October 2025 - vcf-midatlantic

Need: Socket 8 aluminum heatsink for Pentium Pro
by Dan FitzGerald 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

I'm looking for a bog standard aluminum heatsink for a Pentium Pro 200MHz. I have the Pentium Pro, I have the TCM, what I need is the heatsink. I've looked on Amazon and ebay and am finding nothing. Any leads would be appreciated. -- Regards, Dan FitzGerald Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepse http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/DFITZGER VM/SP Systems Programming Team, Interim Computer Museum HNET: SDFVM(DFITZGER)

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VOLUNTEERS IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Friday Volunteers Oct. 17
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Oct '25

17 Oct '25

Hello volunteers, DO NOT GO IN THE FRONT GATE FRIDAY OCTOBER 17 FROM 5PM TO 12PM!!!! There is a private event going on in 9001 and 9032 so no one is allowed in those buildings. Anyone that is coming to help on Friday, Oct. 17 will need to come in the side gate which is on Monmouth Boulevard. This is across from the large parking lot where we have the swap meet. I will open it up once I return with the Uhaul truck at approximately 4:30PM. We can only go in and out of that entrance. I will be loading the truck with as much as I can. We will have to do two loads. I still don't have enough volunteers for Saturday. If available, then EMAIL ME PRIVATELY BACK. I need to know how many I have for certain. Again. DON'T GO THROUGH THE FRONT GATE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17. Joe and I will be doing some prep work from 5PM to 7:30PM tonight THURSDAY. I hope to have everything staged and ready to go for Friday. Saturday morning 6AM I drive the truck and unload, then go back for the second load. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager VCF Evangelist Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Compact Pro on floppy disk for Mac SE/30
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Oct '25

16 Oct '25

I have a special request for anyone coming to the swap meet. I need Compact Pro on Floppy Disk for the Mac SE/30 I'm trying to decompress some archives on multiple floppies. I've tried unsuccessfully to get working the copy of Compact Pro from Macintosh Repository, but it won't open with the StuffIt that I also downloaded from there. I tried using Floppy EMU, but it had issues recognizing files. Other ideas, then let me know. Hopefully I will have time on Sunday as I will be quite busy at the swap meet. I've been wanting to recover the files for many years now, but haven't had the time to work on this. I'd love to recover my 30 year old files from Drexel University. Thanks! Jeff Brace <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Interesting Kickstarter, a Book about the Sphere Computer
by Christian Liendo 16 Oct '25

16 Oct '25

Go Computer Now: The Story of Sphere Computers A book telling the extraordinary story of Sphere, a 1970s Utah personal computer maker far ahead of its time—until its sudden collapse. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bzotto/go-computer-now-the-story-of-sp…

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VCF Swap Meet, MARCH Workshop, and Hack-a-Thon News
by Jeff Salzman 15 Oct '25

15 Oct '25

Hi everyone, Just a reminder: the MARCH Club Workshop is happening this weekend, October 18–19, 2025! If you haven’t signed up yet, you can add your name to the sheet here: 2025-10-18 October 18-19, 2025 - Google Sheets <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VjEFJF7lxYFgcdQk0OeNWjof1ZhrpYRPDqj…> Repair Workshops @ InfoAge – Vintage Computer Federation <https://vcfed.org/repair-workshops-at-infoage/> This Workshop coincides with the VCF Vintage Computer Swap Meet, so Saturday’s Workshop activities will begin around *2:00 PM* to allow time for Swap Meet participation. Buy your goodies at the Swap Meet, then attend the Workshop to try out and hash out the operation of all the stuff you bought. Details about the Swap Meet are available here: Vintage Computer Swap Meet – Vintage Computer Federation <https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/> There’s a lot of vintage computing goodness packed into this weekend, and with nice weather in the forecast, it’s shaping up to be a great time to join in. Due to the busy schedule and volunteer coordination between VCF and MARCH, we’ve made a last-minute decision to *postpone the Hack-a-Thon* originally planned for this weekend. It’s not cancelled... just rescheduled. The Hack-a-Thon will now take place during the *November 15–16, 2025 MARCH Workshop*. The concept and rules will remain largely the same, including the promised *Apple II+ system*. There may be minor updates to the rules, particularly regarding material sourcing, but the spirit of the challenge remains intact. You can follow updates on the Hack-a-Thon here: MARCH Hack-a-Thon: Free Pile Fabrication – Vintage Computer Federation <https://vcfed.org/2025/09/15/march-hack-a-thon-free-pile-fabrication/> This page will be refreshed with the new date and details in the coming weeks. VCF and MARCH are forward to seeing many of you this weekend! Jeff Salzman VCF Steering Committee member MARCH Workshop Manager

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT
by Kenneth Gober 15 Oct '25

15 Oct '25

Would a VT52 emulator be too primitive? If not I have one on github: https://github.com/kgober/VT52 I could customize a version that connects to a specific serial port at startup and disables the menus, to keep users out of trouble. If primitive is exactly the vibe you want I also have a VT05 emulator: https://github.com/kgober/VT05 -ken On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM Martin A Flynn via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Working on a potential exhibit for the museum. > > Sourced an Ultratec IntelleModem that does TTY/TDD for the hearing > impaired, looking for terminal emulation software that is simple enough > for the general public to use. > > In the distant past, I used an app called Futura-TTY, looking for an > archive copy or something similar. > > Cheers! > > Martin > >

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SWAP MEET - OCT. 18!
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Oct '25

15 Oct '25

Hey everyone, Sorry for shouting, but I am in great need of volunteers this time. Many of the usual volunteers are not available this time to help me. I need help: Friday 5PM Loading truck Building Canopy Saturday 6AM Unloading truck (then reloading a second load) 6:15AM Setup 7AM Checking in vendors 8AM Taking general admission 8AM selling t-shirts and swag 7AM Parking lot attendants 7AM Someone to watch back entrance 2PM Breakdown So if you can volunteer in any capacity, then please send me a message back when and which job that you want to do! Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager VCF Evangelist Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT
by N. Albert 14 Oct '25

14 Oct '25

On 10/14/2025 7:23 PM, Martin A Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > Working on a potential exhibit for the museum. > > Sourced an Ultratec IntelleModem that does TTY/TDD for the hearing > impaired, Mike and I just did a talk at JawnCon this past weekend where he talked about these specific model modems; Mike didn't find them to be reliable[1], but I'm curious if your experience has differed. > looking for terminal emulation software that is simple enough for the > general public to use. By terminal emulation, do you mean TDD emulation specifically? > In the distant past, I used an app called Futura-TTY, looking for an > archive copy or something similar. There is a free trial program for Windows called ipTTY[2] which is basically a TDD-capable SIP client. I've used it before, and you can reset the 30-day free trial by deleting the registry keys it's created. I'm not seeing the free trial download on the website anymore, but I have a copy somewhere. At some point, I also wrote a fairly primitive terminal program[3] that can act as a console TDD, again using a SIP registration with an Asterisk server. I use a similar concept now to support relay services in the PhreakNet operator services system, if someone calls 711. Finally, for the server side, if that's what you're talking about, my maintained version of the Asterisk softmodem supports Baudot code (both 45.45 and 50 baud), so you can use that to proxy the TDD connection to a telnet server; I use this to allow TDDs to dial into the PhreakNet BBS. [1] https://youtu.be/bcr6bCopBD4?t=17232 [2] https://www.tenacitycorp.com/products/iptty [3] https://github.com/InterLinked1/AsTTYSpy [4] https://github.com/InterLinked1/phreakscript/blob/master/apps/app_softmodem…

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Slightly OT
by Martin A Flynn 14 Oct '25

14 Oct '25

Working on a potential exhibit for the museum. Sourced an Ultratec IntelleModem that does TTY/TDD for the hearing impaired, looking for terminal emulation software that is simple enough for the general public to use. In the distant past, I used an app called Futura-TTY, looking for an archive copy or something similar. Cheers! Martin

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Someone going from Bethesda MD area to VCF NJ swap
by David Gesswein 12 Oct '25

12 Oct '25

I've been trying to give a tower PC to someone and yet again have I conflict so can't make it to the swap. If anyone is within reasonable distance of Bethesda MD and can bring it to the swap contact me. I'll bring it to you.

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