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InfoAge Closed tomorrow Saturday, February 17 due to impending snowstorm.
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Feb '24

17 Feb '24

Hello everyone, InfoAge and Vintage Computer Federation Museums are closed tomorrow due to an impending snowstorm. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Almost new Mac Plus
by Bruce Muschlitz 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Hello: I have a lightly-used Mac Plus in original packaging which I want to exchange for 2 Friday entry admissions to the April Wall exhibition. I would bring the computer with me, so absolutely no cost. Computer probably needs a recap and floppy drive lubrication to get working. Would anyone like to give this computer a good home? Thank you ... Bruce Bruce Muschlitz (retired) E: bmuschlitz(a)hotmail.com<mailto:bmuschlitz@hotmail.com> P: +1 610-762-6543

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Macintosh Plus/512K for cheap?
by Benjamin Krein 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Now that the FujiNet project has a prototype board for the early Macintosh I'd like to get involved in testing/developing on it more. However, I currently only have a Macintosh SE which is newer than the initial target for the FujiNet & thus not a great test candidate. Does anyone have an older Macintosh Plus or 512K (not the 512Ke, I don't think) that they'd like to part with inexpensively? I don't care as much about the keyboard & mouse as I think I can get adapters to make a PS/2 keyboard/mouse work. I'm up for something that needs some minor repairs (eg, caps, solder joints, minor troubleshooting, etc.) but I don't have much money to spend on it (eg, <$100). I'm in the Philadelphia area so I can either pick up locally or we can meet at a VCF repair day at InfoAge. Thanks in advance. -- - Benjamin Krein

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Today is Compuseum's World Computer Day (5:00PM on Zoom)
by Bob Roswell 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

HAPPY WORLD COMPUTER DAY! Invitation to World Computer Day 2024 Zoom Event If you love computers, this is the event for you! February 15th, Thursday, 5PM - 7PM Eastern USA Two Hour Global Zoom Call. 8 VIP speakers, 15 minutes each. Reference www.WorldComputerDay.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.WorldComputerDay.or…> Hosted by System Source Museum of Hunt Valley, MD; Mike Jones - Zoom Master World Computer Day Event Zoom Link Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81515057414<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us06web.zoom.us_j_8151…> 5PM-7PM, Thursday February 15th. There is no sign up page. Jump in on call at time of event. Theme of Event... THE BIG THREE (3) EARLY COMPUTING INNOVATIONS * Looking Beyond the Famous Computer Successes * Historical Significance of an Apparently Failed Project * Were They Ahead of their Time? * Rethinking Failure in Computer Heritage Introduction by Dr. Thomas Haigh, co-author of "A New History of Modern Computing": Purchase book here: https://a.co/d/esgXbCS<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__a.co_d_esgXbCS&d=DwMDa…> 1) RCA Selectron of Lancaster PA The Selectron was an early form of digital computer memory - 1943; The first step in "storage" 1943-49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectron_tube<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_…> https://www.rcaselectron.com/sysafcrc.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.rcaselectron.com_s…> Speakers- Bob Roswell, CEO of System Source Computer Museum Charles Osborne of https://RCAselectron.com/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__RCAselectron.com_&d=Dw…> Robert Gillespie consummate Tube Collector 2) Philco Transac - Philco of Philadelphia Philco produced the world's fastest all-transistor computer the Transac S-2000, in 1958. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philco_computers<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_…> https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?Company_Id=741<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.radiomuseum.org_ds…> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/philco/2000/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bitsavers.org_pdf_p…> Speakers- Paul Kyzivat (Philco computers- Transac, 212) Bill Mensch- Philco and its computer, semiconductor and transistor past Philco CXPQ at David Taylor Model Basin, US Navy https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0650605.pdf<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__apps.dtic.mil_sti_pdfs…> 3) ORDVAC to ILLIAC - For Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland The University of Illinois Tie with Aberdeen. Ordvac to Illiac Series For the University of Illinois. All 4 are "one off" machines. 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILLIAC<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_…> Discussion of Illiac Suite for String Quartet- First score composed by a computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illiac_Suite<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_…> Built in Paoli, PA (Illiac IV) https://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/burroughs.illiac-iv.1974.10262…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__s3data.computerhistory…> Speakers- John Day, Professor at Boston University, developer of early operating systems, experienced in Illiac IV, Arpanet and Internet Gary Feierbach (Illiac IV) https://www.linkedin.com/in/feierbach/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_fe…> References: Philadelphia and the Birth of Modern Computing, by Ceruzzi https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5215/pennlega.15.1.0026<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.jstor.org_stable_1…> Philco Transac Purdue University e-Pubs PHILCO: Some Recollections of the PHILCO TRANSAC S-2000 By Saul Rosen, 1991, Report Number: 91-051 https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cstech/891<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.lib.purdue.edu_cs…> Philco CXPQ computer at David Taylor Model Basin, US Navy - 1959, Barbara Sherard, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0650605.pdf<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__apps.dtic.mil_sti_pdfs…> Speakers Biographical Sketch- Charles Osborne- Charles Osborne is an electrical engineer who received his degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, back in the seventies. From his first job as a design engineer at Tektronix, inc., he has always had a side interest in the history of computing and the electronic components that made it possible. Robert Gillespie- Mr. Gillespie started collecting tubes when he was 10, as they were like little pieces of artwork. His fascination with tubes took off when he found his first industrial tube in an old warehouse. He enjoys the odd photocells and photomultipliers, anything built by hand and not by machine. Currently, his focus is on collecting anything pre-1925 from anywhere in the world - which has been greatly boosted with his acquisition of the Gerald Tyne Collection, author of "Saga of the Vacuum Tube", 1977. Paul Kyzivat - Educated at MIT with a BS in Mathematics. Worked in software development roles for Ford Motor Company, Honeywell Information Systems, Digital Equipment Corporation, Rogue Wave Software, Cisco Systems, IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) over a span of more than 55 years. These jobs focused on operating system development, software development tools, integration and control of manufacturing equipment, distributed object system (CORBA) products and standards, Internet telephony (SIP) standards. Systems used include Philco 212, Honeywell 6xxx systems with GCOS and Multics, DEC VMS and TOPS-20 systems, Windows, Unix. John Day- Professor John Day has been involved in research and development of computer networks since 1970, when his group at the University of Illinois was 12th site on ARPANET (precursor to the Internet). Day was in industry for 20 years working for major companies such as Codex, Motorola and BBN. and a major contributor to the development of network management architecture. Mr. Day has published Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals (Prentice Hall, 2008) as "the most important book on network protocols in general and the Internet in particular ever written." Today Mr. Day splits his time between teaching at Boston University and serving as the International Representative for INCITS T3 and editor of DIS 4396, the RINA standards and holds over a dozen patents. Gary Feierbach - Educated at U.C. Berkeley BA in Math and Physics and an MS in EE Software and hardware engineering. Worked for Information Management Inc., Autologic Inc., Minicomputer Technology, NASA Institute for Advanced Computation, Intergraph Corp., Sun Microsystems, Apple Computer. These positions covering 40 years included assignments in various engineering and corporate roles. Areas of interest included CPU design, system programming, large applications, hardware and software reliability, and currently AI. Semi-retired. [cid:image001.jpg@01DA5FED.950F59B0] Celebrate World Computer Day by posting a "shout out" on your social media with hashtag #WorldComputerDay and #WorldComputerDay2024 Check out web site details at World Computer Day: https://worldcomputerday.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__worldcomputerday.org_&…> -- Sincerely, Jim Scherrer, President and Founder Compuseum, Inc. Technology Center West Chester, PA 19382-6735 - USA Phone- 610-793-4600 www.theCompuseum.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.theCompuseum.org&d=…> Info(a)theCompuseum.org<mailto:Info@theCompuseum.org> SKYPE = JS.Scherrer Twitter: @TheCompuseum Hashtags: #Compuseum #WorldComputerDay Sponsors of World Computer Day at https://worldcomputerday.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__worldcomputerday.org_&…> Sponsors of ENIAC Day at https://eniacday.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eniacday.org_&d=DwMDaQ…> The mission of Compuseum is to stimulate the public and the technology industry to share information and to raise awareness of the important role the digital age has played and will continue to play in our society. Compuseum is 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. The Compuseum is an independent, non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization. Federal ID: #81-2285516. Your donation is considered a fully tax-deductible contribution per guidelines set forth in IRS Publication 526 "Charitable Contributions." No goods or services are provided in exchange for your contribution. Click the "Donate Now" Button to donate using PayPal; it's fast, secure and easy. Please consider supporting our work today!

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Signup for February 17th Workshop
by Bill Degnan 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

February Workshop February 17th 2024 9AM - 8PM+ Signup, directions, and details: https://www.kennettclassic.com/hack-a-thon-workshop-february-17th/ Thanks Bill Degnan Kennett Classic

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VCF Swapmeet
by Sentrytv 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

Please post to ARRL calendar! Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. Begin forwarded message: > From: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> > Date: January 5, 2024 at 10:06:16 AM EST > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] 2024 VCF Events: Repair Workshops, Swap Meets, Festivus > > Please don’t forget to add the swap meet dates to the ARRL calendar! > > Mike R. > > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > >> On Jan 5, 2024, at 9:51 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> >> All the dates below have been confirmed! >> I will start putting them on our website calendar and social media as I >> have time! >> FYI: There are some dates where 9032-A will be available and some where it >> will not be. >> >>>> On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> wrote: >>> >>> I looked at all potential conflicts with events and InfoAge's schedule. I >>> sent in dates to InfoAge and am awaiting confirmation. >>> >>> *CONFIRMED:* >>> *REPAIR WORKSHOPS* >>> *@SystemSource:* >>> Jan 27 & 28 >>> >>> *@*KennettClassic: >>> Feb. 17 >>> >>> *@InfoAge:* >>> March 2 & 3 >>> >>> *FESTIVUS* >>> December 14 & 15 >>> >>> *NOT CONFIRMED:* >>> *REPAIR WORKSHOPS* >>> @InfoAge: >>> March 23 & 24, 2024 >>> May 4 & 5, 2024 >>> June 22 & 23, 2024 >>> July 27 & 28, 2024 >>> August 24 & 25, 2024 >>> October 5, 6, 2024 >>> November 9 & 10, 2024 >>> >>> *SWAP MEETS* >>> @InfoAge: >>> June 22 >>> November 9 >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Jeff Brace >>> VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President >>> Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner >>> VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager >>> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity >>> https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> >>> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org >>> >>> >>> >>>

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VCF East Update #2
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

In case you missed it, the livestream update that I did is here: https://youtube.com/live/E54oYl4d_0Y. It's about 33 minutes long. For those that don't want to look at the stream, here is the text version: Update 02/10/2024 Dates: April 12, 13, 14, 2024 Location: InfoAge Science and History Museums, 2201 Marconi Road, Wall, NJ Exhibit Information - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibits/ - Exhibit manager had to quit for personal reasons. I'm taking over. - 28 Exhibits registered - 70 tables. We are full. - If you still want to exhibit, register and you will go on the waiting list. - Space may open up as I lay out the tables. There are always one or two exhibitors who drop out before the show. Vendor Information - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-vendors/ - 8 Vendors - 15 tables Speaker Information - https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-talks/ - Guy Federkow (Recovering Whirlwind Software) had to cancel - - 16 Talks, 3 Roundtables, 26 Speakers registered - Working on roundtables: - Jeri Ellsworth (moderator): Waiting for confirmation from speakers. - Sean Malseed (moderator): Amiga Bill, Ash SaidHi, Lady Ailuros, Ron’s Computers - Frank O’Brien (moderator): Apollo Guidance Computer, Curious Mark, Carl Claunch, Mike Stewart? Don Eyles? Hugh Blair-Smith? Volunteers - I still need more, sign up here to be a volunteer: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF33aZBQL57vymsP98JWazK1h1IcHHqbM… - I have the Sea Cadets helping again this year. Hotel Blocks <https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-hotel-blocks/> - Block #1 is almost full. Very little availability. We have almost filled the hotel - Block #2 ends February 16. - Working on getting a Block #3 Consignment - New system will be done by February 29. - Two weeks of testing and be up by March 12. - Web and smartphone interface. - New location in building 9031. - Twice the size - Separate entrance for loading and unloading. Front Desk - All the swag will be there. - Organized better this year. The Glitch Works - Selling Kits - Couple of limited quantity options: basically fancy displays to go with some of the single board computers from the past few years that were done at VCF Easts. - They will come with a “Use it as a desk clock” demo program. Merchandise for sale - New t-shirt design almost finished - Polos: black, gray, blue (with pockets!) - Hoodies: Zippered, unzippered, Black, dark gray, light gray - Stickers - Buttons - Keychains - Mugs Badges - Special badge for those buying the 3 Day pass - Will have new style badges with the year and color coded: exhibitors, vendors, speakers, vip, volunteers. - Signed badges from famous vintage computer people. Tickets - https://vcfed.org/vcf-east-tickets/ - Are available now via EventBrite: https://vcfeast.eventbrite.com/ - VCF Members can get 20% discount through VCF’s website: - If you prepay for tickets, then you can come in the North Gate. We will have a list of prepaid people. No tickets sold at the North Gate. You must go to the Front Desk by the East Gate to buy tickets. - Once you have your wristband (or badge if you are an exhibitor, vendor, VIP, Speaker), then you can come in the North Gate. Volunteers - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-volunteers/ - I always need more - Before, during and after the show. - Sea Cadets are helping Parking: - Main Parking Lot. - To the right at the main entrance. - Overflow Parking Lot - Around the corner and down the road on Monmouth Boulevard - Big empty parking lot used for our swap meets. - No parking in the Little League parking lot. No parking in Brookdale parking lot. Food - We tried getting a food truck, but no place was interested or available. - Plan B is to get the Firehouse museum to cook food like they did at the last two swap meets. - Plan C is to do microwave cooking like we did last year. Program Books - We have two sponsors who paid for ads: Valente’s and Anthony’s pizza. Museum - VCF Museum has many changes and updates. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hours to be determined. - InfoAge museums Saturday and Sunday 12PM to 5PM. T-shirt - Design will be ready within two weeks. Atari Classroom - We have a group organizing classes in BASIC, Assembly and #FujiNet in the 9059 Classroom space. More updates on Saturday, March 9 at 6:30PM EST. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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VCF East 2024 Tickets On-Sale Now!
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

https://vcfed.org/membership/event/info/?reset=1&id=18 Finally finished creating the new ticketing system with Bob Roswell's help. It's not as polished as EventBrite, but at least the fees are much less. Please share it widely! Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Dave McMurtrie stated that Andy Finkel and Al Charpentier will be at VCF East
by Christian Liendo 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

On Facebook Dave McMurtrie stated he will be interviewing Andy Finkel and Al Charpentier at VCF East.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Dave McMurtrie stated that Andy Finkel and Al Charpentier will be at VCF East
by Neil Cherry 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

On 2/5/24 13:16, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > To reiterate what Dean said, the C64 in particular was the first home > computer for millions of people. 10s of millions. And toys are so > popular it makes perfect sense people remember their favorite childhood > toy fondly! > > 😉 > > (I duck, then run for cover as Chris Fala and Jeff Brace throw Apple II > computers at me) This is what we use to see on the BBS (thanks Tom! :-D ). As an aside, ya know having a group chat at VCF over our memories of our communities and the other communities would be a bad idea. We were on Compuserve, Prodigy, Bitnet(?), AoL and others. Then there were our local BBSs. Let's face we're now the voices from the past. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ

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