March 2026 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: FUBAR electronic music session
by bernieS 19 Mar '26

19 Mar '26

How many folks here remember VCF East 2009 hosting an 8-bit electronic music concert? Representing The Hacktory, I asked several Philly-area musicians who specialized in making music and visuals with 8-bit electronics--and who regularly did so at the '8Static' series of Philly concert/dance events--to do a concert at VCF East. They enthusiastically agreed, Evan Koblentz made time and space for it, and it was spectacular! Someone else there (who?) kicked it off by using an Altair 8800 to play The Beatles' 'Fool on the Hill' through an AM radio (via RF harmonics) as an homage to Steve Dompier first doing that at the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. It's hard for me to swallow that this VCF East concert was 17 years ago.. -bernieS At 08:00 PM 3/18/2026, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2026, at 6:22AM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Since VCF folks are into electronic music, this may be of interest. FUBAR is the maker/hacker space of New Brunswick NJ https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/events/313592185/ FUBAR Labs - Hackerspace in North Brunswick, NJ <https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/> Details: *Special Event: Electronic Music Pioneer Don Slepian - Interactive Session & Concert

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First exhibitor advice.
by Marco Iapicca 18 Mar '26

18 Mar '26

Hi It will be my first exhibitor , at VCF east This coming April , I have bin practicing setting up my table exhibit. I will be showing the evolution automotive diagnostics scanner OBD1 , OBD 2 On board diagnostics. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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FUBAR electronic music session
by Jeffrey Jonas 18 Mar '26

18 Mar '26

Since VCF folks are into electronic music, this may be of interest. FUBAR is the maker/hacker space of New Brunswick NJ https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/events/313592185/ FUBAR Labs - Hackerspace in North Brunswick, NJ <https://www.meetup.com/fubarlabs/> Details *Special Event: Electronic Music Pioneer Don Slepian - Interactive Session & Concer*t Join us on *Saturday, February 21, 2026 from 3pm to 5p*m for a special appearance by Don Slepian, an electronic music pioneer with over 40 years of experience as a concert keyboardist and synthesizer performer. Don will be demonstrating the latest in semi-modular synthesizer equipment in an interactive session followed by a live concert performance. Learn more about Don at donslepian.com Interested in making music with electronics? This meetup, held every 2 weeks on Saturday, explores analog and digital synthesizers as well as other electronic music making. Class is hosted by Hampton Sailer. Link to course description: hamptonsailer.com/Synth If you have any questions, please sign up to our Discord at [https:/ discord.gg/dVs42Xz9Ns ](https:/discord.gg/dVs42Xz9Ns )as the meetup chat is not monitored.

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OT - Need input from the data center crowd for an InfoAge / Camp Evans Project
by Martin A Flynn 16 Mar '26

16 Mar '26

OT - Need input from the data center crowd for a potential InfoAge / Camp Evans Project: Evaluating addition of a Network Monitoring system to monitor the network switches and multiple UPS at Camp Evans I have experience with: * OpenNMS * Network UPS Tools / NUT * Nagios * Solar Winds (before they were hacked) * Park Place Entuity. Opinion on the above, and other options requested, open source preferred! Regards, Martin Flynn

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REMINDER: MARCH Workshop - March 21-22, 2026
by Jeff Salzman 15 Mar '26

15 Mar '26

One more week to go... the next MARCH Workshop on March 21-22, 2026. Signup sheet is here: 2026-3-21 March 21-22, 2026 - Google Sheets <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pWj9w1-QlvNnxER4pcg-LQo_9O6-Oxiz7eW…> General Workshop details can be found here: Repair Workshops @ InfoAge – Vintage Computer Federation <https://vcfed.org/repair-workshops-at-infoage/> Note that the new location on the InfoAge campus for the Workshops is in Building 9010D, and details on that building location are on the Workshop details page above. See you there! Jeff Salzman VCF-MidAtlantic Steering Committee MARCH Workshop Manager

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VCF East 2026 Advanced Tickets on Sale!
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Mar '26

14 Mar '26

Who's excited about VCF East 2026? Get your discounted advanced tickets! <https://events.humanitix.com/vcfeast2026?c=vcfwebsite> Prices go up at the door. Event Information <https://bit.ly/vcfe2026site> Enjoy! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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IBM XT class 5160 computer motherboard
by Sentrytv 13 Mar '26

13 Mar '26

I have an IBM “XT” I believe, it’s model 5160 with a motherboard that is not working, will not boot at all. It is a 640 K motherboard fully populated with RAM, but has two bios chips only. My question here is, who in the group would be willing to help me work on it at the workshop? I can bring a power supply and the motherboard, video card and probably a speaker for diagnostics, but not the entire computer since the board is already been removed. I should have a working eight bit video card to diagnose with. I have no idea where to start exactly besides the power supply, which checks out fine. Please let me know who is capable of helping, and if he/she will be at the March workshop this month. Mike Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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HOTEL BLOCKS EXPIRING MAR. 16 - VCF EAST 2026
by Jeffrey Brace 13 Mar '26

13 Mar '26

HOTEL BLOCKS EXPIRING Mar. 16 for VCF East 2026. Hotel blocks: https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-hotel-blocks/ Event information: https://bit.ly/vcfe2026site Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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Hedley Davis of Commodore passed away
by Jeffrey Brace 13 Mar '26

13 Mar '26

https://www.daniels-hutchison.com/obituaries/Hedley-Combs-Davis?obId=475192… He was at VCF East a few times. Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner

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Re: A bit of archaic terminology
by Kenneth Seefried 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 10:12 AM <vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > From: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> > > If I remember correctly, the original Star Trek referred to their > recordings as “tapes “ > Even that far in the possible future. > > > They made a comeback when they invented 3D dilitium coated tapes with frictionless, transparent aluminum capstans moving tape at warp speed with a tachyon field. You never know what tech will make sense again with a few scientific advances. :-) KJ

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