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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

Adam and I were at the museum from 10am - 9pm today. We got tons of stuff accomplished! I will not remember everything; here are highlights: - Moved about 15-20 boxes of stuff (and many empty ones) back to the warehouse - Swept the floors - Reorganized a few microcomputers - Cabled 50% of the micros (the ones along the wall; next week the electrician is installing a power pole for the center aisle) - Figured out a better place for our main desk (Adam's experience as a school teacher helped a lot) - Added an AT&T Unix PC to the exhibit - Attempted to set up a Win 3.1 PC, had problems. Will explain in a separate email - Tony visited this morning to retrieve painting supplies - Corey stopped by to work on Apple and Commodore systems for the game programming hackathon at VCF East

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

Yet again, Jeff G. and Tony joined me in working on the new museum today. (Tony in particular has put in waaaay beyond his share of the work lately. He even worked here a couple of days during the week with one of his employees!) We did several small projects (along with Jimmy from the model trains group who helped me after-hours tonight), but today's big accomplishment is we finally finished the double doors. Paint is done, the lock is installed/working, reinstalled some previously removed door window trim, and upper/lower barrel locks are installed on the side without the handle. Smaller projects done: replaced lock in the 11/785 door, moved Bendix desk back into position, adjusted that desk's feet slightly higher so the file cabinet fits under it, moved George back into position, put a "door blocked, use other door" sign on the hallway side of the center door, put a trash can into the workshop area, further secured the front posts of the workbench, tested new printer, moved various things around :), and cleaned (but only a little). Some pictures are at snarc.net/temp-vcf/ because I forgot to bring the vcfed.org password with me.... Adam, me, and Corey will be here tomorrow. Going to focus on clearing lots of the clutter and that sort of thing.

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OT: pickup help in Vidalia, GA
by Dave McGuire 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

Please forgive the off-topic post. Can anyone pick up and possibly ship a small (4U rackmount) box for me in Vidalia, GA? It's not particularly heavy. It would need to be picked up during business hours either this coming week or next week. It is not a vintage system. If you can assist, please contact me off-list. Be advised that I am having some email reply latency these days due to stuff going on here. Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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FS: Another Tanner/Digital Research 64K Static RAM for S-100 Bus Tested/Working
by Systems Glitch 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

link: http://www.ebay.com/itm//272188605675 >From my last listing: These are, in my opinion, exactly the kind of boards you want for old 8-bit S-100 boxes. Fully static, you can swap 2716 EPROMs in if you need to, and very low power draw. Pretty much the only kind of RAM board you can use if you want a full 64K (or close to it) in an original Altair with the original low-wattage power supply. This one has sockets for the last four RAM chips. The last two are not populated, as it came from a heavily modified Altair 8800 with a Turnkey card -- RAM from 0xF800 - 0xFFFF was disabled to allow the Turnkey card to co-exist. I can provide/install a socket and 6116 static RAM if desired. All four tantalum capacitors have been replaced. Fully tested on my IMSAI 8080, including phantom. Memory was tested with the Vector Graphic ROM monitor's memory test routine ('T' command). You'll find the manual listed under Digital Research (not sure if they bought Tanner, or what). The manual states the board is IEEE-696 compatible; however, that just means it follows IEEE-696 signal designations -- it is not 16-bit compatible. Thanks, Jonathan

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Rescue needed in NC or DC area
by Evan Koblentz 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

We have an SUV-sized rescue of some nice microcomputers for the museum. It is located about two hours east of Raleigh, N.C. (I don't know the specific town) but the person said he can drive up to DC or Baltimore to meet someone. We'd like to get this done soon (lest the person think we are not taking it seriously), but there is no urgency to bring it all up to InfoAge -- that could happen in the summer.

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OT: any Palm PDA repositories still online, or archived?
by Jeffrey Jonas 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

I'm still using Palm PDAs for my calendar and such. Many of the app repositories are gone. Have any been mirrored/archived, or still online? Did anyone archive them? I used CodeWarrior for programming them, but it was the business' license. How is one to write Palm OS apps now? -- jeff jonas

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VCF East t-shirts
by Evan Koblentz 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

We increased the VCF East t-shirt order from 115 last year to 150 this year. The breakdown: 10 small, 40 medium, 40 large, 40 extra large, 20 double extra large. The shirts are blue with white ink. The design is a surprise. :)

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Semi OT: TI Silent 700 Cable
by Dean Notarnicola 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

Does anyone happen to have in their dusty vaults, a TI Silent 700 Auxiliary EIA Cable (TI 983847)? This is essentially a 15 pin to 25 pin RS-232 cable. I am hoping to use the Silent 700 745 in my VCF exhibit (I could make a cable, but I'm being lazy) Thanks in advance.

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OT: 10/100 ethernet switches & routers
by Jeffrey Jonas 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Semi on-topic since even Commodore 64s are ethernet/Internet capable: I have a bunch of home routers for free. Linksys, Dlink and other home-router brands. The usual 4 port 10/100-base-T switch, 802.11G WiFi and router. The flash is too small for Linux. -- jeff jonas

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 ...
by Jeffrey Jonas 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

I had a fine time chatting with Galinat, Herb, Chris (dealer in front with nixies) and other folks I meet only at the Trenton Computer Fest. I always come home with great project ideas. I attended only one talk about new IoT (Internet of things). There's a $2 single chip solution with a 32 bit core (probably ARM), built in radio, crypto acceleration and other goodies. Quite the enabling technology to DO THINGS RIGHT *if properly implemented*. No Arduino needed! It might be right up there with the FTDI USB-serial chip for drop-in ease of use. I'd say many of the talks were timely and useful, with more scholarly topics and speakers with impressive bio/CV. I lament the loss of the flea market. I remember when it was so huge that 2 days was not enough to cover it all. Many regulars are gone, like the vendor with the camper selling laser tubes with brick power supply, solder spools and such. Gurrr, I can't remember the dealer who I always counted on for connectors and small parts. The only dealer who sold adapters like machine cord to 2 plain outlets. Not there this year :-(

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tracking volunteer hours
by Jeffrey Jonas 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Evan> Our group has had an INSANE amount of volunteer support in the past few months ALL volunteer work at Infoage is tracked by https://www.trackitforward.com/ Just create a free account for yourself and log the hours for "MARCH" (until it's re-named)

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log & track volunteering at Infoage
by Jeffrey Jonas 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Evan> Our group has had an INSANE amount of volunteer support in the past few months Any and all volunteer work should be logged with the InfoAge volunteer tracking system: https://www.trackitforward.com/ Just create a free account for yourself and enter the hours volunteered and what you did. It helps Infoage document all the effort. https://www.trackitforward.com/site/infoage-science-learning-center The computer museum is still listed as "MARCH"

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VCF East daily schedule -- updated
by Evan Koblentz 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Everyone, Please see the updated schedule and class schedule posted at http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/. - Evan

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How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by Herb Johnson 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

VAXman writes to my post: > Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >>I went to a number of talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran >>their hour, they outta work on their presentations. Talks varied from >>lock-picking to solar-panel technology. > > 'outta work'? 1) I write 400 words, you comment on the choice of one? out·ta ˈoudə preposition preposition: outta; preposition: outa an informal contraction of “out of,” used in representing colloquial speech. "we'd better get outta here" - courtesy of Google Translate My error, my intention was a contraction of "ought to", as in "oughta". It's a (regional) homophone. I ignored the spell-checker to be colloquial. 2) My post is time-stamped Mar 22 17:10 CET (I don't know why the list chooses Central time and not Eastern time). Your reply after was time-stamped Mar 22 16:15. Looks like someone's computer clock was not set forward (not sure whose). 3) These are examples of posts that ignore the content of a thread and go off on tangents that are silly or are non-informative about core topics, or lead to harsh exchanges. Or, responses to posts so brief they are ambiguous and generate excessive dithering about their meaning or value. 4) "Don't bite my finger, look where I'm pointing", one of my favorites; from Warren McCulloch. 5) (ignore, no response) Readers: vote for your favorite response. VAXman: what fits your expected response? ;) Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Custom disk sleeves
by Evan Koblentz 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Suppose I wanted to order a huge amount of 5.25" disk sleeves in a custom color with the VCF logo. :-) Anyone know of a company that provides this service?

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Special thanks to .... well everyone
by Evan Koblentz 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

I've been meaning to send this message for a while now. Our group has had an INSANE amount of volunteer support in the past few months!!! Raising funds, fixing computers, organizing the warehouse, preparing various details for VCF East, and most recently doing physical labor in the new museum space. I am continually blown away by how much everyone finds creative ways to help in this group. Sometimes we see the same few names over and over in the report emails, but in reality there are several dozen people who all help in important ways. Cheers to everyone.

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Neat-o!
by Evan Koblentz 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

ACM is posting about VCF East/West right now on their Facebook/Twitter accounts.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Neat-o!
by Brian L. Stuart 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

On Wed, 3/23/16, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> ACM is posting about VCF East/West right now on their >> Facebook/Twitter accounts. > > Wow!! The Academy of Country Music? Damn, who woulda thunk? > :-) Years ago, the ACM had their computing week conferences at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. I was there helping with the SIGCSE part of it. It turns out that at the same time the Academy of Country Music was also having an event in the hotel. It was absolutely hilarious to see a bunch of computer nerds and a bunch of people in cowboy boots staring at ACM signs trying to figure out which ones where theirs. BLS

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Best place to buy rack screws
by Matt Patoray 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

I am looking for a good place to buy rack screws, I was hoping to find a place i can just stop in and pick up a pack of 100, tried Guitar Center and they told me they have to order them, unless i wanted some "specialty" ones they had in stock that where $9 for 10 screws, yeah I dont think so. I am reassembling an Ampex VR-1200 Quadruplex VTR and it has a lot of rack mount modules. Vintage Computer tie in, lots of Mini and S-100 bus computers are able to be rack mounted, and the VTR was able to used in a PDP-11 comtrolled editing system. -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG Amateur Radio Call Sign

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: >VAXman writes to my post: > >> Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >>I went to a number of >talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran >>their hour, they outta >work on their presentations. Talks varied from >>lock-picking to >solar-panel technology. > > 'outta work'? > >1) I write 400 words, you comment on the choice of one? > >out=C2=B7ta =CB=88oud=C9=99 preposition preposition: outta; preposition: >outa > > an informal contraction of =E2=80=9Cout of,=E2=80=9D used in >represe= nting=20 colloquial speech. "we'd better get outta here" - >courtesy of Google Translate > >My error, my intention was a contraction of "ought to", as in >"oughta".=20 It's a (regional) homophone. I ignored the spell-checker to >be colloquial= . Ought or out -- that makes a big difference to understanding what you wrote. >2) My post is time-stamped Mar 22 17:10 CET (I don't know why the >list=20 chooses Central time and not Eastern time). Your reply after >was=20 time-stamped Mar 22 16:15. Looks like someone's computer clock >was not=20 set forward (not sure whose). Don't look at me, all of my clocks are correct. It's currently about 15 mins after noon here. (EDT) >5) (ignore, no response) > >Readers: vote for your favorite response. VAXman: what fits your=20 >expected response? ???

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Posts not showing
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic writes: >On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < >vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > >> The problem with not getting your own posts is that you don't know if >it > was successful. So I used to end up posting the same message again >becaus= e > I didn't know if it got through or not. So now do I have to >ask everyone = if > they got it? And thereby generate more e-mail? > > >=E2=80=8Bif there is some worry about whether the post made it to the >maili= ng list, you can go check the archive=E2=80=8B here to see if >it's been recorded. If it's on there, you can be rest assured it has >been distributed to all of the subscribers whether they have read it or >not is a whole different issue :) >http://lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org/pipermail/vcf-midatlantic/ That's akin to the WEENDOZE email delivery verification system -- a follow-up telephone call.

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Posts not showing
by Jeffrey Brace 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

So I have a gmail account since this list doesn't work with my msn account. I have no idea if that has anything to do with it. Whenever I post something, my own post doesn't show up, but when someone replies, then I see my post. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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OT: Space available at OMARC Hamfest
by Martin A Flynn 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

OMARC makes courtesy table space available to InfoAge member orgs (and their members) at the spring and fall hamfest. If any of the VCF team would like a table, please contact me off-list. OMARC Hamfest When: Saturday, May 7, 2016 Where: Diana Site, 2300 Marconi Road, Wall Township N.J. Gates open to Sellers at 07:00 Hours. Gates open to Buyers at 08:00 Hours. Martin Flynn

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today's museum report
by Evan Koblentz 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Tony, Jeff G., and I all played hookie from real life to work in the new museum today. We did lots more work on the double doors which should be ready for their first coat of paint by tomorrow afternoon, strengthened the front three posts of the workbench so they don't move around the floor, rearranged some of the microcomputers to make a little more space, and brought in some minicomputers from the warehouse (we'll move more of them next time). A picture: http://vcfed.org/evan/minis3-22.jpg ... some of these need cleaning, of course. Back at it this Saturday.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Sunday museum setup report
by Anthony Becker 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Was a lot of fun. Hard work to be sure. Was glad I was able to make the trip and help out. Also surprised at how much I could fit in my car for those warehouse trips. Original Message From:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Sent:March 13, 2016 5:52 PM To:Vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Reply-to:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc:evan@snarc.net Subject:[vcf-midatlantic] Sunday museum setup report Adam M. and Anthony (not to be confused with Tony) helped me at the museum today. We finished putting (most of) the microcomputers onto shelves, put (most of) the leftover stuff from the old museum that made its way to the new space back into the warehouse, and purchased (most of) the stuff needed to build our workbench. In summary, we got tons of stuff done without actually getting anything "done". :) Back at it next Sunday.

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How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by Herb Johnson 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Responding to various comments about the former Trenton Computer Fest (now called "TCF" apparently), please note I'm merely an attendee but I have some clues about it. It's pretty clear that the flea-market and old computer aspects of the event are largely lost. It's become a ham-license event and topics related to personal, professional, and hobby "computing" or rather personal information technology. But the talks cover a lot of you-can-do stuff, and are informative on related matters. The flea market was indeed small, one large room with almost all dealer-class participants, but some amounted to individuals. our colleage Justin brought a TI 990/4 system; there was a C-64 system, otherwise no other vintage computers I saw. But hamfests in the NJ-PA area have mostly lost vintage-computing stuff in the 21st century; and most professional personal-computing stuff. Hamfests are fewer and smaller; although I'm told there's more radio amateur licenses than ever. about "booths": there were only a handful. Few exhibits. I guess exhibits and booths weren't encouraged this year. I have a sense that the administration of the event is changing. I went to a number of talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran their hour, they outta work on their presentations. Talks varied from lock-picking to solar-panel technology. But I suggest looking at VCF in another way. Every year, the "old ones" come out, to see each other and catch up or look back. The event is run by people of age, the amazing thing is that it happens at all. Some years it didn't. I have no problem with attending to meet people I've not seen in years, to be met by people who only know me from email. I see TCF as an opportunity to see people and hear from people. I have people stop me in recognition; I arranged to meet someone, we had lunch. and by-the-way: there's now a number of real, actual restaurants on the TCNJ campus. I saw few attendees there, probably because the College ran a food-in-baggies kiosk in the building. Also: the Sarnoff Collection is a short walk from the Engineering building. It's a decent small museum of RCA technology, including some early COSMAC 1802 items and Joseph Weisbecker's computer, a TTL predecessor to the 1802. It's a New Jersey - designed microprocessor. I've done some work for the museum. I appreciate Justin's comments, and his position that he can participate and make a difference. Sounds like a plan. Herb Johnson old one retrotechnology.com -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: >I went to a number of talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran >their hour, they outta work on their presentations. Talks varied from >lock-picking to solar-panel technology. 'outta work'?

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Fwd: How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by William Dudley 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

I meant for the list to see my reply to Justin. Bill This email is free of malware because I run Linux. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Dudley <wfdudley(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth? To: Justin Jernigan <jaj(a)totallyamused.com> Sorry if I was insulting, not meant to be. Your cable prices were AMAZING, but sadly I didn't need any (you may remember I was looking for short-ish ones). "Crap" in this case was just short hand for "undifferentiated stuff that I don't remember well enough to list correctly." Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Justin Jernigan <jaj(a)totallyamused.com> wrote: > Sorry for top reply, but on iPhone. Cable n crap guy was me, but as I > recall you made your round through pretty late. > > I sold a lot of stuff as I was unpacking, even a nice C128 with 512k RAM > expansion for 80$. And my prices on the crap were hard to walk away > from...19" lcds for $3, cat5e and cat6 @ 25 cents for any length, laptop > power supplies for 1$. 32gb USB drives for 3$...which probably explains why > I was out of almost everything by Noon. I've tried to bring good stuff, > some vintage and some modern, every year, the last 7 years, with the hope I > could improve the flea area just a bit, but this year was as empty as I've > seen it. > > I will bring more next year, maybe get a few extra tables and try and keep > the flea area alive and interesting. > > > > > > One guy selling cable 'n' crap. > > >

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How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by Christian Liendo 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Do they just have in the inside or is there an outside again? How big was the flea market? Are they selling computers and parts? The last time I went, remote controlled helicopters were a big thing

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FS: 2.43 uF @ 400V poly caps (monitor/tube stuff repair)
by Systems Glitch 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/272180918996 Great for those nonpolar/bipolar electrolytic caps in monitors, compact Macs, dumb terminals, and arcade machines. I've got a huge pile of these (like, 1000's or 10's of 1000's) so if they go fast I'll dig more out of the warehouse and list them. I can bring them to VCF East if you want to save on shipping. Thanks, Jonathan

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VCFed's Booth at TCF2016
by Todd George 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Here's a quick album with a few pictures of our booth from the Trenton Computer Festival 2016 this past Saturday, the 19th. http://imgur.com/a/jWwEC I know, I know... Evan wouldn't let me forget that I had a Commodore monitor attached to an Atari 800XL. I have my reasons though! Primarily, I don't have an Atari monitor, I've restored the Commodore monitor so I knew it would be bulletproof for the show, it has a great picture, I've done the Chroma mod to the XL so I knew it would look nearly perfect and I've got the appropriate cabling made to hook it up. So :-p The Epson PX-8 made it to just over 265,000 counting by one for the duration of the show. I think it wound up being up and running for about 6 hours or so. The idea for this program was stolen from Doug. :-) The Tandy Model 102 was running a number guessing program I threw together in the morning. Next show I'm thinking I'll add a high score (or more accurately lowest score) routine that tracks the fewest attempts to guess the number. See ya! -Todd

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Wanted: Tandy TRS-80 Model 4P
by Todd George 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Hi there. I'm looking for a TRS-80 Model 4P in generally decent shape. I'd like one that exists locally, I'm near the Philadelphia area. I will pick up to avoid potential shipping damage. Some criteria I'm looking for: - No broken plastics (maybe I have some tolerance depending on price) - Little to no yellowing of plastics - Slight preference for the white version of the screen over the green - Need not be working but must be complete - Dirty is fine, I've got elbow grease I've been trolling eBay, and have seen all of the recent auctions. As I mentioned, ideally I'd prefer to deal locally and would really like to support a fellow collector. I'm sure a bunch of you have these things hiding in your closets/basement just waiting to pounce when you least expect it. Why take the risk? Sell it to me before it goes sentient/rogue. These things have a bad attitude that they've been harboring for 33 years now, just letting it stew. I'm telling you, cut your losses and get rid of it. :-D You have one kicking around you'd like to get rid of? Contact me off-list. :) Thanks. -Todd

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ISA Sound Card is going for $1500
by Christian Liendo 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

So we talked about how when all the younger PC guys were going to get older and get into the hobby. They're here. I just saw this and was interested in what you all thought. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ad-Lib-Gold-1000-ISA-Sound-Card-/272163544820?

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Trenton / museum report
by Evan Koblentz 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

It was a VCF-ful weekend! Saturday -- Todd and I worked the VCF table at the Trenton show. Lots of our members stopped by (I miss saying "MARCHins"). My talk about "the present and future of computer history" was well attended. Jeff G., Herb, and Justin all reported doing well in the sales room. Dean, Drew, and I went to the banquet. Sunday -- Tony, Jeff G., Dean, Drew, and I all worked in the new museum space. We focused on two projects: preparing the double doorway for paint and building a workbench. A lot of times, InfoAge volunteers (and people in the Army before us) would add layer after layer after layer of paint. We decided to do it right -- we're stripping the old paint almost down to the wood. We also built most of the workbench. There were a few mistakes along the way (thanks to incompetent leadership... me!) but it turned out fine. Jeff G., Tony, and I are all going back Tuesday to finish the door and improve the workbench. The picture at http://vcfed.org/evan/benchbottom.jpg shows a storage shelf that we built to go under the workbench. It's 16" tall and 12" deep. Yes, I know it's strange to have the shelf hanging by the brackets instead of sitting on top of them. There was a good reason why we did this :) and we'll be able to put them back the regular way on Tuesday. The picture at http://vcfed.org/evan/benchmain.jpg shows the main bench over the lower shelf. It's 33" tall, 24" deep, and almost level! :) We are making two improvements on Tuesday: stabilizing the bottoms of the three front posts so they don't wiggle around, and extending the right side another 20" to the wall. Original plan was to put a file cabinet between the right side and the wall, but it won't fit because of old pipes and a radiator. In theory we could move the whole bench to the right and put a file cabinet on the left side... but we like it where it is, and we have another file cabinet elsewhere on-site anyhow. Jeff G. observed that the bench looks "rustic" (he was being nice!)... perhaps we'll paint it. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the doors.

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May need to borrow for VCF: working C64s, working 1702s
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

Who has working C64s and 1702s that I can borrow for my VCF exhibit? I will be testing out my C64s and 1702s next week. I will need nine of each. Once I see how many are working I can determine how many I need.

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Reminder - Trenton is tomorrow
by Evan Koblentz 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

I anticipate seeing the usual people at Trenton tomorrow -- you know who you are! :) For everyone else: - The show is not really in Trenton. It's at The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ, 08628. That is northwest of Trenton. - Follow the TCF parking signs starting at the campus main entrance. The show is in the education dept. building. There are two lakes along the outside of the campus perimeter road. The education building is between them on the inner side of the road. - Hours are 9am-5pm. Tickets are $15 each. I don't know their policy about whether they charge for kids' admission. - VCF Mid-Atlantic table will probably be upstairs in the center of the building with all the other club tables (same as last year). Todd and I will take turns staffing the table. - My lecture, "The present and future of computer history," is scheduled for 2:35-3:30 in room ED-208. Hecklers welcome, but remember: I heckle back! :)

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Museum next Tuesday?
by Evan Koblentz 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Can anyone give me a full day's assistance in the museum next Tuesday (March 22)? There is a decent chance that we may have to cancel this Sunday's museum work day due to snow. Even if we can be there Sunday, there is still a lot of work to do and very little time before VCF East.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Wanted to borrow: CRT TVs for VCF exhibit...
by Duane 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Bill, >>grab a couple off Freecycle and then recycle them after the show Might be best for VCF to keep a stock of them in the warehouse for that purpose, Duane -----Original Message----- From: Bill Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 10:59 AM To: 'vcf-midatlantic' Cc: Bill Sudbrink Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Wanted to borrow: CRT TVs for VCF exhibit... Hi all, Dazzler output looks much nicer on a CRT than on an LCD display. Does anyone have a couple of mid size (18-20 inches) TVs with composite input that I could borrow for VCF? If worse comes to worse, I'll probably do what I did last time and grab a couple off of Freecycle and then recycle them after the show. It does really cramp my Mini-Cooper, resulting in a few new scratches in my IMSAI lid the last time. Thanks, Bill S.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] DEC serial console cable wanted
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

william degnan via vcf-midatlantic writes: >See pictures of example VAX 3100 with the cable I need: > >http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/MicroVAX-3100/DEC_MicroVAX-3100_syst… >(attached to top unit, looks like a phone cable with an "un-centered >plug pin" > >http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/MicroVAX-3100/Microvax3100_detached-… >(shows what the "un-centered plug pin" looks like) > >I need both a cable AND on the other end I also need a detachable 25-pin >Digital adapter that connects to the DEC un-centered plug pin. See 2-11 >in MicoVAX 3100 and VAXserver 3100 Owner's manual. > >Yes I could make a cable, but I'd prefer the DEC cable or clone >commercially mass produced if possible. > >BIll Just for VCF?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] need MS DOS 3.1
by Bob Aviles 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Hi Joe, Have to check if I still have it? Bobby On Friday, March 18, 2016 9:09 AM, Joe Herdler via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Does anyone know where I can find MS=-DOS on 5 1/2 inch floppy disks? I have a working Leading Edge Model D and need the op system. Believe it or not, I was quite the batch programmer way back when. Also, I am looking for a Leading Edge Model 86. Thank you very much, Joe Consciousness affects the medium. Think happy, be happy, and happiness will follow you.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Wanted to borrow: CRT TVs for VCF exhibit...
by Bob Aviles 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Hi Bill, I got Three CRT you can use or trade for? If you want to keep them. Bobby On Friday, March 18, 2016 10:59 AM, Bill Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Hi all, Dazzler output looks much nicer on a CRT than on an LCD display. Does anyone have a couple of mid size (18-20 inches) TVs with composite input that I could borrow for VCF? If worse comes to worse, I'll probably do what I did last time and grab a couple off of Freecycle and then recycle them after the show. It does really cramp my Mini-Cooper, resulting in a few new scratches in my IMSAI lid the last time. Thanks, Bill S.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] DEC serial console cable wanted
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

David Riley via vcf-midatlantic writes: >On Mar 18, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic = ><vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >=20 > That >said, does anyone have an MMJ crimper they could bring to VCF? = And I >good source for the connectors themselves? > >Yes and yes. I brought mine last year (have dies for MMJ and standard = >8p8c as well as standard 6p6c and various wire terminal crimpers), and = >will bring again. I have pretty full bags of MMJ and both solid and = >stranded 8p8c plugs. > >For the connectors, they're actually surprisingly easy to come across. >= For example: >http://www.pacificcable.com/Picture_Page.asp?DataName=3DMMJ = or = >http://www.neobits.com/pan_pacific_pt_066dec_rj_11_mmj_dec_plugs_qty_100_p= >3962335.html?atc=3Dgbp&gclid=3DCImikZTDyssCFYclgQodjdQPQA (I've used = >Pacific, but the other one is probably just as good for $10 less). > >If you have a Paladin Crimp-All 8000 frame (and you should, because it's >= a great tool), the Paladin die for MMJ is 2067. I do, I do!

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] DEC serial console cable wanted
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

william degnan via vcf-midatlantic writes: >> > >>> >>> BIll >>> >> >> Just for VCF? >> > > I can look and see if I >have MMJ parts I could loan. > > That said, does anyone have an MMJ >crimper they could bring to VCF? And I > good source for the connectors >themselves? > > I have a 1000' spool of "silver satin" 6-wire cable to >share, and places > where the authentic DEC parts aren't important to >me. > > -- > Jameel Akari > > >I am looking to buy and have shipped to my home, I need to have another >cable to help me set up the cluster machines for VCF E. I will take >some at VCF E, but before I that I need at least one. Will pay $$. OK. The DECconnect cable isn't a problem; albeit, it might not be a literal off-white DECconnect branded cable. I can make a cable for you and sent to you. Specify a length. As for the DECconnect to 9 or 25 pin adapter, you'd need to specify which H-# adapters you'd want/need.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] DEC serial console cable wanted
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >On Fri, 18 Mar 2016, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >> william degnan via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >> See pictures of >example VAX 3100 with the cable I need: >> >> >http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/MicroVAX-3100/DEC_MicroVAX-3100_syst… >>> (attached to top unit, looks like a phone cable with an "un-centered >>> plug pin" > >DEC MMJ connector. Great idea, PITA years later. :) > >>> Yes I could make a cable, but I'd prefer the DEC cable or clone >> >commercially mass produced if possible. >> >> BIll > > Just for VCF? > >I can look and see if I have MMJ parts I could loan. > >That said, does anyone have an MMJ crimper they could bring to VCF? And >I good source for the connectors themselves? > >I have a 1000' spool of "silver satin" 6-wire cable to share, and places >where the authentic DEC parts aren't important to me. > >-- Jameel Akari I've brought my crimper tool to EVERY VCF I've attended. You supply the 6 conductor flat cable and I'll put the ends on it for you.

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Wanted to borrow: CRT TVs for VCF exhibit...
by Bill Sudbrink 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Hi all, Dazzler output looks much nicer on a CRT than on an LCD display. Does anyone have a couple of mid size (18-20 inches) TVs with composite input that I could borrow for VCF? If worse comes to worse, I'll probably do what I did last time and grab a couple off of Freecycle and then recycle them after the show. It does really cramp my Mini-Cooper, resulting in a few new scratches in my IMSAI lid the last time. Thanks, Bill S.

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DEC serial console cable wanted
by william degnan 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

See pictures of example VAX 3100 with the cable I need: http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/MicroVAX-3100/DEC_MicroVAX-3100_syst… (attached to top unit, looks like a phone cable with an "un-centered plug pin" http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/MicroVAX-3100/Microvax3100_detached-… (shows what the "un-centered plug pin" looks like) I need both a cable AND on the other end I also need a detachable 25-pin Digital adapter that connects to the DEC un-centered plug pin. See 2-11 in MicoVAX 3100 and VAXserver 3100 Owner's manual. Yes I could make a cable, but I'd prefer the DEC cable or clone commercially mass produced if possible. BIll -- @ 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] need MS DOS 3.1
by william degnan 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Can you create a replica 5 /14" 360K copy at your location from a 5 1/4 image from the web? b On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Joe Herdler via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Joe Herdler <joe.herdler(a)yahoo.com> > To: "vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org" < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:09:11 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: need MS DOS 3.1 > Does anyone know where I can find MS=-DOS on 5 1/2 inch floppy disks? I > have a working Leading Edge Model D and need the op system. > Believe it or not, I was quite the batch programmer way back when. > > Also, I am looking for a Leading Edge Model 86. > Thank you very much, > Joe > > > > Consciousness affects the medium. Think happy, be happy, and happiness > will follow you. > > -- @ 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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need MS DOS 3.1
by Joe Herdler 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Does anyone know where I can find MS=-DOS on 5 1/2 inch floppy disks? I have a working Leading Edge Model D and need the op system. Believe it or not, I was quite the batch programmer way back when. Also, I am looking for a Leading Edge Model 86. Thank you very much, Joe Consciousness affects the medium. Think happy, be happy, and happiness will follow you.

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LAST CHANCE for VCF East exhibit registration
by Evan Koblentz 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Everyone, There is less than one month until showtime. I'm declaring noon ET tomorrow as the final deadline for registering exhibits. Exhibits so far: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhib… Exhibit registration: http://www.vcfed.org/registration/east_exhibitor_register-online.php

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VCF East - two more Friday classes/teachers needed
by Evan Koblentz 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

These are the Friday classes so far: - Apple 1 replicas (Corey Cohen) - Advanced troubleshooting (Bil Herd) - Teletypes (Bill Degnan) - Paper tape (Corey Cohen) - PET (Rob Clarke) - Amiga (Anthony Becker) - "What's vintage" panel (yeah, we're going there!) - me & ...? - Future of the hobby (me) - ENIAC @ 70 (me, Brian Stuart) - VCF Shenanigans (me) We need two more (tech) classes + reliable volunteers to teach them. Classes are 60 minutes each. Looking for ideas that are compelling and/or haven't been done before.

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