June 2024 - vcf-midatlantic

WANTED - any piece of tech that has braille
by David Waybright 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Blind people use technology called braille displays or braille note takers. 2 big names in their circle are the Pacmate from freedom scientific (used to be blazie engineering) and braillenote from pulsedata humanware among others. There is also printers called braille embossers. To the untrained eye they might appear to be a big, massive weird looking no ink dot matrix printer. I wanted to put a feeler out there since we all pour thru loads of old tech at different locations thru out the USA. If you run across anything, please don't hesitate to let me know. My wife is blind and since I'm still kicking her circa 2002 Windows CE 2.12 Braillenote qwerty keyboard 32 cell notetaker and circa 2000 Blazie Braille Blazer down the road to keep them alive I've started thinking I have an untapped source right here with all the eyes in VCF when they go looking for old tech! I would love to start a collection of old assistive technologies! This tech brand new is way too expensive for a human to buy on their own and normally requires a state rehabilitation or disability office to cut a check for. 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:f49c07f0-a1eb-4ab5-b688-709d27c02344]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…>

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Swap meet 16500A
by Mike Loewen 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

I'll be bringing a HP 16500A logic analyzer, with 16550A 100MHz State / 500MHz Timing and 16532A 1GSa/s Oscilloscope modules installed. It comes with a box of extra modules: 16510A 25MHz State / 100MHz Timing A pair of 16520/16521A 50Mbit/s Pattern Generator cards 16530A/16531A 400 Megasample/s Digitizing Oscilloscope module pair The unit works. Unfortunately, there are no cables or pods for the 16550A Timing Module. Feel free to make offerss, off-list. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] electronic and electromechanical games?
by Bill Degnan 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

I have always thought the Compumatic Football was interesting, but I never played it. I did use electric football back when "electronic" meant giant simulate an earthquake that causes players to freak out and run all over the place. On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM m simons via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Does anybody here collect or know of a collection of electronic and > electro-mechanical games? And related items? > I've got a 1970 Compumatic Football I'd like to find a good home for and > I'll probably eventually get rid of a bunch of my late 70s early 80s > electronic games. > Sure, I could put them on eBay or something but I was hoping there might > be a person or display or something where these would fit within the > context of tech and computing. > I'm located in South Jersey / Philly area. > Michael S. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer >

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Updated Swap Meet "For Sale" List
by Todd George 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Hi everyone, I added my first 30 machines to the swap meet list. May be adding a few more and will also continue filling in details (model number specifics and asking prices) about the ones already on the list. Please check it out! Link for easy access: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mjCygNNjyx-Vht7EiYK4IwK9kAgeztyhrAU… Quick summary: Tons of Dell Latitudes from the C-series (Pentium III and 4 era), two D-series (Pentium M/Core 2 Duo), a bunch of iMacs (Intel and PowerPC) and an iBook, some other random HP and NEC laptops, also have a Sun Ultra 27 on there which is a nice Intel-based Sun workstation (I have a ton more of these, only listed one for now, probably will only bring one to the show unless there is more interest). Not on the spreadsheet/list yet, but space-permitting I will likely have a really, really nice (new in box, still has wrapping on the stuff?) Atari 800XL and a few other random Atari things, also will grab at least one Tandy CoCo 2 machines, and a few TI-99/4A machines. I'm also going to grab whatever boxes of random crap are within arms reach in my workshop and storage. Enjoy! Can't wait to see you all at the swap! -Todd

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] electronic and electromechanical games?
by Christian Liendo 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Yes there are members in the group that collect these. If you want to let them go, you can do one of a few things 1. Put them on ebay 2. Price them and offer them up here and people will reach out to you 3. The group has a flea market and festival where these can be sold. You need to get a space and you can bring your items Just a note, you will probably make more on ebay, but if you sell privately it's easier to just swap games for cash. It's up to you. The next VCF Swap Meet is June 22 and it's in Wall NJ https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ If you cannot make this one, System Source in MD has one in July. https://ca.syssrc.com/wp/?page_id=85&civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finf… Hope this helps On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM m simons via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Does anybody here collect or know of a collection of electronic and electro-mechanical games? And related items? > I've got a 1970 Compumatic Football I'd like to find a good home for and I'll probably eventually get rid of a bunch of my late 70s early 80s electronic games. > Sure, I could put them on eBay or something but I was hoping there might be a person or display or something where these would fit within the context of tech and computing. > I'm located in South Jersey / Philly area. > Michael S. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer

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electronic and electromechanical games?
by m simons 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Does anybody here collect or know of a collection of electronic and electro-mechanical games? And related items? I've got a 1970 Compumatic Football I'd like to find a good home for and I'll probably eventually get rid of a bunch of my late 70s early 80s electronic games. Sure, I could put them on eBay or something but I was hoping there might be a person or display or something where these would fit within the context of tech and computing. I'm located in South Jersey / Philly area. Michael S. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer

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Swap Meet items
by Bob Shuster 18 Jun '24

18 Jun '24

I posted to the Google Sheet, but in essence it says: Too much to list! TRS-80 Model 1, Model 4, Apple II+, IIe, Mac Plus, Mac Towers, iMac, Wang WLTC, Atari 400, 800, C64, Mattel Aquarius, Sharp Wizard, TI-99/4A, Timex/Sinclair, monitors, keyboards, mice, hard drives, peripherals, software, tubes, + much more. I’m bringing 3 compact SUVs full of stuff! If you want to reserve anything, let me know ahead of time. Most items can be found at: http://theshusters.com/bobvintage.html Accepting cash (no bills larger than $20), Venmo, or PayPal *if* I know you or you’ve bought from me before. See you there! - Bob Shuster

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More swap meet items
by Mike Loewen 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

More items listed on the For Sale spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mjCygNNjyx-Vht7EiYK4IwK9kAgeztyhrAU… Coco 1B, Coco 2 (two of them), TRS-80 Model 4, Heathkit IG-18 Sine/Square audio generator, Heathkit IT-121 FET/Transistor tester. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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OT: Looking for Crestron MD-DM matrixes
by Ethan O'Toole 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

Anyone know of any md-dm8x8 or dm-md16x16 hitting dumpsters? hdmi inpit, dm/hdmi out? Also 3g-sdi in, dm in, streaming boards or dm to hdmi hardware bits? Im coming to swapmeet. - Ethan

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REMINDER: Swap Meet is this Sat. June 22!
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

It's expected to be 84 degrees with a heat index of 95, so bring water, a canopy tent and sunscreen! Also don't forget to get your stuff together! You have a few days left ;) Info is here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ We will have John's Cracker Barrel selling out of their food truck this time. The Fire Museum didn't have volunteers available. If it works out with John's Cracker Barrel, then we hope to use them for VCF East. They are a 3 minute (1.5 mile) drive from InfoAge. Anyway, I will see many of you there! Stay cool! 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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