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

19 Feb '22

> 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. I'm doing an S-100 exhibit, with an IMSAI 8080, Vector Graphic Vector 1, and a Sol 20. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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VCF East Exhibit Planning
by Alexander Pierson 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

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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Is a TRS-80 Videotex Terminal functionally usable?
by Joseph Giliberti 18 Feb '22

18 Feb '22

Greetings! A friend of mine has a TRS-80 Videotex Terminal, which seems to be a very limited CoCo1, intended solely for use with dial-up services which no longer exist. Other than being a display piece, is there any way of actually using it? Could it dial in to a modem BBS? Thanks! Joe Giliberti

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OT: Source for 35MM Movie projector hardware?
by Ethan O'Toole 18 Feb '22

18 Feb '22

Heya, Not vintage computers but a bit retro. Anyone in the club here know any leads on this kind of stuff in the Mid-Atlantic region? I am looking for some bits for my movie projector project. Dolby CAT701 or CAT702 optical reader and cable 1KW or 1.5KW lamphouse + ballast + lamp Platter system Trailers or 35mm feature films DTS optical reader and processor SDDS optical reader and processor (reader and cable most important)

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Go Fund Me for Commodore Toronto document preservation
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Brian Bagnell, author of Commodore on the Edge and Dave McMurtie of the Commodore International Historical Society are doing a Go Fund Me to pay for scanning of Commodore Toronto documents. For me information go to this link: https://gofund.me/d69b1b65 ========================================= 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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OT: .Net software developer position.
by Bob Flanders 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Hi, My company is looking for a developer. Here are the base skills: - Experience with Full Stack Software development using C#, JavaScript, SQL (or another similar stack) - Experience with (or desire to learn) Agile development methodologies - Familiarity with source code control, code reviews and continuous integration If you or someone you know (or one of your children) are interested in this, please let me know. Thanks! Bob (I checked with Jeff before posting this.)

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VCF Swap Meet Feb. 26 update
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

We are up to 17 vendors so far with a total of 26 spaces. I'm starting my advertising blitz to get the word out. There's still time to sign up to get the preferred spot: https://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-swap-meet/ FYI: We are selling hamburgers, hot dogs, 4 cheese pizza, soda, water, coffee, hot chocolate ========================================= 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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OT: LP transfer in NJ
by Adam Michlin 13 Feb '22

13 Feb '22

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to get an LP transferred to digital and am hoping someone might know a professional (i.e. I'd like to pay for a professional job) audio engineer who could do it. Ideally in NJ. Any leads are greatly appreciated and please respond off list. Thanks! -Adam

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Seeking Apple II Plus DOS System Master Disk
by Anthony Scarola 12 Feb '22

12 Feb '22

Hello Everyone, I'm working to test out my new Apple II Plus and in need of a DOS System Master Disk. I can find them on eBay but thought I'd try the group first. Thank you, -- Anthony Scarola 757-418-0082 anthony(a)scarolas.com

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Halt and catch fire- were the online gaming services really that significant?
by Douglas Crawford 12 Feb '22

12 Feb '22

Hi ya'll: (1) I never finished watching the series but I was taken back by how big of a deal they present the online gaming development intrigue of that time. I never joined one of those services back then, so I may be totally ignorant of a whole subculture I never got exposed to, but was it really that big of a deal? Was it as compelling as the video series suggests? Did they make very creative use of the C64's abilities that is also suggested? I didn't think so, I never was exposed to the "buzz" of it but I might have just be oblivious. (2) I didn't know anything about PLATO back in the day either, but that, in retrospect seems like it was the promising online system for multi user gaming by creating a terminal environment to encapsulate the experience not unlike how Web browsers did later.

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