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Workshop
by Evan Koblentz 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Thanks everyone for another great workshop + Jeff B. for organizing it. I missed the last one so it was good to get back there. Special thanks to all who helped with museum projects (actually I think * everyone * did) and who bought leftover VCF East/West shirts... we'll keep hawking those until they are gone. :) Pleasant surprise -- the unanticipated appearances of Connor and Herb.

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Diner - 9am tomorrow
by Evan Koblentz 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

For anyone attending the workshop tomorrow, we'll be at the Princess Maria diner at 9am and probably back at the museum around 10:30ish.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Wall exhibit for our hallway
by Brian L. Stuart 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

On Thu, 8/18/16, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > I'd like to put some kind of large, nice-looking, interactive exhibit on > the wall in the hallway by our museum. Perhaps something that shows how > data is created, processed, and outputted in an electronic digital > computer, regardless of whether it's a modern system or an old one. > Something where kids can press a button, watch the circuit make a > decision, and follow along as the lights change leading to some result. > > Looking for serious/constructive feedback from people who are willing to > actually do work. That should narrow the replies. :) Looks like you narrowed the replies beyond your wildest expectations, Evan. :) Although it's a little different than what you described, I've been thinking about something along these lines for the hallway at the university based on the ENIAC simulator. I'm still contemplating the details, but the hardware would amount to a big screen TV, a Raspberry Pi, and some buttons. It may not be visually stimulating enough, but maybe it'll solicit some other ideas. BLS

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Conductive Liquid Silver for workshop tomorrow
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Does anyone have any conductive liquid silver that they can bring to the workshop? Evan wants to repair the Commodore PET Chiclet keyboard and the aluminum on contacts that I put there stopped working. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Workshop tomorrow
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

I bought soap dispensers for the bathroom in 9010. There are paper towels in the bathroom. I also bought some plates and cups. We should have paper towels in the warehouse. I will clean the bathroom Wednesday. I will be there at 10 AM and start setting up tables. What is everyone's E.T.A.? -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Calcomp 565 plotter - works, but looking for pen mechanism (or any parts)
by Jack Rubin 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

I returned from the recent (fantastic - thank you Erik, Evan and team!) VCF-West with one more item off my ever-shorter "must have" list - I am the new owner of a very nice Calcomp 565 drum plotter. Photos are here: http://tinyurl.com/calcomp565 The only problem, unfortunately a major one, is that it is completely lacking the pen mechanism. This is actually a multi-part assembly that threads into the carriage on the front rails of the plotter and lifts the pen up and down in response to z-axis commands from the controller. It is a solenoid that uses the pen as the core and was thus supplied in many configurations depending on the kind of pen used. The first couple photos show what I'm looking for but I'd be happy with any bits of any configuration if you might have an idea where to find such items. Any help will be greatly appreciated! BTW, I'm well aware of the work that David Gesswein, Herb Johnson, Jeff Jonas and Tom Mikulic have done. I'm just hoping that there are some bits and pieces still out in the wild. Jeff, if you have any rolls of chart paper, I'm interested. Thanks, Jack

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Wall exhibit for our hallway
by Evan Koblentz 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

I'd like to put some kind of large, nice-looking, interactive exhibit on the wall in the hallway by our museum. Perhaps something that shows how data is created, processed, and outputted in an electronic digital computer, regardless of whether it's a modern system or an old one. Something where kids can press a button, watch the circuit make a decision, and follow along as the lights change leading to some result. Looking for serious/constructive feedback from people who are willing to actually do work. That should narrow the replies. :)

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New Kildall memoirs released
by Douglas Crawford 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/in-his-own-words-gary-kildall/

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Rare, one of a kind Apple history up for auction!
by Ian Primus 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

OK guys - better hurry for this one. Only five days left to bid on a completely unique Apple computer. We should see if we can raise the money - this is something that the museum really ought to have. Someone in NYC could pick it up so it wouldn't be damaged in shipping. https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/47131179 -Ian

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OT: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard .iso needed
by Evan Koblentz 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Off-topic -- I acquired an iMac G5 (PowerPC) today. The previous owner put Linux on it. I want to go back to OS X 10.5 Leopard (it won't run anything newer). Unable to find any working online links to download the .iso file. Can anyone help?

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OT: CTC 3D Printer for sale
by Bill Loguidice 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

Sorry for the off-topic, but considering who's in this group I thought it would be appropriate to offer it for sale here first as a courtesy before going elsewhere. I very recently got a CTC 3D Printer, which is essentially a Chinese Makerbot Replicator Dual knock-off. I'm actually going to end up with another printer very shortly and don't have a need for two. It's only received a few hours of use and is essentially new. I haven't even opened the silver ABS filament that it came with yet (I've only printed my own PLA filament to date). If anyone is interested, please contact direct to my email with an offer. Thank you. (it's this one if you're not familiar with it: http://ctcprinter.com/product_detail.php?ProId=32 ) -Bill (I live in Burlington, NJ and work in West Berlin, NJ, and would be happy to meet someone somewhere as well) ======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ========================================================

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Info for Workshop Aug 20 & 21
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Everyone who has already told me that they are coming will have a table. If you haven't told me, then there is no guarantee and you will have to carry one over from the hotel building or 9032-A. Temperature is great in that room and HVAC is new so we can stay comfortable in there. LOCATION: InfoAge Building 9010A - (2201 Marconi Road, Wall Township, NJ) TIME: Start about 10 A.M. on Saturday and ends whenever we go to sleep. End about 5 P.M. on Sunday. (Starts around 10 A.M. Sunday morning) COST: $10 for all members attending the workshop, which VCF donates to InfoAge as thanks for providing the space for us. EQUIPMENT: VCF will provide a table and you can use any available electrical outlet. Bring your own tools, power strips, power cords and supplies etc. DRINKS: You should bring your own. I would recommend bringing a cooler of some type. FOOD: You provide your own. We may order pizza or go out to a dinner. Usually we make a decision when everyone gets hungry. GATE: Please close the front gate behind you. We want museum visitors to go to the front lobby and not wander through the middle of the campus. PARKING: Park across from 9010A on the grass area. QUESTIONS? Please ask me (Jeff Brace) or Evan. My cell is 732-759-1783 and Evan’s is 646-546-9999 in case you need to contact us. See everyone there! And have fun! -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ
by Evan Koblentz 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

TI-99/4a needs a good home. That's all I know. Reply to the owner (Benedict) at benforest(a)me.com. Says his wife wants him to recycle it.

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Workshop 8/20 & 8/21 location change
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

So it looks like about 10 or so will be coming to the workshop on Aug. 20 & 21. So I'm moving the location to the classroom again in 9010-A. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Museum Report - 14-Aug-2016
by Todd George 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Pretty decent traffic at the museum today, we had about 16 visitors. Surprising for a 95+ degree day. I started off the afternoon by noticing that the Macintosh was still down. I cracked it open and fixed what ailed it (these have a common issue with yoke connector solder failure, that's exactly what it was). I also ran thorough all the caps with an ESR meter just to be sure. Up and running, and just in time... Keep reading. :-D Three of the groups of visitors had high interest. One was a couple that were probably 18 or 20 years old. We also had a group that was two older couples, the gentlemen both had mainframe experience, one of them showed a lot of interest in the StorageTek as he had experience implementing them. The last group of-note was a family with two younger children, one boy and one girl. The boy ran into the space so excited yelling "here it is, here it is"... He walked straight toward the Macintosh and yelled back to his father "The Macintosh M0001, here it is!!!". Yes, this 8 year old (?) kid knew EVERYTHING about this Macintosh. Glad I had fixed it! I had just finished buttoning it up about 10 minutes prior to this. His father mentioned that he's obsessed with YouTube videos of vintage computers and has been begging them for a while to either buy him an old Macintosh or find one he could try. His mother said she "was sure there had to be a computer museum of some sort", and found us. Collectively (they stopped by a few times), they must have spent about 2 1/2 or 3 hours in our space. The father was very knowledgeable about computers, and was being very supportive of his budding vintage computer aficionado. The boy's sister was less supportive, rolling her eyes about the whole situation and explaining to me how "he won't stop talking about this thing". The rest of the visitors were of low to moderate interest and I think were just wandering the facility to check out the other groups and just happened to stop by our space. Also, Valente's makes a great Pork BBQ sandwich for those who haven't tried it!! Thanks! -Todd

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ
by Dave McGuire 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

C'mon man, it hurts to type. I said "aren't rare". -Dave On 08/15/2016 07:43 PM, Christopher Blackmon via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > 4a rare? I thought those were pretty common... it's the 4's that > were kinda rare (I thought). > Christopher. > >On 08/15/2016 05:04 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> TI-99/4a needs a good home. That's all I know. Reply to the owner >> (Benedict) at benforest(a)me.com. Says his wife wants him to recycle >> it. >> >> Recycle the wife! >> >> Someone please grab that machine...TI-99/4a machines aren't rare, >> but recycling them is how they get that way. >> >> -Dave >> >> -- >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ >> New Kensington, PA -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ
by Evan Koblentz 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

>> 4a rare? I thought those were pretty common... it's the 4's that were kinda rare (I thought). Christopher. Correct, which is why I declined it for the museum. We have plenty of /4a systems and it is easy to get more. But I told the owner NOT to recycle it so someone here could adopt it... which happened 10 minutes after I posted the message. :) On Aug 15, 2016, Christopher Blackmon via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >From: Christopher Blackmon <ckblackm(a)yahoo.com> >To: vcf-midatlantic ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> >Sent: Mon Aug 15 19:43:28 EDT 2016 >Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ > >4a rare? I thought those were pretty common... it's the 4's that were >kinda rare (I thought). >Christopher. > >From: Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> >To: vcf-midatlantic ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> >Cc: Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 7:36 PM > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TI-99/4a to good home in Red Bank NJ > >On 08/15/2016 05:04 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> TI-99/4a needs a good home. That's all I know. Reply to the owner >> (Benedict) at benforest(a)me.com. Says his wife wants him to recycle >it. > > Recycle the wife! > > Someone please grab that machine...TI-99/4a machines aren't rare, but >recycling them is how they get that way. > > -Dave

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Good day. There were a bunch of visitors. Many families and a guy who worked for DEC in the 1970s. Also our old friend Jeff Frady visited from Texas. Who brought in the picture of a terminal-using monkey covered in paper tape? I like it! :) Someone put the framed ENIAC poster on top of the Cray: don't do that. It was in the workshop for a reason (frame is too ugly to be on display). Jeff B. brought over the leftover shirts that we shipped in from VCF West. They'll be available next weekend.

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IBM 3174 (older version)
by william degnan 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

For $88, it's prob close to a handful of people here who could pick up, someone I am sure could make use of this for their IBM 80's 90's mainframe stuff...I know Dave McGuire has an IBM S/370 system that use two of these as part of it at the museum in Pittsb. The're used to connect printers and terminals. http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3174-11R-CONTROLLER-DATA-PROCESSOR-/14207313401… -- Bill Degnan

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Real time video software for SGI computers
by Matt Patoray 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Hello all, I know that SGI machines are well know for high end 3D graphics that are not real time (Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump and the like. But was there ever any real time 2D/3D graphics programs for title generation to replace a stand alone Chyron unit for making opening/closing titles and lower 1/3 graphics? If so what system would be the best to use, I was thinking an O2 since it is small and has a low power consumption along with standard composite video output. Thanks, -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG

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VCF West (if anyone was wondering)
by Evan Koblentz 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

More than 1,000 people attended VCF West and that's NOT including all the exhibitors, staff, etc.

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OT: In need of "retired" Sprint cellphones
by Joseph Oprysko 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

I'm doing some work with a not for profit organization that is providing some local low income families with free cellphones and free service. Unlike the federal "lifeline" service which does not provide a smartphone option, without charging that is. The organization has an agreement with a Sprint MVNO which provides 100 Minutes/100 SMS/100 MMS/100 MB of data at absolutely no cost to the consumer. Also, lifeline limits the service to one phone per household. We're trying to provide a way to keep families with kids connected. Right now we've had to limit the number of phones per family to 2, mainly because of a lack of phones. I believe they need to be Sprint branded phones. I do not know if the other Sprint MVNO's like Boost or Virgin Mobile will be able to port correctly, as I believe the settings that need to be changed are locked out. The one Virgin Mobile phone I did try to activate, the MSID activated, but I was unable to complete the configuration, even manually. But it could just have been that it was a very old version of Android on it. 2.4 If I recall correctly, so some slightly newer ones *may* work and allow for the OTA provisioning. While retired smartphones are preferred, I've also configured several flip phones. Better for use with older people who are confused by the idea of smartphones. If you have anything lying around that you'd like to donate to the cause, email me off the list. I'm looking for functional devices, not the phone you left on top of the car and took the asphalt dive, or the ones dropped into the tub/pool. If you can include the IMEI/MEID/ESN numbers, I can verify that they can be activated. Also if you could let me know the make and model of them. If they are the older flip phones that need non-standard chargers, those accessories would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone! Joseph Oprysko. -- 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?

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Tomorrow @ museum
by Evan Koblentz 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Everyone -- I'll be at the museum tomorrow (Saturday... technically later today) for the first time since my surgery in mid-June. Visitors welcome! Todd will be there Sunday.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Workshop Aug 20/21 who's going?
by Todd George 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 01:06:09 -0400 From: Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Workshop Aug 20/21 who's going? 1) Jeff Brace - Capsela Robot for World Maker Faire 2) Evan Koblentz - ? 3) Bill Dromgoole--Inventory Univac spare parts. 4) Ian Primus - Helping everyone 5) Todd George - Who knows, I'll bring stuff and help others (Likely Sunday Only :sad panda: ) Updated the Google Doc thing as well. You know, because reasons.

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Workshop Aug 20/21 who's going?
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

I need to decide if there are enough going to keep the bigger space 9032-A or go with the smaller classroom space in 9010-A. I would like to know who's going by Aug. 14 or so. If we don't need the space we can free it up for another group. 1) Jeff Brace 2) Evan Koblentz 3) ? 4) ? 5) ? 6) ? 7) ? 8) ? 9) ? 10) ? -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Documation card reader fix
by Herb Johnson 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

> Those of you who own/have used the Documation [M1000-L] tabletop card readers For years, I've had cards available for these readers. Other than I think Mike, NOBODY has asked me about them. http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/documation.html I show the card Mike Loewen references, on the web page above, as card number 1242972A. Contact me if you want to buy any of these cards, before I scrap them. Yes, I *did* save them. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preservation of 1970's computing email: hjohnson AAT retrotechnology DOTT com alternate: herbjohnson ATT retrotechnology DOTT info

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Off topic - Another item that I forgot about
by David Hoelzer 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Sorry, I had posted that everything is spoken for.. Made a deal with a list member within an hour of posting. ———————————————————————————— David Hoelzer Principal Analyst, Chief Research Officer Enclave Forensics / Cyber Defense On August 10, 2016 at 11:44:00 PM, Bob Aviles via vcf-midatlantic (vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> ) wrote: Hi David, How much for the Amiga 2000? Bobby On Monday, August 8, 2016 10:54 AM, David Hoelzer via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: I forgot that I also have an Amiga 2000HD with keyboard and mouse here that needs a new home. I’m also open to reasonable offers on that before it heads to eBay. 1 floppy, HD with 2091 card and a 115kbps serial card installed. Thanks! ———————————————————————————— David Hoelzer Principal Analyst, Chief Research Officer Enclave Forensics / Cyber Defense

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Off topic - Another item that I forgot about
by David Hoelzer 10 Aug '16

10 Aug '16

I forgot that I also have an Amiga 2000HD with keyboard and mouse here that needs a new home. I’m also open to reasonable offers on that before it heads to eBay. 1 floppy, HD with 2091 card and a 115kbps serial card installed. Thanks! ———————————————————————————— David Hoelzer Principal Analyst, Chief Research Officer Enclave Forensics / Cyber Defense

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Documation card reader fix
by Mike Loewen 10 Aug '16

10 Aug '16

Those of you who own/have used the Documation tabletop card readers know that they have a problem reading cards that have a diagonal cut on the upper right-hand corner. On many (but not all) of those cards, enough light spills over to the 12-row photocell that it thinks there is a punch in column 81, and the unit throws a READ CHECK. Carl Claunch has come up with a hack for the Control Card to work around the problem. I modified my M1000-L yesterday, and it now handles the problematic cards without error. As I mentioned on Facebook, "It ain't pretty, but it works." http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/Documation/0809162259.jpg Al Kossow has made the modification documents available on Bitsavers: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/documation/documation_fix/ I used Carl's daughterboard circuit, but replaced the 7433 quad-NOR (open-collector) and pullup resistor with a 7402 quad-NOR. I had initially tried Stan's simpler version, but didn't realize there was a trace underneath D8 connecting pins 2 and 13 and the mod didn't work. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Leftover VCF West shirts
by Evan Koblentz 10 Aug '16

10 Aug '16

Several of you asked about buying VCF West shirts. There are plenty available. We shipped them back to NJ and they should get here next week. We'll bring them to the next workshop.

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pics from vintage computer festival West 2016
by william degnan 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

If you're eager to see something before I edit the file's names (I still need to confirm what each thing actually was), create thumbnails and a post a thread on my site, feel free to take a look at the raw footage from VCF West and the CHM http://vintagecomputer.net/VCFWest_2016 http://vintagecomputer.net/pictures/2016/CHM_California/ -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>

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Off-topic - Items gone..
by David Hoelzer 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

FYI, there’s already a deal cooking with a list member, so I think it’s safe to say that the items are gone. Thanks! ———————————————————————————— David Hoelzer Principal Analyst, Chief Research Officer Enclave Forensics / Cyber Defense

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Off-topic - Items available - You guys are first
by David Hoelzer 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Hello all! I’ve got to make room in the rack for some modern blade servers, so I’ve got some stuff that has to go. I thought I’d give you guys first dibs. I’d really love to see everything go together (to make it easy to make a single trip.. I’m at the far eastern tip of Long Island), but I’ll part out if necessary. I’m not posting prices because, frankly, I don’t have the time to do any research here, though there is some value to some of this. Reasonable offers won’t be declined. :) What’s available: VaxStation 4000 VLC - Don’t recall if it has a 50 pin drive in it or not but I’m sure I have a 50 pin drive that can go with it. Includes AUI connector. MicroVax 3100-40 - At least one drive in it.. possibly 2? I don’t recall. Was running a cluster for 10 years up until I yanked it out of the rack this morning. Also has one of those weird lobster claw CD drives for which I could never find a carrier. Tape drive as well, no tapes. Includes AUI connector. Another MicroVax 3100. I don’t recall which model this is. Also working, also has a 50 pin SCSI drive in it and an AUI connector. Dec VT320 with keyboard, working wonderfully, very clean with good screen. Wyse terminal.. I forget the model on this. Works fine, but is finicky. My diagnosis is that the capacitors in it are borderline.. May not power up first time… but if you power off and on it will come up just fine. Again, likely the caps. Keyboard included, of course. The big prize: A Decserver 300! Works great. The software for it is actually installed on the 3100-40 so that it can MOP boot. It’s had a bit of surgery done… The original power supply was toast and it was impossible to find any documentation for. Replacing caps left it still dead, so I replaced it with a modern power supply and figured out the wiring internally. Has 16 MMJ ports and comes with an AUI adapter as well. Again, reasonable offers are welcome but I’d prefer to have it all go together for simplicity. If there are no interested offers in the next few days it all heads to eBay. Thanks! ———————————————————————————— David Hoelzer Principal Analyst, Chief Research Officer Enclave Forensics / Cyber Defense

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Pdp 11/15 ebay ending soon
by william degnan 07 Aug '16

07 Aug '16

http://m.ebay.com/itm/191933305000?_mwBanner=1 Located near nyc in new jersey. Pickup only Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net

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IBM PS/2 Floppy Blues
by Stephen A Edwards 07 Aug '16

07 Aug '16

Found an IBM PS/2 Model 60 (huge tower) a while ago. It powers on, displays video, complains about the CMOS memory, and refuses to boot further. I spent a day fighting with the 3.5" 1.44MB floppy: I recapped it, cleaned the heads, cleaned the track 0 sensor, and it's now happier than it used to be, but it still won't boot disks (it seeks to track 0 on reset, and spins the disk for a bit when it's trying to read track 0 for boot, but then gives up shortly after that). It's a strange floppy: a 40-pin edge card connector instead of the usual 34-pin. It has a 5.25 MFM (?) drive in it (90X8643 MCA controller card) that spins up and seems to move heads around, but it doesn't seem to want to boot off of that either, perhaps because the CMOS information is gone. Anybody familiar with how that needs to work. So I'm looking for advice, or reason to get rid of it. Anybody have a spare 3.5" floppy drive FOR AN IBM PS/2 kicking around (i.e., 40-pin edge card connector)? Is there any way to fix up the CMOS memory without booting a floppy? (It doesn't seem to have BASIC) Anybody have a MCA SCSI controller? Or does anybody want to take this boat anchor off my hands? -Stephen

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] FYI: VCF West is streaming Live
by Ray Sills 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

> On Aug 6, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Alexander via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > <snip> > Cool! Thank you for posting this. > > Just be aware of your frame and what's in it. Nobody wants to watch footage of the bottom of the stage, or of the camera man moving stuff in and out of the frame. > Yup. Doing live TV isn’t easy. You don’t get any “take 2s”. And the audio part is often the most difficult to deal with. 73 de Ray (CBS-TV retired)

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] FYI: VCF West is streaming Live
by Alexander 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

Cool! Thank you for posting this. Just be aware of your frame and what's in it. Nobody wants to watch footage of the bottom of the stage, or of the camera man moving stuff in and out of the frame. Y'all have fun. -Alexander 'Z' Pierson Sent from my pocket telephone. Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >FYI: >VCF West is streaming Live >http://livestream.com/accounts/20674917/events/6079382

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FYI: VCF West is streaming Live
by Dan Roganti 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

FYI: VCF West is streaming Live http://livestream.com/accounts/20674917/events/6079382

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Trackstar 128 disk
by Richard Cini 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

All – Someone contacted me about locating an image for the Diamond Trackstar 128 add-in board. Apparently it’s got some sort of copy protection and doesn’t exist on-line anywhere. Does anyone have this disk – and the hardware – to make a copy of it? Let me know and maybe I can connect you with the seeker. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Testing new ip for my mail server
by Jim Scheef 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Ben, Send yourself an email at a web-based account like Yahoo or mail. See if the problem shows up. I doubt the list is the source of the problem. Jim Sent from Surface From: 'vcf-midatlantic'<mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Sent: ?Friday?, ?August? ?5?, ?2016 ?11?:?44? ?AM To: 'vcf-midatlantic'<mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Ben Greenfield<mailto:ben@cogs.com>

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FW: [IBM1130] 029 keypunch available
by Dave Wade 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Clare Owens <clare.owens(a)gmail.com <mailto:clare.owens@gmail.com> > From: ibm1130(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:ibm1130@googlegroups.com> [mailto:ibm1130@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Clare Owens Sent: 04 August 2016 13:30 To: ibm1130(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:ibm1130@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [IBM1130] 029 keypunch available Sure, the more the merrier. Thanks, Clare On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm(a)gmail.com <mailto:dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> > wrote: Clare, Do you mind if I forward this to some other lists. I am sure there will be lots of interest. Dave From: ibm1130(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:ibm1130@googlegroups.com> [mailto:ibm1130@googlegroups.com <mailto:ibm1130@googlegroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Clare Owens Sent: 03 August 2016 20:55 To: ibm1130(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:ibm1130@googlegroups.com> Subject: [IBM1130] 029 keypunch available My son Bill just reminded me that I should write and ask whether anyone would be interested in an 029 keypunch, pickup only in Syracuse, NY. It is complete but the cables were disconnected in order to move it in pieces several years ago. There are many spare parts (from another 029 taken apart years ago) and it has the complete CE documentation. Free to someone who will give it a good home and take care of it. Clare Owens Apex, NC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IBM1130" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ibm1130+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:ibm1130+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Testing new ip for my mail server
by Steven Michelsen 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Ben, OK that's fine; however, please know that every email from you that I have seen on the list appears as an "Outlook Item" attachment, rather than a regular email. Once I open the attachment your email appears. No big deal, but odd. You are not the only one whose emails come through like this; there are two others on the list with the same issue. I am not sure what causes this, or whether it's "you" or "me". Here's a picture of what I see when I look at your one of your emails. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65762317/forums/odd_email.jpg BTW I am using Outlook 2016 on a PC. Steve From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Ben Greenfield via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 11:44 AM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Ben Greenfield <ben(a)cogs.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Testing new ip for my mail server

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IBM power supply
by Jeff G 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

I have an IBM power supply, FRU 73X3695. Free to a home, good bad or otherwise. May be able to get it to infoage this wknd if need be. JeffG aka Bags

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OT: Testing new ip for my mail server
by Ben Greenfield 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Hey All, Ignore this I’m just testing my mail configuration after switching ips for my mail server. Thanks, Ben

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Retr0brite chemistry (was: Re: apple // monitor)
by Herb Johnson 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

The Reddit article was very informative. Thanks for posting the link. The Reddit article discusses conjugation of carbon double-bonds and how that affects light absorption (color). I found a useful discussion of that at: https://people.chem.umass.edu/samal/269/color.pdf A Brief Discussion on Color. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Seymour Papert
by Evan Koblentz 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Another great mind is gone. http://news.mit.edu/2016/seymour-papert-pioneer-of-constructionist-learning… Notice the picture showing Lego on his desk! He invented Logo so it's probably the same kit currently on my desk that we'll show at Maker Faire in October.

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apple // monitor
by Evan Koblentz 31 Jul '16

31 Jul '16

Can anyone spare a proper Apple monitor? This 13" TV with my //e Platinum just isn't cutting it. Everything is blurry no matter what I adjust in its settings.

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C= stuff for good home in Harrisonburg Va 22802
by Evan Koblentz 30 Jul '16

30 Jul '16

Faye Morris in Harrisonburg Va 22802 (femorris8356(a)gmail.com) has some C64 stuff for a good home. Reply to her directly.

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OT: Mitnick on phishing attacks
by Evan Koblentz 30 Jul '16

30 Jul '16

Here's the story I wrote today. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/kevin-mitnick-user-training-could-have-…

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Speaking of the next workshop (Aug 20 & 21)
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Jul '16

29 Jul '16

Just reminding everyone that the next workshop is scheduled for Aug 20 & 21. So who's interested in going? And what will you work on? -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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