April 2025 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 03 Sep '25

03 Sep '25

I’ve finally gone through all the old Apple “i“-devices I’ve accumulated, but I haven’t listed them on the website as they definitely don’t fit the “vintage” moniker. That being said, perhaps some of you might also collect these or want them for parts/nostalgia? There are a couple of 1st gen iPads, a 1st gen iPad mini, various iPods, and a handful of iPhone 5 and 6 phones. Drop me an email if you want any more details. And still plenty of other stuff left - although I’ve been slowly selling off bits and pieces on eBay. - Bob Shuster > I've been regularly marking the sold and sale pending items, thank you guys so much! And once again - many thanks to those who have adopted some of my babies so far. Please let me know if I can clarify anything or if any more photos are needed. > > The link: http://www.theshusters.com/bobvintage.html > > Please don't share without asking me. Currently just open to this group - my contact info is intentionally missing from the webpages. If you can read this, you have my email. > > Email me with questions or offers! Please don't make offers on the list, but if you want to discuss my process and feel the group would benefit, then by all means knock yourself out! :) > > Bob Shuster > > (Original message below) > ---- > Well, folks, I've gotten to the age where I need to seriously downsize my hobbies and collections, not wanting to leave it to my children to have to deal with in later years. (I had to do that recently for a relative.) On the electronics side, I've decided to concentrate on my vintage video game systems - and therefore sell off most of my vintage computer stuff. My collection includes mostly 8-bit stuff: TRS-80 Models I, IV, M100, etc. - Atari 400, 800, Portfolio, ST, etc. - C64/VIC20 - T/S1000 (including an unbuilt kit), Apple II, II+, IIe, IIe Platinum, IIgs - Wang WLTC - Mattel Aquarius - TI-99/4A - many others that I still have to dig out - plus lots of peripherals, disks, manuals, etc. Also have some newer Macs starting with a Mac Plus in an Apple carrying bag. > > I'm starting with you guys before trying to list elsewhere, although I may hit some of the dedicated FaceBorg pages (such as for Aquarius and Apple II.) I'm willing to ship some of the smaller items, but in general systems or monitors will need to be picked up here (near the Fort Washington exit of the PA Turnpike) or nearby, and cash or PayPal for payment. I may also consider trades for some of the video game stuff I'm looking for. > > It pains me to do this, but the clutter is getting out of hand, and I haven't touched most of these in years. It's time for someone else to enjoy. > > Bob Shuster > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Anyone going to Holmdel on May 15?
by Sentrytv 10 May '25

10 May '25

Please explain Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Apr 8, 2025, at 9:47 AM, Hopkins, Justin via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >

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Swap Meet Help Needed (June 6 & 7)
by Jeffrey Brace 09 May '25

09 May '25

It takes a village to run an event. I only have 3 volunteers committed so far for the swap meet: myself, Andrew Mattera, RJ Clark. That's not enough. I don't have the help of the Sea Cadets because their new Commander is still getting used to the new position. So .... I need MARCH/VCF members to step up and help. I'm not going to continue killing myself doing all the work with a small number of volunteers. I just need a little help from each osso that we can all enjoy the event. I will just cancel the event if I don't get enough volunteers. I need 3 volunteers on Friday, June 6. I need 16 volunteers on Saturday, June 7. Here are the tasks, number of people needed, days and times: TASK # START END FRIDAY Load Truck 3 17:00 20:00 SATURDAY Setup 3 06:00 07:00 Entrance 1 07:00 14:00 Admissions 2 07:00 14:00 Front Desk 2 07:00 14:00 Parking Directors 3 07:00 14:00 Exit 1 07:00 14:00 Breakdown 4 14:00 15:00 E-mail me with your availability and preference. Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager

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Anniversaries of MARCH/Vintage Computer Festival/Vintage Computer Federation
by Jeffrey Brace 01 May '25

01 May '25

*2025* 20th VCF East 20th VCF Midwest 20th VCF West (originally not called West) 20th Anniversary of MARCH museum opening (May 14, 2005?) *2026* 10th Anniversary of Vintage Computer Federation (June 17, 2015) 20th Anniversary of VCF East @ InfoAge (May 13, 2006) 25th Anniversary of VCF East (July 28-29, 2001) I need to track down which year we opened MARCH museum 2.0 and 3.0. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Christian Liendo 01 May '25

01 May '25

Thank you for putting all of them together, it's a good idea. It's funny that you mention this I was going though old USB drives and found images from MARCH's Spring 2009 party, back when there were Spring Parties. https://photos.app.goo.gl/kbpk55UVu17MMvHr9 On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. I can think of a few names off the top of my head who have passed on, yet remain immortalized in event photo sets. We can see how things have changed within the hobby, but also machines that sometimes haven't come back on display in a long time. Personally, I like finding photos of myself for posterity (and maybe a little prosperity), or what my exhibit looked like. People work hard putting those exhibits together, and finding out that someone else cared enough to take a few photos of it can mean the world to the exhibitor. I think it's important that we keep record of vintage computer festivals just as much as we keep records of the computers we celebrate. Plus, many of these events have gotten so big that if you miss something, the only way to see everything is in retrospect through the lens of someone else. > > > > > The problem I've encountered is that finding these galleries has been difficult at times, especially the farther back you go. They're scattered across the web, and things like link rot, domains going away, image hosting shifting like sand -- these all contribute to the history getting harder to find. You've also got walled gardens to contend with, and not everyone having solid free image hosting options available to them. > > > > > So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could find: > > > https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html > > > > East, West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, SoCal, UK, Europe, Italia, Zurich, Lite, and whatever else is out there that I'm forgetting, I want links to all of it. I've been asking folks I know, as well as pulling from links provided by the VCFed and VCFMW to get it all centralized and easier to traverse. Is this a perfect solution to the problem? Certainly not; it's far from archival. But hopefully it's a step in the right direction. While I'm not looking to host content for others, I am interested in making it easier to find this stuff in the future. > > > > Here's where you come in: Do you have a link to a public VCF photo gallery that's not on my list but should be? Maybe an article about the show? A video? Send that link my way! Though I do ask that you check first to see if it's already on there... > > > > Thanks! > > > -Alexander 'Z' Pierson

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Hello Alexander, Thanks for doing this! It just so happens that I was looking for pictures for something and found some from VCF East 3.0 (2006). It doesn't look like these are on any websites. I can't remember where I got them from. Maybe a CD of pictures or sent from Evan Koblentz many years ago. I've been thinking about the best solution as well for hosting pictures that I have taken or that others want to contribute. For now it is just a Google Drive or Google Photos. I need to get them more organized and in one place now that VCF has 100TB of space of Google storage to use. I wonder how much space all of these photos would take up. Jeff Brace On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Howdy, > > > > I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs > for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I > attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, > exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. I can think of a few > names off the top of my head who have passed on, yet remain immortalized in > event photo sets. We can see how things have changed within the hobby, but > also machines that sometimes haven't come back on display in a long time. > Personally, I like finding photos of myself for posterity (and maybe a > little prosperity), or what my exhibit looked like. People work hard > putting those exhibits together, and finding out that someone else cared > enough to take a few photos of it can mean the world to the exhibitor. I > think it's important that we keep record of vintage computer festivals just > as much as we keep records of the computers we celebrate. Plus, many of > these events have gotten so big that if you miss something, the only way to > see everything is in retrospect through the lens of someone else. > > > > > The problem I've encountered is that finding these galleries has been > difficult at times, especially the farther back you go. They're scattered > across the web, and things like link rot, domains going away, image hosting > shifting like sand -- these all contribute to the history getting harder to > find. You've also got walled gardens to contend with, and not everyone > having solid free image hosting options available to them. > > > > > So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could > find: > > > https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html > > > > East, West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, SoCal, UK, > Europe, Italia, Zurich, Lite, and whatever else is out there that I'm > forgetting, I want links to all of it. I've been asking folks I know, as > well as pulling from links provided by the VCFed and VCFMW to get it all > centralized and easier to traverse. Is this a perfect solution to the > problem? Certainly not; it's far from archival. But hopefully it's a step > in the right direction. While I'm not looking to host content for others, I > am interested in making it easier to find this stuff in the future. > > > > Here's where you come in: Do you have a link to a public VCF photo > gallery that's not on my list but should be? Maybe an article about the > show? A video? Send that link my way! Though I do ask that you check > first to see if it's already on there... > > > > Thanks! > > > -Alexander 'Z' Pierson >

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Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Alexander Pierson 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Howdy, I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. I can think of a few names off the top of my head who have passed on, yet remain immortalized in event photo sets. We can see how things have changed within the hobby, but also machines that sometimes haven't come back on display in a long time. Personally, I like finding photos of myself for posterity (and maybe a little prosperity), or what my exhibit looked like. People work hard putting those exhibits together, and finding out that someone else cared enough to take a few photos of it can mean the world to the exhibitor. I think it's important that we keep record of vintage computer festivals just as much as we keep records of the computers we celebrate. Plus, many of these events have gotten so big that if you miss something, the only way to see everything is in retrospect through the lens of someone else. The problem I've encountered is that finding these galleries has been difficult at times, especially the farther back you go. They're scattered across the web, and things like link rot, domains going away, image hosting shifting like sand -- these all contribute to the history getting harder to find. You've also got walled gardens to contend with, and not everyone having solid free image hosting options available to them. So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could find: https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html East, West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, SoCal, UK, Europe, Italia, Zurich, Lite, and whatever else is out there that I'm forgetting, I want links to all of it. I've been asking folks I know, as well as pulling from links provided by the VCFed and VCFMW to get it all centralized and easier to traverse. Is this a perfect solution to the problem? Certainly not; it's far from archival. But hopefully it's a step in the right direction. While I'm not looking to host content for others, I am interested in making it easier to find this stuff in the future. Here's where you come in: Do you have a link to a public VCF photo gallery that's not on my list but should be? Maybe an article about the show? A video? Send that link my way! Though I do ask that you check first to see if it's already on there... Thanks! -Alexander 'Z' Pierson

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VCF/MARCH Swap Meet June 7 @ InfoAge
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

All the information is here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ Any questions? Jeff Brace MARCH Fundraising Manager

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SOL1 with Koyo Monitor with Imgur Link
by Christian Liendo 26 Apr '25

26 Apr '25

So I realized I called the Koyo monitor a Toyota Monitor, which is incorrect I uploaded the images to imgur so you can see what is part of the package https://imgur.com/a/gKmE73Q

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System Source Swap Meet Weather Update
by Ryan Burke 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Due to the high likelihood of rain on Saturday, April 26th, we have decided to postpone the swap meet until the next day, Sunday, April 27th. The museum will still be open for a regular workshop day on Saturday from 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM. The Sunday swap meet will have the same times as was planned for Saturday. On Sunday, setup for vendors will be at 7:00 AM, and general admission for the public will be 8:00 AM. Please email me here at rburke(a)syssrc.com with any questions.

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