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Vintage Computer Festival West 2022 Videos
by Christian Liendo 15 Aug '22

15 Aug '22

I put these in a new tab on the spreadsheet that the group has. Vintage Computer Festival West 2022 https://youtu.be/Q4c3hzRjeisVCFW 2022 Channel: Chuck Hutchins Bits and Bytes from Vintage Computer Festival West 2022 https://youtu.be/CwExbBd-p1EVCFW 2022 Channel: bitfixer Vintage Computer Festival West 2022 Walkaround https://youtu.be/t8QUiaBfawsVCFW 2022 Channel: xarph just xarph

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Old Video Game Advertisements
by Dave McGuire 14 Aug '22

14 Aug '22

On 8/8/22 14:11, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > Many out there poo poo the idea > But the same people think 80s computing is not worth > their time either. Just to jump in...I think 80s computing is/was fantastic. What rubs me the wrong way is this widespread perception that it was always only about games and nothing else. It disrespects the entire industry, its achievements, and its people to reduce the groundbreaking work that transformed society to toys for tots. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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VCF straight 8
by David Gesswein 14 Aug '22

14 Aug '22

Someone emailed me about problem with the VCF straight 8 switches acting flaky recently. Was going to reply but I can't find the email now. Could you resend the email? Or I'm just delusional.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Pentium Pro CPUs
by Dave McGuire 13 Aug '22

13 Aug '22

On August 13, 2022 10:57:22 AM madodel via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > ---------- > Pentium Pro CPUs > From: madodel madodel(a)mac.com > Date: Aug 13, 10:57 AM > To: vcf-midatlantic vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > > Anyone interested in Pentium Pro CPUs pulled from servers after replaced by > Pentium II Overdrives many years back? I have 4 of them. Free to a good > home if anyone can use them. > > SL22T Intel Pentium Pro 200 MHz Kb80521ex200 256k Yes please, I'd like to have them. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Old Video Game Advertisements
by Christian Liendo 13 Aug '22

13 Aug '22

For some of us this is a great site. I am enjoying this a lot. https://retrocgads.tumblr.com/

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Apple IIgs to Duodisk cables
by Bob Shuster 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

Before I go crazy trying to find these online, does anyone have some spares, or can recommend a source? I have two Duodisk units that I want to connect to an Apple IIgs, so that’s DB-19 to DB-25 F/F. (And I guess this would also work with my Apple II computers as well.) Ultimately I’ll just turn these around and include the cables with the Duodisks. - Bob Shuster

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IIGS expectations at launch
by John Heritage 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

Just curious As an (80s) Atari user the IIGS looks like an amazing next gen upgrade for the Apple II line. The kind of thing the kid in me wishes the Atari 8bit received mid life. When the IIGS was launched did Apple II users see this as a commitment to the long haul for the platform or did it feel a bit like a compromise or was it otherwise disappointing? Inonoenin retrospect the 2.8 MHz artificial limitation on the CPU is a hint for the compromise narrative - but did it feel that way back then? Thanks.

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Help! I cant get asciiexpress to work with my II Plus
by Dan FitzGerald 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

I have an Apple II Plus, and have been been having limited success in trying to get asciiexpress.net to work with it. I can successfully load _some_ games (Dig-Dug and Montezuma's Revenge), but I cannot get the vast majority of game titles to load. And I have been having zero luck getting the disk image downloads to work; usually, it will start the self-extractor app and then give me a checksum error before failing. I had heard somewhere that interference from other cables could be the culprit and that using a Monster aux cable had good results, so I picked one up. No luck, unfortunately. Has anybody else experienced similar problems, and if so, how did you resolve them? Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Apple IIgs to Duodisk cables
by Brian Marstella 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

Over the years I've purchased 2 of them from https://iec.net/product/apple-duo-drive-cable-3/ You might see if this is the same that you need. Brian On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 1:31 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > From experience with an apple II, the cables are expensive. > But can be made, if you have the connectors and cable, yourself. > I do not have spares but just wanted to let you know they can be found. > > Mike > > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Aug 12, 2022, at 1:22 PM, Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Before I go crazy trying to find these online, does anyone have some > spares, or can recommend a source? I have two Duodisk units that I want to > connect to an Apple IIgs, so that’s DB-19 to DB-25 F/F. (And I guess this > would also work with my Apple II computers as well.) Ultimately I’ll just > turn these around and include the cables with the Duodisks. > > > > - Bob Shuster > >

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The RR Computers Auction
by Christian Liendo 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

Has anyone else been following this for anything other than the Apple I https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/644-apple-jobs-and-computer-hard… I mean they have: Steve Wozniak's Apple Rainbow Glasses Lee Felsenstein's Pennywhistle 103 Modem Kit Allan Alcorn: Atari Video Music Box A sealed iPod for $10,000.00 I mean there is a lot of stuff there.

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