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Repair Workshop Signup - Feb 26 & 27, 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

Yes. There is a repair workshop the same day as the swap meet, but the repair workshop starts when the swap meet ends, which is at 2PM. Signup for February 2022 Repair Workshop here: February 2022 Repair Workshop Signup Sheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r72zeq40D-uuTUObIuGkL1dUgWAav1uWoMO…> Spaces are first come first serve to the CDL space. Limited space available. Overflow space in 9032-A building. Sign up to guarantee a space in your preferred area!!! *DATES*: February 26 & 27, 2022 *LOCATIONS:* InfoAge: 2201 Marconi Road, Wall Township, NJ 1) Building 9059 (CDL Hackerspace - Formerly IXR) AND 2) Building 9032-A (Old workshop area in main building) TIME: Saturday START time = 2PM END time = 11PM. Sunday START time = 10 A.M. and END = 5 P.M. *SIGNUP HERE!*: Signup sheet Click HERE! <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r72zeq40D-uuTUObIuGkL1dUgWAav1uWoMO…> Face Masks are required for non-vaccinated people. Vaccinated people have the option to wear masks, but they are highly recommended. *COST:*- $15 per person, PER day. This money goes to InfoAge and CDL. - $25 per night for those wanting to stay overnight (Money goes to InfoAge). Please pay ME upon arrival. Cash or PayPal is acceptable as payment. Ask ahead of time if you need to use a credit card. *OVERNIGHT*: Bring your own pillow, blankets, soap etc. We provide a bed frame and an uncovered mattress. There are showers and a kitchen for your use. - You can pay via PayPal to paypal(a)vcfed.org. or to me via cash or credit card in person. *EQUIPMENT:* - VCF will provide a table and you can use any available electrical outlet. - Bring your own tools, power strips, power cords, and supplies etc. - If you need particular tools that you don't own or particular parts, please post to the list for those going. They may have what you need. Let them know ahead of time. - Let everyone know what project you are working on ahead of time to inspire collaboration. *DRINKS*: You should bring your own. We have a refrigerator in CDL to keep them cold. VCF will buy some water and soft drinks for member use. *FOOD*: *Saturday Night Dinner at 7PM?*: Not sure if anyone wants to go out after a long day at the swap meet. There may be some leftover food from the swap meet. Options: * Ottos * Robinson Ale House * MJs * Brick House Tap and Tavern * Main Street Bar and Grill *Sunday Morning*: Bagel order from Delicious Bagels Sign-up HERE <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LJZWBCAmhHoEPU4ImM5rG_fk5ilYA2uFje4…> *Sunday Afternoon*: Wawa GATE: Please close the gate behind you at all times. We want to discourage random strangers from wandering the campus during museum hours. PARKING: Park in the main parking lot, unless you are unloading. Don't park on the lawn. QUESTIONS? Contact Jeff Brace PHONE: (7 3 2 ) 7 5 9 - 1 7 8 3 EMAIL: jeffrey AT VCFED DOT ORG Have fun everyone! ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner VCF Mid-Atlantic Executive Director Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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IBM ServerGuide CD's needed
by skogkatt007＠yahoo.com 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

I need the ones that are specific to the xSeries 350 / Netfinity 6000. Moocho grassyass.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: time to downsize
by Bob Shuster 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

Update: I’m finally going through the Apple II systems. Any Apple II experts/aficionados who might be willing to help me ID and value stuff? I have an Apple II Plus, an Apple IIe, and an Apple IIe Platinum (and I thought I had a gs somewhere but haven’t located it yet.) I also have a few peripherals and a bunch of expansion cards (plus of course the installed boards.) Bob Shuster

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Looking for an IBM 5162 (XT 286) Motherboard
by Alexander Jacocks 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

All, I’m (still!) looking for a motherboard for my otherwise perfect XT 286. If anyone has a spare, and is coming to the swap meet, please let me know what you are looking to get for it. Many thanks! - Alex

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Sun LSA800 18.1" LCD Monitors
by Stephen A Edwards 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

I have two Sun LSA800 18.1" LCD Monitors, which are interesting only because they have Sun's 13W3 connectors (in addition to VGA) so they can work directly with 90s-era Sun machines. One of them has a bad (cracked) panel, but the backlight, controller, etc. are all OK. Does anybody have a panel with a bad controller that could use these parts for repair? The other is working fine, albeit missing its bizarre 14V power supply (replacements can be ordered on Amazon!). Is someone interested in purchasing this at the swapmeet?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Need Amiga 1000 boot disks for VCF museum
by Jeffrey Brace 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 1:42 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Aren’t both discs needed Kickstart and Workbench for 1000? > Yes. We don't have the Workbench 1.3 working, but we have the Kickstart 1.3 working. We have Workbench 1.2 disks, but no Kickstart 1.2 disk. > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > On Feb 19, 2022, at 12:57 PM, Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > If, when booting the Kickstart, you get the Workbench request screen, then > Kickstart is good. > > We might have a number of Workbench disks in the museum. Maybe even some > Kickstart disks. I can help look for them next weekend. > > We can probably ask Ian if his disk imager can produce either one of them. > > Jeff Salzman > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 11:13 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > The museum's Amiga 1000 boot disks appear to be not working. I'm not sure > > if it is the Kickstart or the Workbench disk . We usually used Ver 1.3. > Not > > sure if Ver 1.2 works on that machine too. > > > > Can someone bring a copy? > > > > Thanks! > > > > ========================================= > > 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 > > > >

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Need Amiga 1000 boot disks for VCF museum
by Jeffrey Brace 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

The museum's Amiga 1000 boot disks appear to be not working. I'm not sure if it is the Kickstart or the Workbench disk . We usually used Ver 1.3. Not sure if Ver 1.2 works on that machine too. Can someone bring a copy? Thanks! ========================================= 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

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Memotech experts on-list?
by Richard Cini 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

All – While moving things around in the shop, I found a US-badged Memotech MTX512 I bought a few years ago. That got me thinking about playing with and expanding it. The floppy FDX units are pretty rare so I thought about re-making the interface card inside to connect floppy drives or a Gotek to it. However, what I can’t seem to locate on Primrosebank (http://www.primrosebank.net/computers/mtx/mtxmanuals.htm#hardware) is a schematic for the actual guts of the FDX unit. I can find the RS-232/floppy card (really a bus buffer), but not the inner-workings of the FDX itself. There’s a picture or two here (http://www.nyangau.org/memotech/hardware.htm) but no schematics for either the bus interface card or the controller card itself. Looks like it uses a weird kind of expansion bus cage. Maybe the later SDX version is the same, but not sure. Anyway, if there’s someone on-list with Memotech experience and can point me in the right direction, it’d be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://cini.classiccmp.org http://altair32.classiccmp.org

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East Exhibit Planning
by Dave Shevett 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

I reached out to the vcf folks about either bringing my handheld eollection again or doing an exhibit on the OLPC project but never heard back. :(. Not sure what my plans are now. Will be at the swap meet though! On Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 7:51 AM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Howdy everyone, > > VCF East is just over 2 months away, which is weird because it feels like > it just happened like a month ago. I haven't heard much in the way of > chatter of exhibit plans yet, so I'm curious what folks are working on, or > thinking about exhibiting come April. I saw Jason was planning a PBX > exhibit, which I can't recall seeing before at East, so that sounds cool. > > Seeing as this year is the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 64 release, I > imagine someone is intending to do an exhibit focused on it. To that end, > if anyone would like to borrow my early model C64 for the show, let me > know. Silver label, Rev A motherboard, very low serial number, and most > importantly it works: https://commodorez.com/img/silverlabel.jpg > > <https://commodorez.com/img/silverlabel.jpg> > I'm gearing up to exhibit my Nova 1200 now that it's running properly. > RIght now it looks like it will just be demoing Single User BASIC with an > H19 for a terminal. It's not an exact match for the hardware, but it'll do > considering I don't have any other Data General equipment. > > <https://commodorez.com/img/silverlabel.jpg> > -Alexander 'Z' Pierson >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East Exhibit Planning
by David Gesswein 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 07:49:04AM -0500, Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I haven't heard much in the way of > chatter of exhibit plans yet, so I'm curious what folks are working on, or > thinking about exhibiting come April. > Plan is to bring my 8/I running spacewar. Will have some other demos. Will see about updating a little the signal capture and FFT I did for virtual VCF. Not going to have the prep time I was expecting so won't be able to do major new demos.

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