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Memories of 1977
by Joseph Giliberti 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Greetings! I'm still in planning stages for my homebrew computer and one of my goals is to keep it period appropriate. Part of that is not using any parts or technologies introduced later than 1977. I want my computer to have at least 32k of SRAM. So, by the end of 1977, what was the densest chip commonly available which I won't have to go bonkers trying to locate? Thanks Joe Giliberti

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Females in computing list: VCF East 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

This is the list of female speakers that I have contacted or will contact. If you have any other suggestions that are not on this list, then please let me know. Margaret Morabito Jeri Ellsworth Quinn Dunki Cynthia Solomon - LOGO Carol Shaw - Mary Allen Wilkes - Linc 8 programmer Limor Fried - Ada Fruit Dona Bailey - Centipede programmer Burger Becky (Rebecca Heinmann) - Apple 2 programmer - Margaret Hamilton - Kim Swift - Rebecca Mercuri - STEM Radio technology classes for females Atari women - Mar Hicks - https://marhicks.com/ Betsy Ahl - Editor of Creative Computing Magazine Roberta Williams - Co-founder of Sierra Online ========================================= 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Females in computing list: VCF East 2022
by Jeffrey Jonas 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Grace Hopper, the Eniac programmers and "Secret Rosies" are fascinating people but I fear many cannot appear because they're no longer living :-0 However, Melissa Pierce's documentary "Born with Curiosity: The Story of Grace Murray Hopper" seems to be a work in progress, with a stage-show https://bornwithcuriosity.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Pierce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjx49LtuSFY -- jeff jonas

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Females in computing list: VCF East 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 10:59 AM Brian L. Stuart via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Good point, Bill, and it brings to mind Kathy Kleiman who > has done a great deal of research on the group of women > who became the first programmers of the ENIAC. She > conducted interviews with them while they were still living > and she has produced a short-form documentary film > about them. While I wouldn't want to speak for her, I'm > pretty sure she'd be happy to give a talk and a screening > of the film. > Wow! Great suggestion Brian! I didn't know about her, but she would be a great candidate for a speaker at our show. I will contact her. > BLS > > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, 01:02:28 PM UTC, Bill Degnan via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > > *Living* pioneers of computing.who would draw a reasonable crowd as a > keynote speaker? Not so easy. Picking a high level manager at a software > company who happens to be a woman is not going to be on the same level as > past keynote speakers and it kind of looks like you're more trying to fill > the slot with someone who checks the box "woman" before you realized the > obvious problem.of your category choice. > > Consider finding an expert on the history of women in computing, regardless > of their demographic characteristics, who can give a good informative talk > on the subject of "women in computing". A good speaker who knows the > subject. This way you can *cover them all* with >respect<. Find an author > of a good book on the subject. Find a historian. > > Having this discussuon like this on an open forum? Wouldnt you want to > keep this kind of debate within management until you finalized your plans? > > Bill > Former.v.p. vcfed > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 5:34 AM Mark Whittington via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > Margaret Hamilton > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:24 AM skogkatt007--- via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > Grace Hopper, Gina Smith. > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Females in computing list: VCF East 2022
by Mark Whittington 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Margaret Hamilton On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:24 AM skogkatt007--- via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Grace Hopper, Gina Smith. > > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Females in computing list: VCF East 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:24 AM skogkatt007--- via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Grace Hopper, Gina Smith. > Great suggestions!

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retro vacuum tube computer and circuits
by Jeffrey Jonas 11 Jan '22

11 Jan '22

Usagi Electric makes tube systems Usagi Electric - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/c/Nakazoto/videos> such as Vacuum Tube Computer P.22 – Processor Finished! - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9oB-6963DU> -- jeff jonas

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Add-on card edge fingers for mock S-100 boards
by Joseph Giliberti 10 Jan '22

10 Jan '22

Greetings, I've been making basic design plans for my 8080- based homebrew computer. I want to build the system using the S-100 standard so that I could potentially add on commercially-built boards later. I've decided on wire-wrap board construction since the connections are solid and resistant to damage or corrosion. Plus it just looks so damn cool! I figure I can use plain perfboard to make the cards, but I need some way of grafting card-edge fingers onto the board and wrap them into the circuit, allowing me to connect to card to a standard S-100 backplane. Is there a premade part in existence to accomplish this, of will this be a project in and of itself? Thanks Everyone! Joe Giliberti

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Another great workshop this weekend 1/8 & 1/9, 2022
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Jan '22

10 Jan '22

This past weekend there was a smaller turnout due to the cold and snowy weather, but we still got a lot of stuff done and enjoyed ourselves in a safe way. Jeff Salzman worked on TRS-80 and Commodore PET 4032 stuff. Ian worked on TVs and a Oscilloscope. Connor worked on a lot of various things CJ worked on TVs and other items. Ryan B worked don a Macintosh SE Gregg worked on an emulator. Perhaps they can elaborate on what they did. I took care of some maintenance stuff in the musem. Not sure what others were working on. So the next repair workshop is @ System Source Jan 29 & 30. Next e-mail will give details. ========================================= 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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VCF East 2022 Flyer - Draft 2
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Jan '22

10 Jan '22

Here is a slightly edited version of the Commodore 64 version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tQJOKAWjdNKlaiAlhOp1YbDU7M5dTZt2/view?usp=… By the way, it's Drew Notarnicola making the fyer. He always does a great job of doing the flyers for us and did an excellent job with the program book this year! ========================================= 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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