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Sun and other systems FTGH
by Mike Loewen 27 Jul '23

27 Jul '23

I picked up a load of vintage systems in Beltsville, MD this afternoon, and there are still a bunch left. These are designated for serious collectors, or people that will repair/redistribute them. From what I recall: Tandy 2000 and keyboard Epson FX-80 printer Sun SPARCstation 1 Sun SPARCstation 2 (several) Sun SPARCstation 5 (at least 2) Sun keyboards Sun 3/60, keyboard and hard drive/tape drive unit Compaq portables (2) Some Mac hardware If you're interested, contact me off-list and I'll send you his contact info. No recycling or Ebay flippers! Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Looking for a Palm IIIc
by Gregg Levine 22 Jul '23

22 Jul '23

Hello! I've got an interesting problem. Basically I make use of any of three different Palm IIx devices I have here to display data from available hardware on my collection of breadboards. And I've reached the point in my work where the apps I use on the thing would look better on a color display enabled Palm. Usual terms apply. Oh and the velociraptors are all off this coming week and all of next month. Something about a conference someplace. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

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Former VCF Board Member gets on Hackaday
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Former VCF Board member Mike Brutman got interviewed by Hackaday for his PCjr: https://hackaday.com/2023/07/20/pcjr-webserver-hits-2500-hours-uptime/#more… Jeff Brace

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Kevin Mitnick Obituary
by Christian Liendo 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

I'm very much surprised to see this. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371…

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Windows 2000
by Bill Degnan 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Just curious...does anyone have a working win 2000 system that they can access secure sites? Need TLS 4 or a work around? Not mission critical but I'd like to know if anyone has a way to make it work. Sure I could put something newer on my P-III PC. So.again, my question is, does anyone have a working win 2000 machine than can access sites that require an SSL. Or should I set up a proxy? Bill

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Sun IPX questions
by Richard Cini 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

All — I recently picked-up a nice condition Sun IPX (used to control a wafted stepping machine) and it largely works perfectly. I’m no Unix expert, but there are a couple of things I can’t seem to get working so I thought I’d ask the group. Printing — The IPX runs SunOS 4.1.4/Solaris 1.1.2. I have two networked Canon printers at home and both supposedly work with IPP/LPD but I can’t get any output. I have the IP set in /etc/hosts and what I think is the right definition in /etc/printcap, but no success yet. If someone has gotten this working let me know. I also thought about using a Raspberry Pi as a CUPS server but I haven’t gotten that working either. Floppy — can’t seem to get this working either. It passes the rudimentary diagnostics in OpenBoot, but I’ve tried mounting it from the shell with no success using the “pcfs” modifier. Anyway, if someone with Sun experience could nudge me in the right direction I’d appreciate it. I’ve put up a web page on my site with details of the machine. Thanks! Rich http://cini.classiccmp.org/ Long Island S100 User’s Group Get Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS

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There is a vintage computer rental business in Trenton?
by Christian Liendo 19 Jul '23

19 Jul '23

I didn't know this existed. https://www.karlbusinessmachines.com/vintage-computer-rentals.html

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OT: IBM 2U Server Interest? Pick-up at System Source
by Jonathan Chapman 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

All, I've been clearing out older server hardware that's merely old/obsolete, not vintage. I have two left, and I'd rather not ship them: https://www.ebay.com/itm/275855570486 If anyone is interested, I can bring them to System Source this weekend, but I'm not going to take up space in the car if there's no interest. Thanks, Jonathan

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calling all HAMS for solar eclipse party
by Jeffrey Jonas 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

Solar Eclipse QSO Party: a NASA supported citizen science event https://hamsci.org/seqp-rules 14 Oct 2023 1200 \xe2\x80\x93 2200 UTC (Partial eclipse begins ~1500 UTC in Oregon ends ~1840 UTC in Texas) 8 Apr 2024 1400-2400 UTC (Partial eclipse begins ~1710 UTC in Texas and ends ~2040 UTC in Maine) Objective: To generate observations of propagation by the Reverse Beacon Network and PSKReporter event logs before, during, and aft er the eclipse on the amateur bands for the purpose of ionospheric sounding. The Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP) is unique among ham radio competitions as it awards points for two-way QSOs (ham to h am contacts via radio) and bonus points for reception reports from skimmers, RBN nodes and the like. Please be aware that the SEQP is one of many events to be held during the HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Scienc e. You are welcome to participate in more than one event ...

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Folks who like Toshiba Librettos may like this...
by Dave Shevett 17 Jul '23

17 Jul '23

I just posted a video that really highlights the Toshiba Libretto - folks who have seen me at the VCF events with my handheld collection probably no my Libretto 110CT well - it gets a lot of attention. This one is about using the libretty to scavenge some data from an old GIS / GPS device via PCMCIA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz799S9TTCQ -- Dave Shevett shevett(a)pobox.com

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