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Linux like Unix talk this Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 at 6:30PM EDT
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Nov '23

02 Nov '23

Linux like Unix talk by Jim Hall hosted by Jeff Brace of VCF. Livestreamed to YouTube Saturday November 4 at 6:30PM EDT: https://youtube.com/live/FpBnRk8oWLc

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OT - Camp Evans Help Needed on 11/04/2023
by Martin A. Flynn 02 Nov '23

02 Nov '23

The CDL team will be pulling fiber into the conduit installed on 10/14/2023 to support the new Monmouth County Fire Museum. The basic game plan: * Pull back the fiber to Broadway, and re-route into the conduit * Replacing the backboard in the firehouse and install the new network switch as the existing switch does not support the new 10GB feed. * Mount outdoor access point on gable end of the firehouse (to cover events in the Monmouth Boulevard Parking lot) * Mount camera on front of Firehouse (pointed at Building 9059) If anyone from VCF is available to assist, please contact me off list Martin Flynn

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Glad it's not closer, my wife would kill me...
by Herbert Johnson 02 Nov '23

02 Nov '23

Well, Bill considered that these Intel Multibus boxes are interesting systems to some, as they are to others like us who used them in the 1970's era. It's quite a pile. If they look in sad condition, well, they look well used and they *are* half a century old. I'm old myself but hopefully not so sad looking! These blue-boxes reflect the state of the art, of industrial microcomputing development, going into the late 1970's. Also consider: there's members of this list outside of New Jersey. It's quite an auction, an estate sale, so for some it's an opportunity. Not much notice, as I post this it's the first day of the auction already. Still, it's interesting to see these things "in the wild", and see they pop up for sale decades after most were scrapped. If some people had not rescued yesterday's computers from the scrap pile, like the person who owned this estate, they would not be available to us today. regards Herb Johnson > William Sudbrink [replied] > I guess it depends on how badly you want an Intel MDS system. When I was > younger and perhaps more foolish, I would have taken tomorrow off and > made a day of it. > > On 11/1/2023 6:52 PM, Sentrytv wrote: >> I guess we’re all supposed to just go run out to North Carolina, not. >> >> >>> On Nov 1, 2023, at 5:24 PM, William Sudbrink wrote: >>> >>> https://www.estatesales.net/NC/Concord/28025/3829305 >>> >>> You have to scroll down some, but there's a huge pile of Intel MDS in this estate sale. -- 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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Glad it's not closer, my wife would kill me...
by William Sudbrink 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '23

https://www.estatesales.net/NC/Concord/28025/3829305 You have to scroll down some, but there's a huge pile of Intel MDS in this estate sale. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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Who are our Atari experts at the NJ Repair workshops?
by Neil Cherry 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

I worked with Andy (from DC, hope I got that correct) on a couple of his Atari drive (1050 and XF551). The Atari XF551 is a 5 1/4" 40 track drive. We could access it but not read or write to the drive. Could be the head, could be the driver, could be alignment. But this was beyond me with what we had available. Good new is we managed to get a troublesome 1050 work but I'm not sure how (VooDoo). Anyways, Andy was supposed to meet with someone. But I don't know who. I did give him some useful tips as I have A8's (Atari 8-bits). So anyone know of our local Atari A8 experts in the NJ area? -- 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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Swapmeet: Who got the subwoofer? Anyone know arcade guy from CT?
by Ethan O'Toole 30 Oct '23

30 Oct '23

Okay, who got that Mackie sub and did it work? Also -- anyone know who the guy from I believe CT was? He was into arcade games and we were chatting Namcos and Naomis. He had the single slot NeoGeo for sale. Good time, odd finds, beautiful day! Good seeing everyone as always! - Ethan

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I found the toy directions
by Jeffrey Jonas 29 Oct '23

29 Oct '23

To all those who bought the "playable metal" heavy duty Erector-Set/Meccano toys 1) THANK YOU. I hope you're enjoying them 2) I finally found the archived directions: https://web.archive.org/web/20120108040523/http://www.beyond123.com/playabl… https://web.archive.org/web/20120107230203/http://www.beyond123.com/playabl… fondly, Jeff Jonas

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Breakfast for repair workshop attendees tomorrow
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Oct '23

28 Oct '23

At Blue Swan at 9AM

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Honeywell Engineer needs floppy disk help
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Got a phone call today from an engineer at Honeywell Aerospace. Anyone interested in helping him troubleshoot over the phone? He lives in Arizona. Here is what he said: “ - There is a 5-1/4” floppy diskette created in 1995 that can no longer be read by the Honeywell designed equipment. - We found one 5-1/4” floppy diskette from our Test Group that works in the Honeywell designed equipment. - We need to make additional copies of the working 5-1/4” floppy diskette. It contains one executable file on it. - We have tried making copies, on an IBM Compatible PC from 1995, but the floppy disk doesn’t work in the Honeywell designed equipment. - It looks like the disk is being read by the Honeywell designed equipment but after a few seconds from reading the disk the system fail light turns on. - We would like your help to see if we can make a working copy from the original 199X created Floppy Disk. ”

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Swap Goods!
by ☼ wil lindsay ☼ 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

I took the liberty of adding a tab and a bunch of stuff to the Swap Sellers list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U2zZbAGmSZ_ea9vjPXngKsLUohe9vAKNn7L… I'm releasing a good portion of my slab collection to the wild. Also bringing some Radio and Microcontroller stuff not listed. As always, I like trades.

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