July 2026 - vcf-midatlantic

Steve Wozniak is coming to VCF West?
by Christian Liendo 01 Aug '26

01 Aug '26

https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-speakers/ Personal Computer History Repeats Itself Paul Terrell Steve Wozniak will be presenting Liza Loop with an Apple Computer, The Byte Shop Apple1 Replica, as he presented to her 50 years ago with the First Apple 1, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Panelist for this include: Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, Daniel Kottke, Liza Loop and Paul Terrell

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Slightly OT / VHF Paging available to telecom exhibitors at VCF East 2027
by Martin A Flynn 30 Jul '26

30 Jul '26

CDL is the recipient of two VHF R2 Quantar (technically Quantro) paging transmitters. They run in fail-over mode, both equipped with the 10 MHz high stability kit, and DC revert for power (plus the batteries). , The dial-up paging Encoder is a Zetron DAPT640, desktop software is Page Gate https://www.notepage.net/pagegate.htm . Included was a large box of POCSAG and MINITOR™ Two-tone analog voice pagers. The FCC filing is complete, we are are licensed for 157.740 MHz on an 80KM circle around Camp Evans, link to plot: http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/80KMInfoAge.png If you would like access as part of a retro telecom exhibit during VCF East 2027, email me off-list with the type of connection you are proposing (serial or dial-up) Martin

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Borderline OT / Domain and toll free available for free!!
by Martin A. Flynn 27 Jul '26

27 Jul '26

I have the domain technologyrewound.com, and the matching toll-free 844-REWOUND parked on my switch Domain expires September 26, 2026, toll-free is parked until I cancel it or route it somewhere Off-list replies only to reduce list clutter Martin

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Looking for a working C64
by Kelly Leavitt 25 Jul '26

25 Jul '26

Accidentally gave away my last one. Didn't even sell it, just gave it away... Just need the C64 and power supply. Anyone have an extra? Thanks, Kelly

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SGI 1600SW Multilink Adapter Available
by Stephen A Edwards 24 Jul '26

24 Jul '26

I have a rare SGI 1600SW MultiLink adapter, but alas, no SGI 1600SW LCD panel to mate it with. I'd hate to have to discard it because it must be extremely valuable to one of you. It converts things like DVI to their unusual LVDS-based monitor connection. In any case, I'm located in Manhattan (New York City) and would be happy to have you pick it up if you have use for it. Email me off-list if you're interested. Images of the box and adapter are at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gxtef64wXoiL5FMIkRvllB-tbkmn8vmQ?us…

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Samsung NP350V5C-T02US power supply
by David Waybright 23 Jul '26

23 Jul '26

I know it's not quite vintage yet but thought I'd ask if there is anyone between Cecil county and Howard county Maryland that might have a compatible power supply. I know it's a long shot! Samsung NP350V5C-T02US, the DC power jack is: * Outer diameter: 5.5 mm * Inner diameter: 3.0 mm * Center pin: Yes This is commonly referred to as a 5.5 × 3.0 mm center-pin barrel connector. The original adapter specifications are: * Output: 19 V DC * Current: 3.16 A (60 W) * Connector: 5.5 × 3.0 mm with center pin any wattage above 60 should be fine! Thanks, David Eugene Waybright CompTIA A+, NET+, & Security+ Technician Crestron Certified CIV-D Intelligent Video Designer & CIV-S Intelligent Video Specialist Crestron Certified Masters Technology Architect; Core, Flex, DMC-D-4K & E-4K, SCT-R & C, DCT-R & C, TCT-R & C AVMM Engineer; Audio & Shades Technician Extron Certified A/V Associate IT Operations & Secure Infrastructure Specialist Tesla Referral Code: https://ts.la/david55244 Please use my referral for a free demo drive, also $500 Off + 3 mo. FSD on Model 3 & Y, $1,000 Off + 3 mo. FSD on Model S & X, & $500 Off Solar TeslaFi Referral Code: https://www.teslafi.com/signup.php?referred=Dwaybright receive a one-month trial instead of two weeks. Tessie Referral Code: https://share.tessie.com/QpzcnbTb5yb receive one month free when you sign up. ChargePoint Home Pro, CPF25, CPF50, CPH50, CT4000, CP6000, OnRamp, Express 100, 200,& 250 Certified Technician [Image]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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Bendix G15 Tape Units
by Kelly Leavitt 20 Jul '26

20 Jul '26

I know of a prop company that has two units for sale. I don't know what they're looking to get out of them but I can put interested people in touch. Same company has purchased most of my "collection" (hoard) since no-one here expressed an interest. Thanks, Kelly

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Re: NVR system for Camp Evans
by David Waybright 20 Jul '26

20 Jul '26

I know I'm getting to this email late. I love the idea to run a linux based camera system. Instead of moving to a Axis system I'd rather see you stay on the Linux system or move to a unifi protect system. the unifi protect now supports ONVIF cams so the existing cams should integrate nicely. The existing wyse cams might be able to record to both the linux based system and unifi protect but I would make sure they're in a vlan that can't talk to the internet so they can't phone home. The main reason I was thinking Unifi Protect is if you're thinking of a site hardening grant You could use both unifi protect for cams and unifi access for access control for not only buildings but also gates in the future. 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Today's Topics: 1. Re: NVR system for Camp Evans (Martin A Flynn) 2. Pictures of someone running "conversation machine" (Jeffrey Brace) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:15:48 -0400 From: Martin A Flynn <martin.flynn(a)compdecon.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Re: NVR system for Camp Evans To: Michael Ruane <michael.ruane(a)infoage.org> Cc: August Culbert <august125(a)gmail.com>, DAVE FORLANO <fdavid362(a)aol.com>, Marc Natanagara <marc.natanagara(a)infoage.org>, Daniel Jacobs <danscomputerlab(a)gmail.com>, Paul Safka <pfs55(a)optonline.net>, "A.J. Griglak" <aj(a)griglak.com>, Thomas Gilinsky <thomas.gilinsky(a)vcfed.org>, Thomas Sedergran <thomas.sedergran(a)infoage.org>, Gloria Kudrick <Gloria.Kudrick(a)infoage.org>, Patrick Flanagan <Patrick.Flanagan(a)infoage.org>, vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Message-ID: <d6995186-bb9f-4453-b301-f46014113ae5(a)compdecon.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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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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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VCF MidWest 2026
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Jul '26

16 Jul '26

Who's going to VCF MidWest this September? Jeff Brace

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