- vcf-midatlantic - lists.vcfed.org

Data extraction from a Micropolis 1325D
by Jeffrey Brace 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Someone is looking to extract data from a Micropolis "1325D", which came from a DEC Pro-380. He is unsure of its internal condition. It has not run for many years, possibly a decade or two. He is still working on getting the computer itself online, and would like to get the hdd dumbed if possible. Anyone have any experience with this? I will find out where he is located. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

3 3

Docent volunteers needed in VCF museum
by Jeffrey Brace 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Hello everyone, Docenting is a great way to support VCF and learn about artifacts. We have an ongoing need to have docents in our museum Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 12PM to 5PM. Right now we have Bill Inderrieden every Wednesday, Deborah every Saturday and me every Sunday. We need more docents in the mix to give us days off or to other VCF related activities. Also in the summer Deborah will be going to an internship, so we will need a replacement on Saturdays. If you are coming from far, we will allow you to stay in the dorm overnight at VCF's expense. We would just need sufficient advanced notice. There are many things that can be done while waiting for visitors like on a project or even help improve the artifacts with great demos or specific projects. You don't need to do it every week. You could do it once a month, once every two months, whatever. The important thing is to have more docents in the rotation so that the regular docents can have a day off to do VCF things or personal things. We will schedule you in. If you are interested in volunteering, then please contact me. If you have any questions, then let me know and I would be happy to answer them. Thanks so much! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

1 1

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TRS DOS boot disks for Model 1
by Jeffrey Brace 06 Mar '22

06 Mar '22

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 5:13 PM Bill Dromgoole <drummy(a)comcast.net> wrote: > You could try this video for a procedure. > Which video? > > > Bill > > > > > > *From: *Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > *Sent: *Sunday, March 6, 2022 5:00 PM > *To: *vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > *Cc: *Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> > *Subject: *[vcf-midatlantic] TRS DOS boot disks for Model 1 > > > > Someone send a message to our info email asking if I could help find a > > source for TRS DOS boot disk for a Model 1. He lives in Murrells Inlet, SC. > > > > Anyone have some idea of how I can direct him? > > > > Thanks! > > > > ========================================= > > Jeff Brace > > >

1 0

TRS DOS boot disks for Model 1
by Jeffrey Brace 06 Mar '22

06 Mar '22

Someone send a message to our info email asking if I could help find a source for TRS DOS boot disk for a Model 1. He lives in Murrells Inlet, SC. Anyone have some idea of how I can direct him? Thanks! ========================================= Jeff Brace

3 2

Tektronix 2213A scopes for sale
by Mike Loewen 04 Mar '22

04 Mar '22

I have two Tektronix 2213A oscilloscopes for sale, FOB VCE East (April 22-24). These two scopes were used in a university environment, and are in working condition: controls fairly clean, sharp display, some tape and sticker residue. The lever on the Vertical Mode channel selector on unit 1 has broken off, but there's enough of a nub that it's easily switched. These scopes will be at VCE East on April 22-24 for pickup. No probes, power cords, covers or manuals are included. The Operator and Service manuals are freely available online in PDF form. Pictures available here: http://q7.neurotica.com/Tektronix/ Best offer over $60 for each unit. Please contact me OFF-LIST with offers. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

1 1

WTB: Atari ST SH314 floppy drive and SC1224 monitor
by Joseph Giliberti 04 Mar '22

04 Mar '22

Greetings! Title says it all. Only interested in working pieces. Not interested in risking sending a CRT through the mail. Let me know what you have privately. Thanks! Joe Giliberti

4 8

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Old Topic : vendor early access. New topic: Positive suggestions for next swap meet.
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 2:39 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Please let this topic go. > I think everybody’s getting sick of this topic already. > Mike, I agree. I will be taking all of the suggestions and creating a survey to get some more organized feedback. I no longer need any more thoughts or comments posted to this list at this time. Thanks! Jeff > > Don’t you all think it would be best if we just suggested positive changes > to the next swap meet before people get fed up and decide that swap meets > will be cut completely? > > New topic > Positive suggestions for the next swap meet. > > Mike Rosen > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > On Mar 3, 2022, at 2:26 PM, skogkatt007--- via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > <mime-attachment> >

1 0

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Swap Meet feedback: vendor early access
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Hello everyone, I appreciate all the feedback, comments, and thoughts. Whether they are positive, negative or neutral they are all appreciated and heard. There are undoubtedly others who feel the same way as all of you with various thoughts and opinions. This is the third time that we have run a swap meet and each time we learn from the experience. This was also the first indoor one, so lots of growing pains. We started out not knowing how to do a swap meet but having general event planning. Somethings worked well, some not so well. Each time we learned from our mistakes and made things better the next time. I will be taking all of what was discussed here when I plan the next swap meet for October 8, 2022. Thanks so much everyone! Jeff Brace On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 2:26 PM skogkatt007--- via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > A conversation becomes silly when people persist with silly assumptions > about why an opinion was expressed. Let it go already. > > On Thursday, March 3, 2022, 02:14:54 PM EST, Ethan O'Toole via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > What is it that you missed out on? If you mention what you are looking for > ... amazing things happen. > > > [NON-Text Body part not included] > >

1 0

16 station MidiMaze Atari FPS @ VCF East 2022
by Ethan O'Toole 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Hello, An idea came to mind as a friend was repairing a bunch of Atari 8bit systems. There is a game called MidiMaze, where you can network up to 16 Atari 8bit (and supposedly ST systems) together. It's a first person shooter with smiley faces. I can find talk of 11 station system being setup, but was thinking it would be cool to do a 16 player station @ VCF. I am having PCBs made right now for all the carts, all of the midi interfaces, as well as fujinet boards for machines. I can definitely populate the carts and midi interfaces, will try to do Fujinets depending on ESP32 availability. It requires XL or XE, 64K of RAM. I have 3 machines, my friend has ~7. So we would be looking for the final systems to fill out this project. I have a spreadsheet I will post once I get my counts and Reggies system count. The current idea/dream is to run on physical Midi interfaces for the first half of VCF, then cut over to fujinet where the midi network is created over TCP/IP. We won't be loading the game from fujinet I don't think since we will have the carts and the fujinet version of the game requires a RAM expansion. Just easier to run carts. Will try to use an automated script to hit the web servers on the fujinet based on DHCP lease MAC address info and autoconfigure it all. Thoughts? Hype? How many Atari XL/XE does VCF have? - Ethan

2 2

Old Topic : vendor early access. New topic: Positive suggestions for next swap meet.
by Sentrytv 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Please let this topic go. I think everybody’s getting sick of this topic already. Don’t you all think it would be best if we just suggested positive changes to the next swap meet before people get fed up and decide that swap meets will be cut completely? New topic Positive suggestions for the next swap meet. Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. On Mar 3, 2022, at 2:26 PM, skogkatt007--- via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: <mime-attachment>

1 0