- vcf-midatlantic - lists.vcfed.org

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

3 2

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.

2 1

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!

1 0

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

1 0

VCF EAST
by Sentrytv 28 Mar '23

28 Mar '23

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 ? 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.

4 3

Chip Dimensions
by Martin Flynn 28 Mar '23

28 Mar '23

Anyone have the dims for the following DIP packages? DIP-14N PDIP package DIP-40 CDIP package DIP-32 CDIP package DIP-28 CDIP package DIP-24 CDIP package Martin Flynn

4 8

FYI: Reservations for Residence Inn Marriot for VCF East
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

I heard from a VCF member that Residence Inn by Marriott on Jumping Brook Road in Neptune Township is closed for repairs. There was some sort of water main break. The problem is that the online system doesn't tell you that the place is closed and continues to take reservations. I recommend that anyone that has made online reservations call and verify their reservations with a person. Another good place that many members have stayed is Courtyard by Marriott Wall at Monmouth Shores Corporate Park as an alternative. I would make reservations soon if you haven't already done so. This looks to be the biggest VCF East yet! ========================================= 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

1 0

Mylar Tape
by Duane Craps 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

There is cheap mylar punch tape on ebay. I bought a few rolls. https://www.ebay.com/itm/392994905002?hash=item5b80525baa:g:tZoAAOSwJUdeZ5k… -- DuaneCraps sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp

5 7

Proud owner of a Vintage Thompson T08D MC6809EP Motherboard
by Neil Cherry 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Some of you may be aware of my tendency towards vintage Motorola equipment. Well I now have another new odd board to add to the list: Vintage Thompson T08D MC6809EP Motherboard I'm aware that it is just a motherboard and yes I don't know if it works. But I took my chances. While working in the industry I knew about the Thompson computers and have always wanted on. I'm not going to pay $500 + shipping to the US so this is my compromise. I know I need a SCART interface, I think I can connect it to my HDMI TVs. The keyboard is going to have to be a hack (arduino and some chips to a PS/2 keyboard). I'm hoping I can get this working and running. Will be an interesting project machine. PS: The Liebert (MC6803 based HVAC controller)is coming along well. I'm trying The figure out the asm code to take 2 8 bit values (parallel) and merge each on to it's respective bit on Address 0x8000 (Bit 8 -> Serial 1, B7 - Serial 2, bit 6 -> Serial 3, remaining bits are unconfirmed as of yet.) Even disassembly of the original code is bit (pun!) convoluted. -- 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

3 3

AS/400e 620
by Bill Degnan 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Recently I rescued a AS/400e 620 system. It's at Kennett Classic if you want to check it out. Bill

1 0