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Repair Workshop Reminder for July 30 & 31, 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 24 Jul '22

24 Jul '22

Signup for July 2022 Repair Workshop here: July 2022 Repair Workshop Signup Sheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oUoYSVelMEb8IvR3X2xn4sXlKscOfxI9mhU…> Spaces are first come first serve to the CDL space. Limited space available. Overflow space in 9032-A building. Sign up to guarantee a space in your preferred area!!! *DATES*: July 30 & 31, 2022 *LOCATIONS:* InfoAge: 2201 Marconi Road, Wall Township, NJ 1) Building 9059 (CDL Hackerspace - Formerly IXR) AND 2) Building 9032-A (Old workshop area in main building) TIME: Saturday START time == 10 A.M. END time == 11PM. Sunday START time == 10 A.M. and END == 5 P.M. *SIGNUP HERE!*: Signup sheet Click HERE! <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oUoYSVelMEb8IvR3X2xn4sXlKscOfxI9mhU…> Face Masks are required for non-vaccinated people. Vaccinated people have the option to wear masks, but they are highly recommended. *COST:*- $15 per person, PER day. This money goes to InfoAge and CDL. - $25 per night for those wanting to stay overnight (Money goes to InfoAge). Please pay ME upon arrival. Cash or PayPal is acceptable as payment. Ask ahead of time if you need to use a credit card. *OVERNIGHT*: Bring your own pillow, blankets, soap etc. We provide a bed frame and an uncovered mattress. There are showers and a kitchen for your use. - You can pay via PayPal to paypal(a)vcfed.org. or to me via cash or credit card in person. *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. - If you need particular tools that you don't own or particular parts, please post to the list for those going. They may have what you need. Let them know ahead of time. - Let everyone know what project you are working on ahead of time to inspire collaboration. *DRINKS*: You should bring your own. We have a refrigerator in CDL to keep them cold. VCF will buy some water and soft drinks for member use. *FOOD*: *Saturday afternoon*: Pizza from Attilios (Tinton Falls) *Saturday Night Dinner at 7PM?*: Options: * Ottos * Robinson Ale House * MJs * Brick House Tap and Tavern * Main Street Bar and Grill Signup here for Saturday Dinner <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11lx8OipqimgAFBN-kf6kqrbFcSeCpcvUDrH…> *Sunday Morning*: Bagel order from Delicious Bagels Sign-up HERE <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IkYa7liDJlP3LiXXrPYNQzOysSHVf9xwbN4…> *Sunday Afternoon*: Wawa GATE: Please close the gate behind you at all times. We want to make sure that museum visitors pay at the InfoAge front desk during museum hours. PARKING: Park in the main parking lot, unless you are unloading. Don't park on the lawn. QUESTIONS? Contact Jeff Brace PHONE: (7 3 2 ) 7 5 9 - 1 7 8 3 EMAIL: jeffrey AT vcfed.org Have fun everyone! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner VCF Mid-Atlantic Executive Director Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Butler In a Box (Home Automation in 1989!)
by Jeffrey Brace 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

Someone was looking to give this away. I never heard of it. I really wonder how reliable it really is though. Has anyone else heard of this? https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/butler_in_a_box ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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LEGO Atari 2600 set
by Jeffrey Jonas 21 Jul '22

21 Jul '22

Vintage computing is celebrated in many other ways: https://brickset.com/article/79586/atari-2600-revealed Atari 2600 revealed! <https://brickset.com/article/79586/atari-2600-revealed!>[image: Atari 2600] <https://images.brickset.com/sets/large/10306-1.jpg?191400> LEGO has just unveiled a brick-built version of another classic video games console: 10306 <https://brickset.com/sets/10306-1> *Atari 2600* 2,532 pieces, rated 18+ $239.99 / €239.99 / £209.99 Available from 1st August at LEGO.com <https://brickset.com/click/10306> Today, the LEGO Group reveals the new LEGO Atari 2600 set, a nostalgic recreation of one of the most famous video game consoles of all time. The iconic Atari VCS/2600 was an instant hit when introduced in 1977 and the new LEGO set is based on the four-switch revision which debuted in 1980. The release of the new LEGO set also comes in celebration of Atari’s 50th anniversary.

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OT: really too many reel to reel
by Jeffrey Jonas 21 Jul '22

21 Jul '22

Is anyone into 6" reel to reel audio tape? Please speak up ASAP (private email is preferred) I have 5 boxes to give away. ASAP. I can deliver it to the upcoming workshop July 30-31. Jeff Jonas

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New to group - Interested in Amiga
by Ethan O'Toole 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

>> [NON-Text Body part not included] Hello Ryan, I am also in NoVA (Chantilly area.) Just got done re-capping an Amiga 4000T a few weeks ago with great success. Have done some repairs and have an Amiga collection. I tend to rotate between systems with Atari 8bit, Amiga, Atari ST currently being the forefront but have C64, Apple II, NeXT, SGI, Mac and others. There are a few of us :-) We could easily do a meetup. We have in the past. A few of us go to Phear the LAN (It's on meetup.com) There is a meeting the first Friday of each month for Phear, but we could also do a dedicated vintage computer one or Amiga one. I don't think I will be able to make Phear the LAN next month due to a gathering of laser show hobbyists and pros up in Delaware, but could do something else and maybe get a few other locals to hang out. I need to clean up my place a little bit and could host it. Current projects on my desk: Japenese Sega Saturn laser replacement, Sharp Twin Famicom disk drive belt replacement, Roland Juno 106 synth recalibration (replaced the voice modules and wave modules), and repairing an LED video wall. Amiga parts I need: Amiga 3000 front face and floppy, Amiga 1200 floppy, keyboard and metal shields. - Ethan

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It Takes a Federation - Redux
by Adam Michlin 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

Hi Everyone, We've been remiss in announcing a new initiative of National VCF which aims to better deal with the increasing number of rescues that are coming to us at <info(a)vcfed.org>. A national subcommittee was formed consisting of several museums and a few members at large. This subcommittee is run by myself and Ryan Schiff of the System Source Museum in Maryland. Members include: LSSM - New Kensington, PA System Source Museum - Hunt Valley, MD VCF MA - Wall, NJ San Antonio Museum Science and Technology - San Antonio, TX Homecomputermuseum - NK Helmond, Netherlands Save the Machine Technology - North Carolina The logic is there are more and more circumstances where machines need to be rescued and no one organization is able to handle all of them. So, what happens is we get the email, Ryan and myself make a quick decision as to who to direct the donation to (which is often necessary as time constraints can be a very serious issue), and then we report to the committee (who hold us accountable). In the case of a serious debate about where things should go, we bring the decision to the committee for a vote (if time permits). Why two people? In case of any conflict of interests. To give you an example, a few months ago we got an email from someone who's father had passed away and the machines (from small to very large) had to be out within two weeks. The decision was made to have System Source make the pickup, they picked up the machines, and the machines were divided between System Source, VCF MA and LSSM. Particularly exciting is that System Source picked up an Altair 8800, dropped it off in the VCF MA warehouse at VCF East, where it safely sat until VCF MA delivered the machine to LSSM just this last weekend. Next time you're at LSSM, you'll know it took three museums to safely deliver that Altair for you to use. We also are working very hard towards sharing exhibits and artifacts and are pleased to announce the modem exhibit featured previously at the VCF MA Museum is currently being set up at LSSM. It is absolutely thrilling to be involved with the ever growing wave of collaboration in the vintage computer world! But, however, public service notice. Please please please, make and document arrangements for your collections in the event of an untimely demise. Best wishes, -Adam

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Anyone want my poor ImageWriter II for parts?
by Dan FitzGerald 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

I have an early model ImageWriter II that was working until I plugged the wrong cable into it before VCF East and blew out an IC on its logic board. Well, I am not used to desoldering ICs, so I'm pretty sure I damaged the logic board in the process. And ended up shredding the stupid foam under the lid. And broke a tab off the lid, which I carefully epoxied back together. This _was_ a nice printer, complete with manual, and with minimal investment and time it _could_ be a nice printer once again. I just don't want to do it as I now have an ImageWriter I that is suiting my needs just fine. If anybody wants it, I can bring it to this month's repair workshop and it can be yours for the nominal price of free! Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] A wild Cormemco appears (on CL)
by Ethan O'Toole 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

I am local. If you all don't figure it out I can pick it up then you can pick it up from me? I pinged seller saying if no one shows up I could possibly pick up Tuesday eve. I have pinball league tonight, and I have a vintage synth/sampler pick up on Wednesday. - Ethan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New to group - Interested in Amiga
by Jeffrey Brace 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 8:55 PM Ryan Stapleton via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am new to the group and am in the Northern VA area and have recently > started playing with the Amiga again. > > While I have sold my machines many years ago I have been playing with > emulation as of late. > > Was wondering if anyone in the DC area still plays around with them and a > possible meet up and chat about them and in general. > > Thank you for the join of the group. > > -Ryan Welcome Ryan! How did you find out about our group? I know that there are others on this list that are into Amigas and hope that they chime in. I would highly recommend connecting with others on Amiga Bill's Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/WZ8pNexm. He also has YouTube videos on Amiga. Not sure if you do IRC, but there are some active channels there. Also lemonamiga.com is a good source. I hope that this helps! Jeff

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VCF East 2022 Videos (finally) released
by Jeffrey Brace 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

Sorry for the long delay. VCF East 2022 videos are being released once per day to the VCF YouTube channel. Enjoy! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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A wild Cormemco appears (on CL)
by Jason Perkins 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

I spotted this Z2, with a 68000 card on Craigslist. No affiliation. https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/sys/d/herndon-old-100-cromemco-z2-c… -- Jason Perkins 313 355 0085

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Yet another TRS-80 question
by Bob Shuster 17 Jul '22

17 Jul '22

After replacing the blown cap on the floppy power supply in my Model 4, it works great! It has a pair of 40-track DS/DD drives in the lower bay, and the upper bay is empty. (As an aside, and I don’t *think* this is relevant, the previous owner had passed a cable from the floppy connector on the bottom of the case back up inside the case to reach the upper drive bay, but it is not connected.) I connected my two external Mini Disks (26-1164 and 26-1164A) and while they seem like they are working, once connected I can’t read them *or* the internal drive 1. Disconnect them and drive 1 works perfectly. Also seems like the drive on the end of the chain (which should be drive 3 I believe?) is spinning when I access drive 0. Is this simply a cabling issue? It’s been a very long time since I used a TRS-80, and even then it was a Model I - I never had a Model 4. What am I missing? Are there jumpers that need to be set inside the drives perhaps? Any help would be most appreciated! - Bob Shuster

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TRS-80 mystery item
by Bob Shuster 17 Jul '22

17 Jul '22

Yep, it’s a CoCo floppy controller, probably an FD-500? Thanks for the assist! I actually have two CoCos, but I’ve never turned either on sadly (hence the “downsize” thread.) - Bob Shuster > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:41:11 -0400 > From: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] TRS-80 mystery item > Message-ID: <1C522DD1-30AA-41D0-9CD9-79904B09F1AB(a)theshusters.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I found a device among my TRS-80 stuff that I can?t identify. It?s some sort of floppy controller, but in a blank case. It?s got an FD1793B-02 chip socketed in it, and 40-pin and 34-pin card-edge connectors on each end. Solder side of the board has ?8709203 Rev. B? on it, but I can find no reference to this online anywhere. > > Anyone have a clue? Photos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us… <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us…> > > Thanks. - Bob Shuster > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 17:45:06 +0000 > From: Richard Cini <rich.cini(a)gmail.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Cc: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TRS-80 mystery item > Message-ID: > <SN4P221MB0730049A06FFE9B212F34BEFFB8A9(a)SN4P221MB0730.NAMP221.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > To me it looks like a floppy controller from a CoCo. > > http://cini.classiccmp.org/ > Long Island S100 User?s Group > > Get Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS > > ________________________________ > From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2022 1:41:11 PM > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Cc: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] TRS-80 mystery item > > I found a device among my TRS-80 stuff that I can?t identify. It?s some sort of floppy controller, but in a blank case. It?s got an FD1793B-02 chip socketed in it, and 40-pin and 34-pin card-edge connectors on each end. Solder side of the board has ?8709203 Rev. B? on it, but I can find no reference to this online anywhere. > > Anyone have a clue? Photos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us… <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us…> > > Thanks. - Bob Shuster > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 14:08:43 -0400 > From: Dave Shevett <shevett(a)pobox.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Cc: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TRS-80 mystery item > Message-ID: > <CAFUwuBp7niWz99Eumesn3p--XaszTTT7mgb_oVuvY9wcg93+zA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > COCO interface, floppy disk controller. The main chip there is: > Part, FD1793-02. Description, FLOPPY DISK FORMATTER/CONTROLlER. > > The other chips are also floppy controller related. Found a reference to > the WD1691V : > "So I was surprised when I found an IC chip in the middle of an otherwise > functional circuit that was not behaving according to its datasheet. (In > this case a WD1691V support chip in a TRS-80 Model III floppy interface.) > Apparently this is not so unheard of." > https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/13954/what-are-typical-c… > > Looks like ya got yerself an external floppy controller, my friend :) > > > On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 1:41 PM Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> I found a device among my TRS-80 stuff that I can?t identify. It?s some >> sort of floppy controller, but in a blank case. It?s got an FD1793B-02 >> chip socketed in it, and 40-pin and 34-pin card-edge connectors on each >> end. Solder side of the board has ?8709203 Rev. B? on it, but I can find >> no reference to this online anywhere. >> >> Anyone have a clue? Photos here: >> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us… >> < >> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us… >>> >> >> Thanks. - Bob Shuster > > > > -- > Dave Shevett > shevett(a)pobox.com >

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TRS-80 mystery item
by Bob Shuster 16 Jul '22

16 Jul '22

I found a device among my TRS-80 stuff that I can’t identify. It’s some sort of floppy controller, but in a blank case. It’s got an FD1793B-02 chip socketed in it, and 40-pin and 34-pin card-edge connectors on each end. Solder side of the board has “8709203 Rev. B” on it, but I can find no reference to this online anywhere. Anyone have a clue? Photos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us… <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M2AKhMpHAAJ7If6sKEbWejRZ9J_YFsNs?us…> Thanks. - Bob Shuster

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Fwd: Help with vintage Ampex computer / terminal ?? (David K)
by David K 15 Jul '22

15 Jul '22

Thanks to all for the help with the Ampex video terminal. Definitely now what I thought when I bought it. In terms of nothing appearing on the screen when I turn it on, Herb mentioned playing with the contrast. I did try that and still got nothing. So I really do think it is effectively dead. So this is well above my paygrade in terms of being able to use this in any meaningful way. If anyone on the list is interested in it let me know. Looking for $20 - local pickup in Reading PA (19608) though I sometimes travel. David K.

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Fwd: Help with vintage Ampex computer / terminal ??
by Herbert Johnson 14 Jul '22

14 Jul '22

I concur with Dave McGuire. It's a Z8002 control computer, with some healthy RAM and ROM, that runs some kind of studio video editing workstation, with its own display. What it can do by itself, is unclear. It's certainly *not*, some kind of general purpose computer that loads and runs text or numeric programs. recycledgoods.com, seems to have some ADO 1000 stuff, like that big video processor that Dave mentioned. Someone with technical Z8000 interest, would have to dump and disassemble the ROMS, and disassemble. And, dump that diskette - but my guess is, it's full of scripting files not "code". And they'd have to second-guess the floppy controller and the video controller, to have fun with the screen and floppy. Extra credit: communicate with five UARTs with FIFOs (character memories). And of course, figure out how to replace the keyboard (and whatever else is on that keyboard). Maybe some 1990's TV studio techs could provide some assistance or direction. So the guts of it, are late-80's chip-techie fun, for those of us who do that stuff. about "nothing appears on the screen". It may need to have a keyboard attached to finish its ROM bootup. Or maybe the brightness needs to be turned up. Or maybe there's video output on the video connector in the back. I'd say, enough Web research on Ampex video studio equipment from 1990 would find some information. Plenty of that stuff in trade-journals about TV studio production. And recyclers. I found all that, with "Ampex ADO 1000" web searching. Hey, one of my favorite Web sites is on this! https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=12256 Ampex ADO 1000 They are a little focused on the keyswitches .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rxuU_TaFiw Ampex ADO-1000 Digital Video Effects - promo, but there it is! Maybe it made its own promotional video? Funny. So it's likely a thing, for people who want to collect vintage video production equipment. There's actually a history of microcomputers in video production, all the way back through S-100. Cromemco (those Dazzler people) became a producer of video editing equipment in the 1990's. There's an Australian guy who was early in digital video editing, including some S-100 stuff. Thanks to David K for showing off his find, and Dean and Dave McGuire for further IDing this box. I have too many other things myself, to acquire this. Regards Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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Free box for commodore 1702 TV (Brooklyn)
by Christian Liendo 14 Jul '22

14 Jul '22

This is not my ad but if someone can get it it is free https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/zip/d/brooklyn-free-box-for-commodore-17…

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Fwd: Help with vintage Ampex computer / terminal ??
by David K 13 Jul '22

13 Jul '22

I have been subscribed to the list for a few years. I rarely make posts. I really enjoy vintage computing but have little knowledge to offer. I recently purchased an Ampex computer/work station at a garage sale. I did not know exactly what I was buying and the seller was also unsure what it was (he got it from someone who was dumping it if I remember correctly). I am trying to understand what it is. There is no keyboard. There was one disk in the drive. When powered on, nothing appears on the screen though there is a humming noise which I'm almost certain is only the fan. The red light does not come on. I've tried inserting the disk and removing it once or twice and thought I heard the *very* faint sound of the drive but it never seems to fully power up or read the disk. The back of the "computer" has various in/outputs that I am not familiar with ("Chan A" "Concen" "SMPTE") The sticker on the back says it contains "multichannel software" version 9.4. I thought that might indicate it is some type of terminal that needs to be used with a mainframe?? I did some research but couldn't figure out what it is. Any information/help is appreciated. You can see pictures of this (including pics of it opened up) at https://imgur.com/a/WfHORyP Secondarily; if this ends up being something I can't make use of - if anyone is interested let me know. David K.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Sussex Hamfest Sunday July 17th Rain or Shine
by W2HX 12 Jul '22

12 Jul '22

I'll be there too! I'll have my land rover with me, so come over and say "hi" hihi. 73 Eugene W2HX Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/w2hx-channel/videos From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 8:26 AM To: Kelly Leavitt <kelly(a)catcorner.org> Cc: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com>; vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Sussex Hamfest Sunday July 17th Rain or Shine

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OT: Sussex Hamfest Sunday July 17th Rain or Shine
by Kelly Leavitt 12 Jul '22

12 Jul '22

The 2022 Sussex Hamfest will be held, Rain or Shine, on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at the Sussex County Fair Grounds, 37 Plains Road in Augusta NJ 07860 (GPS: Lat/Long N41-08-10.2 / W74 43 01.9 Decimal 41.136200 / -74.717233 ) Vendors 6 AM Buyers 8 AM VE Exam session at 10am in the Fair Grounds Administration Building. Contact VE Team at K2GG(a)IEEE.ORG<mailto:K2GG@IEEE.ORG> with any questions. 2022 Fees: Buyers: $8.00 Tailgaters: $25.00 Indoor Tables: $25.00 per table. Overnight parking (Fees charged by Fair Grounds): RV type vehicles $50.00. Other Vehicles, tents, etc. $20.00 Hamfest 2022 is Featuring:- Indoor sales area, Tailgating, Overnight parking, FCC Exams, DXCC Card Checking, Food area and more. ARRL Forum -- A presentation on League and Ham Radio issues Door Prizes - Grand Prize: Yaesu FT-991A HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver For further Hamfest information – Email: Hamfest(a)scarcnj.org<mailto:Email:%20%20%20Hamfest@scarcnj.org> Hamfest telephone: 973-862-8197 -- Sussex County Hamfest Committee "Rain or Shine since 1979"

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Help needed to put fiber optic on InfoAge campus on 7/16 at 10AM
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Jul '22

11 Jul '22

CDL will be putting up some fiber optic cable on 7/16 at 10AM. They would like some volunteers to help. If VCF has members that can help then it will take about 2 hours to finish. Anyone interested? If so, then send me a private reply. CDL will be deploying the first portion of the fiber optic cable between the main network rack in the Makerspace (Building 9059) and the furnace room in the Guard Shack (Building 9093) on Saturday, July 16th. This is to replace the Ethernet over coaxial cable system we deployed as a work around. Plan of the day is to route the fiber optic cable from the equipment in the makerspace, through the vault, and along the exterior of Building 9059, using the same hardware supporting the fiber to Building 9032. Help will be needed to go up and down ladders to route the fiber along the side of the building. The more help the better. Let's help support CDL, InfoAge and VCF. Thanks! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Update on TRS-80 Model 4 repair
by Bob Shuster 10 Jul '22

10 Jul '22

As requested, some final photos of the TRS-80 Model 4 post-surgery! She lives - no apparent ill effects from the exploding cap! Now I can finish going through the rest of the Tandy stuff and I’ll post soon. For reference this is a 128K Model 4, (gated array?), with dual half-height DS/DD floppies installed, not sure what else might be lurking in there! This was owned by Larry Lavins, who ran “The Claim Board” bbs (on this presumably!) and was president of PACS OS/2 group for some time. One of the photos shows some writing inside the floor of the case. Does anyone have any idea what that represents? I’m guessing the 6-27 is a date? Final inspection perhaps? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C_F28AXjqI8P7baLBs8Y5WPEwESNZMjl?us… <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C_F28AXjqI8P7baLBs8Y5WPEwESNZMjl?us…> - Bob Shuster > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 15:42:45 -0400 > From: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Best source for capacitors > Message-ID: <F8DF7BA2-FDBC-4A93-B953-C80AA9C7ED74(a)theshusters.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Just a follow-up. Thanks to Dave McGuire (thanks Dave!) I received a replacement polyester film cap today and replaced the old exploded paper film cap on the 1980 TRS-80 Model 4 floppy drive power supply! Haven?t tested it in the machine yet, but thought I?d share the process! Photos in the directory below: > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C_F28AXjqI8P7baLBs8Y5WPEwESNZMjl?us… > > - Bob Shuster > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 12:55:08 -0400 >> From: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> >> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> >> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Best source for capacitors (Bob >> Shuster) >> Message-ID: <7D474446-788F-4F77-9D75-D8D6457A0DFE(a)theshusters.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> While Dave searches for this, does anyone else maybe have one available? On the Model 4, it?s C21 on the Astec #AA11320 power board, 0.1?F, 250V AC, metalized. Spacing on the leads is about 18mm? I should probably replace it with a polyester version if available. >> >> Bob Shuster >>

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HOPE - who's going?
by Jim Scheef 09 Jul '22

09 Jul '22

Hello all, Is anyone else going to HOPE at the new location in Queens in a couple weeks? Jim

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Museum Report 2022-07-07
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Jul '22

09 Jul '22

Rick, Doug, Bill I and I opened up the museum at 10 AM for a special tour group of 70 STEM students from STEM Academies of Chesterfield and Montgomery, NJ. We didn't know the exact ages and expected 10 to 14 year olds. To our surprise we were met with the first group who were ten 3 to 5 year olds. But we quickly adapted our tour to their age level. The groups were broken up into 10 students per group and ranged in age from 3 to 11 years old. There was a lot of adjusting on the fly in our tour and improvised based on the availability of time for each group. Some we had plenty of time, some came at unexpected times, some had little time. We had originally expected 30 minute tours. After lunch we had back to back tours that were spaced 5 to 7 minutes apart. Luckily we had 4 docents to handle them and to do 2 tours at the same time. Overall we learned a lot about adjusting to different age groups, adjusting the time for the tour and crowd control. We appreciated the chaperones keeping the children under control. We now have a better sense of how to adjust for different age groups, especially a new age group of under 5 which we never had in an organized group before. After the tours were finished at 2PM, the 4 of us discussed what went well, and not so well as well as to give each other updates on the museum and come up with suggestions for any changes or improvements. It's exciting to have such activity and collaboration amongst the docents! And to have lots of students coming through the InfoAge museums. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Holmes Engineering VID-80
by Mike Loewen 09 Jul '22

09 Jul '22

Does anyone have the CP/M software for the Holmes Engineering VID-80 board for the TRS-80 Model III? Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Does anyone want to watch Tron for our holiday event?
by Ethan O'Toole 08 Jul '22

08 Jul '22

re: Sharpvision... Mmmm watching TV through a screen door. I remember when those first came out. There was this futuristic electronics store in Virginia Beach called F/X. You rode a people mover (flat treadmill thing like in airports) down a hall with a bunch of CRT TVs and stuff and landed at a floor with a lighting grid above overlooking the store. Ramps into the various sections. It was cool. They had the Sharpvision when it first came out. It was pretty amazing at the time. The F/X places went out of business, though Circuit City remained. F/X building became a massive flea market, then went unused and homeless people caused fire damage I think. Crazy times. I just remember that store had style and things like the Sharpvision. [NON-Text Body part not included]

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Does anyone want to watch Tron for our holiday event?
by Christian Liendo 08 Jul '22

08 Jul '22

It's 40 years old this year and I think I have a DVD. Next year will be the 40th anniversary of War Games.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Best source for capacitors
by Bob Shuster 07 Jul '22

07 Jul '22

Just a follow-up. Thanks to Dave McGuire (thanks Dave!) I received a replacement polyester film cap today and replaced the old exploded paper film cap on the 1980 TRS-80 Model 4 floppy drive power supply! Haven’t tested it in the machine yet, but thought I’d share the process! Photos in the directory below: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C_F28AXjqI8P7baLBs8Y5WPEwESNZMjl?us… - Bob Shuster > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 12:55:08 -0400 > From: Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Best source for capacitors (Bob > Shuster) > Message-ID: <7D474446-788F-4F77-9D75-D8D6457A0DFE(a)theshusters.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > While Dave searches for this, does anyone else maybe have one available? On the Model 4, it?s C21 on the Astec #AA11320 power board, 0.1?F, 250V AC, metalized. Spacing on the leads is about 18mm? I should probably replace it with a polyester version if available. > > Bob Shuster > >> ------------------------------ >> Message: 4 >> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:13:16 -0400 >> From: Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com> >> To: Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> >> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Best source for capacitors >> Message-ID: <34763b3f-3914-b903-04a8-ed8b27877654(a)neurotica.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed >> >> On 6/27/22 17:11, Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> In all my years of collecting and using computers, and that?s 100s of computers and video game systems, I?ve never had a capacitor go or needed to replace one. Until now! Power supply filter cap on a TRS-80 Model 4. So where do you guys go for parts? I?m not looking to stock up, just need some one-offs (probably the X caps.) Do you just go to Mouser or Digi-Key? >> >> Mouser or DigiKey. >> >> Does anyone have spares? >> >> I have tens of thousands of capacitors here. What do you need? >> >> -Dave >> >> -- >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ >> New Kensington, PA >> >> >> ------------------------------

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Museum Report 2022-07-06
by Jeffrey Brace 06 Jul '22

06 Jul '22

Hello everyone, Very busy day at the museum. There was an organized tour of 60 broken up into groups of 10, plus another group of 14 mixed in. Rick Lewis, Bill Inderrieden and I started at 10AM and went to 2PM with a 30 minute lunch break. After 2PM there was the regular stream of visitors which Bill took care of and Rick and I left to go home. It was great working with them and it was nice to see how we each did tours differently. We learned from each other. We also discussed how to make our tours better, how to adjust for different interest levels on a tour. I feel that we did a great job today. This group ended up being a general interest group from a summer camp that was approximately 12 to 18 years old, with a mixed of interest levels. We felt we did a good job of teaching them and keeping it fun. The one question that stood out for me was how one kid asked me if we could run Fortnite on the Commodore 64. *facepalm* But there was also the kid who remarked how there was some people upset when the iMac came out and floppy drives were eliminated. Tomorrow 2022-07-07 will be another group of about 50. This is a special day where all the museums are open specifically for this tour group. Thursday the museums are normally closed. Rick, myself, and Doug will be there. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Lemmings for the Apple II
by Christian Liendo 06 Jul '22

06 Jul '22

What's more to say, other than I wish there was a C64/128 version http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/lemm/

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Could older Ethernet/ARCNet NICs be overclocked successfully?
by John Heritage 05 Jul '22

05 Jul '22

Really silly question but something I always wondered about... Back in the days of 386 and 486 I overclocked plenty of CPUs by just changing the oscillator.. I always wondered if that was also possible with network cards back in the day. I think old cards (such as LANtastic compatible cards) had a 20 MHz Oscillators to match their 10 mbps clock speeds. If you replaced this with a 25 MHz oscillator - is it possible it would have worked at the higher data speed? Is there something about the protocol or signalling that would have prevented it from working reliably, assuming the components had enough margin to handle the speed? (Note, I'm assuming you have two PCs connected, and overclock each PC's NIC to the same frequency. I'm also assuming a short enough cable can deal with higher frequencies. Also 16-bit ISA busses have ~ 64 mbps of bandwidth so I don't see a bottleneck there). Thanks! John

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Best source for capacitors (Bob Shuster)
by Bob Shuster 04 Jul '22

04 Jul '22

While Dave searches for this, does anyone else maybe have one available? On the Model 4, it’s C21 on the Astec #AA11320 power board, 0.1µF, 250V AC, metalized. Spacing on the leads is about 18mm? I should probably replace it with a polyester version if available. How about this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/183852327087 Thoughts? Bob Shuster > ------------------------------ > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:13:16 -0400 > From: Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com> > To: Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Best source for capacitors > Message-ID: <34763b3f-3914-b903-04a8-ed8b27877654(a)neurotica.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 6/27/22 17:11, Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > In all my years of collecting and using computers, and that?s 100s of computers and video game systems, I?ve never had a capacitor go or needed to replace one. Until now! Power supply filter cap on a TRS-80 Model 4. So where do you guys go for parts? I?m not looking to stock up, just need some one-offs (probably the X caps.) Do you just go to Mouser or Digi-Key? > > Mouser or DigiKey. > > Does anyone have spares? > > I have tens of thousands of capacitors here. What do you need? > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ > New Kensington, PA > > > ------------------------------

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Museum Report 2022-07-02
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Jul '22

03 Jul '22

A good day at the museum despite a sunny day. People are still interested in seeing the museums during the busy shore season. Bart did his second time as docent this day and had about 22 visitors. He can fill in the details, but from my perspective at the front desk there was a good mixture of interests and ages coming through there. I stopped in before the museum opened to show Bart how to load some demos on the C64, C128, and other micros. Ian Litchfield also came to continue repairs on the Apple 2. He discovered some unsoldered pins in two different microchips and resoldered them. There continues to be problems and he continues to investigate the source of the problem. Bill Dromgoole continued working on repairs of the Univac 1219 and he can report on that. Rick Lewis stopped by to reload the PDP-8 demo programs from papertape. We have two demos now and are considering a third demo now that the docents are becoming more comfortable learning how to load programs from papertape. Perhaps the music playing program (plays through AM radio), or a text game, or a calculator program. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Jul '22

03 Jul '22

Found this posted on cctalk by Don Resor of the Computer History Archive: At the end of the video, a recap of several Xerox computer products are shown. XEROX Word Processing Machines & Computers 1975 (Xerox 800 vintage promo film) https://youtu.be/Zkl80BAiaIw ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Computing's Woodstock in 1976 at Los Alamos
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Jul '22

02 Jul '22

>From the CHM website https://computerhistory.org/blog/computings-woodstock/, a conference in 1976 which have videos available now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQsxaNhYv8dajXDgwQzSKo1UyKmWpa9bI ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Museum Report 2022-06-29
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Jul '22

01 Jul '22

There haven't been regular reports about the museum on the discussion list for a while. Sometimes we had few visitors, sometimes we were busy and never got around to sending out a report. We have had visitors most days. I normally am docent on Sundays, but I work in a school. Schools are closed for summer vacation. So I was able to fill in this past Wednesday. Normally Wednesdays are very slow with few or no visitors. Now that it is summer time we get around 20 to 30. We had 25 visitors this past Wednesday. We had a bunch of organized tours in May and half of June and are going to have two more in a week. First two visitors from upstate New York did a self guided tour. They were reading and scanning the QR codes of the artifact display cards. They read the new display cards. It's nice to see that people notice them and are interested in them and use them. They spent about 50 minutes looking around and taking pictures. Two different boys and one mom printed out PrintShop pictures. This seems to be a fun thing for many kids to print out a picture. I even got some to try a line or two of BASIC. I tried out for the first time the Atari Mega STE MIDI setup. It has three songs on there now. Not sure how to get more on that system. Also not sure how to get BASIC running if we want. I have to get familiar with the operation of CuBase. It seemed to lock up after kids hit the wrong keys on the keyboard and I had to reset it each time. Not sure what is going on. There are a few machines that need repair. Maybe someone can take a look at them at the next repair workshop: I would like to get a copy of a Zenith boot disk that will run Microsoft BASIC. The current disk has errors and we were unable to copy it due to the B drive not seeming to work properly. We either need a copy of the disk or to get the B drive working. Apple // - Is being worked on by Ian Litchfield. IBM PCjr – Error H on boot. Ian has looked at this and fixed it. It is having problems again. Don’t know what was fixed and don’t know what is wrong. Sol 20 – Corey is the expert on this one. There was another one in the warehouse that we could try. This is the second one that we had working. Don’t know what is wrong with it. Heathkit H89 – It’s been a while, but I don't remember what is wrong with it. Mac Portable is glitchy. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it locks up. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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IBM 1130
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Jun '22

30 Jun '22

Hello everyone, I'm trying to find more information about VCF's IBM 1130 than one can find through Google searching. Who out there has knowledge of this machine? Thanks, ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Wordle in BASIC
by Christian Liendo 30 Jun '22

30 Jun '22

Someone posted what looks like a BASIC program called Wordle from Creative Computing. https://twitter.com/katie_panda/status/1496607013589204998/photo/1

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For Sale: PLUS+ Hardcard 20 - Restored and Functional
by Bill Degnan 29 Jun '22

29 Jun '22

Very rare functional (restored) hardcard - vintage 8-bit ISA harddrive card with slim 20mb harddrive. I had to crack through the glue holding the plastic case to get to the hard drive and fix the drive arm rest capstan, and de-stiction the platter axle. It has been working for a week or testing, lots of programs loaded onto the drive. Currently it's on day 1 of the auction, @ 99 cents. https://www.ebay.com/itm/275367307450 quick video and pictures. https://twitter.com/billdeg/status/1541621464188813312 Or...stop by the shop to claim it.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] IBM 1130
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: > >Hello everyone, > >I'm trying to find more information about VCF's IBM 1130 than one can >find through Google searching. Who out there has knowledge of this >machine? All I really know about it is of rescuing it.

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Best source for capacitors
by Bob Shuster 27 Jun '22

27 Jun '22

In all my years of collecting and using computers, and that’s 100s of computers and video game systems, I’ve never had a capacitor go or needed to replace one. Until now! Power supply filter cap on a TRS-80 Model 4. So where do you guys go for parts? I’m not looking to stock up, just need some one-offs (probably the X caps.) Do you just go to Mouser or Digi-Key? Does anyone have spares? Bob Shuster

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It Takes a Federation or The Tale of the Atari Mega STe
by Adam Michlin 27 Jun '22

27 Jun '22

Hi Everyone, We have a new exhibit in the Mid Atlantic Museum at InfoAge. Here's the back story. A few years ago, Bill Lange was kind enough to reorganize the Atari collection in the warehouse. He also provided plastic bins for most of the equipment, inspiring the ongoing project to protect as many artifacts as possible in plastic bins. During his work, he found a lonely and dirty Atari Mega STe that needed some love and care. Bill repaired the machine and we put it on display in the museum, but something was missing... You see, we are always looking for ways to demo machines and especially ways that involve something other than productivity software and games. We were reminded that the Atari ST was well known for its MIDI prowess, having MIDI built into the core of its architecture. A music demo, now that would be cool... Lessons were learned along the way. The Atari ST can use a color monitor or a higher resolution B&W monitor. Some programs work properly only with the higher resolution B&W monitor, particularly Cubase, which was to be the highlight of the demo. Luckily, we have both monitors, so that problem was solved. It was fun trying to figure out which USB floppy drives played nice with the 720K FAT (MS-DOS but old school MS-DOS) file system. Oh, and Cubase is *really* picky about what directory it is installed in. Thus the quest was on to get the machine doing MIDI. An external Yamaha MIDI box was donated. A period correct Tandy speaker system (thanks to Dean Notarnicola!) was borrowed. And a live music demo was all but ready. We just needed music, or so we thought. Frustratingly, this was not to be as the hard drive decided it didn't want to play nice anymore. Ugh! In swoops Pete Fletcher, though, who took the machine home, repaired it, and moved heaven and earth to get a solid state solution (good luck getting an Ultrasatan from Europe these days, but a different solid state solution was acquired). Just this morning, Pete delivered the Mega STe in perfect condition full of all sorts of goodies for demonstration and we have the first external MIDI demo in the history of the VCF MA Museum. Stop by to see and hear it yourself. Send us your favorite MIDI file and we can put it on the playlist. Thanks to Bill, Pete, and Dean. All three of you helped create something none of us could have done alone. It truly takes a Federation. -Adam

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Mega STe disk solutions
by John Heritage 26 Jun '22

26 Jun '22

Hey Peter! Thanks for preserving that mega STe ! I also have one and was curious what you ended up with for a storage solution? I have an ultrasatan but was thinking of getting or doing something else for my mste because I'd like to repurpose that ultrasatan to another ST in my collection. Is there anything you recommend or recommend avoiding ? Thanks! John On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 10:18 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I was bored on Sunday and made a short video of the sounds of inserting > various computing media into mainly old machines. I’ve been told it is ASMR > for geeks. I hope you enjoy it. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y20Bgui6ds&t=18s

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 25 Jun '22

25 Jun '22

I just added the Timex Sinclair items, and marked the sold and sale pending items. Mattel Aquarius next! The link: http://www.theshusters.com/bobvintage.html <http://www.theshusters.com/bobvintage.html> Please don't share for now without asking me. Right now it’s just open to this group - my contact info is intentionally missing from the webpages. If you can read this, you have my email. Email me with questions or offers! Please don't make offers on the list, but if you want to discuss my process and feel the group would benefit, then by all means knock yourself out! :) Bob Shuster (Slightly edited original message below) ---- Well, folks, I’ve gotten to the age where I need to seriously downsize my hobbies and collections, not wanting to leave it to my children to have to deal with in later years. (I had to do that recently for a relative.) On the electronics side, I’ve decided to concentrate on my vintage video game systems - and therefore sell off most of my vintage computer stuff. My collection includes mostly 8-bit stuff: TRS-80 Models I, IV, M100, etc. - Atari 400, 800, Stacy, Portfolio, ST, etc. - C64/VIC20 - T/S1000 (including an unbuilt kit), Apple II, II+, IIe, IIe Platinum, IIgs - Wang WLTC - Mattel Aquarius - TI-99/4A - many others that I still have to dig out - plus lots of peripherals, disks, manuals, etc. Also have some newer Macs starting with a Mac Plus in an Apple carrying bag. I’m starting with you guys before trying to list elsewhere, although I may hit some of the dedicated FaceBorg pages (such as for Aquarius and Apple II.) I'm willing to ship some of the smaller items, but in general systems or monitors will need to be picked up here (near the Fort Washington exit of the PA Turnpike) or nearby, and cash or PayPal for payment. I may also consider trades for some of the video game stuff I’m looking for. It pains me to do this, but the clutter is getting out of hand, and I haven’t touched most of these in years. It’s time for someone else to enjoy. Bob Shuster

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Apple II systems for sale
by Mike Loewen 24 Jun '22

24 Jun '22

I have two Apple II systems left for sale, after the swap meet: Apple IIe (A2S2064) w/128KB RAM, 80-column, Super Serial II card, Kensington System Saver. Duodisk A9M0108 w/cable. Working, slightly yellowed. $150. Apple IIGS (A2S6000) w/512KB RAM, ROM 0, mouse, Woz signature edition. 5-1/4" drive. Working. $100. Also, an Apple 5-1/4" drive, A9M0107, working. $25. Items are located in State College, PA. I would prefer not to have to ship the two systems. Please contact me off-list. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Next Repair Workshop July 30 & 31, 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Jun '22

23 Jun '22

Hello everyone, Just reminding everyone about the next repair workshop on July 30 & 31, 2022 at InfoAge Signup is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oUoYSVelMEb8IvR3X2xn4sXlKscOfxI9mhU… ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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WTB: Teletype Model 33 ASR Chad Bucket
by Jonathan Chapman 23 Jun '22

23 Jun '22

All, Looking for a chad bucket for my Model 33 ASR. I finally have it set up where it can be used regularly again! Thanks, Jonathan

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Museum and Warehouse report
by Adam Michlin 23 Jun '22

23 Jun '22

Hi Everyone, As discussed and approved, I took the PowerPC OS/2 machine and will get that to Connor. Either he'll fix it at the workshop or he will take it home, fix it, and bring it back to the July workshop. I'll communicate here either way. I'm bringing three recently donated 486 class machines to the System Source Workshop. One is for my project of building a DesqView machine (which may never become an exhibit - just a fun project for me). Hopefully either Dean or Alex (or both) can take one or both of the other machines on for the Linux 1992 exhibit. I'm a bit confused by the changes in the museum, I initially thought the Pong machine was missing, but realized it is now hidden. I'm concerned that this might upset one of our most important volunteers and one of the owners of the machine, Bill Lange, and I don't quite understand why it was done without discussion. Can someone enlighten me? Hopefully before Bill sees it. At the very least, I hope we can communicate with him before he visits again. The Zenith machine is pinch hitting for the Mega STe for now (as I found it) and I dropped off a period correct speaker box for the Mega STe on loan from Dean so when the Mega STe returns (any day now, I understand) we will have sound for the MIDI demo. I trust we won't need a vote to put the Mega STe back in, but let me know if we need to do so. The former Zenith table is empty, which is a perfect opportunity to put in the Micro VAX (Hi Dave!). VMS lives! As I found things, the Data General was moved over near the Wang, which makes sense to me, but just so everyone knows. The 1992 exhibit was moved under the Atari (regular) ST and VIC-20, which confuses me. The mouse exhibit was moved where the Pong machine used to be, which I'm ambivalent about. The featured exhibit quite possibly will become the Franklin Red Lightning prototype Tony is going to donate. I suggest we hold off until next week on any motions so we can see if the OS/2 PowerPC box is going to be resurrected this weekend. The warehouse is basically as it was after East although I did grab a piece of the UNIVAC that was accidentally left by System Source. Dave and I are on the look out for a PDP-11 clone in a nondescript carrying case, so if anyone sees such a thing, let us know. Best wishes, -Adam

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Binary Hyperdrive
by Kelly Leavitt 23 Jun '22

23 Jun '22

Caltrans has entered the vintage computer universe... https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-san-mateo-101… 101 Express Lanes FAQ - Caltrans<https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-san-mateo-101…> Project Design/General Questions . 1. What is the San Mateo 101 Express Lanes Project? 2. How will express lanes help address congestion? 3. Why is the Project being built in San Mateo County? dot.ca.gov I'm not impressed, but then again, who am I? Kelly

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[OT] Anyone Else Going to Midwest Reprap Festival This Weekend?
by Alexander Jacocks 22 Jun '22

22 Jun '22

I’m planning to drive out to Midwest Reprap Festival this weekend: http://midwestreprapfest.org/ Anyone else going? Anyone want to go? It’s in Goshen, Indiana, and I’ll be driving from western Maryland. - Alex

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