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Game Con Live Volunteer Needed
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

We have an unexpected volunteer drop out of our group. We need one more volunteer. We have six tables of vintage computer games. Location: Oaks, PA. Setup is: Friday 4:30PM to 7PM Saturday 7:30AM to 9AM Show is 9AM to 5 PM Oct. 11-12. Contact me offlist. First come, first serve. Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager VCF Evangelist Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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WTD: Panasonic JU-455 floppy drive
by Richard Cini 07 Oct '25

07 Oct '25

All -- I'm looking for a specific model of the Panasonic JU-455 5.25" floppy for a restoration project. The model used has a "-7" suffix but it's possible that the "-5" will work as well. If anyone has a spare working drive that they're willing to part with, please contact me off-list. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://cini.classiccmp.org https://github.com/RichCini

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Glitchworks FDC Results Registry - where is it?
by Bill Degnan 07 Oct '25

07 Oct '25

https://www.glitchwrks.com/ng/testfdc_results This URL is dead, anyone have the correct link, assuming it's still available? Thanks Bill

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OT / MultiTech Hydra cable
by Martin A Flynn 05 Oct '25

05 Oct '25

Thinning the herd.... Four port MultiTech serial cable available. Best guess was paired with a an ISI4604 card If there is no interest by the 11th, it goes as e-waste Cheers! Martin

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Mac //ci pickup in Milford, CT
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

Is there anyone coming the way of VCF in the upcoming weeks that can pick up a Mac //ci? If so, then please reply to me privately. Thanks! Jeff Brace

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OT: Camp Evans Network Upgrades
by Martin A Flynn 01 Oct '25

01 Oct '25

To keep everyone in the loop, any questions can be directed to me. Martin ----------------------------- 1) As a reminder, activation of the new firewall cluster supporting Camp Evans is scheduled for Saturday, October 11, 2025 * While the majority of the work has been done in advance, please expect the downtime window to run from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. * The the network, Wi-Fi, and telephones will be out of service, personal cellphones will not be impacted. * All network connected computers and appliances should be rebooted once the work is done. 2) Fiber Optic Cable Deployment * Contractor is starting the fiber deployment between the main post, and the Diana site on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. * Barring any issues, I expect to turn up the link on the morning of Saturday, October 25th, 2025, and turn down the Diana Site cable modem on December 1st, 2025. * Thanks to the efforts of all involved, we will be saving InfoAge more than $2000 per year once the link is activated. Cheers! Martin Martin A Flynn / W2RWJ Computer Deconstruction Laboratory 2201 Marconi Road Wall Township, NJ 07719 Tel: +1 732-456-5001 Email: martin.flynn(a)compdecon.org Online: www.compdecon.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/compdecon/

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Beltron Super Computer Apple II+ Clone in Harrisburg
by Bill Degnan 30 Sep '25

30 Sep '25

I was contacted by a person who wanted to donate a "Beltron Super Computer" Apple II+ Clone to Kennett Classic. It's located in Harrisburg, PA. I want to pass it along to someone who lives near Harrisburg. Contact me through kennettclassic.com/contact.cfm if you want this, and I will pass your contact info to the donor so she can contact you to make the arrangements to pick it up. I know nothing about the donor or the computer, other than a brief conversation where she said it's basically an Apple II clone. Bill Degnan

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Semi-OT: Macintosh System 7 ported TO x86 with LLM help
by Christopher Gioconda 29 Sep '25

29 Sep '25

https://hackaday.com/2025/09/29/macintosh-system-7-ported-to-x86-with-llm-h… Maybe it’s just a curiosity but I don’t see why this couldn’t work with other OS’es like AmigaOS. This wouldn’t be emulation but compiled code for hardware unintended to run it natively.

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Recommended data recovery businesses
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Sep '25

29 Sep '25

VCF will sometimes get requests for data recovery. Sometimes we can accommodate them, sometimes we can’t. This is due to distance or special equipment that we don’t have set up. In the past when we couldn’t accommodate, then we would recommend Dave McGuire or Chuck G as paid services. Since Chuck had passed, we are curious to see if there’s others that anyone can recommend? Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager VCF Evangelist Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Build Your Own C64 Cart (VCF is mentioned)
by Christian Liendo 29 Sep '25

29 Sep '25

https://spectrum.ieee.org/commodore-64-cartridge There is a small mention of VCF, I figured some people would like the C64 info, some would like the VCF reference.

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