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July Repair Workshop @ System Source
by Jeffrey Brace 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

The July Repair Workshop will be at System Source. The Vintage Computer Federation and the System Source Computer Museum are hosting a vintage computer workshop on Saturday July 10th and Sunday July 11 th 2021 at: System Source Computer Museum 338 Clubhouse Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21031 A few pictures from our pre-COVID event: Details below! Plenty of free parking, short walk from Baltimore’s light rail (Gilroy Road Stop) We will open at 9:00 AM on Saturday July10th, 2021 and will lock up by 7:30 PM. We will go to dinner afterwards. If you are interested in dinner, then please indicate on the signup form. We will open at 9:00 AM on Sunday July 11th and lock up at 5:00 PM Accommodations: Try https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g41196-Hunt_Valley_Maryland-Hotels.html <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.tripadvisor.com_Ho…> Feel free to talk with others about sharing a room. Food: There are plenty of restaurants within a short drive. We will have a catered Indian buffet on Saturday at cost ($12.00?) and catered Barbecue ($12.00?) on Sunday for those who sign up. We will feature tours of the museum throughout both days and several mini-workshops: - Retrobright workshop (bring your yellowed plastics) - Pre-industrial computing class - Learn to use a slide rule, and various types of Abaci - Hot Metal Typesetting (3500 lb word processor - Preview/contribute to new exhibit IBM PC@40 We will have most of the IBM PCs (and predecessors) load up with various operating systems and software If you need a machine to work on, please let me know. We have lots of computers awaiting restoration! Let others know what you are working on. If you have unusual needs, (220 Volts, fork lift, etc please email Bob Roswell at museum(a)syssrc.com Bob Roswell broswell(a)syssrc.com https://museum.syssrc.com 410-771-5544 x 4336

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Vote for 2021 VCF T-shirt Design!
by Jeffrey Brace 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

There were 5 designs submitted for this year's Vintage Computer Festival t-shirt. Please remember that these are only *concept art* and *not *the final product! Please *vote *for the one that you like the best! The one with the most votes will be selected as the new t-shirt design for 2021! Go to this link to see the designs and to vote < https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4PMOBqxmxjykN3TnGT_P6dKraoSjo5lT… > If you don't like that long link, here is a shorter one: https://forms.gle/3KVw1RHGwyaQJrPp9 Jeff Brace ========================================= Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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OT: teeny robots re-enact the Oregon Trail
by Jeffrey Jonas 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Students used teeny line-following robots to recreate the Oregon Trail https://ozobot.com/blog/creators-of-the-month-third-graders-bring-back-the-… Here's the video: https://twitter.com/Ozobot/status/991110783294758915 https://twitter.com/i/status/991110783294758915

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REPAIR WORKSHOPS APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG 2021
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Mar '21

17 Mar '21

*APRIL REPAIR WORKSHOP* April 25 or April 24 depending on whether it rains at the swap meet. If rain on the 24th, then repair workshop, else repair workshop = 25th. Sign up is here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15_yp6ooSltEL2eIkKT2GmmpYXQ5_uDLch8r…> *MAY REPAIR WORKSHOP* May 15 & 16 (This is a change from the original date) Signup here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17n7rQol7xt3f0dnAwA8zrMHy4vHw163xjXQ…> *JUNE REPAIR WORKSHOP* June 12 & 13 (This is a change from the original date) Signup here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11iQyGDYyrFsAFQp73YwYnL-3soQIVDGOLid…> *JULY REPAIR WORKSHOP @ SYSTEM SOURCE!* July 10 & 11 Signup here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KROoCNqTiTWgsXvijGBqvNblZa8weS6a8hE…> *AUGUST REPAIR WORKSHOP* August 14 & 15 Signup here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J028DlSdvSUlh3BsrGfmalHQ9qbFfPSUQa9…> Any Questions? Jeff Brace ========================================= Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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OT - SME needed to assist with Cisco Config
by Martin Flynn 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

OT - working on a SIP gateway using a Cisco 2821 Router Carrier is voip.ms Hardware is at Camp Evans in the makerspace if you are local Martin

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Virtual TCF this Saturday, 03/20
by Neil Cherry 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

For those interested in TCF, it will virtual this year. I wasn't able to do a presentation because I was busy taking online classes for work (just Finished Sunday). https://tcf-nj.org/ I'm particularly interested in the AI material. I have a work related class and found it interesting and learned how 'we' (me, a Software Engineer) would use AI in our work. It was an introduction and not actually on AI. -- 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

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AT style case for 486 motherboard
by Sentrytv 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

Good morning and I’m wondering if anyone going to the swap meet, or a workshop soon , who has “AT” style cases they want to get rid of. I am looking for one mini tower or a mid tower case and one mid size desktop case. Power supply included would be nice, but not necessary, motherboards I have. Please let me know, contact me off list Thank you Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Non-IBM CD drive on PS/2
by Richard Cini 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

Any PS/2 experts on the list? I have a question about getting non-IBM stuff working on a PS/2 Model 80 running PC-DOS 4.01. Has anyone gotten a non-branded SCSI CD-ROM Drive working with a SCSI-based PS/2? I’m using the PCem emulator which, if you don’t know it, is an emulator like DOSBox but emulates specific PC-compatible brands and machines. So, I can do a Compaq DeskPro/386 or an IBM PS/2 and it emulates all the quirks. It’s pretty neat. I had both of those machines when I was in college so it’s a great step back. Anyway, I’ve learned about ADF’s and stuff, so I have a pretty good working system at this point — a PS/2 Model 80 with an IBM SCSI storage controller (it’s the “SCSI controller with cache” model), 312mb drive, and a SoundBlaster card. The only thing that doesn’t work is the emulated CD-ROM. PCem emulates a generic SCSI CD that I have assigned to SCSI ID 6 and I’ve run the Reference Disk. I’ve read that if it’s not an IBM-branded CD, there are issues with getting it working. I’ve loaded the ASPI4B SCSI driver and the IBMCDROM driver (with the “/i “ and “p:2” params, but it barfs on loading. If anyone can give me a push, that’s be great. I can add a CD definition to the source code, but I’d need info from a real IBM CD drive like the ID string, serial number, etc. Thanks! Rich http://cini.classiccmp.org/ Long Island S100 User’s Group Get Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS

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Flyer for upcoming swapmeet in New Jersey
by Sentrytv 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

I’m wondering if anybody has the flyer ready please send it to me and I will post it on several Facebook groups Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Museum Report 3/10, 3/13, 2021
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

Wednesday 3/10 Bill Inderreiden was docent and he had a decent number of high interest visitors which is good because Wednesday are typically slow. Saturday 3/13 Dennis was docent and he had some high interest visitors. One child loved the C64 and The Print Shop printout. It seems like the warmer weather is bringing out more visitors. I will be doncent today. And then for dinner I will have some nice pie. Happy Pi Day everyone! Jeff Brace ========================================= Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783

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