May 2024 - vcf-midatlantic - lists.vcfed.org

Wall, NJ - read a 2708 EPROM?
by Neil Cherry 17 May '24

17 May '24

All my burners can deal with anything 2716 (single voltage) and above. But I have a video card (all TTL) with a 2708 that I want to back up. At the next repair workshop can anyone read the chip? Or do I need to build an adapter. -- 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 / Proposed Earth-Venus-Earth attempt at ISEC
by Martin A. Flynn 15 May '24

15 May '24

The CDL team is providing technology support for a proposed Earth-Venus-Earth attempt at ISEC. While Venus will be at closest distance to the Earth on March 23, 2025, the project intends to operate over the entire weekend. WHAT IS “EVE 25” PROJECT? • Earth – Venus – Earth (EVE) a radio communication attempt via reflection from the planet Venus • Venusbounce – Radio Amateurs Bounce a Signal off Venus GOALS OF “EVE 25” PROJECT • Create excitement and awareness around ISEC and promote the ISEC Mission • Build interest in new members joining InfoAge / ISEC and existing members to participate in science experiments • Help solicit new donations to ISEC OBJECTIVES OF “EVE 25” PROJECT • Test the ability to send and receive using digital algorithms (i.e Q65 mode) signals via reflection off other planet (Venus) • Establish and complete digital QSO with another station • Use “EVE 25” project to teach STEM classes with first hand example and build interest in Astronomy and Sciences • Establish ties to universities and colleges, and ties to other astronomy groups with similar capabilities as the DSES site in Haswell, CO https://dses.science/ Please reply off-list if interested to reduce list clutter! Martin Flynn Trustee, W2CDL

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The velociraptors have chosen (VCF's new video bumper)
by Jeffrey Brace 15 May '24

15 May '24

So I told the velociraptors that I was going to Carvel and asked them what kind of ice cream that they wanted. I even gave them a list of the different ice creams that were available. They told me that they wanted a taco. I said taco wasn't an option, but they insisted. You can't argue with a velociraptor. In any event, the top votes were not taco, but "SID 1" found here: https://youtu.be/PT6eHQH6M8w This is the new bumper that will appear on all VCF videos as the intro and outro. Adrian Wilson created this bumper on the Quantel Paintbox. You can reach him @quantelpaintbox on Twitter and Instagram. This is the "Making of" video: https://youtu.be/niSN84bG3PU The SID that appears at the beginning was created by Aldo Chiummo of Italy who made this for a friend (Dan Roganti) and I in 2014. We were making an 8 player internet game for the C64. Dan passed away a few years ago and I never finished the game. It's nice that at least part of what we did is out in the public. I also think that my other friend Bryan Pope would appreciate this as he loved the C64! Take care! 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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VCF going to HOPE
by Jeffrey Brace 14 May '24

14 May '24

Doug and I will be getting a table at HOPE. Is there anyone willing to volunteer to help us? It is July 12-14 https://hope.net/ We are still brainstorming what we will do and bring. Thanks! Jeff Brace

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Recovering Macintosh floppies
by Douglas Crawford 14 May '24

14 May '24

How about this group of experts just come to a workshop and set up the quintessential set of media tools for us instead of tossing out theoretical solutions as to what is best. And prove it out, and document it for how to handle all the popular media we might need to deal with. Oh and commit to maintaining it. Thanks. DC On 5/13/2024 4:59 PM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic wrote: -- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Recovering Macintosh floppies
by Douglas Crawford 14 May '24

14 May '24

Our greaseweasle is working on the PC. I can't remember if the 3.5" drive I installed is low or high density. I have made Amiga disks with it successfully. -- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Recovering Macintosh floppies
by David Ryskalczyk 14 May '24

14 May '24

There is an Applesauce at the museum that may be usable for this. I can’t remember if it has a 3.5” drive that can be connected to it. If these are 1.44 MB “HD” disks, they would be easier to read — those can typically be read with even a USB floppy drive and software such as ddrescue. If not, and these are 400K/800K disks, the Applesauce with appropriate drive would be the best option. 3.5” drives compatible with the unit at the museum are the Apple 3.5” Drive (A9M0106) and the FDHD (G7287) — other drives are not compatible. An A9M0106 with an FDHD internal mechanism installed would also work. Be sure to unplug the Applesauce from USB before changing drives, and only ever connect one drive at a time. To tell the disks apart, the person can look for the HD hole as well as the HD markings on the disk itself. Considering these disks are from a Quadra, they could be either. Once the disks are imaged, I have typically used emulators such as SheepShaver to extract the data. Additionally, LibreOffice can open many legacy formats directly. David > On May 10, 2024, at 8:02 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > OK. No one answered this. Does anyone have working Quadra and is local to > InfoAge? > > Someone is looking to recover files from a 3.5 floppy disk. It is unknown > which software it was made with. > > He needs to: > > > - Print out the files (each is a character study of no more than 10 > print pages) > - Open the files and allow him to use his cell phone to capture each > page to re-type on his PC > - Or provide some other way of capturing the file contents so he can > re-create these data on a modern computer. > > > > Let me know if you are local and can help. > > > Thanks! > > > Jeff > >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 11:00 PM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> wrote: >> Is there someone coming to the repair workshop that can help someone >> recover Macintosh files from 3.5" disks? Likely they are word processing >> files from a Quadra. >> Please let me know. >> Thanks! >> Jeff Brace

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] 47-Ton Cheyenne Supercomputer Sold To Mystery Buyer For $480, 000 (Herbert Johnson)
by David Waybright 13 May '24

13 May '24

It's already been proven on LTT that if anyone trys to use this system the repairs, PM, up keep, power, and all other expenses to run it makes it useless compared to todays tech! It's only worth parting out unless the damage has turned it into scrap! Sadly I fear when the hardware goes on ebay because no one will know whether it might have been damaged and that shear volume of hardware on ebay at one time will make the prices drop HARD! Thanks, David Eugene Waybright CompTIA A+, NET+, & Security+ Technician Crestron Certified CIV-E Intelligent Video Engineer, CIV-D Intelligent Video Designer & CIV-S Intelligent Video Specialist Crestron Certified Masters Technology Architect; Core, Flex, DMC-D-4K & E-4K, SCT-R & C, DCT-R & C, TCT-R & C AVMM Engineer; Audio & Shades Technician Extron Certified A/V Associate IT Operations & Secure Infrastructure Specialist Tesla Referral Code: https://ts.la/david55244 Please use my referral for a free demo drive, also $500 Off + 3 mo. FSD on Model 3 & Y, $1,000 Off + 3 mo. FSD on Model S & X, & $500 Off Solar TeslaFi Referral Code: https://www.teslafi.com/signup.php?referred=Dwaybright receive a one-month trial instead of two weeks. Tessie Referral Code: https://share.tessie.com/QpzcnbTb5yb receive one month free when you sign up. ChargePoint Home Pro, CPF25, CPF50, CPH50, CT4000, CP6000, OnRamp, Express 100, 200,& 250 Certified Technician [cid:1866a347-ddb4-4687-876d-24fcefd728dc]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org <vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2024 8:00 AM To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Subject: vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12 Send vcf-midatlantic mailing list submissions to vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.vcfed.org/mailman/listinfo/vcf-midatlantic or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org You can reach the person managing the list at vcf-midatlantic-owner(a)lists.vcfed.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of vcf-midatlantic digest..." Today's Topics: 1. 47-Ton Cheyenne Supercomputer Sold To Mystery Buyer For $480, 000 (Herbert Johnson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 11:22:43 -0400 From: Herbert Johnson <hjohnson(a)retrotechnology.info> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] 47-Ton Cheyenne Supercomputer Sold To Mystery Buyer For $480, 000 Message-ID: <081ed6c2-fc30-4cee-8187-b304dab4d347(a)retrotechnology.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed There's speculation about what might be done with this computer, what it costs to run, value of parts. Consider how *massive* this system is, running costs, maintenance. Plumbing - pipes with fluids to every board - is a serious problem, it's literally leaking. Seven year old processors and RAM have some value, but thousands of them? storage? transaction costs? Either junking or reuse, is a business proposition that needs like a million dollars capitalization (half to buy, the rest to fund removal & storage and reinstallation, pay for the first month of operation, or months of storage for resale, costs like those). I found two resources online which are informative (doesn't mean every post is fact-based). https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/05/07/cheyenne-supercomputer-sold-to-myst… The local newspaper has some thoughtful considerations. Actual reportage! How about that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40197277 This is pretty informative, posts from people who actually deinstalled and or run computers or parted-out computers of this class. Since the universe of bidders was small, what some winner might do is hard to predict. Doesn't seem like the sale price was for parting-out, more like for reuse where electricity and labor is cheaper. But anyone with a million dollar budget could have bought this for any oddball reason. Oddball at scale is entirely possible. Word will likely emerge. 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 End of vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12 ***********************************************

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Indiegogo Keyboard for your Commodore computer!
by Christian Liendo 13 May '24

13 May '24

Someone is making new Commodore Keyboards https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keyboard-for-your-commodore-computer#/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2024 Podcast Episode 1
by Jeffrey Brace 13 May '24

13 May '24

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM Ryan Stapleton via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > I wanted to share my buddy Rich and my podcast where we talk about VCF > East 2024! > > This is episode 1 of 2 where episode 2 will drop in a few weeks. > > I hope you enjoy! I know we enjoyed the show! > > http://www.rnrdoesstuff.com/podcast/ep-012-vcf-east-2024-part1/ Ryan, I put this on the VCF East main page <https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/> which has a link that goes to Podcasts <https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-2024-podcasts/> I will archive these webpages before I update the VCF East pages, but this page won't change because it is already specific. Let me know when Part 2 comes out and I will add it to the Podcasts page. Thanks! Jeff Brace > > > Thank you > -Ryan

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