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Museum Docent training
by Jeffrey Brace 05 May '22

05 May '22

Now that VCF East 2022 is over and I've started to wind down with post mortems, sending thank you emails, surveys, meetings, etc. and other post event cleanup; I've started to train some new docents: Rick Lewis Doug Crawford (he's been docent before, but needs a refresher) Bart Hirst I'm starting regularly scheduled training and hope to have docents in a regular rotation. If you are interested in being a docent, then send me an email and I will get you started in the training. The number of visitors has increased to a normal level in recent months, so it's important to have docents in the VCF museum during regular business hours. We are also getting school groups on Wednesdays which is nice to see the return of groups of students. There have also been recent events such as NJ Maker's Day, Tour of Old, Days of Learning and Lecture Series that have brought in many visitors to InfoAge and VCF in recent months. It's nice to see the level of visitors to InfoAge and the VCF Museum get back to normal. Please tell everyone about InfoAge, which is the diamond in the rough that not enough people know about. I will sometimes hear from visitors that live in the same town (Wall Township) that had never heard of InfoAge despite living in the same town for years. Word of mouth is one way that you can help get visitors to our museums. So please help us promote it! Thanks! ========================================= 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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My VCF East 2022 photos
by Herb Johnson 04 May '22

04 May '22

https://www.retrotechnology.com/vcfe22/vcfe_2022.html Some of my photos of the VCF-E 22 event, with some captioning. I'll fill in details as time permits. For those who think the Web page is clunky, it has the virtue of being compatible with any HTML browser, ever. Contact me with any errors and corrections or for non-private use of photos. - regards Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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VCF East Clinic kudos
by Herb Johnson 04 May '22

04 May '22

[Discussion about Jonathan's S-100 workshop in the CDL facility.] I spent time in Jon's workshop, mostly observing. I also enjoyed seeing the IMSAIs in repair. And it's good to see people learning to build kits from components. Jon and I tag-teamed on one IMSAI fix. He was looking up details on a front-panel signal that wasn't pulsing; but could not find an early IMSAI schematic. While he was looking, I reverse-engineered the circuit to trace it backwards. He found the problem from the schematic, just as I traced it back, to the same one-shot 74121. Replacing it solved the problem; apparently 40-year-old monostables tend to fail, Jon said at the time. There were a number of people in the workshop, exercising their collective knowledge of these early vintage computers. It was good to see them all, not just the S-100 machines. And it should be noted: there was a nice exhibit of early S-100 computers, thanks to Mike Loewen. I'm certainly in favor of another workshop devoted to more 1970's computers, if not only S-100 computers. If it's done during a swapmeet, I suggest not much work will get done in the morning, people will be swapping. So that eats into a day of repair. Regards, Herb Johnson sometimes called "Dr. S-100" -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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4th of May
by Jim Scheef 04 May '22

04 May '22

May the forth be with us all...

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 04 May '22

04 May '22

I just posted another update, having finished going through my Commodore VIC-20 stuff. Next up is the rest of the Commodore stuff! I have two C64s (one boxed), a 64C boxed - plus drives, software, and books. Could be a few weeks before I finish going through those. Many thanks to those who have looked and especially to those who have taken some of my treasures! I’m glad they’re going to good homes. The main link: http://theshusters.com/bobvintage.html - Bob Shuster

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WTB: 150MB Bernoulli Cartridges
by Alexander Jacocks 04 May '22

04 May '22

Folks, I'm looking for 150MB Bernoulli cartridges. Please let me know, off-list, if you have some that you'd like to sell, and how much you'd like for them. Thanks! - Alex

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 03 May '22

03 May '22

Oops, I missed one of my favorite computers, my Mac Plus 1MB with hard drive. I updated the Google sheet listing. Btw, I think I’m going to move the list over to a webpage. Google Sheets is not well-suited for a complex format like this and is very prone to accidentally deleting items (which I did with several!) I’ll send a new link when I’ve done that (and added a significant amount of new items, probably Atari next…) Bob Shuster

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SGI Monitors in North/Central NJ near Patterson
by Douglas Crawford 03 May '22

03 May '22

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4394951120608651/?ref=search&refe…

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NJ Makers group on FB
by m simons 02 May '22

02 May '22

Greetings, I reactivated the NJ Makers group on FB. I spent a lot of time looking for lists and things for spaces in and around NJ and surrounding states and found most of them were outdated, or no longer there. If you're active on FB, or even if you are only there to maintain a page for a club or group, maker space, local library, school, scout troop, or whatever, I'd like to invite y'all to join us and let us know about what you're doing as an individual or a group project. Lots of stuff that VCF does and other groups at InfoAge would be appropriate of course, so please help to spread the word.. I think there's a lot of people in the group that haven't heard of VCF, InfoAge, etc. https://www.facebook.com/groups/njmakers/ Thanks -- MS

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 02 May '22

02 May '22

I posted a while ago about downsizing, and have gotten a significant way through. I converted to a webpage - it’s much easier to navigate than Google Sheets. That being said, I’ve gone through most of my Apple and Atari stuff (still more to come) and have reached a milestone where I feel comfortable sharing with the group. The new link: http://www.theshusters.com/bobvintage.html Please don't share for now without asking me. Right now it’s just open to this group - my contact info is intentionally missing from the webpages. If you can read this, you have my email. Email me with questions or offers! Please don't make offers on the list, but if you want to discuss my process and feel the group would benefit, then by all means knock yourself out! :) Bob Shuster (Slightly edited original message below) ---- Well, folks, I’ve gotten to the age where I need to seriously downsize my hobbies and collections, not wanting to leave it to my children to have to deal with in later years. (I had to do that recently for a relative.) On the electronics side, I’ve decided to concentrate on my vintage video game systems - and therefore sell off most of my vintage computer stuff. My collection includes mostly 8-bit stuff: TRS-80 Models I, IV, M100, etc. - Atari 400, 800, Stacy, Portfolio, ST, etc. - C64/VIC20 - T/S1000 (including an unbuilt kit), Apple II, II+, IIe, IIe Platinum, IIgs - Wang WLTC - Mattel Aquarius - TI-99/4A - many others that I still have to dig out - plus lots of peripherals, disks, manuals, etc. Also have some newer Macs starting with a Mac Plus in an Apple carrying bag. I’m starting with you guys before trying to list elsewhere, although I may hit some of the dedicated FaceBorg pages (such as for Aquarius and Apple II.) I'm willing to ship some of the smaller items, but in general systems or monitors will need to be picked up here (near the Fort Washington exit of the PA Turnpike) or nearby, and cash or PayPal for payment. I may also consider trades for some of the video game stuff I’m looking for. It pains me to do this, but the clutter is getting out of hand, and I haven’t touched most of these in years. It’s time for someone else to enjoy. Bob Shuster

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