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Steering Committee Elections - UPDATE
by Jeff Salzman 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

At the Dec 12, 2023 VCF-MA Steering Committee meeting, Alex Jacocks announced that he needed to step down from his position as a Steering Committee member. Since Alex was in the middle of his two year term, his position opened up as an off-cycle opening as defined by the VCF-MA Steering Committee by-laws. As such, the by-laws allow for the Steering Committee to fill the open spot without a separate election. Since the recent election produced more nominees than open Steering Committee positions, the Steering Committee decided to place into the open position the candidate from the recent election with the third highest number of votes. That person is Dave McGuire, who coincidentally was an incumbent in the recent election. However, his placement is not for a full two years. It is only for the remainder of Alex's original term, to the end of 2024. As it stands for now, the current makeup of the VCF-MA Steering Committee is: Jeff Salzman Doug Crawford Dave McGuire Thomas Gilinsky Ian Litchfield We all look forward to guiding VCF as a productive and informative organization dedicated to vintage computing. Sincerely, Jeff Salzman Chairman VCF-MA Steering Committee

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Oki Microline 192 question
by Dave McGuire 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

Hi folks. Does anyone have a manual handy for an Okidata Microline 192 printer? I need to know how to enable auto-LF mode. Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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2024 Upcoming repair workshops
by Jeffrey Brace 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

*January 6 & 7 @ InfoAge* Signup Here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mvvxokquUZLiEGQB7nDF7GioTslQxHx3dSG…> *January 27 & 28 @ System Source* Signup Here <https://ca.syssrc.com/wp/?page_id=85&civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finf…> *February 17 @ Kennett Classic* RSVP Here <http://kennettclassic.com/contact.cfm> Friday night 2/16 (load in and set up). Repair Workshop = All day saturday. Feb 17th. Address: 115 S Union St, Kennett Square, PA 19348 (Across the street from Kennett Classic museum). Additional details as we get closer to the event. More repair workshops to be scheduled soon! 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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Audio talks recovered from Vintage Computer Festival 6!
by Jeffrey Brace 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

Due to the extraordinary efforts of Kay Savetz, Clay Cowgill, and Josh Malone over the past two years, some of the talks from Vintage Computer Festival 6 have been recovered! The recordings were in very poor condition and took extreme measures to recover. The audio is often not good. Sometimes it is very bad. But this is the best that they could do from very bad recordings. C. H. Ting, Jef Raskin, John Ellenby, and Gary Starkweather are dead now, so these are voices from those who passed. He has put the audio of the five recoverable sessions from VCF 2003 up at Internet Archive. Len Shustek – Computer History Museum https://archive.org/details/len-shustek-computer-history-museum Bruce Damer – The Joys and Trials of Computer Collecting https://archive.org/details/bruce-damer-computer-collecting David Jaffe / C. H. Ting / Kevin Appert / Dwight Elvey – Forth https://archive.org/details/vcf2003_forth Jef Raskin – Apple and the Humane Environment https://archive.org/details/vcf2003_jef-raskin John Ellenby / Gary Starkweather / Dave Robson / Peter Deutsch / Charles Simonyi – Xerox Alto panel https://archive.org/details/xerox-alto-panel The web page for that event is: https://vcfed.org/events/archives-show-summaries/vcf-west-archives/vcf-west… 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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Televideo TPC-1 Portable Available in Binghamton, NY
by Bill Degnan 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

Kennett Classic was contacted about this but it's not convenient to get it so I am passing the opportunity on to see if anyone here wants it instead. If you live neary Binghamton or are willing to travel there contact me through https://www.kennettclassic.com/contact.cfm and I will forward your info to the donor. I don't know the donor other than a friendly phone conversation. Bill Degnan Kennett Classic --------------------------------------------------------------- Donor says: "..Televideo TPC-1 Portable Computer upgraded to an 8088 CPU motherboard from the Z 80. It will run the Televideo MS DOS 3.21 system software. This unit still boots and runs. I will include the following software: Teledos 2.11 All Original Televideo CPM Utility disks MS DOS 3.21 Micrografx Designer Generic CADD 5.0 Procomm 2.4.2 Print Shop Wordstar 3.3 DBase II MBASIC: Telefon Multiplan/Mailmerge TurboPascal 3.0 Facilis * Pascal Compiler Turbo Pascal Turbo Tutor Lotus 1-2-3 NWA StatPac Falcon F-16 Flight Simulator V1.0 MS Fortran 80

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Steering Committee Elections - RESULTS
by Jeff Salzman 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Greetings all, I'm finally just recovering from the VCF Festivus celebration this past weekend. It was a lot of fun and there was plenty to eat and do. During the event, we announced those who have received enough votes from our membership to be elected to the two available open positions on the VCF Steering Committee. Both Dave McGuire and Jason Perkins reached the end of their term. Jason did not opt for a nomination in this year's election. Dave McGuire was an incumbent nominee. With the election results tallied, the two open positions will be filled by (in no particular order): Thomas Gilinsky Ian Litchfield We, the Steering Committee, want to personally congratulate and thank both of them for running for the open positions and winning the election. Dave McGuire, Marcus Mera, and Dave Shevett, we thank you for running in the elections. Next year, there will be at least three open positions for the VCF Steering Committee, you are encouraged to throw your hat in the ring at that time if you wish. The same goes for any mailing list member who wishes to run for Steering Committee positions next year. On behalf of the VCF Steering Committee, congratulations to our newest Steering Committee members, and here's looking forward to a new and exciting direction for VCF in 2024! Jeff Salzman Chairman VCF-MA Steering Committee

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NABU livestream Sat. Dec. 16 at 6:30PM EST
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

YouTube link: https://youtube.com/live/QoZTBNz47co This will be an employee reunion of all the NABU employees: - Leo Binkowski – NABU Developer - DJ Sures – Executive and son of the founder of NABU - John Shortt – Director of Content Development, formerly Games Development Manager, author of Flashcards and one of the major developers for Dig Dug, as well as Manager’s Baseball) - Donna Shortt – Education software Developer, responsible for Seasonal Gardening and NABU Basic - Tim Ranger, author of Laser Attack and Leo and he also made Q*Bert - Eric Mesdag, Engineering Developer, author of MACBETH and one of the main NABU Cable IOS developers - MK Marsden – NABU marketing - Ed Myers – NABU Educational Marketing - Bob McNally – former NABU sales and later Director of Operations of NABU - Warren Belkin, developer of the original NABU Main Menu, and my inspiration for buying a motorcycle - Bill Bourne – NABU Engineering. Was involved in so many details about the hardware - Mike Slinn – one of the two people that designed and built the NABU prototype boards that were used inside the NABU 1100 before they had a NABU PC - And more!

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VCF East 2024 - First Speaker (and exhibitor)
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Bart Van den Akker - Operator of the Home Computer Museum in Helmond, Netherlands (https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/#intro) He will give a talk on how he created his museum. Also, he will exhibit a Dutch computer as well as an Exidy Sorcerer. 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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Anyone have a Compucolor Computer?
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Just curious. It's supposedly the first color computer. 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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Another Great Festivus!
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Dec '23

10 Dec '23

So glad to see everyone at Festivus! It was a very enjoyable experience for me to feel the festivus spirit. Thanks so much to the volunteers who helped me setup and breakdown the party. It made my job so much easier to manage everything. It also worked out well to charge a little more and then to supplement the potluck items with VCF bought food. Everyone seemed happy and well fed. Thanks to Ian Primus for bringing all the games! Festivus would not be the same without them! The mini swap meet was fun, it seemed like lots of people bought and sold items. Now I'm off to start planning for VCF East 2024! Take care everyone and see you soon! :-D 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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