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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] With New COVID Restrictions, Is Museum Affected?
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Bill, It's not likely that InfoAge Museum will shutdown unless ordered by the Governor. Apart from a few occasions that brought in a lot of people at one time such as scheduled boy scout tours or a Jewish holiday there haven't been too many visitors at one time. Visitors have trickled in at a slow pace over the last few months. Also the protocols that we have been using already limit people to 10 at a time in a museum room. So even with the 10 person per room restrictions, InfoAge (and VCF) are already following them and have been following them since re-opening in June. I would expect that unless there is a order or some problem, InfoAge won't shutdown. They are already following strict protocols such as limiting the number of people, requiring everyone to wear a mask, taking temperatures at the front desk, taking down contact tracing info, hand sanitizer, etc. It is up to IA to make the call. In the VCF museum we are already limiting people to 10 inside our museum and following all protocols for mask wearing, temperature taking, and sanitizing. Jeff On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 6:20 PM Bill Inderrieden via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Indoor gatherings are limited to a MAXIMUM of 10 people Effective Nov 23rd: > > Outdoor gatherings are limited to a MAXIMUM of 150 people > > > > > Now that Gov. Murphy has tightened restrictions, will there be any opening > restrictions / hours to Info Age, and VCF? > > Bill Inderrieden > > > -- ========================================= 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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neat VGA tester
by W2HX 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

For you folks that work on machines with VGA monitors. https://www.mpja.com/11-16-20.asp?r=344017&s=2 I don't own one but it seemed interesting enough to pass on. 73 Eugene W2HX

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Festivus Cancelled
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

I'm sorry to report that due to new guidelines in New Jersey Festivus is cancelled for this year :( But don't lose heart, I'm hoping to do a Summer Festivus if conditions permit. So stay tuned for that. The steering committee will still be announcing the two new Steering Committee members during that weekend. We will let everyone know the time and method of announcement. Stay safe 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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With New COVID Restrictions, Is Museum Affected?
by svcatitc＠aol.com 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

Indoor gatherings are limited to a MAXIMUM of 10 people Effective Nov 23rd: Outdoor gatherings are limited to a MAXIMUM of 150 people Now that Gov. Murphy has tightened restrictions, will there be any opening restrictions / hours to Info Age, and VCF? Bill Inderrieden

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Festivus and Covid-19
by Jeffrey Brace 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

So I'm currently monitoring the spike in cases in NJ and in the region as well as the guidelines. As of today Festivus is still on. The current guidelines are: ******** General indoor gatherings must be limited to 25 people or 25% of a room's capacity -- whichever number is lower. All attendees at indoor gatherings must wear face coverings and stay six feet apart. ******** The plan that I have will follow these guidelines. If the guidelines change to something less (i.e. no more than 10), then I will have to cancel. I will make a call by December 7. Festivus is scheduled for December 12 & 13. Even if I cancel it, there is no reason why I can't reschedule it to July or any other month. It might even work out better for some people. -- ========================================= 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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Museum Report 2020-11-14
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Nov '20

15 Nov '20

About a dozen visitors came today with Dylan as the docent. Andy and Dennis were there working on SGI stuff. I was working on installing the new color laser printer for the museum office area. Bill Indereiden stopped by to work with Andy on a museum project. I will be at the museum tomorrow. -- ========================================= 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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Micromint MPX-16 technical manual
by Richard Cini 15 Nov '20

15 Nov '20

All – I found a Micromint MPX-16 motherboard in my attic yesterday. I know back in 2002, I traded away one in the enclosure and it had the technical manual, but strangely I didn’t scan it for some reason. Now, I’d like to see if this board I have works. The magazine article gets most of the way there, but what’s missing is the DIP switch settings. I’ve made some guesses based on the source code for the ROM, but the actual manual would help. Bitsavers doesn’t have it, unfortunately. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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Fwd: VCF-MA Steering Committee Election Update
by Dean Notarnicola 14 Nov '20

14 Nov '20

Update! The following is the list of current nominees: Ian Primus - Nominated by Adam Michlin Alex Jacocks - Nominated by Jeff Brace Tony Bogan - Nominated by Dean Notarnicola Dave McGuire - Nominated by Chris Fala Jason Perkins - Nominated by Evan Koblentz Nominees should feel free to make statements in support of themselves, if desired. Please keep the nominations coming! Regards, Dean

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Let's Keep Personal Differences Off the List
by Alexander Jacocks 13 Nov '20

13 Nov '20

All, I'm not in any position of authority, but here is my $0.02 worth, on any situation ariging from internal conflict in a group. Please do NOT discuss this on the mailing list. Context is lost and feelings are very easily hurt, since emotions do not convey well in an online discussion. Also, this sort of discussion has no place on a list visited by many folks who know none of us personally. I strongly suggest that the parties involved discuss this directly, off-list. Thank you. Alex

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World of Commodore is going virtual!
by Jeffrey Brace 12 Nov '20

12 Nov '20

Reposting a message from Leif Bloomquist: ******************************* Hi all, We've decided to do a slimmed-down, Virtual-Only World of Commodore this year on December 5, 2020, through Zoom and YouTube. The page with the preliminary info is here: https://www.tpug.ca/world-of-commodore/world-of-commodore-2020/ Will be updated as we go along. Soon we'll be looking for volunteers to help out with various things (i.e. Breakout Room moderators, stuff like that). Please email me if you're willing/able to help! We also have a dedicated #woc channel on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/6UTY2aAE6p The Toronto PET User's Group is pleased to announce the World of Commodore 2020! This year it will be a Virtual event with livestreamed presentations and demos, breakout discussion rooms and more. ************************************************ -- ========================================= 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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