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semi Off Topic: unbricking a Chromebook
by Jeffrey Jonas 10 Apr '23

10 Apr '23

I salvaged a Lenovo 100e Chromebook 2nd Gen MTK model 81QB I'm trying to reinstall ChromeOS to give it to Infoage for the front desk. At first, the boot screen told me to insert a USB drive with the recovery image. I went to http://google.com/chromeos/recovery and created a USB drive with recovery image (15329.59.0) I put the USB drive into the Chromebook only to get a blank screen. I left it alone for hours and nothing happened. Frobbing the power switch seems to have bricked it. It now gives a blank screen, only briefly flashing the "still updating" message. Is there any way to recover from this? Thanks -- jeff jonas

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Hakkp Hot Air Desoldering Station
by Martin Flynn 09 Apr '23

09 Apr '23

Thanks to Jeff J alerting me to nozzles being sold at a massive discount by Marlin Jones https://www.mpja.com/, CDL now has additional nozzles! Link: http://compdecon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3348-scaled.jpg Martin A Flynn / W2RWJ Computer Deconstruction Laboratory 2201 Marconi Road Wall Township, NJ 07719 Tel: +01 732-456-5001 Email: martin.flynn(a)compdecon.org Online: www.compdecon.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/compdecon/

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Bil Herd's show promoting VCF East
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Apr '23

08 Apr '23

https://youtube.com/live/qUHFTg6fSDU Bil Herd kindly let me broadcast on his show to talk about VCF East for an hour yesterday 4/7/2023. He really does more than most people know to support our organization and cause. Such a great guy! He will be leading the two roundtables this year at VCF East. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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VCF East 2023 Exhibitors
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Apr '23

08 Apr '23

A (hopefully) final list of exhibitors at this year's show: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-exhibits/ ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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VCF East 2023 schedule
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Apr '23

08 Apr '23

Not sure if I posted this before: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-schedule/ I separated it by different days as the schedule has become so busy that it is unwieldy to have on one continuous page. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Live Conference Connection with Museums at VCF Museum at VCF East
by Douglas Crawford 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

We are supporting a live conference screen from the museum for VCF East to other museums or venues. Or at least we would like to have the ability to "ring" you and connect visitors to your museums for a chat. The idea is to give you a chance to talk to interested parties real time that we meet in the museum, finding that there is an interest that they have that relates to your place. And give you a chance to talk up your museum. The Steering Committee liked the idea; we'll see how it goes. If there is interest I'll arrange the connections. Leave comment/interest here, thanks. We'll probably use google meet to simplify the operation. Thanks! Look forward to some face to face conversations. DC

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Roberta Williams (Sierra On-Line / Cygnus) Interview
by Jeffrey Brace 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

I interviewed Roberta Williams today which is streamed on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/mEqmb1K6GxA For those that don't know, she was co-founder of Sierra. She is also co-founder of Cygnus and helped to make Colossal Cave Adventure 3D. A modern remake of the classic text adventure game. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Looking to buy Mac SE - meet at East?
by Andrew Diller 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Hello - I'm still looking for a decent spare SE. Nothing but a SE. No battery damage and it would be nice if it boots. Not worried about keyboard or mouse, or any HDs in it. I need a spare to help diagnose this one I have. If you have one and are going to East and want some cash Friday - message me and let's do a deal. Meanwhile, I'm having a ton of fun with this BBS software that is being developed for System 6.0.x on the Mac. The author just implemented support for FidoNet and so it can do net messaging for that super retro feel. It actually a nice system to have as a test BBS for various 8bits when testing with FujiNet. It's very easy to configure and very robust. https://jcs.org/subtext <https://jcs.org/subtext> -andy

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Vintage 1989 Leading Edge, Monitor, and Samsung Printer
by Liz Burdick 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Hello VCF! My mother in law passed away last fall and we inherited a 1989 Leading Edge, Monitor, and Printer. The photos are attached. It's in pristine condition. What should we do with it? We'd like to see it go to a good home. Liz Burdick New Paltz, NY

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Including our affiliated east coast tech/computer museums in VCF East
by Douglas Crawford 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

Any local tech/computer museums are welcome to send literature for us to put on display at our museum at VCF East. We want to support you. Send it to Vintage Computer Federation Museum c/o InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719

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