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WTB: Cromemco System Zero
by Jonathan Chapman 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

All, I'm looking for a Cromemco System Zero chassis, empty or not. I have a SCC-based board set I'd like to put into a Cromemco-branded home! I would of course prefer pick-up at VCF East. Thanks, Jonathan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Victoreen serial converter in Maryland?
by Dave McGuire 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

I believe that's radioassay equipment for post-event radionuclide identification. It looks like it has been out there for a long time. Shame. :-( -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Victoreen serial converter in Maryland?
by Jeffrey Golas 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

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The Internet Archive lawsuit demonstrates that e-books are tricky and elusive
by Jeffrey Jonas 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

https://www.marketplace.org/2023/03/30/the-internet-archive-lawsuit-highlig… The Internet Archive lawsuit highlights the tricky economics of e-books and libraries Janet Nguyen Mar 30, 2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/03/26/1166101459/internet-archive-lawsuit-books-li… A judge sided with publishers in a lawsuit over the Internet Archive's online library By Joe Hernandez March 26, 2023

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video game preservation
by Jeffrey Jonas 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

I just heard this on National Public Radio: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167511374/nintendo-closed-some-digital-stor… March 31, 2023 Heard on All Things Considered NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kelsey Lewin of the Video Game History Foundation about the recent closure of some of Nintendo's digital storefronts. they are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_preservation https://gamehistory.org/ The Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/01/12/video-game-preservati… Academics want to preserve video games. Copyright laws make it complicated. By Noah Smith January 12, 2022

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Schedule VCF East 2023
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Schedule has been updated: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-schedule/ Commodore Classroom: https://vcfed.org/commodore-8-bit-classroom/ Enjoy! ========================================= 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 and beyond - Call for museum docents
by Douglas Crawford 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hello members. This is an open invitation: Might you be interested in sharing our thrill of presenting our awesome artifacts & their history to the public? Then please consider becoming part of our docent team. Specifically, we are looking for some people to help out docenting for hourly time slots at VCF East and, if you like it, maybe on a continuing basis. - Contact me offline for a link to our docent schedule. On this you can up for 1 hr timeslot(s). No experience necessary. You don't have to be an vast vintage computer expert. Know a few things and have some enthusiasm. We'll have a cheat-sheet for you to use to help you have a few things to say about the machines to the lay public. Most of the visitors will be our "faithfuls" and can mind themselves. - Check us out over the weekend. - Catch up with me personally over the weekend for any further discussion. - We offer you a opportunity and tools and the comradery, to develop your knowledge over the entirety of computer history. - You can help us attain our next museum expansion into a new huge space at InfoAge. We are on the cusp of a revolutionary push forward in the scope and significance of the Mid-Atlantic museum and you can be in on the ground floor. Thanks for your attention. Doug Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Manager

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Contact information for the guy who runs Usagi Electric?
by Dave Shevett 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Trying to get in touch with this fellow, as he has a bunch of people love and equipment, and we have some overlapping audiences on YouTube. Does anybody know him, or have his contact information? He's mentioned VCF East a few times in his videos, but I don't have a way to contact him directly.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF EAST
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Mar '23

28 Mar '23

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 6:13 PM drummy via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Is the classroom schedule complete yet?Its not on the vcfeast website.Sent > from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > Classroom schedule will be up soon as well as the speaker schedule. I was just waiting for the changes to settle down. Hopefully no more changes before the show!

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF EAST
by Chris Fala 28 Mar '23

28 Mar '23

As far as the Commodore Computer Classroom schedule is concerned, yes it is ready. I submitted it to Jeff yesterday. I assume it will be on the website soon. I can’t speak to other aspects of the weekend schedule. Chris On Mar 28, 2023, at 6:13 PM, drummy via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Is the classroom schedule complete yet?Its not on the vcfeast website.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Date: 3/28/23 6:08 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org>, vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF EAST Any VCF East questions should be directed to me. I’m happy to answer themor find you the person that can answer them.On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 10:14 AM Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote:> Just a question for those people advertising VCF East.>> I noticed that this event is not up on the ARRL events calendar .>> I am wondering if in the future maybe it should be ?I never thought about it. It’s not strictly a swap meet or flea market.Also they require some to attend to a Amateur Radio frequency, which ishard for me to spare a volunteer that for the whole 3 days.Let me ask the organizers.>> People do advertise conventions swapmeets Hamfests and other events there.>> I know that we have been trying to get the swapmeet up on the ARRL events> calendar.>> Mike>>> Sent from:> My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.>-- =========================================Jeff BraceVCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice PresidentVintage Computer Festival East ShowrunnerVintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charityhttps://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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