warehouse section. I'm hoping by this date that there will be less likelihood for poison ivy to be alive. If someone has a chainsaw that we can borrow, then that would be great. I may still try to plan another day where we take care of things inside the warehouse. That would likely be in early October. In the meantime, there are smaller things that we are doing to get things ready like sweeping, getting items out owned by other groups, etc. We are also starting to look into ways to repair windows, and soffits, etc. as well as getting new doors. We are also thinking about what we want to do with the floor to make it better. 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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Bob Applegate
by Herbert Johnson 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

I'm saddened to read today that Bob Applegate passed a few days ago. I knew him through our common interests in 6502/6800/SS50 worlds. It's commendable that despite his long illness, he worked and supported his customers in that community. We traded some 6502 software just a month ago. He was a thoughtful person. He'll be very missed. Of course my deepest sympathies to his family. I see people want to reach out to his family. I have no authority on these matters. But the way these things usually work, someone with some authority in the vintage community, works with the family in some way, and provides some means to forward condolences and notes of appreciation and convey other information. And in some cases, there's later some kind on line presence for general notes of sympathy, when final arrangements are made. I trust those closest to Bob to work these things out in coming days, and to inform us accordingly. Regards, Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Bob Applegate
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Bob, This mailing list does not support attachments. You will have to put it on a cloud drive and give us a link. Jeff On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 1:57 PM bob jeffway.com via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I found this picture of Bob > > On 06/14/2023 9:36 PM EDT Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > It was working before, I don't know why it's down. I was looking for > photos > and I have one of his table but he was not in it. > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 8:57 PM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 7:24 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > >> https://everloved.com/life-of/robert-applegate/ > > > > > > Chris, > > Can you double check that link? It didn't work for me. > > Thanks, > > Jeff > >

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