June 2026 - vcf-midatlantic

Lee Felsenstein Livestream Sun. Jun 14 at 1PM (Eastern)
by Jeffrey Brace 13 Jun '26

13 Jun '26

Lee Felsenstein livestream Sun. June 14 at 1PM (Eastern): https://youtube.com/live/Js6R3OIxiKY *Title*: A Look at Personal Computer History and its Future. *Description*: Why did personal computers come into existence? What happened to the confident predictions for the future of microprocessors? Why and how did a stratum of ordinary people develop their skills to take control over the direction of the most consequential technology that was headed in a different direction? From the vantage point of 54 years of participation in the personal computer industry I will offer some observations and viewpoints which may help to explain how we got here and why each of us is a consequential player in one of the world's most exceptional and unpredictable processes of mass participatory technological development. Because of their very nature as programmable handlers of information we have already seized control of the direction of personal computers -- we now stand at the threshold of their futures facing many different possible paths, not all of which are positive. We have, as individuals and collectively as a community, accomplished great things, and I hope to make the case that we have the opportunity, by honoring and applying what we have learned, to take the technology to new places such that we continue our process of expanding human possibilities, while having fun at the same time. See you there! Jeff Brace

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Any Modelers out there?
by Douglas Crawford 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Looking for experienced model painter to paint our 1/10 scale 3D printed ENIAC model that was fabricated in black. -- Best Regards, Douglas Crawford VCF Museum Manager InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road, Wall, NJ 07719

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The Museum's NeXT Cube
by Joseph Giliberti 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Attention all: The museum's NeXT Cube needs the flash card rewritten so that it boots again. Who was the last person who got this done? Can you please do it again? Regards, Joe Giliberti

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s100 cheap in NY
by Bill Degnan 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

found this $15 s100 parts system in Malverne, NY: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CpJ8kbsrx/?mibextid=wwXIfr not affiliated with seller, you need a facebook account to access link, etc Bill

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Lot of IBM cards on Facebook Marketplace
by Vince Besse 07 Jun '26

07 Jun '26

I wouldn't even know what to do with this stuff so it's not for me, but if anyone near Cherry Hill wants to take a chance on some clearly rather old looking PCBs that may or may not be for IBM computers, here you go. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1821942375676106/?

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SUN box keyboard and mouse
by Gregg Levine 05 Jun '26

05 Jun '26

Hello! I have here a SUN SPARC 5 system. For the longest it originally ran headless and attempted to either keep up as my website's server. And of course supply me with local files. The website end was downed a while later, the serving of files ended soon after. Problem I now want to restart it as a desktop, and I believe it wears proprietary to SUN connectors for the keyboard and mouse. I did not see any at the swapmeet. 4 It did seem to wear a standard VGA type video out connector on its back though. Would anyone have a spare of the keyboard and mouse that would work on this system available? ---- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway."

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Filmographer Andy Singer @ Computer Church June 13
by Bill Degnan 03 Jun '26

03 Jun '26

Filmographer Andy Singer and his crew will be at the PA Computer Technology Museum, also known as the "Computer Church" in Parkesburg, PA to document the attendees, demonstrations, and conversations that help tell the larger story of computer preservation and the people who have dedicated themselves to keeping this history alive. Join us on June 13th (11-3) if you want to watch and/or be in the film. Contact me through kennettclassic.com if you're planning to go to the event. Andy says, "...We're incredibly excited about the project and grateful for all the help you've provided so far. Looking forward to meeting you in person and documenting what should be a fantastic weekend. .." Vintage Computer Safety For the documentary we plan to demonstrate techniques for testing unknown vintage computers SAFELY. If you have an item that you'd like to have assessed please bring it along. Thanks Bill

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Earliest version of MSDOS recovered
by Richard Cini 01 Jun '26

01 Jun '26

All — I haven’t been able to talk about this early MSDOS recovery project since a few of us began working on it in September, but you can see the blog post by Scott Hanselman here. Scott’s post links to both @BrokenPipe’s site and mine where we discuss the process. In short, I was able to get 700-ish pages of original source listings from Tim Paterson which I scanned and then we converted to workable source code. It’s the earliest known version of DOS code to exist in the wild. https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/28/continuing-the-story-of-ea… Rich http://cini.classiccmp.org/ https://github.com/RichCini Long Island S100 User’s Group Get Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS

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Me on TV...
by William Sudbrink 01 Jun '26

01 Jun '26

Well, we will see whether I shine in my 15 minutes of fame or embarrass myself, but I will be on Chesapeake Collectables, Maryland Public Television's version of Antiques Roadshow, on June 15th at 7:30pm. Also repeated a couple of times later in the week. I will be showing (having appraised) a full up operational Altair 8800 along with the January 1975 Popular Electronics and an ADM-3A. It was running CP/M along with a couple of simple programs I wrote to provide some blinkenlights. MPT even mentions it in the intro to the June program guide: https://files.constantcontact.com/e88923da701/caa9ca5e-e0fe-4677-81f3-af4ea… Folks from Pennsylvania down to Virginia should be able to watch it locally. I think it will end up on the PBS web site after a couple of months. If anyone desperately wants to see it, and I'm not too embarrassed by it, I may stream my part from my server. Bill S. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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