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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Cheapest way to buy nice stools?
by tom.hornberger＠verizon.net 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

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List downtime / Domain transfer happening soon
by Evan Koblentz 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

Guys, We are transferring our domain(s) to a different hoster. This has to do with our technical merger regarding the VC Forum. (We decided it's simpler for the Federation stuff to move to Erik's hoster than for Erik to move the forum stuff to our hoster.) I am going to transfer our domains tomorrow at noon ET. After that, I'll transfer the subdomain that connects to this mailing list (we're NOT changing list companies again). It should go smoothly. There may be a little bit of downtime.

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Cheapest way to buy nice stools?
by Evan Koblentz 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

We're considering putting a nice metal stool at each computer in the new museum. However, they seem to be pricey. Even very simple ones (like this: http://tinyurl.com/jhpp6ds) are $40 each, and I'd like to have 30 of them .... but that would be $1,200 which is way too much for us to spend on this. Harbor Freight has them for less than $30 each -- I have one at home and it's great -- but the tops are bright red. :) Not appropriate for our museum. Does anyone know where to get such things cheaper? (We're not looking to collect donations of mismatched stuff.)

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TTL components in Philly?
by eric F 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

Any chance someone knows of a businesses that I’m not aware of in Philly that would stock TTL components like the 7430 8-input NAND? I have a SLOW order coming with one, but feel impatient, especially with time to burn and projects lined up in the retro pipeline. Eric

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TTL components in Philly?
by mark＠markesystems.com 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

From: David Ryskalczyk <david.rysk(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TTL components in Philly? >> Any chance someone knows of a businesses that I’m not aware of in Philly >> that would stock TTL components like the 7430 8-input NAND? I have a SLOW >> order coming with one, but feel impatient, especially with time to burn >> and projects lined up in the retro pipeline. > Try Selectronics > http://selectro.com My, their web site is certainly annoying! And the "Chippy off" link doesn't work, either... ~~ Mark Moulding

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Blit Express Lives!
by Kenneth Seefried 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

From: Systems Glitch <systems.glitch(a)gmail.com> > >The Blit Express is a high resolution (1664 x 1200 mono, forget the color res) >workstation graphics card from Bell Technologies. Thats the one based on the Intel i82786, right? Awful chip. It sold as a way to turn a 386 system into an alternative to something like a Sun 3/160. As we say in the South, bless their hearts. > I'm guessing there were sort of specific system requirements for it, since it > doesn't seem to like MFM/RLL drives, which of course would've been very > common then. If it's the i82786 based one, it's kinda picky about hardware configs (I seem to recall it required an unusually big memory region) but I ran it in a bunch of different systems (Intel and Compaq PCs at least). I'd go through the normal ISA bus IRQ/mem window/IO addy/etc diagnostic dance. I don't recall if I ran them with MFM/RLL disks, but I definitely ran them with ESDI disks. > There's almost no information on the Internet about these. Apparently mine is a > beta unit (don't know if they ever made it into production). Yours might be a beta, but the Bell Tech Blit certainly went into production and was reasonably successful. I have the X10 (yes, 10 not 11 and not the home control protocol) source around here *someplace* but will probably never find it. There's some stuff out there if you look hard enough. As I recall, at least the early X11 tapes came with the support source. Nosing around whatever is left of the Interactive and SCO Unix in the i386 era history will certainly turn up something. Tangent: anyone remember the Bell Tech HUB-6? ISA bus 6-port serial cards. Sold tons of them back in the day when SCO shipped product instead of failing to profit through litigation. Good times. KJ

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Congrats to Connor!
by Evan Koblentz 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

Everyone, Time for some special recognition. One of our youngest members, Connor, recently posted to an IBM mainframe list for some help with the Z890 that he bought from Rutgers University. Someone involved with IBM's SHARE (mainframe user group) read it and invited Connor to speak at their Feb. 28-March 4 conference in San Antonio -- and then HP Enterprise (that's the servers and storage people, not the ink cartridge people) stepped up to pay the cost of his trip! "Ya done good, kid."

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Retro does Vintage
by Douglas Crawford 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

http://imgur.com/a/w3AmK So, a "flower pot" iMac G4 makes a great PDP-8/E platform. My first running of anything PDP. This emulator was pointed out a ways back on the Yahoo board I think. Good fun. Not hard to use and has good "getting started" docs. Maybe you have a good reason to go get a cheap old cool iMac :)

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C64 games
by Bob Flanders 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/340596/7-forgotten-commodore-64-gaming…

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PDP 8i on Ebay...going once,
by william degnan 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Ebay auction 201493504381 PDP 8i, two racks. Worth it? We'll find out soon. 3 hours left, no bidders. Prediction, this will sell. -- -Bill-

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] FS: Motorola 68HC11 Evaluation Kits, Complete in Box
by Systems Glitch 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

> Wow. I wrote a BSP for that board "way back when". "Bell System Practice?" Thanks, Jonathan

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FS: Motorola 68HC11 Evaluation Kits, Complete in Box
by Systems Glitch 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

All, I ended up with a bunch of these 68HC11 eval kits with a lot of lab gear from PSU's Allentown EE department. I'm selling off the last three. List price is $68.11 because that's what Motorola suggested on the front of the box -- make an offer :) Kit includes the 68HC11 single board computer, cross assemblers on 5.25" and 3.5" floppy, all manuals, and some promotional stuff. http://www.ebay.com/itm/272098952794 Thanks, Jonathan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museumsigns
by Duane 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Office Depot/Office Max has a HP 7612 on sale for $149.99. The reviews seem to run about 4 stars out of 5 -----Original Message----- From: Corey Cohen via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 6:48 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Corey Cohen Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museumsigns I have a spare network enabled HP laser jet 4plus for VCF which we can use for printing high volume hand outs and stuff. It can print on some pretty heavy paper stock and is dirt cheap to run. I just have to move it to the new space and it even has serial so we can print from vintage machines. The problem Evan is trying to solve is the colour signage for the museum. If someone can recommend a good 11x17 printer, we don't need a scanner, for around $200 or less please post an online link. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ > On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:45 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > >> On 01/05/2016 05:45 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> However, a freebie B&W letter-size laser printer will print for FREE, >> and would be a good thing to locate elsewhere. > > I may be able to supply a B&W letter-size laser printer to VCFed. > When everything is shaken out after Autumn and I move our work areas to > the new building I will see what is left. I should have at least one. > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ > New Kensington, PA

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Cheapest way to buy nice stools?
by Ben Greenfield 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

I would try a restaurant supply place preferably in Chinatown. Ben

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Timex/Sinclair, C=, IBM stuff in DC area
by Evan Koblentz 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Available for adoption by a good home: - Timex Sinclair 1000 - Timex Sinclair 1016 16K RAM module - Timex Sinclair 2040 printer - Commodore 64 w/ drive - 1984 IBM PC with two 128K drives, Amdex amber monitor, Okidata printer, original boxes/manuals Contact: jakabp(a)si.edu (He's not on this list.)

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January Workshop Who's Coming?
by Chris Fala 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

1. Jeff Brace 2. Evan 3. Dean 4. Drew 64738. Steve Toth 65535. Joseph Oprysko 0200000 David Gesswein 0111. Bill Degnan 6. Jeff Galinat (Saturday/ maybe Sunday) 5 N = 9 10 N = N + 1 20 print N;" Doug Crawford" run 10 Doug Crawford FB & 0F Chris Fala

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Blit Express Lives!
by Systems Glitch 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/wDXnt Basically the trick to getting it working is that it hates commodity hardware. I guess being a Bell Labs product, it's above such pedestrian things as MFM/RLL controllers. More to come as it finds a permanent PC to live in. And, the RIFA caps in the ECL monitor released the magic smoke, so like all good projects it has had its "Will it Smoke?" moment. I have the ROMs/PALs for "pretend to be a MDA" mode. As you can see, it's not this unit's strong point. Thanks, Jonathan

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January Workshop Who's Coming?
by Jeffrey Brace 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Happy New Year VCFins! Our January Workshop will be January 23 & 24. I will post more details later, but basically it will start at 10am Sat Jan 23 and end Sun. Jan. 24. The usual $10 per person and and in the big room 9032-A. Who's coming? 1. Jeff Brace 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Flashback Trenton 2005
by william degnan 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

http://www.vintagecomputer.net/tcf_2005/ I was browsing around and found these photos from FKA MARCH's first event. -- -Bill-

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Compuseum
by Mike Loewen 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Does anyone here know about these folks? They have some grandiose plans, including: "The Compuseum's primary gallery is to include a display of sections of the ENIAC, the earliest digital computer created within the University of Pennsylvania and in step-wise fashion, show the march of forward progress." There's no real content on their web site, just a lot of goals. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Jim Scherrer Compuseum Project Technology Center 120 Arrandale Boulevard Exton, PA 19341 484-875-1700 www.TheCompuseum.org info(a)TheCompuseum.org SKYPE = JS.Scherrer The mission of Compuseum is to stimulate the public and the technology industry to share information and to raise the public awareness of the important role the digital age has played and will continue to play in our society. Compuseum will be a springboard into various ways to teach and discuss new and emerging technologies, and their implications, within the context of prior achievement. Thank you for helping the Compuseum bring people together from across America and around the world to learn about, discuss, and celebrate the computer technology revolution. View the History of HP here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLG_C28L7Y Did you have an HP-35? View the Worlds First PC- Kenbak 1- By John Blankenbaker http://www.retrothing.com/2007/11/kenbak-1---the.html Read about John Blankenbaker on BBC World News Our "Friend of Compuseum" http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34639183

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East - Kernighan video online
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >>> You might be surprised at what a little effort in Audition, Audacity, >= or similar tools can do pressing capture noise print, select all, and >act= ive noise reduction. Much much greater gain than a $300 bump in mic >quali= ty - and cheaper too. > >Thanks, I will try that. The problem is what's been posted is audibly terrible. How it is remedied, whether by better equipment or via post-processing (and note, I have several professional sound packages and equipment, etc.), is the issue and, INMSHO, it should be addressed for the future for such historic, one-time, lectures.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Young Innovators Faire
by Todd George 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Some of the comments in my report duplicated what Doug had said previously. I should have done a better job editing my summary of the day. Sorry for any annoyance there. Additionally, the total attendees number conflicted a bit. I'd personally trust Doug's numbers over mine. Nearly 30,000 is more accurate. :-) Thanks guys.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East - Kernighan video online
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Ta-da! > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWt_StXKsY A wonderful demonstration illustrating the difference between a $39.99 and a $399.99 microphone. The audio quality of that video is pretty awful and that's really a shame.

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OT: InfoAge needs a plumber
by Evan Koblentz 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

InfoAge management asked that all of the member groups forward this message: -------------------------- InfoAge has need of some major plumbing work that will include excavation and laying pipes. Before looking without, we might look within. Look through your membership lists and see if there's a plumber or two that may be able to offer us their services and expertise at low or no cost if we supply a little labor.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Young Innovators Faire
by Todd George 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:50:29 -0500 From: Evan Koblentz <evan(a)snarc.net> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Young Innovators Faire >Big thanks to you, Chris F., and Todd G. for representing us there! >Generally speaking how did it go? Here's my report from the show (slightly modified from a previous version of the report I sent to Evan, Doug and Chris)! I had a nice long talk with Gabe (co-founder of The Young Innovators Fair), he told me how much he appreciated us being there. He thought our booth was a gigantic hit, and said he thought we were one of the busier stand-alone/standard-sized booths at the event. As of ~2 pm (??? it's all a blur) on Sunday when I talked with him, they were far in excess of 20,000 (!!!) tickets sold for the weekend NOT INCLUDING something like a few thousand (rumored) free/donation/charity tickets that they gave out. Apparently those "free" tickets went unaccounted-for. Saturday was definitely the busier day, but Sunday proved to be a strong contender. I also need to brush up on my rollerskating skills, as Gabe had the brilliant idea to wear roller skates at the event. Definitely helps him get around the place in an expedient fashion. Some of my favorite moments, a dad stopped at the booth while walking by with his family, comes over to me and says "If you had asked me this morning if anything here would make me stop dead in my tracks, I'd have said 'No Way'. This is amazing and has definitely stopped me in my tracks". We also received tons of positive feedback from the booth guests. There was a girl at our booth for nearly the entire day on Saturday, she was 16 and "wants to be an engineer". She was so knowledgeable about all things computer and was really digging our booth. She was extremely smart and was chatting with us off and on all day. I also had a great long talk with a gentleman who indicated his son had two apps in the Apple App Store, had been programming since he was 8, was probably 13 or so by my guess now. He had never programmed in BASIC, so I gave him some brief instruction. He took to it like a duck to water. His first program in BASIC? "Hello World". I only told him to "Put whatever you want the computer to display inside the quotes." A few people commented how much they appreciated that our booth was "something different". I also directed a few people to actually join VCFed based on discussions I had. One guy had a bunch of Apple equipment set up on display in his basement, said he curates and restores it. He expressed interest in improving his restoration skills (participation in workshops) and really seemed interested in our group in general. He had mentioned he has no idea a group like ours existed. I also lost count of how many parents told us "how old we were making them feel", told me the story about how "Drexel made us buy that Macintosh" (at least 20 people told me some variant of this story), and indicated to their kids when we showed them the 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" floppy disk props we had at the table how "they used to store all of their high school/college work on those" while the kids just looked as us with a blank stare. There was definitely an interesting combination of "parent-types" being attracted to our booth, with their children in tow explaining to them how these were the old computers they used to use. The other side of that was kids being attracted to the games we had up and running and then being suckered into listening to their parents wax nostalgic once they realized what hardware was running the games. The only failure we had at the VCF booth was our KayPro II. The floppy disks were warm when we pulled them out, but letting the machine cool down didn't "fix" the problem. Who knows, it was a long two days and this computer probably isn't used to that kind of workload. The one at the booth wasn't mine, but I still feel bad that it gave up the ghost. Funny side story, my wife is tired of hearing me curse and complain about working inside of my KayPro II. To prove it, I sent a text to her and said "Hey, the KayPro at our booth died". Her reply was "Why, did you yell at it too much?". To put this into perspective even more, my wife doesn't know many of the names of the computers I work on. So that tells you how excellently engineered the innards of the KayPro are that she knows what it's called and has heard me bitch about it that much. The venue wasn't so lucky... Apparently their failures were numerous, including the credit card processing at the concession stands failing, the ATM machines logically emptying shortly thereafter, and to top it off the vending machines emptying by around 11 am on Saturday. Apparently their credit card processing never came back online throughout the rest of the weekend. Between that and the ATM machines being empty, who knows how much potential revenue they lost due to our "cashless society". We didn't have an Apple II with us, turns out that was a bit of an error as we got lots of flack from people... "Where's Oregon Trail?", "Where's Loadrunner?". Surprisingly, the TRS-80 Model 4 was the star of the show in my opinion. I would have expected the Macintosh SE/30 to garner more attention but it did not (ran a close second though). So many people commenting "Oh I had one of these in college" (about the Macintosh) or "this was the computer I learned to program on" (about the TRS-80). I was also pleasantly amused by the sheer number of people walking up to the table and yelling "Oh my gosh a Trash 80!". I was also asked many, many times how in the world we had a working TRS-80 of any variety. Seems they have a reputation of some sort for being troublesome or something. All-in-all, a great time! I was so tired Saturday and Sunday night, tired stretched into Monday. But I'd do it again tomorrow, that's how much fun we had. :) Special thanks to Doug and Chris with whom this wouldn't have been possible. And of course Evan for putting it all together for us. See ya! -Todd

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DEC cabinet in Pittsb, PET in Timonium MD
by william degnan 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

DEC cabinet in Pittsb, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.dec/95_YjW-rz0M PET in Timonium MD https://baltimore.craigslist.org/sys/5383670535.html (I'd request a photo other than what they have but otherwise looks like a good deal) -- -Bill-

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Older teste equipment available for sale
by Kelly Leavitt 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Folks: I ran into a strange hoard of equipment that some of you may be interested in. There were lots of old scopes and other test equipment. The guy is looking for someone to come and make an offer for a bunch of items. They're in Morris Plains, NJ. Here is a link to pictures. https://www.flickr.com/gp/138339552@N08/9e9usq It includes old picture tubes, stacks of old large value capacitors, old ham equipment, oscilloscopes, and video equipment. Let me know if you're interested and I'll get you in touch with Glenn. Kelly

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Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museum signs
by Herb Johnson 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

I concur with most of the discussion following my previous comments. Laser printers are king for low maintenance and cost-per-page; but ink is convenient in the circumstances noted. As Evan has stated, they need a tiny-office solution for quick signage and general but light printing use. Scanning is part of that solution. However, a freebie B&W letter-size laser printer will print for FREE, and would be a good thing to locate elsewhere. I'll only add, that my Epson ink carts (black and color) are a few years old but have not dried out. My print use is obviously occasional, but printing something each month is a really, REALLY good idea for any inkjet. The Epson has many print diagnostic modes and reports cartridge capacity and condition. These modern printers, laser and ink, are awfully smart. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museum signs
by Herb Johnson 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Evan wrote: > I just learned that even very cheap inkjets, sub-$200, can print 11x17. > That might be our best compromise if a larger printer is unaffordable. There are a number of 11X17 inkjet printers. In fact I own an Epson WF-7520 from two years ago which not only prints 11X17, it SCANS 11X17. Produces PDF directly to a USB "stick". Scans both sides through the automatic feeder. WiFi network-capable. And on sale, these printers are near $200. New. For the handful of signage in discussion, these are reasonably priced, and pay for themselves in say a year. Plus one would provide local copy and scanning capability (hint hint hint). You'll have to replace ink carts at intervals of course, but "printing to flash" avoids a lot of printing. And there's laser printers too, some of which also scan, at modest prices (but large toner costs). Buying a larger printer is entirely a VCFed business decision, as it would either cost more than a few hundred dollars, or would be a result of some donation. But most signage would be 11X17 or smaller, and a dedicated printer/scanner for that class of work, at a few hundred dollars, would be a reasonable purchase if only to reduce use of a more expensive printer and its no-doubt more-expensive supplies. Translation: burn up a cuppa $200 printers instead of over-using a $1000 printer. and get a scanner while you're at it. By the way: a long time ago, didn't InfoAge have a professional class large printer on the premises, for large signage? Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Amiga 1000 case
by Anthony Becker 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Okay, I did send this out on the other list (at least I think I did, sometimes emails from my phone would go to limbo land) But I met someone at VCFE-X who has the GB1000 replacement motherboard for the Amiga 1000. I have an empty 1000 case. I probably took down their info but have no idea where it is, and if I took it down since things were so busy there I probably just wrote the email address and not what i wrote the address for. Think this was the person who was talking to me also about getting Amiga Unix on my 3000UX So hoping they are on this list. Contact me and we can arrange getting it to you.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] January Workshop - Whats the plan
by Todd George 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Yes! 1541's sound like a great plan. Some topics I'd like to suggest: - Proper care and feeding - Alignment - Speed Adjustment - Cleaning Additionally I will bring my "Bucket O' Parts", EPROM burner and related equipment, tools including desoldering gun (that reminds me, I need maintenance parts for that). I'll bring some cleaning supplies as well (99% isopropyl, and try to find some lint-free Q-Tips). I'll also bring a bunch of other Commodore stuff including diagnostic harnesses and whatnot. Does anyone have an alignment disk or two? Are they generally required or do people usually just use an oscilloscope with a factory produced original disk? Once we align can we then produce known-good alignment disks for others? Thanks guys. Can't wait!!! -Todd

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] January Workshop Who's Coming?
by Todd George 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

1 Jeff Brace 2. Evan 3. Dean 4. Drew 64. Todd G. 64738. Steve Toth 65535. Joseph Oprysko

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East - Kernighan video online
by Christian Liendo 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

This is great, I just posted this to techtalk here at the times. I really want you guys to post the Daniel Kottke video.

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Bulk 5 1/4 inch floppy disk purchase
by Tony Bogan 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Anyone interested in a bulk NEW floppy disk purchase? If in my area (ny/nj) will be cheapest. I say this area because shipping will drive cost up but I'd gladly ship anywhere in the US once they arrive if wanted. Locals make out better of course. Price will work out to be between $.30 & $.40 each my cost for NEW floppies depending on quantity purchased and shipping cost to me. Your cost will be exactly the same as mine plus shipping to you. Obviously if in my neck of the woods we can meet half way. List quantities you want in this Conversation or email me directly. We get enough of an order I'll front the $$ for the purchase and collect once I can show the disks are in my possession if that makes people more comfortable. Tony Sent from my iPhone

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VCF East - Kernighan video online
by Evan Koblentz 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Ta-da! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWt_StXKsY

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Does anyone have a Jaguar controller?
by Ian Primus 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

I've spent about two hours trying to track down my Jaguar controller. Somehow it escaped from the rest of the system. If you have one, bring it to Festivus - I'll have the console and some games, just... no controller. Doh. -Ian

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January Workshop - Whats the plan?
by Douglas Crawford 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

We prepping projects for VCF? Working on all the broken 1541's? Or what?

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FS: Vintage Meters!
by Systems Glitch 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

All, Another lot of test equipment to process! Figured I'd offer a few meters here before they go to eBay. This stuff came from the San Bernardino Valley College. I have the following three meters for sale: Simpson 461: - Digital 3.5 digit meter - Pair of probes (red/black) included (these are reverse banana plug probes) - Volts/Ohms/Milliamps - Includes AC adapter - Found a proper set of Tenergy A size NiCd rechargeables - Tested, working, not calibrated but agrees with a calibrated Fluke 8842A - Very clean except a spot where it looks like someone scraped a sticker with a knife HP 5005A Signature Multimeter: - Digital 3.5 digit meter - Probes and timing pod included - Volts/Ohms/Frequency/Period - Sort of a super high end logic probe as well - Tested, working, not calibrated but agrees with a calibrated Fluke 8842A - Faded red stencil on top, timing pod has one loose corner latch Triplett Model 60: - Analog meter, Simpson 260 workalike - Doesn't register volts, didn't test further - No probes The HP 5005A in particular is really suited to debugging old computers. It's approximately from the right era for this group's interest, and combines the two tools I use the most: a multimeter and logic probe. It also allows gating its measurements (measurement valid when another signal is at another state) like some of the high end logic probes out there. I'd keep the Simpson 461 for myself (it's a really cute little meter!) but I don't need another DMM. Can ship or deliver to the next VCF event I attend. Contact off-list with offers. Pictures on request. Thanks, Jonathan

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Cool data recovery project
by Evan Koblentz 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

I saw this article today about a company calle Drivesavers that was hired to salvage data from Gene Roddenberry's old CP/M computer. On a whim, I called Drivesavers and left a message with the receptionist. VP of Engineering called me back within an hour. :) We have a nice conversation about computer history and data recovery. There could be good opportunities for VCF and DS to work together down the road.

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More TI 99 4/a 's on Ebay
by william degnan 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

I put two beige TI 99 4/a's for sale on Ebay. One is the early 1981 ROM, one is the later 1983 ROM V 2.2 with BASIC update. They're both complete systems with extras. Priced to sell. $59.99 each, plus shipping at cost. [url] http://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4a-Tested-Working-Rare-ish-… [url] http://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4a-Tested-Working-1983-v2-2… see post on vintage-computer.com/vcforum/ for additional comments. -- Bill

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museum signs
by J. Alexander Jacocks 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:30 AM, frida fried via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: frida fried <frd_fried(a)yahoo.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 16:30:38 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new museum > signs > Evan, I've bought a couple of Epson Workforce multifunction devices which > have a scanner glass 11x17, and can print larger than 11x17 as well. They > are inkjet, and the WF7610 and one WF7620 have worked well; there is a > WF7110 printer only 13x19 inkjet as well, but I have no experience with > that one. (at $149 it is reasonably priced, but ink isn't cheap) > > http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/ProductCategory.do?oid=-17867&sortid… > > I > > From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> > Cc: Evan Koblentz <evan(a)snarc.net> > Sent: Monday, January 4, 2016 9:04 AM > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Correction: Semi-OT: printer for new > museum signs > > >> We spent $2K > > That's where I stopped reading. :) > > But I just learned that even very cheap inkjets, sub-$200, can print > 11x17. That might be our best compromise if a larger printer is > unaffordable. > > If you can't find anyone else, I can do 13x19 on my printer. - Alex

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Semi-OT: printer for new museum signs
by tom.hornberger＠verizon.net 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

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Semi-OT: printer for new museum signs
by Evan Koblentz 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

I'm looking into getting us a printer that can handle 11x22 paper. Anybody have recommendations for specific models?

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Is it wrong to get excited??
by Joseph Oprysko 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

I just setup a Mac LocalTalk network, and I'm so thrilled and excited about it. Yes, it's only a Mac SE and an SE/30, each with 4mb of ram (the SE/30 originally had 8 and the SE had 1, but I played the great equalizer!). Last year at VCFeX I picked up a couple of LocalTalk adapters, even though at that time, I had no use for them. In '09 at a flea market I had picked up the 25' sealed LocalTalk cable, but finally, it all came together. Would anyone happen to have an ImageWriter ribbon re-inker? I've bought 2 different ones from online and both turned out to be "vintage" aka dry as a bone. I have 2 ribbons and could cheaply pick up some ink. I know Office Depot sells them, they are the last place I can try, but I'd like to have the option of reinking rather than wasting all of that plastic and ribbon -- 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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vintagecomputer.net updates
by william degnan 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

In parallel with the new vcf fed site I updated vintagecomputer.net too, let me know what you think - should be fully responsive. Looks especially good in a phone, which was driving me crazy as this is how I often search for things. This site is my own template design with bootstrap as the underlying CSS. http://www.vintagecomputer.net and if you need any web design...see degnanco.net -- Bill

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Buying Apple IIe Games
by James Garland 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

Hello everyone, After much struggle my Apple IIe is up and running! Unfortunately I'm in a software drought. I just have the system utilities and DOS 3.3 at the moment. I'm looking for some games for the system. I'm based in NYC, and am willing to drive within 45mins-1hr. Does anyone have any games they're looking to sell? You can contact me at my email or here, I don't care which. Thanks, James Garland

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Workshops for 2016
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

Now that events have settled down with InfoAge and I have time to sit down and think and plan I want to schedule workshops for the coming new year. So unless there are any objections, I want to do the following: January 23/24 February 20/21 March 19/20 May 14/15 June 11/12 July 16/17 August 20/21 Jeff Brace

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VCF East 5.0 videos
by Evan Koblentz 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_e5fSxflvrxnBFCeLI_uLqQHJBmghA2g

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Happy New Years!!!
by Joseph Oprysko 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

Happy New Years!! I just introduced a 14 year old to the fun of having their family killed by illness in Oregon Trail on the Mac. (my daughters boyfriend). LOL. -- 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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Have a Happy New Year Fellas
by Christian Liendo 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

I'm crazy busy for Dec 31 so I doubt I will be able to say this afterward. I hope you all have a great New Years. I hope to go to more events like VCFMW & VCFSE I hope that VCFE is bigger and better than previous I hope that the new space looks awesome. And I hope to see all of you guys again.. Take care bros and I will see ya next year.

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