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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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Kelly's great garage sale
by Kelly Leavitt 31 May '25

31 May '25

Well, basement sale. I have a basement full of old computers. Way more than I will ever have the opportunity to work with. If anyone wants to stop by Wantage, NJ and take a car load let me know. If you're in the market for XT up to P4 computers, please ask. I'm not looking for eBay prices either. I'm very reasonable. I also have a lot of the early AIO macs and more Tandy/TRS-80 stuff than you can shake a stick at. The TRS-80 stuff is what I mostly want to keep, but if you're looking for something let me know. Dean can attest to the sheer quantity of stuff in my basement. I will take some pictures this weekend and post them somewhere public. I do not have the time to inventory everything at the moment, but I have a LOT of stuff. I'm trying to reduce the pile so I can make some sense of it. I will take many pictures and answer any questions. At the moment, I do not want to deal with shipping. Thanks, Kelly

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the other other VCF
by Jeffrey Jonas 30 May '25

30 May '25

Be aware that VCF 9 refers to a VMWare product: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 is a significant upgrade to VMware's private cloud platform, offering enhanced features, streamlined management, and improved security

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Kelly's great garage sale
by Dean Notarnicola 30 May '25

30 May '25

Completely agree! Absolutely worth a trip. Kelly’s got a lot of great stuff there and he’s been awesome about it getting to good homes rather then dumping it on the open market. On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I will also attest to the quantity of stuff in that basement. It’s like > going shopping at a vintage computer store. :) > > > On May 30, 2025, at 8:58 AM, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Well, basement sale. > > > > I have a basement full of old computers. Way more than I will ever have > the opportunity to work with. If anyone wants to stop by Wantage, NJ and > take a car load let me know. > > If you're in the market for XT up to P4 computers, please ask. I'm not > looking for eBay prices either. I'm very reasonable. > > > > I also have a lot of the early AIO macs and more Tandy/TRS-80 stuff than > you can shake a stick at. The TRS-80 stuff is what I mostly want to keep, > but if you're looking for something let me know. > > > > Dean can attest to the sheer quantity of stuff in my basement. I will > take some pictures this weekend and post them somewhere public. > > > > I do not have the time to inventory everything at the moment, but I have > a LOT of stuff. I'm trying to reduce the pile so I can make some sense of > it. > > > > I will take many pictures and answer any questions. At the moment, I do > not want to deal with shipping. > > > > Thanks, > > Kelly > >

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Basement stuff
by Sentrytv 30 May '25

30 May '25

Kelly I am always looking for older computer cases Ones that would fit full size 286 386 and 486 motherboards including an XT that I have 8088. Let me know what you have along those lines Please Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Bellmac 32 processor
by Jeffrey Jonas 28 May '25

28 May '25

How about a commercial break? https://youtu.be/Olhaquj4tM4 Rock video promoting AT&T - "The Right Choice" - AT&T Archives by the AT&T Tech Channel https://www.youtube.com/@ATTTechChannel https://youtu.be/Olhaquj4tM4?t=18 AT&T/Olivetti 6300/6300-plus https://youtu.be/Olhaquj4tM4?t=40 3b2/310 with 5620 DMD terminal

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Bellmac 32 processor
by Jeffrey Jonas 28 May '25

28 May '25

The Bellmac-32 was probably the last CPU by AT&T Bell Labs / Western Electric, following the Bellmac-8, CRISP, Hobbit chips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BELLMAC-8 https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/30350.30385 The hardware architecture of the CRISP microprocessor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Hobbit Photo of the MAC-8 and Bellmac 32: https://www.cpushack.com/2013/06/16/cpu-of-the-day-bell-labs-bellmac-8-aka-… I'm trying to find the MAC-8 article in the Bell System Technical Journal issue of February 1981 (Vol 60, number 2). It is NOT one of the selected papers from the BSTJ (Bell System Technical Journal) here: https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/toc/bstj1980.html Here's something related: https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/bstj-archive https://archive.org/details/bstj57-6-2251/mode/2up BSTJ 57: 6. July-August 1978: UNIX Time-Sharing System: A Support Environment for MAC-8 Systems. (Rovegno, H.D.) A 32000 chip was on display in MARCH's CPU exhibit mostly for the unique package with pins that went thru the package. I chronicled some of the 32000 chip: http://ferretronix.com/tech/3b2/index.html MARCH has a 3b2/310 and 630 terminal. The Jerq/Blit/630/730 terminals were 68k based but the 5620 was 32100 based. Wikipedia seems correct with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blit_(computer_terminal) The Blit programmable bitmap graphics terminal was designed by Rob Pike and Bart Locanthi Jr. of Bell Labs in 1982. The Blit technology was commercialized by AT&T and Teletype. In 1984, the DMD (dot-mapped display) 5620 was released, followed by models 630 MTG (multi-tasking graphics) in 1987 and 730 MTG in 1989. The 5620 used a Western Electric 32100 processor (aka Bellmac 32) and had a 15" green phosphor display with 800 x 1024 x 1 resolution (66 x 88 characters in the initial text mode) interlaced at 30 Hz. The 630 and 730 had Motorola 68000 processors and a 1024 x 1024 x 1 monochrome display at 60 Hz (most had amber displays, but some had white or green displays).

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Bellmac 32 processor
by John Heritage 26 May '25

26 May '25

Hey folks - I was just curious if anyone had ever laid hands or if we've ever exhibited a Bellmac 32 processor (system)? Looking at specs, it may have been the first 32-bit microprocessor that was pipelined (one 32-bit instruction per clock). The chip also had a decent # of registers for 1980 (16 x 32-bit registers).

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OT - Bill D
by Martin A. Flynn 24 May '25

24 May '25

OT Pardon the bandwidth Bill D (the Bill D that helped with the lighting protectors on the Diana Site) - could email me? Martin Flynn

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Hardware loan/rental next week
by David Waybright 22 May '25

22 May '25

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