- vcf-midatlantic - lists.vcfed.org

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
by Evan Koblentz 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

> Evan, have you ever had Joe Decuir at VCF East? He was one of the > original designers of the Atari 8-bit computers That would be great, we never had an Atari speaker, but the Internet says he lives in Washington State. Maybe for PNW next year. :)

2 2

Compaq Portable 386 BASIC manual?
by Evan Koblentz 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Can someone point me to a PDF of the Compaq Portable BASIC manual? (I believe it's IBM Advanced BASIC version 3.3, but I'd like to see the Compaq manual.)

2 4

Apple video troubleshooting at next workshop?
by Eric Rangell 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Hello all, I’d like to know if someone will be at the March 3 workshop who can help troubleshoot and repair these 2 video problems on a II+ and IIgs ROM3: 2+: intermittent vertical lines http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2017110… <http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2017110…> 2gs super hi-res scan line issues http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2017102… <http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2017102…> http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017100… <http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017100…> I also have 4 Apple monitors that need to be cleaned out, inspected and repaired if necessary. I would also like to learn how to properly disassemble, test, and reassemble my Apple floppy drives, and a 5.25 TransDrive. I will pay for replacement parts and labor. If anyone wants an Imagewriter 1 printer or original Apple power supply PCBs let me know and I will bring them. Eric

2 1

Assistance Programming PROMs
by Henry S. Courbis 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

I have six units of Fairchild MB7052, 256 x 4bits PROMs. Thought my old Advin-MVP would program these, but seems it can't. Checked around and found they MUST be directly supported as other settings like National's 74S287 part won't work. Something about different voltages needed I believe. So... Anyone here have an IC programmer which can program these Fairchild MB7052, 256 x 4bits PROMs? Contact me off-list and let me know your address and any other details like payment. Thanks! Henry S. Courbis Office Toll Free: (800) REACTIVE (732-2848) Office/Mobile Direct: (856) 779-1900 www.ReActiveMicro.com <http://www.ReactiveMicro.com> - Sales, Support, and News, Our Headquarters on the Internet ReActiveMicro.com/wiki - Support, Software, Manuals, and History. Create your own page today! Facebook.com/reactivemicrousa - Our Social Media Outlet and Support

2 1

Anyone free Monday?
by Evan Koblentz 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Monday is a holiday. Is anyone free all day to do more warehouse work with me?

1 0

Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Adam and I worked in the museum and warehouse from 11am to 10pm today. We are tired, but we got good things accomplished! Some highlights: - Herb stopped by for two hours and helped us identify some unique items. - Roddy (artist across from VCF museum) helped us install the first part of a hallway display case. - We organized some Univac items - We cleared and put away a pallet full of random boxed items. - We built a shelving unit partially for Altos (not "Alto") computers and partially for analog stuff (Heathkit EC-1 and extra Philbrick items). - We built a shelving unit for more S-100 items (mostly Cromemco). So, with those last three points, we freed three pallets of space from the unorganized side of the warehouse and got their contents onto proper shelving racks in the organized side. There is still a lot to do (always!) but it's always rewarding when we leave the warehouse cleaner, better organized, and appearing emptier than when we arrived. We made some plans for how to proceed next time. There are more areas of low-hanging fruit where a little work will make a big difference.

1 0

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Many 80s computers available in Virginia Beach
by Duane Craps 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

On 2/15/2018 11:18 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > Is anyone close to Virginia Beach? > > I got an email from former lurking MARCH member Steve M. > (smccreary(a)sourceamerica.org) He works for a refurbishment company > and they have four pallets of 1980s computers. I believe it's mostly > common 8/16-bit stuff. His company would like to sell it in one giant > lot, but I'm encouraging him to bring it to VCF East consignment instead. > > Anyway he'd like someone to come take a look. > > He is not (yet) on this list. > 20 miles from the oceanfront for me -- DuaneCraps sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp

2 1

Looking for “clean” Morrow code
by Richard Cini 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

All — I’m looking for a clean copy of the program “format mw.c” from the Morrow distribution disks (probably The versions on-line (the RLEE archive) seem to have garbage characters in them (maybe from a bad OCR)? Does anyone have this that they can send me? It’s a hard drive formatting program for the HDC_DMA controller. Thanks!Rich Get Outlook for iOS

2 1

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCFED forum errors
by Evan Koblentz 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Yikes! Whole site is down. I'm calling the hosting company support now. On Feb 14, 2018 8:43 PM, "Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. 20:41 EST. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

4 5

Can PD-1 LF-1094C drive read NeXT optical disk cartridges?
by Eric Rangell 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Hello all, I recently visited the Large Scale Systems Museum in New Kensington, PA, and one of the NeXT boxes had an optical drive. I have a Compaq Presario 9240 from the late 1990s which came with a PD-1 LF-1094C drive that is driven by an Opti Dual PCI IDE Controller on IRQ 14. Here is a picture of the optical drive with a cartridge: http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PD1driv… <http://erangellcomblog.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PD1driv…> Does anyone think this drive can read the raw data from a NeXT cartridge so it can be saved somewhere else? I can bring it to an upcoming workshop if someone wants to hack on it. I will also be at the lecture by Alice Bowman on 2/24 at Infoage, so let me know if anyone is going and would like to meet up. Thanks, Eric Rangell

3 2

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] March 3 & 4, 2018 VCF Repair Workshop reminder
by Blatboy 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

The wife will be out of town that weekend. Shake ye in thee shoes. I think I'll be able to make it. (Though I may show up late in the day on Sat) I've signed the list. Looking forward! w http://www.jwalterhawkes.com http://www.blatboy.com like to know where/when I'm playing? Click here <http://www.blatomaster.com/mlist.php> to sign up for my list, and let the babble begin.

1 0

Many 80s computers available in Virginia Beach
by Evan Koblentz 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Is anyone close to Virginia Beach? I got an email from former lurking MARCH member Steve M. (smccreary(a)sourceamerica.org) He works for a refurbishment company and they have four pallets of 1980s computers. I believe it's mostly common 8/16-bit stuff. His company would like to sell it in one giant lot, but I'm encouraging him to bring it to VCF East consignment instead. Anyway he'd like someone to come take a look. He is not (yet) on this list.

2 1

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCFED forum errors
by Bill Degnan 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Assuming someone knows to re-index the message board there. A built in function that comes with the program, needs to be run but it will take down the board while indexing occurs. Good luck. On Feb 15, 2018 9:17 AM, "Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> Back up this morning, but extremely slow I see what you mean. Hosting company ia informed. Waiting for their reply. >> What happened? I don't know. >> And do you need any sysadmin assistance? No, but thanks for offering. On Feb 15, 2018 7:25 AM, "alan--- via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > Back up this morning, but extremely slow to the point of timing out on > most requests. What happened? And do you need any sysadmin assistance? > > -Alan > > On 2018-02-14 20:55, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >> Yikes! Whole site is down. I'm calling the hosting company support now. >> >> On Feb 14, 2018 8:43 PM, "Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic" < >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> >> >> Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. >> 20:41 EST. >> >> >> Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us >> Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ >> >

1 0

Hey Dave McGuire!
by William Sudbrink 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Is this a relation of yours? http://history.cs.ncl.ac.uk/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm360_672/slide17.htm l http://history.cs.ncl.ac.uk/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm360_672/15.html Bill S. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

3 4

VCFED forum errors
by Mike Loewen 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. 20:41 EST. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

1 0

Needed ASAP: PowerMac 9600 + Multiscan 15AV monitor
by Evan Koblentz 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Contact me off-list if you have the subject line items in good working condition. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation

1 0

Is there anyway to caps lock an ADM3a?
by corey cohen 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

I know on the adm5 there is an actual caps lock key. On the 3a, I can’t seem to find it in the manuals other than setting the dip switch to upper case. Which is not practical. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

4 9

Museum Report for Sunday Feb 11
by Peter Cetinski 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

It was a slow day at the museum today which is not unexpected given the rain. We had 3 groups stop by. One group was a bunch of contractors that are working on one of the buildings at Infoage who stopped in after using the bathroom. They got an express tour. Then, the fellow who does the woodwork across the hall stopped by with his girlfriend and I gave them the full tour. Finally, we had a couple stop by who enjoyed taking pictures but didn’t seem interested in the full tour so I gave them a few highlights. Tony also stopped by to finish up work on a few Macs and he shared his knowledge of Mac troubleshooting with me and my son Alex. Thanks Tony! Pete

2 1

Any trick to discharging ADM-3A
by corey cohen 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

So I was about to swap out my ADM5 for my ADM3a with my ALTAIR and realized while I did replace the electrolytic and tantalum caps on the main board, I didn’t change the electrolytic caps on the analog board behind the tube. No big deal except that the rubber cup is on the top where I can’t get to it without removing the tube and you aren’t really supposed to remove the tube till you discharge it under the rubber cup. So chicken or the egg? Or am I just supposed to let the ADM sit unplugged for a few weeks and just assume it self discharged? Just when I thought I was finished with this project and was going to move onto my TI silent rebuild. Thanks, Cheers, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

11 25

Interest Check: Belden Thicknet 10base5 Ethernet Coax
by systems_glitch 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

All, Per the recent cctalk discussion on thicknet/early Ethernet, I figured I'd see if there's any interest in cut-to-length Belden thicknet/10base5 Ethernet cable. I've got a local surplus guy who's got at least one 1100 foot roll. It's the real Ethernet spec stuff, sez so on the cable, and it has the bands to locate your vampire taps. If there's enough interest, I'll buy the spool off of him and cut it to length for whoever's interested in buying some. I can crimp N terminations on as well. Thanks, Jonathan

3 2

WTB: Cisco IGS
by Kenneth Seefried 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

From: systems_glitch <systems.glitch(a)gmail.com> > > Anyone have an old IGS kicking around? I've been working on my > DEChub 90T1 and would like to see just how similar the two are. > I have at least one (I learned IOS on it), but have no idea where I stored it or when I'll have time to find it. I'll keep you in mind. Yes, the IGS was a 68k-based, fixed-port (1 AUI ethernet and 1 sync serial) router. It was contemporary with the high-end AGS and midrage CGS. Ran IOS out of ROM, and upgrading required a physical ROM swap. Mine was IOS 8, but I think there was an IOS 9 update before the IGS was replaced by the c2500 series. KJ

2 1

WTB: Cisco IGS
by systems_glitch 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Anyone have an old IGS kicking around? I've been working on my DEChub 90T1 and would like to see just how similar the two are. Thanks, Jonathan

3 4

Craigslist Philadelphia Posting
by Joseph Oprysko 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

There is a person posting a fair sized lot of Apple hardware in the Philadelphia area. Personally, I think as a LOT price, he’s asking too much. But that could just be me. He likely priced out the pieces then added all the prices together. https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/sys/6477834592.html -- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?

2 1

Ian on The Verge!
by William Sudbrink 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Keep 'em flying Ian! https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16973914/tvs-crt-restoration-led-gaming-v… Um, by the way, I'll probably need to borrow a couple for VCF East again this year. Bill !. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

7 10

Available: //c hardware in DC area
by Evan Koblentz 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Contact is Jonathan at lokno1(a)gmail.com in Burtonsville, MD. He gave most of his software to Archive.org; Jason referred him to us for the hardware but we have plenty. Hardware -------- Apple IIc Computer (2x) Apple IIc Mouse (2x) Apple IIc Disk Drive (2x) Apple IIc Monitor (2x) Apple IIc Monitor (small) Corresponding cables Other -------- Various copies disks PerfectData Head Cleaning Kit

3 4

hard drive repair service, at Trenton Computer Festival?
by Herb Johnson 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

In 2017 or 2016, at the Trenton Computer Festival, one of the "flea market" vendors was a hard drive repair service. They had a table covered with opened-up hard drives. Does anyone have a name and point of contact for that vendor? The TCF (TCNJ) Web site doesn't have lists of vendors, barely tracks previous TCF's at all. This is about an 8-inch hard drive, by Priam. I'm not looking for a diagnosis or discussion - just a repair service. I can search the Web, so I'm not asking for that. But if someone knows of a large hard-drive repair service still active today, I'd like to know. Contact me via my Web site (see below) or privately at my email posting address. I suppose we can discuss these services "here" in the list but mostly this is a commercial request. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

3 2

Sneak preview of this year's VCF shirt design
by Evan Koblentz 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Here's a sneak preview of the shirt design for all of our 2018 events. As usual, each event will be a different shirt color. Any similarity to a certain VCF/MA member in Pittsburgh is purely coincidental. :) https://vcfed.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pnw-shirt-front-1.png

14 20

Tandy plastic repair
by Mike Loewen 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

What sort of adhesive works well for repairing cracks in a Tandy 6000 shell? Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

1 0

HP dual-floppy at auction
by Mike Loewen 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

I noticed this HP 82901M dual DSDD HPIB drive up for auction: Ebay 263475746952 This would be a good match for an HP85/87 micro that has the HPIB cartridge and storage ROM, or a standard 87XM. No connection to the seller, and no idea if it works but it looks clean. These units have Tandon TM100-2 drives installed. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

1 0

Need docent this Sunday Feb. 11 & for workshop
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Evan and I will be in Seattle for VCF PNW. We need someone for Sunday. Dromgoole will be here Saturday. Also for the workshop 3/3 & 3/4. We need one hour signups: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uJklCb5HcA1c1uKQFVCSLcHhxzhKTiFQhfu…

2 1

Museum Report 2018-02-04 February 4, 2018
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

A small amount of people today, due to Superbowl Sunday and rainy weather. Lou stopped by. He has an interest in the Next Machine. He couldn't make it to the last workshop, but will be here for the March 3 & 4 one. He was able to take pictures of the different machines. Tony Bogan worked on detailed diagnosis of more compact macs from the warehouse. I worked on getting docents for future dates as well as teaching Tony how to operate the C64. And Tony taught me some more about the Compact macs. Also working on the docent manual.

1 0

Unscientific informal keyboard poll...
by Evan Koblentz 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

We may be getting a proper server for the museum rack. It would replace the tablet-serving Pi and have other uses too. To save space, we'll get a combination keyboard/pointing device. But which kind of pointing device -- trackpad (laptop style) or trackball? My vote would be trackpad. Curious what you all think.

10 20

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] A Tale of Two NeXTstations
by Lou 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Great to hear you got one of the NeXTstations working! I might actually be heading up to the museum today with the missus so it would actually be neat to see one of these working in person (especially since I will be getting my hands on a complete unit soon). As for the other unit and hardware password, have you tried booting it without the PRAM battery? I read somewhere that the PRAM stores the hardware password and booting it without the battery installed (and waiting a few minutes) it will try to boot from network but can be configured to drive. I do not know if this was attempted yet but in any case if we are heading up today we can talk more about it if the museum isn't swamped. Here's hoping we can figure this out! -Lou

2 1

A Tale of Two NeXTstations
by Adam Michlin 03 Feb '18

03 Feb '18

Dear List, As most of you know, VCF received not one but two NeXTstations as donations over the past months. We managed to piece together a working combination for museum display as well as hack into the administrator password without too much trouble. Alas, about a month ago, the machine simply stopped turning on. This was diagnosed (thanks Ian!) at the most recent VCF workshop as a dead battery. At the same time, the hard drive appeared to be no longer functional (stay tuned for more on that). So I ordered a battery... oops, wrong battery. Oh well. Ordered the correct battery and it came in yesterday in a box with more warning labels than a one would expect on packaging for a vial of Bubonic Plague. I think lithium batteries have people just a tad spooked. It had always bothered me that both the battery and the hard drive exactly at the same time. 30 year old computers.. sure, battery will die and hard drive will die, but at the same exact time? As the NeXTperts on the list will tell you, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the hard drive. Someone at NeXT just had the bright idea to default to network boot when the battery died. So I installed the correct battery today and.. well.. nothing happened when it was turned on. Dejected, I went about other business but kept processing in the back of my mind at how replacing the battery didn't fix it. Bad leads? Did I put in the battery backwards (no, I was very careful)? Did I plug the keyboard in (for those who may not know, the NeXT uses a soft power on key on the keyboard... which, ugh, connects to the monitor). We were about to leave for the day and I figured I would give it one last shot. So I checked the keyboard cable... all good. Then it hit me... was it even plugged in? Just about everyone on the list has experienced the answer to this question. So I plugged it in, computer powered on. We looked up the key sequence to boot in to the ROM monitor and switch it to default to boot off the SCSI drive and all is well. Now, what we still can't figure out is how to disable the ROM hardware password on the other machine (not the su password... please, everyone wants to answer this question with that how-to - been there, done that). The NeXT manual at: http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/nsa/ Has this to say about it: "Warning: If you set the hardware password, protect it carefully. If it should be lost, recovery is a complex procedure." Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! And yes, we have asked the person who donated the machine (he can't remember). Best wishes, -Adam

1 0

Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 03 Feb '18

03 Feb '18

Another busy day. Adam and I arrived at 1pm. Brace and Tony were already there. Tony worked on some of our Macs. I showed around a VIP for the first hour. We took in a donation of three boxes of books. Several families came through for tours. Brace, Adam, and I cleaned some warehouse items in anticipation of an upcoming prop rental deal. (I'm not at liberty to share any details.) Adam inspired us to clean the museum workbench area too. Adam got one of our Next slabs working! He will elaborate. It's a funny story.

1 0

March 3 & 4, 2018 VCF Repair Workshop reminder
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Signup here if interested: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/123vqgOH6iteYwHwLiANXmdSUvZOTEMTArZR… >

1 0

Terminator resistor pack
by Richard Cini 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

This is kind of an odd request but would anyone have a spare resistor terminator pack for a Quantum Q540 drive that they could send me? It’s a 14-pin 220/330 ohm pack I believe. Please contact me off-list if you have one. Thanks! Rich Cini Get Outlook for iOS

1 0

ZORK1 configuration file
by Richard Cini 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

All – On MS-DOS, it seems that ZORK uses an ANSI driver…not sure why for a text adventure, but it does. The machine I have runs DOS but has no video board – everything is piped over the serial port, and the ANSI driver doesn’t work. Does anyone know of a way to force it to work without the ANSI driver? ZORK does run, but it displays annoying control characters on each line. I was just looking for a way to clean it up and not need the driver. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

2 1

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Sneak preview of this year's VCF shirt design
by Brian L. Stuart 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

Very cool indeed. However, we might want the swag from 2019 events to in some way acknowledge that it will be the 50th anniversary of both UNIX and the ARPANET. BLS -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 2/1/18, William Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Love it! -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic I'd like to make a suggestion for next year's shirt... :) Hopefully the direct Facebook link works. https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27655522_10203703565387718_78…

1 0

Hey Apple People! New Movie
by Chris Fala 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

New Steve Jobs movie on Indiegogo by the same people who made the Commodore movie which featured Bil Herd as narrator. Despite the fact that there are several other Steve Jobs movies, this one looks worth backing. https://igg.me/at/4FCnq4eiWlE/x/18092503

3 2

Interesting Game Show Tidbit
by jsalzman＠gmail.com 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

I was not aware of this fact... as described on the Tic Tac Dough Wikipedia page. "The gameboard on the original 1950s series used rolling drums (each containing the same nine categories) to display subject categories, with light displays beneath them to indicate X's and O's. When *Tic-Tac-Dough* was revived in 1978, the gameboard was made up of nine Apple II <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II> monitors linked to a central Altair 8800 <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800> computer, which displayed the categories, X's and O's. The 1990 series used a completely computer generated setup." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-Tac-Dough Jeff Salzman

9 22

OT: (sort of...it is vintage) looking for an ADM-3A
by Tony Bogan 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

All, I have a friend in Georgia that is a fellow collector/enthusiast (exhibited at VCF SE recently) that is looking for an ADM-3A to use with her Altair. Not having any real knowledge of the early terminals I told her I'd see if anyone here perhaps had one they'd be interested in selling. If so just response to me in this thread or off list and I will gladly put you in touch with her. Very nice lady by the name of Jen. Evan you'll likely remember her, she Loaned a iic monitor to you for the robotics exhibit at VCF SE last year. Thanks in advance, she's helped me with items in the past and I'd love to be able to return the favor. Tony Sent from my iPhone

1 0

Needed: Keyboard drawer for a rack
by Evan Koblentz 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Anybody have one to donate? We could use this in the museum rack.

2 2

Museum Report - 1/28/18
by Tony Bogan 28 Jan '18

28 Jan '18

Went to the museum today to work on removing batteries and evaluating some of the compact Macs in the warehouse, and had a couple hours off of work to be docent for awhile at the museum and do some cleaning. Didn’t end up getting much done with computers (only got through one!) because the museum was quite busy today. Ended up being able to stay till 5pm. Info age proper had about 60 visitors total today. About half of them came to the VCF museum. When the rain was on people stayed in the main Hotel building…when it let up we got some visitors down our way! Had three generations of family as my first visitors of the day…a Grandfather, son and grandson. They were very interested and spent a good 30 minutes taking the tour and asking questions. I had two very large families (6 and 9 people respectively) that came in. One early and one late in the day. Both stayed for a good 20+ minutes. The first had grandfather, son and grandson as well…the grandfather was excited to see the IBM and the Digital VAX as he worked on those machines. He stayed 10 minutes after the rest of the family went outside :-) In between I had several couples come in with mild to high interest and a mother and son who stayed for almost 40 minutes. The son was very interested (about 9 years old) and the mother was thrilled to see the machines of her youth (micros) I had a few other couples come through that started off browsing, not wanting the guided tour, and then came and asked for more information and took the whole ,02 tour anyway! I honestly did not have any low interest groups/individuals today. Everyone asked lots of questions, stopped at the machines they either owned, used in school or worked on at some point in their careers. I did not have a single set of drive by tourists today! I started in the Signal Corp room sweeping up and made my way down the hall to the front door when my first visitors came. I next planned to sweep up the museum but never made it through with the broom as each time I’d start I got another group of visitors. I have the first of three macs to remove the batteries and log serial #s etc. Over the next few months I hope to have all the macs and Apple IIs done (obviously only the macs have batteries to remove except the IIgs, and the last of those has had it removed) Great day for my first (unofficial) day as Docent! Tony Bogan

5 5

Busy museum day!
by Evan Koblentz 27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18

Lots to report today. Adam and I got there at 11. Peter C. (of VCF East Tandy team fame) was also arrived at that time. Tony and Mouse arrived soon after. So for a while we had five people there. Adam focused on warehouse organization all day, Tony helped Mouse with fixing a Mac and a IIGS, while Pete and I rearranged some things in our rack. Then after lunch I gave Mouse/Pete docent training. There were tons of visitors today. It was non-stop, one family and another all day long. Most of them were very interested. The last group (a father and 12-year-old son) arrived just before closing, stayed until 5:45, and geeked out with us. Adam and I stayed to do more warehouse work from 6-9pm. Many things were overflowing into aisles or were left in the wrong spots. We moved all of that stuff to the proper locations. Now the warehouse is more presentable because the aisles are all clear/safe. We also moved some things to "the sell pile" for the next workshop and/or VCF East.

3 2

Closed tomorrow
by Evan Koblentz 27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18

Our museum is closed tomorrow. Five people today was awesome, but unfortunately we don't have anyone for tomorrow.

1 0

OT: Temporary Position: Open-Source DBA role in Somerville NJ
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18

Contact me if you are interested or know anyone that is. Got an e-mail for someone looking for: *Summary:* Database Administrator supporting all aspects of database administration for Open Source DBMS platforms deployed to support their Automation Initiatives (RPA). Will be expected to maintain a strong level of IT industry knowledge and industry trends and how they impact the environment. Implement relevant best practices on Open Source DBA operations. This DBA must understand the Open Source DBMS technologies such as Oracle’s MYSQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Maria DB. A successful candidate will support business partners when called upon in the role of subject matter expert. *Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:* - Five years (or equivalent knowledge) of hands on technical database/DBA support - Oracle’s MySQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL knowledge preferred. - Beneficial, but not required: S3 Emulator, Solr, Nexus, RIAK - Ability to work independently and on a team with colleagues across the globe - Excellent written and verbal communication skills

1 0

Updated group calendar page
by Evan Koblentz 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

I updated our group calendar page: http://vcfed.org/wp/groups/vcf-mid-atlantic/vcf-mid-atlantic-calendar/ ..... did I miss anything?

2 2

Terminator HUD from year 2029 has 6502 code
by Glenn Roberts 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

perhaps old news to this group (though I hadn't seen it discussed here...) but anyway, For Your Amusement: I was recently re-watching the first Terminator movie about a Cyborg from 2029 that comes back to 1984 (a plot I'm sure you're all familiar with...). The "data" that flashes up on the Terminator's Head-Up Display is actually Apple 6502 code out of a 1980's Nibble magazine! how's that for "futuristic"?! i literally laughed out loud when i saw it. of course I soon discovered that lots of folks have analyzed this :-) .. here's an old discussion thread ... http://www.pagetable.com/?p=64 pretty funny... - Glenn

4 3

Vintage-looking terminal emulator
by Richard Cini 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

All — I have plenty of terminal emulator programs (HyperTerm, PuTty, etc.) and different screen fonts that simulate an old terminal (like the VT220 font) but does anyone know of or have used a cheap/free terminal emulator which actually looks like an old terminal screen (with the bezel and such)? I’m going to do some research today but if there are any group favorites I’d like to check them out. Thanks!Rich Get Outlook for iOS

4 7