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Just slightly OT...
by Martin A. Flynn 06 Apr '24

06 Apr '24

Ken G, Jeff B, Stephen F, and Martin F installed additional access points and cameras in Building 9031 (AKA the firehouse), along with a long-range outdoor access point to provide Wi-FI in the Monmouth Boulevard Parking lot during VCF Events Contact Jeff Brace for the WI-FI passwords when you reserve a table / space.

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VCF's IBM 1130 repair blog
by Jeffrey Brace 06 Apr '24

06 Apr '24

If you want to follow the updates on Carl Claunch repairing VCF's IBM 1130, then follow this link: https://rescue1130.blogspot.com/ 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 71, Issue 5
by Michael Thompson 06 Apr '24

06 Apr '24

> > From: Bob Flanders <bob.flanders(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Did anyone feel the quake? > Felt it in Rhode Island for about 20 seconds. Tall bookshelves rattled, but nothing fell off. -- Michael Thompson

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Consignment shot-in-the-dark question
by Dan FitzGerald 06 Apr '24

06 Apr '24

I'm exhibiting a PCjr for VCF East, and have been getting it prepped for the event. It occured to me the other day to install a paintbrush program on it, and after I was done with that it occurred to me that maybe it would be worth having a color dot matrix printer to go with it, Does anybody happen to be selling a working, period-appropriate, color dot-matrix printer at consignment this year? (But not an ImageWriter II, I am looking for something that would have been hooked up to a PCjr). If so, let me know and what you're asking for it... if the price is right I'd like to purchase it and some ink for it and get it hooked up into my exhibit Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them or She/Her Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM-Poughkeepsie http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger

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OT: Did anyone feel the quake?
by Herbert Johnson 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

Consider a "did you feel it?" report to USGS. Be aware of the TIME you felt "it", there were/are multiple events. Be aware of an address where you were, or you can report "use current location" if still there. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tellus That page will have a "felt report - tell us!" window. That brings up a Q & A of simple questions including time, your location, and contact info for you. Building size, your floor, what you did. A freeform section lets you add comments. Regards Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Did anyone feel the quake?
by Charlie's Computers 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

Didn’t feel a thing, I’m in eastern Massachusetts near Boston. I got tons of notifications about the quake on my Apple Watch though! On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 2:46 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Yes, there was something like a 7. whatever > Quake in Taiwan, also a tsunami or tidal wave > I don’t know what the devastation was there, but it must’ve been pretty > bad and I was thinking the same thing that may be that quake had something > to do with our quake. > And of course we’ve got the solar eclipse coming up😵 > Not to mention passover, so maybe this is God telling us something.🙏 > > Mike R. > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Apr 5, 2024, at 11:51 AM, Ian Litchfield via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Wasn’t there an earthquake in Taiwan the other day? This was probably an > > aftershock from that. > > > > We felt it in Freehold. Lucky the IT office is in the basement! It was > > quite the rollercoaster. > > > > -Ian L. > > > >> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 11:49 Ricardo 8-Bit Desk via vcf-midatlantic < > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >> Yes. I live in Whitehouse Station. Everything shook here. But so far no > >> damages. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Apr 5, 2024, at 11:37 AM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic < > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> Yep. Lasted six or so long seconds... > >>> Shook the house, on pilings so maybe a little more > >>> than mainland houses. > >>> > >>>> On 4/5/2024 10:45 AM, Bob Flanders via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Douglas Crawford > >>> VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr > >>> InfoAge Science & History Museums > >>> 2201 Marconi Road > >>> Wall, NJ 07719 > >> > >> > >

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Did anyone feel the quake?
by Bob Flanders 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

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original Compaq MS DOS 1.1 for the Portable?
by Bill Degnan 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

Does anyone have an original copy of Compaq's MS DOS 1.1 for the Portable? Just curious what the label looked like. Wikipedia says (which may not be true I know) that the original Compaq portables shipped with Compaq MS DOS 1.1. I wonder if there was a splash screen or anything unique about it. Bill

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Did you see Antiques Roadshow? (Wanna buy a Vectrex?)
by William Sudbrink 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

I'll let it go cheap... only 4K Bill Sudbrink -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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Anyone going to VCF later going to RICM?
by W2HX 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Hi all, I have some PDP-8/E ECRM boards that I want to donate to the RICM (and they have indicated they want them). I was wondering if anyone going to VCF might go later go the RICM in the future? I could then bring the boards to give to you at VCF and you can bring them to RICM at your convenience? Let me know! 73 Eugene W2HX My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos

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