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Pickup needed in Hamburg, PA - IBM 5126
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Sep '25

20 Sep '25

Jeff Salzman is unable to pick up an item for VCF this weekend in Hamburg, PA. Is there anyone else available that can pick it up? It's an IBM 5126. If interested, then we will pass on the info. 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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Need someone to take over AV at VCF 2026!
by Ethan O'Toole 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

Hello all, For the past 5 years or so I have led up the effort for main stage AV at VCF East. Friends like Ben and Reggie and a number of other awesome people have helped along the way. Things have gotten too crazy schedule wise and I won't be able to support the AV side for 2026. It's time to hand over the reins to someone else! It's a great opportunity to play with your AV toys and get some experience. VCF owns the beautiful Epson projector, the projection screen and pipe and drape (curtains that go behind the stage.) You will need to bring in PA, mics, cameras, cables. We have always routed and recorded video from the presenter laptop separately as well as cameras for building the side by side view. So, does anyone on here have the drive and ability to take this over? Happy to give information in advance if it's beneficial. (I am still coming to VCFE 2026, hopefully get back to doing a table because I've been sitting on a number of ideas :-)

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Why doesn't forum.vcfed.org have 2026 VCF East in Upcoming?
by Neil Cherry 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

Why doesn't forum.vcfed.org have 2026 VCF East in Upcoming? Just noticed it's not there -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Never seen this before
by Ethan O'Toole 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

Hotel TVs do tricks to support the ondemand systems. oncommand was one and there was another. When someone hits menu it would secretly jump the tv to an unused channel and the hotel headend would generate menus for that user bbrowsing. Buy a movie and you get on a dedicated private channel where you can see it. We could get the tvs into add/remove channel mode and you could just go up thru the channels and see people browsing menus, watching movies and sometimes naked people. Good av hardware supports rs232 for integreation with control systems like AMX and Crestron. I moved off AMX to this linux python pile called HomeAssistant and it's on my to-dos to add a serial to network bridge and make home assistant talk to my home stereo preamp which has rs232. Home assistant is wild, it's crazy but also crazy powerful. - Ethan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Never seen this before
by Bill Degnan 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

yah...could that just be a wired channel remote port? On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM Hopkins, Justin via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Ha, learn something new every day. > I just looked up the user manual for the TV and it just says > “for special AV control use only” with no elaboration, and there is a > related product that just says the RS-232 is for 3rd party control systems. > > > Thanks for the info on it. > > > > > From: Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 11:07 AM > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Cc: Hopkins, Justin <Justin.Hopkins(a)broadridge.com> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Never seen this before > > Sure, usually only on commercial sets. This is used to remotely control > the settings and operation of the set. Sony referred to it as “Control-C”. > On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11: 03 AM Hopkins, Justin via vcf-midatlantic > <vcf-midatlantic@ lists. vcfed. org> > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > This Message Is From an Unknown Sender > You have not previously corresponded with this sender. Use caution when > clicking links or opening attachments. Report suspicious emails by clicking > the "Report" button in your Outlook toolbar or forward to > SIRT(a)Broadridge.com<mailto:SIRT@Broadridge.com>. > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > Sure, usually only on commercial sets. This is used to remotely control > the settings and operation of the set. Sony referred to it as “Control-C”. > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM Hopkins, Justin via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org<mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> > wrote: > RS-232 on a TV??? > > > https://imgur.com/a/le9sVhA< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/imgur.com/a/le9sVhA__;!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8… > > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Never seen this before
by Dean Notarnicola 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

Sure, usually only on commercial sets. This is used to remotely control the settings and operation of the set. Sony referred to it as “Control-C”. On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM Hopkins, Justin via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > RS-232 on a TV??? > > > https://imgur.com/a/le9sVhA > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. >

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Never seen this before
by Hopkins, Justin 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

RS-232 on a TV??? https://imgur.com/a/le9sVhA This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] SDFVM on HNET!
by Bill Degnan 15 Sep '25

15 Sep '25

that's awesome to do for the community. I don't have a VMS system up and running but I know Dave McGuire will on the other end of PA. Bill On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I'm pleased to announce that SDFVM, the Interim Computer Museum's VM/IS > (VM/SP 5) system, is now available to connect to over HNET, the > mainframe hobbyist NJE network! This means that any systems connected > to HNET can send files and mail to SDFVM. > > In practice, that means you can: > > * Use VM SENDFILE to send files over RSCS to SDFVM users, or if you > are on SDFVM, to use RSCS to send files to users on other HNET systems > * Use PROFS or OfficeVision to send mail to users enrolled on PROFS on > SDFVM > * Install the TOOLS/TOOLSRUN packages on your VM system and mirror the > tools and conferencing disks hosted on SDFVM. And SDFVM can mirror > any tools/conferencing disks hosted on yours! > > If you have a system on HNET, you can set your default route to DEARN > and should then be able to connect to SDFVM. Write to Evie Cooper at > wec(a)bam.moe (on copy) and she'll do her best to get you hooked into us. > > Here's how we're connected into the network: > > DEARN -> HSNET -> EVIEVM -> SDFVM > > > -- > Regards, > > Dan FitzGerald > Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepse > http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/DFITZGER > VM/SP Systems Programming Team, Interim Computer Museum > HNET: SDFVM(DFITZGER) >

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SDFVM on HNET!
by Dan FitzGerald 15 Sep '25

15 Sep '25

I'm pleased to announce that SDFVM, the Interim Computer Museum's VM/IS (VM/SP 5) system, is now available to connect to over HNET, the mainframe hobbyist NJE network! This means that any systems connected to HNET can send files and mail to SDFVM. In practice, that means you can: * Use VM SENDFILE to send files over RSCS to SDFVM users, or if you are on SDFVM, to use RSCS to send files to users on other HNET systems * Use PROFS or OfficeVision to send mail to users enrolled on PROFS on SDFVM * Install the TOOLS/TOOLSRUN packages on your VM system and mirror the tools and conferencing disks hosted on SDFVM. And SDFVM can mirror any tools/conferencing disks hosted on yours! If you have a system on HNET, you can set your default route to DEARN and should then be able to connect to SDFVM. Write to Evie Cooper at wec(a)bam.moe (on copy) and she'll do her best to get you hooked into us. Here's how we're connected into the network: DEARN -> HSNET -> EVIEVM -> SDFVM -- Regards, Dan FitzGerald Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepse http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/DFITZGER VM/SP Systems Programming Team, Interim Computer Museum HNET: SDFVM(DFITZGER)

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MARCH Workshop Hack-a-Thon - Official Rules
by Jeff Salzman 15 Sep '25

15 Sep '25

The official rules and detailed information about the October Hack-a-Thon are posted at this link: https://vcfed.org/2025/09/15/march-hack-a-thon-free-pile-fabrication/ Looking forward to seeing you there! Jeff Salzman VCF Steering Committee member MARCH Workshop Manager

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