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Staging Consignment Items
by Jason Perkins 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Let's say you had a large number of items you were planning on putting in the consignment sale. Let's also say you were worried about car space on the weekend of the event. Would it be possible to bring some items up to the workshop this weekend, and leave them at the facility? Thanks! -- Jason Perkins 313 355 0085

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Staging Consignment Items
by David Riley 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

On Mar 25, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > From: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Staging Consignment Items > Date: March 25, 2019 at 12:35:37 PM EDT > To: evan(a)vcfed.org > Cc: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > > > I have a question: > > Would it be possible to consider a "vendor" area with tables, to sell your stuff? > > Not necessarily instead of Consignment. We did this last year, and it seemed like a success to me (Evan could probably say better than me whether it was). - Dave

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum Report for March 24, 2019
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Hey Pete! Thanks so much for filling in as docent today as I am away volunteering at VCF PNW. It's nice to have fresh faces being docent at the museum. I'm glad that you were able to enjoy yourself despite the day being slow. :) Thanks again Pete! On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 8:39 PM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Fairly slow day today. We had one family of four come in for a tour > around 3pm. Then nothing until the last half hour or so where we had an > older single fellow and 2 different families. > > My son Alex and I had a Solitaire and Minesweeper competition on the > Windows 3.1 PC. :) > > It’s always fun and a pleasure to help out the VCF. > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Museum Report for March 24, 2019
by Peter Cetinski 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Fairly slow day today. We had one family of four come in for a tour around 3pm. Then nothing until the last half hour or so where we had an older single fellow and 2 different families. My son Alex and I had a Solitaire and Minesweeper competition on the Windows 3.1 PC. :) It’s always fun and a pleasure to help out the VCF.

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Kemner's Surplus Warehouse
by Eric Rangell 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Hi all, I went to Kemner's Surplus Warehouse yesterday and picked up miscellaneous parts I wanted, and I suggest anyone in the area do the same for what they want. There are signs in the store that indicate they have been evicted. I don't know any more about their situation or their timeframe for clearing out the store. I saw a bunch of Apple II series machines, some Vic 20s, C64s, and TRS80s. There are lots of electronics parts, vintage test equipment, and media. Here is a message Beverly sent me: "Sure if you tell a computer Club about our store that would be great I keep swearing that there's got to be museums out there that would like some of the stuff we have even stuff that doesn't work you would think of Museum either them or people that are part of it would fix it and want it on display we've got to have some stuff that they may not have that they would still want the important thing is for them to understand that the prices on them are not what we're selling it for but we're also not able to be completely low-balled because we still need money we were talking today about how there's people that are probably not coming now because they think the day's going to come when everything in the store is like 90% off. And unfortunately we're not a regular store and I don't believe he's going to do that. So the thing is they need to just bargain with him and if he likes the price he will accept it . Or if that item he can go 50 off then he'll do that. If he can't or won't then he'll give you 30% off Etc. It probably will stay that way until we're out. Sometimes some things may go up to 75 some things you may only ever get up to 50% off. What the main idea is that you may not be able to get them after we're closed. we're not sure about that , so Now's the Time to really see and get what you want" So I would suggest that someone at the museum contact Beverly (Facebook seems to be the best way: https://www.facebook.com/KemnerEnterprises/ or https://www.facebook.com/bkemner ) and discuss what is possible and find out more about their situation with the contents of the store and their warehouses. Perhaps a win/win situation can be found where some of their inventory is offered for sale at consignment at the VCF events around the country, or we repair some of their computers during upcoming workshops for use in a training lab - it's going to take some tact to negotiate so all communications should be done through Evan and the other VCF chapter leaders. We can discuss more at next week's workshop. Thanks, Eric

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Workshop dates
by Evan Koblentz 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I talked to Ian the other day. He will be there. On Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 10:00 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I should be there Saturday > Maybe Sunday not sure yet > Have not signed up yet > Ian is the expert on CRT STUFF. > I have knowledge of this too. > See if Ian has signed up yet. > > Mike R. > > Besides *March 30 & 31*: < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qisU7Goz7_QQVOtuCEg8PsDfh7-adv0zNXI… > > > > There is: > *April 13 & 14*: < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XTEGeYkzqrmGL_X5OdyFbjoy4QtLMBDoX5r… > > > > *June 1 & 2*: > < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cdRaUOarYmLe0c7Veddzl4HhOqB1BXTgTCQ… > > > > *August 24 & 25*: > < > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Gmvr2ZEtEXouN0oB7Y_UtCRabbwhLTi4E_… > > > > > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Peter Fletcher <pfletch(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > > Have to work on Saturday, but may be able to make it on Sunday. Do you > know what time the workshop is happening on Sunday? > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 1:19 AM, Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >> You can bring them to the next workshop at InfoAge. > >> I believe it is next weekend. > >> There should be someone there to look at them. > >> > >> I maybe going but have not confined that yet. > >> > >> Mike R. > >> > >> Sent from: > >> My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > >> > >>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> <mime-attachment> > >> > > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Kemner's Surplus Warehouse
by Eric Rangell 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Their hours are Friday 1pm-7pm, Saturday 10am-7pm. They are busy the other days preparing for the move out. This video shows a lot of the electronic equipment. https://www.facebook.com/KemnerEnterprises/videos/1744945005556433/ The computers are shown starting around the 13 minute mark.

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Upgrade your Putty
by Neil Cherry 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I don't know how many others use Putty (a SSH/Telnet/SCP/SFTP client for Winwods) but seems there are security issues with Putty before 0.71 Article about the issues: https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/putty-software-hacking.html More important, link to the latest Putty: https://www.putty.org/ -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Kemner's Surplus Warehouse
by Tony Bogan 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

> On Mar 24, 2019, at 7:31 AM, Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Where is this warehouse ? > > Mike R. Kemner’s Surplus Warehouse 114 S Washington St Pottstown PA

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Workshop dates
by Sentrytv 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

I should be there Saturday Maybe Sunday not sure yet Have not signed up yet Ian is the expert on CRT STUFF. I have knowledge of this too. See if Ian has signed up yet. Mike R. Besides *March 30 & 31*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qisU7Goz7_QQVOtuCEg8PsDfh7-adv0zNXI… > There is: *April 13 & 14*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XTEGeYkzqrmGL_X5OdyFbjoy4QtLMBDoX5r… > *June 1 & 2*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cdRaUOarYmLe0c7Veddzl4HhOqB1BXTgTCQ… > *August 24 & 25*: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Gmvr2ZEtEXouN0oB7Y_UtCRabbwhLTi4E_… > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Peter Fletcher <pfletch(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Have to work on Saturday, but may be able to make it on Sunday. Do you know what time the workshop is happening on Sunday? > > Thanks for the help. > > >> On Mar 24, 2019, at 1:19 AM, Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> You can bring them to the next workshop at InfoAge. >> I believe it is next weekend. >> There should be someone there to look at them. >> >> I maybe going but have not confined that yet. >> >> Mike R. >> >> Sent from: >> My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. >> >>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >>> >>> <mime-attachment> >> >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] CRT Repair suggestions
by Tony Bogan 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Sunday usually starts around 10 once everyone is back from breakfast. Sometimes a little earlier. The next VCF Repair workshop will be March 30 & 31, 2019. Signup here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qisU7Goz7_QQVOtuCEg8PsDfh7-adv0zNXI…

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] CRT Repair suggestions
by Sentrytv 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

You can bring them to the next workshop at InfoAge. I believe it is next weekend. There should be someone there to look at them. I maybe going but have not confined that yet. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > <mime-attachment>

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Trenton Computer Festival Report
by Dean Notarnicola 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

Great day today! Adam Michlin, Neil Cherry, Drew and I hosted a VCF exhibit at TCF. We setup an Atari 2600 and 800xl for visitors to interact with, along with various Atari related books. Neil also setup his home automation demo. The exhibits drew a constant stream of curious visitors who asked a lot of questions, with a fairly good crowd around the table for most of the day. Adam, Neil and Drew engaged them with various technology topics while talking up the upcoming VCFe events. Many people asked about VCF and hopefully we encouraged them to introduce themselves on the list and attend a workshop. We had many VCF alumni visit, among them Herb Johnson, Bill Dudley, Tom Hornberger, Jeff Gallinat and others. All in all, a fun day with good people. Another TCF in the books. Regards, Dean

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] CRT Repair suggestions
by Tony Bogan 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

If you can come to next weekends workshop at Infoage I’m sure you could get some help. Especially if Ian is coming! Tony

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CRT Repair suggestions
by Peter Fletcher 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

I have two Atari SC1224 Color monitors that are in need of repair. The one does not turn on at all and the other only seems to only have blue functioning. ( I can see the screen, just everything is either blue or black). I am in southeastern PA, but someplace regional for repair would be fine. Any suggestions? Thanks, Pete

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

Slow at the museum today. Bill Lange visited. Mostly I worked on VCF East stuff.

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Ok I give up
by Jeffrey Golas 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

I vendored there for a few years starting at the Mercer County location, and loved every minute of it. I would have gone today to keep supporting it, but had a scheduling conflict. I still have my registration sheet and flyer from the 1996 one (at least). I loved dumpster diving at the end of it all too, and I wasn't alone! The good ol days! Jeff aka Bags

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RE: I Give Up!
by svcatitc＠aol.com 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

Us core members forget that we are talking to a wider audience than just us when we throw acronyms around. lest we forget there are new members joining in all the time that may not be familiar with Trenton Computer Fest, as TCF. They may also not be familiar with many of the technical acronyms we throw around, so to all, there are no dumb questions and to the rest of us, let us have patience. To all in Trenton, have a blast. Sorry I won't be there. Bill Inderrieden Are you kidding, really? Trenton computer festival @ TCNJ I'll be there tomorrow at the fleamarket area formally known as the Hamfest. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Mar 22, 2019, at 5:43 PM, Andy Diller via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > What is TCF? > > > - andy diller

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Ok I give up
by Andy Diller 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

What is TCF? - andy diller

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Someone is looking to get files off a DLT
by Christian Liendo 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Long story short. There is a company that I had gotten some SGIs from contacted me asking if I or someone else could do the following We need a cost to hook up our film scanner and our DLT tape to a stand alone Dell R710 server (our old server). The tapes were archived with the basic unix tar command. The scanner also had been connected up to our R710 server which uses the windows 98 software. We would like to extract the data, when needed, from the DLT tapes and transfer that to the new server via usb drives This company is in NYC. Is anyone interested? Let me know and I will forward you the info

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VCF East classes update
by Evan Koblentz 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Fifteen classes: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/classes/ I'll work on getting a backup or two. Schedule TBD.

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Tandy 6000HD lives!
by Mike Loewen 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Another Tandy 6000HD lives again! The hard drive had a bad head, and was replaced with a Seagate ST-251 (thank you, David Gesswein). The foil-and-foam Keytronics keyboard required a complete rebuild (disintegrating foam), and a Sun Type 4 keyboard was sacrificed to provide replacement pads. The Sun pads will no doubt eventually go as well, but they're from 1991 and in really good shape. The upper case was severely cracked in multiple places, and I did my best to stick it back together with MEK. Finally, I formatted the drive and installed Xenix 3.2 and the full development system from 8" diskettes. This system is going to the LSSM (Large Scale Systems Museum), for their new Unix workstation section. http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/Soltoff6000HD.jpg This particular machine was once owned by Roy Soltoff of MISOSYS. When I emailed him about it, he replied: "It probably was not used for anything much. Back in the late 80s, I had accumulated a few 16s and 6000 - but never did much with them. Most of the old equipment was sold off to someone in NJ for a computer museum." Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TCF on Saturday
by jaj＠totallyamused.com 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 6:08 PM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > Enjoy guys! > I'm glad that you guys could step in for Evan and myself. > I'm at VCF Seattle volunteering. > Evan is busy preparing for VCF East and has stuff to do at the museum. > It's nice to see others involved with representing VCF! > Thanks so much! > I will be at TCF in the Flea Market area, I may have a few vintage items for sale, but mainly modernish projects for others — laptops, power supplies, digital signage players, cabling — and all priced to move from my house to yours. Be sure to mention you are a VCF supporter! -Justin

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TCF on Saturday
by Neil Cherry 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

I won't be presenting this year. Good thing I recognized I was overloaded in December it's gotten worse since then. I will have my board and it should be up and running. I'll start it up again. I'll be sitting with Dean at the VCF table. I'll represent both CDL and VCF. :-) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Anyone have full tower ATX case?
by William Dudley 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

I have a Gateway 2000 "full tower". It's 23 inches high. It has 4 5" bays on the front, plus one 3" floppy hole. I didn't open it up to see what other space it has. I put a sticker on it (a long time ago) that says "K7-2400", so that gives you an idea of when last used. I'm in Jackson, NJ. I may be going to TCF on Saturday. Before I give it away, I'd want to fire it up (if possible) and see if there's anything interesting/personal on there. I have no idea if it even has a hard disk at this point. Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 5:10 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Just curious if anyone has a spare full-tower ATX case with many (5+) 5.25" > drive bays available? Its sort of vintage-computing related as I want to > update and fix up my shop mule. Case can be beat up even missing sides for > all I care. > > I'm in the Philly area and would be willing to drive to the surrounding > areas, etc to meet up. >

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Slow day visitor-wise. Only a few people stopped by today. Steve A. came over at 5:00 and we spent two hours sorting books in the warehouse. The slow-but-steady project continues! We constantly put aside unneeded books (to sell) and we re-box the books the books that we're keeping (to eliminate boxes that are odd-sized or falling apart). Each time, we're left with more floor space. Eventually we will finish separating the keeps from the sells, and then we can embark on phase two which is organizing the kept stuff. Making floor space is a satisfying experience, but it will feel GREAT when the books/magazines are as well-organized as the hardware!

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13 classes, 2 more needed
by Evan Koblentz 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Here are the 13 classes so far for Friday, May 3: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/classes/ We need 2 more. -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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3D idea for SCSI2SD
by Richard Cini 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Playing off the thread on the SCSI2SD, I wondered if anyone has a nice 3D case for theirs? I bought one a while ago but it’s gray and ugly. I thought it would be neat if there was one that looked like an RA81 drive or something like that. You could even do ones to match other systems/drives. I don’t have a printer or the CAD skills, so I’m just tossing the idea out there if someone is looking for a project. Rich Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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TCF Saturday
by Neil Cherry 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

I think Dean is handling the table for VCF on Saturday. I attempted to get a table for CDL (was IXR - the maker space) but that didn't happen. I still intend on manning the table, if that is okay. I'd like to know what I should bring. I can bring my HA board and that would attract attention but I also not be very Vintage. I have my Tandy MC10s but no monitor/TV to work with (sorry). Any details on what time to meet and where? I can bring the doughnuts or whatever (I don't drink coffee so I may need help there if that's needed). Yes, I'd like to roam about a bit but I'll primarily be there to man the table for VCF (and CDL if that's Okay). -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Vintage Server Rack - Take 3
by Ethan Dicks 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:28 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now > offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack > with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 > system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), Sure is pretty. If I were closer (I'm in Ohio), I'd jump on that. -ethan

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Vintage Server Rack - Take 3
by Jeff G 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

So the link I provided to pics was asking for a login, so I moved the pics over to Dropbox and made sure they're publicly accessible this time around. I also added my location and size info. Hopefully third time's the charm! Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), but does have both (white) sides and power strip built in. I believe it also has wheels. Rack rails are round hole. Ground-level drive-up-and-go pickup. Rack is located in Blue Bell, PA, about 25 mins outside of Philadelphia. Size wise its about the size of a typical server rack, perhaps wider by 3-4 inches than a modern rack. Pics here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mlmo99uwuzbxjfi/AABf-p8h_4vRvuzVOA3xxudua?dl=0

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Bil Herd - update
by Evan Koblentz 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Bil replied about the Friday classes: "You can put me on the schedule for a class on component aging and the effects on heat, with some emphasis on IC’s but not forgetting things like caps, batteries and some of the other components." I'll update the website tomorrow.

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Micro Decision and terminal in NJ
by Mike Loewen 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

Just saw this on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/343024439667938/ Morrrow Micro Decision, Lear-Siegler ADM20 and keyboard. Nice little CP/M system. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Vintage Server Rack - now FREE to a home (any home)
by Jeff G 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), but does have both (white) sides and power strip built in. I believe it also has wheels. Rack rails are round hole. Ground-level drive-up-and-go pickup.

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OT: Anyone have full tower ATX case?
by Jeff G 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Just curious if anyone has a spare full-tower ATX case with many (5+) 5.25" drive bays available? Its sort of vintage-computing related as I want to update and fix up my shop mule. Case can be beat up even missing sides for all I care. I'm in the Philly area and would be willing to drive to the surrounding areas, etc to meet up.

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(no subject)
by Dave Sica 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Frank had it scheduled for the 31st, the last Sunday of the month, which has been his longstanding schedule practice. Someone at InfoAge assumed that it was the third Sunday of the month (which the last Sunday of the month often is) and put it on the InfoAge calendar that way AND advertised in the local media using that date. Because of that, Frank had to change the presentation date to match the advertising. For future reference (with the exception of this month) the NASA lectures are always scheduled on the last Sunday of every month except December. On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:17 AM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow(a)gmail.com> wrote: So why does Frank O'Brien say that it is the 31st? On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 11:28 PM Dave Sica via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Someone was asking about the date of the upcoming InfoAge NASA Lecture. It's usually on the last Sunday of each month, January through November, but this month (March) it's on the 24th due to a scheduling error. If you see it advertised for the 31st, that's the wrong date. More info: https://isec.space/ Someone else was asking about the recent 'big name' NASA presentation. If you missed it, you can catch Kim Arcand's talk about her spectacular 2D and 3D visualizations of space on InfoAge's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/a_xrTvBk9E0 -- Dave Sica -- ======================================================= Jeff Brace =======================================================

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Looking for DEC bulkhead cable kit
by Richard Cini 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

I also posted this on the VCF Forum “wanted” list, but I thought I’d mention it here as well. I’m looking for the Ethernet bulkhead cable kit for a DEC M7504 DEQNA board and BA23 enclosure. I built my own cable based on specs on-line but I’m only 99% sure I did it right. Even if I could borrow one for comparison that would be helpful. The cables aren’t hard to build but I would like to compare against the real thing if possible. Thanks. Rich Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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NASA Lecture (was Re: Museum report)
by Dave Sica 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Someone was asking about the date of the upcoming InfoAge NASA Lecture. It's usually on the last Sunday of each month, January through November, but this month (March) it's on the 24th due to a scheduling error. If you see it advertised for the 31st, that's the wrong date. More info: https://isec.space/ Someone else was asking about the recent 'big name' NASA presentation. If you missed it, you can catch Kim Arcand's talk about her spectacular 2D and 3D visualizations of space on InfoAge's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/a_xrTvBk9E0 -- Dave Sica

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] WTD: PDP-11 tape drive?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: >... > > But congrats on a great score. Sucks about the lack of rack rails, as >they're pretty specific to this drive. But don't worry about the Some "generic" rails and someone with a metal brake could quickly remedy that problem. ;) I don't believe you could support that on too many, if any, "drawers" with that weight. A piece of thinner angle iron could be bolted into your rack to hold the drive in it but it wouldn't provide the ability to slide the drive in-and-out.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Tandy 6000HD lives!
by W. Bryan Caudle 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

>Has anyone figured out a material which can be used to replace the >original aluminized(?) paper discs from keytronic keyboards? The foam I >know (vaguely) what type it originally was. > >I have four of them here (one kb3270 and three victor 9000 keyboards) >where the foam has turned to goo and corroded away most of the metal on >the discs, so I don't think they can be re-used. > >-- >Jonathan Gevaryahu >jgevaryahu(a)gmail.com >jgevaryahu(a)hotmail.com I used the silver static bags to restore a TRS-80 Model 12 keyboard a little while back. It worked ok, just be sure you get the conductive side facing away from the foam disc. If I had to do it over, I would likely just use the kit from texelec. It would save a lot of cutting...

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Today we had three or four groups of visitors with mild interest. Martin spent all day continuing his work on the network/cameras project. He ran network wires in the ceiling for all four cameras and other stuff. We'll probably add two more cameras, but not for a while yet, and we ran out of time today. Last time, we put PFsense (software firewall) onto our server. Before it just ran ordinary Ubuntu. Now it runs the firewall 24/7 and supplies DHCP. We had a problem getting the cameras to obtain IP addresses, but we have a plan for fixing that next time. We also rewired basically the whole network. Before, our LTE modem also served public Wifi. Now it is used * exclusively * for getting connecting the firewall to the Internet, and nothing else. Thus our wifi is temporarily down; it'll be back in another week or two when we bring an access point back online (replacing the older Cisco unit with a newer one from another company; I forget which brand Martin said.) All of the network wires from the cables and from elsewhere in the museum now go through a patch panel. I'll get us some matching cords so it looks nice. Right now they are all gray and different lengths ... no good! :) Martin also swapped out our main switch for a different model. The old one only had PoE on half of its ports, and one or two ports seemed dead. The new one has PoE on the whole switch. So it was a productive day, and I learned a few more things about networking.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15
by Evan Koblentz 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

> What about my idea of having a panel session where people could ask questions on any computer repair topic and a panel of peeps would answer? Pondering it. Not as high on the idea as I was before, for various logistical reasons. > Also, any possibility of Bill Herd doing his soldering class again? Doubtful we'd repeat the same narrow-ish topic two years in a row.

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Museum report 2019/03/16
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

Today we had two to three dozen visitors because of a STEAM event at Infoage: https://njstempathways.org/event/steam-tank-regional-competition-at-camp-ev… Lots of medium to high interest adults and children. Some could identify different computers. I let some of them try some BASIC programming on the C64 as well as paint on PC, Amiga, Mac. Also some games on C64, PC, Next. Telling all of them about VCF East. I hope to get some of them coming. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Ticket desk volunteers needed, too...
by Evan Koblentz 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Everyone, Amy can't be at the ticket desk this year, and Ann will only be available Friday/Sunday (if I understood Kelly correctly), so we need people for the front desk. Just like in my previous email about consignment volunteers: this is super important!! We need people who have their shit together for this job. Apply off-list to me...

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Volunteers needed for VCF East consignment
by Evan Koblentz 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Everyone, Jim S. is leading the consignment booth on Saturday and Kelly is leading it on Sunday. We need a few volunteers to help them both days. This is a very important job. We need people who are ultra-reliable and on-the-ball in a retail environment. You've got to learn fast, work fast, and be there exactly when we need you. Apply off-list to me...

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...
by Todd George 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

\,,/ Sabbath!!! \,,/ Based on METAL, Tony is referring to Neon Knights. -Todd On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:44 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Wow, blast from the past! Funny thing is, sitting on the boat eating lunch > I looked up the cDc to see what names would be listed (handles of course) > on any Wikipedia or other entries online and what names is > remember/recognize. There were members (or supposed members....people liked > to pretend they were more connected than they actually were sometimes) I > had dealt with through my our group, especially when we were dealing with > MoD and LoD. > > The funny part is in the Wikipedia list of cDc “affiliations” are not only > groups I know and don’t know, but the group I was part of!!! Was two kids > from Jersey (me being one of them) and one from Oregon and one from > California when we started it when I was 12 years old (1980, just before my > 13th birthday in November) > > Todd George could probably look at the list and know which group it was > based on the name!! > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 15, 2019, at 1:31 PM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-beto-orourke-special-rep/sp… > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 1:21 PM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic > > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Not trying to get into politics but from the histoical "okay that is > >> crazy..." > >> > >> It just hit the naws that one of the guys running for president who has > >> been a politician for a while (Beto O'Rourke) was actually a member of > >> cDc, Cult of the Dead Cow. This was a legendary "hacking" group that > used > >> to release a lot of t-files. He ran a BBS apparently. cDc held back this > >> knowledge for a while so as to not interfere with his career but he went > >> public with it. A book about cDc is supposed to come out. > >> > >> A whole lot of people that are not familiar with the old school hacking > >> social groups and BBSes and all of that could potentially start to hear > >> about it depending on how far the guy gets in politics. Could bring a > lot > >> of attention to 80s/90s computing and the community around it all. > >> > >> - Ethan > >> > >> > >> > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...
by W2HX 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Am I the only one? All emails from Tony (and I think some others) always come in as attachments. Meaning I get a blank email from Tony (through the list) with no content, only an attachment. That attachment is an email message itself (like an .eml or whatever) containing his content. Am I seeing things (again)? 73 Eugene W2HX From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org] On Behalf Of Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:44 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Tony Bogan Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Speaking of BBSes...

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15
by Evan Koblentz 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

> I’d like to see such a course be a yearly thing at VCF as it literally will never go out of style The thing is, that could be said about many topics. Only 15 slots to play with ... we could easily come up with 30-40 topics, if there were enough teachers. :) I would TOTALLY DO THAT if we knew that enough people would attend VCF East as a four or five-day event.

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Re: vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15
by Jeff G 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

What about my idea of having a panel session where people could ask questions on any computer repair topic and a panel of peeps would answer? Also, any possibility of Bill Herd doing his soldering class again? I really want to take that as I missed the last one. Jeff aka Bags

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Urgent! Lots more instructors needed for VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

VCF East classes are Friday, May 3, and we still need many more instructors. There are 15 slots. So far we have: - Unusual Unix(es) ... Alex Jacocks - Unix networking ... Andy Diller - Unix headless booting ... Stephen Edwards - SimH ... David Gesswein (We need one more Unix-y topic.) We also have people committed to teach: - Atari 400/800 ... Bill Lange - 8-Bit Computer Basic Repair ... Chris Fala - TRS-80 101 ... Dean Notarnicola - Hard Drive Repair ... Jason Perkins - Apple II 101 ... Tony Bogan That's only nine classes so far. Here are some ideas: - What's NeXT - VMS/OpenVMS - How to be a good PET owner - Commodore 64 repair (it'll never go out of style) - Early IBM PC repair (yes it's vintage now...) - Ian's CRT Magic (people can't get enough!) - "Don't be scared of front panels", a.k.a. "If Evan use one then so can you!" (but no I'm not qualified to teach this) - The role of microcontrollers in the hobby today

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