June 2026 - vcf-midatlantic

Earliest version of MSDOS recovered
by Richard Cini 18 Jul '26

18 Jul '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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The Museum's NeXT Cube
by Joseph Giliberti 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '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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Kickstarter for Commodore 64 documentary
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

Excited to hear about this fundraiser for a new documentary: Commodore 64: The Birth of a Cultural Icon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/graciousfilms/the-commodore-64-the-bir… Jeff Brace

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Slightly OT , vintage mini or mid AT case needed
by Sentrytv 29 Jun '26

29 Jun '26

Good afternoon to all. I don’t usually do this, but I am asking to see if anybody in the New Jersey area (Something close to me that I can pick up) Has a mini or mid – AT Tower case that I can use for a 486 set up. Must have all of the slots available for a baby AT motherboard. (Power supply area cannot cover any slots.) AT Power supply is optional, but not necessary. The case must be beige and in nearly very good condition. Nothing roached out or rusted out, please. This will eventually be for a production set up for a TV pilot. Please let me know here privately. Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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SLIGHTLY OT - Mini or Mid- tower AT case needed
by Sentrytv 29 Jun '26

29 Jun '26

Good afternoon to all. I don’t usually do this, but I am asking to see if anybody in the New Jersey area (Something close to me that I can pick up) Has a mini or mid – AT Tower case that I can use for a 486 set up. Must have all of the slots available for a baby AT motherboard. (Power supply area cannot cover any slots.) AT Power supply is optional, but not necessary. The case must be beige and in nearly very good condition. Nothing roached out or rusted out, please. This will eventually be for a production set up for a TV pilot. Please let me know here privately. Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Pictures of someone running "conversation machine"
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Jun '26

28 Jun '26

A researcher is looking for pictures of someone running Gotlieb, Green and Berkeley's "conversation machine" created at University of Toronto in 1959. She believes that it was run on an IBM 650. I had never heard of this before. It sounds similar to ELIZA. I know that this is a long shot, but does anyone have pictures of this running on this machine? Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF Fundraising Manager VCF Evangelist Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Re: NVR system for Camp Evans
by Martin A Flynn 25 Jun '26

25 Jun '26

Mike, Following up on our conversation: This is the hardware we are proposing to use as the network video recorder as an interim step until the funding is received from the facility hardening grant. On deployment, it will record 16 cameras with a feature set very similar to the existing Wyse cameras. Recommend looking at their website to see if the software is lacking a desired feature. https://felenasoft.com/xeoma/en/ The major differences: * The video stays on site (not in the cloud) * We maintain complete control of the server * InfoAge not have to give away the rights to the images taken by our equipment (seriously, the Wyse terms of service actually require this https://www.wyze.com/pages/cam-supplemental-terms-of-service) Will touch base on additional camera locations, and provide a solid timeline on their deployment (all will be hardwired) Martin On 12/27/2025 5:52 PM, Martin A Flynn wrote: > > Jeff, > > Actually not - that's why I went with a commercial package with vendor > support. > > Martin > > On 12/27/2025 5:42 PM, Jeffrey Brace wrote: >> Great Martin! >> >> Thanks for the update! >> >> Do you have volunteers lined up to assist you in the project? >> >> <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…> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM 'Martin A Flynn' via >> VCF-MA-Steering-Committee <steering_vcfma(a)vcfed.org> wrote: >> >> I have contracted with the folks from Felenasoft.com for sixteen >> (16) camera licenses for their flagship Xeoma product to run on >> the hardware below. >> >> Initial deployment plan is for the cameras on the Diana site, and >> expanding the system as funding allows. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Martin >> >> On 11/14/2025 4:47 PM, Martin A Flynn wrote: >>> >>> As previously noted, IA will be applying for a facility >>> hardening grant next summer, which would include a pair of Axis >>> appliance NVR. >>> >>> As an interim step, CDL was offered an HPE system we could >>> deploy a Linux based NVR on >>> >>> HPE G9 Server, Proliant DL380 G9 >>> Processor as offered: two x E5-2650 V4. 24 cores, 2.20 GHz >>> RAM as offered: 128GB DDR4 >>> Disk as offered: 9 x 1 TB drives >>> RAID Controller: HPE P440ar >>> >>> Stock photo: >>> >>> Anyone interested in taking point on a project of this type? I >>> will take care of the 10GB NIC and the rack & stack >>> >>> Martin >>> >>>

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Looking for CompuPro memory manager docs
by Richard Cini 22 Jun '26

22 Jun '26

All — I’m looking for the manual for a CompuPro board called the “memory manager”, #151A I think. I’ve seen pictures of it on deramp but no manual or schematic. If anyone has a copy, please let me know. Thanks! 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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Re: The Museum's NeXT Cube
by Jonathan Sturges 21 Jun '26

21 Jun '26

> Link is broken - can you post the entire URL?Sorry here ya go:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CV344WJ?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_Y9MNVR1H…

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Re: The Museum's NeXT Cube
by Jonathan Sturges 20 Jun '26

20 Jun '26

> I’ve personally had good results with the Sandisk Max Endurance and Samsung Pro Endurance cards that are meant for security and dash cameras. These are not quite as good as the industrial cards though, and likely won’t be better at long term retention if that’s the issue. I can second this... well at least for other SanDisk pro-sumer cards. I've got a SanDisk Extreme PRO card that's been in my dashcam for 6 years (!!) and continues to be dead reliable. That's 6 years of extreme temps and constant writes. I also trust SanDisk because they honor their warranties. Jumping around this thread, I see there's 1 seller on Amazon with available 16GB SanDisk Industrial cards: https://a.co/d/0dDqTjBiI would hope these are less risky for fakes b/c the scammers favor the high-volume sales. As long as it identifies itself properly in Linux and/or the SanDisk Mac or Windows software, I'd feel like a card was probably legit. Finally, I'm not the most convenient but I can image the cube as well, if nobody beats me to it. -Jonathan

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