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Swap Meet June 7, 2025 @ InfoAge
by Jeffrey Brace 05 May '25

05 May '25

https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ *CLICK HERE FOR VENDOR Registration* <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVH2pMWrQt4yeNTwHdohC4Om_g1MdaNJc…> Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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OTish: Any Core2duo desktops super reliable?
by Ethan O'Toole 05 May '25

05 May '25

Any advice as to core2duo desktops that have really reliable components? I have two Dell E520 type desktops where I did some custom hacks to get Windows XPe installed to run software. XPe is embedded, so it's driver stripped. Any known reliable PCs that are Core2duo or maybe P4? Thinkcenter? HP/Compaq? Some other brand? Needs 6 channel audio, ethernet, ability to put in a lower end older NVidia card (Original was AGP but had it running on a PCIe one.) Curious if there is anything out there that should still be working today without issue. I have old P4 Compaq SFF that I use for disk imaging that has been strong. Longer story: Originally the computers were DFI I believe, and I forget the motherboard model but I still have something close enough. These are for arcade games, Need for Speed/Need for Speed underground. I had them running fine on the Dells pre-covid but now one isn't happy. It's blue screening when it boots into XPe, but passes memtest86+. the PSU has swollen caps, and the mobo had two bad ones. I replaced the bad ones, still blue screens. Time is tight so looking for alts. I think original was P4, but Core2duo is fine. 6 channel audio is needed, ethernet, and USB. Intel chipset is desired because I know I can install the XP copy of the chipset drivers in XPe on the original motherboard then move the drive into the new machine.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Jeffrey Brace 04 May '25

04 May '25

On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Mike, > > > Does your q7.neurotica.com site contain all of the older galleries you > used to keep on your previous website? I ask because in my travels of > gathering up links, I've found atleast half a dozen references to your old > website, but so far they're all for things that I already had the newer > version of on my directory. > > > Since posting about the page publicly, I've received no less than 4 dozen > new links so far. We're down to about 9 domestic events I'm missing > something from as of right now. Sadly, records from European events are > rather spotty, and I'm not sure who might have stuff from those events to > fill in those gaps. Either way, keep 'em coming! > I have some contacts with the european events. Here are some from VCF GB: https://www.facebook.com/vcfgb/photos_albums > > > Thanks, > > > -Alexander 'Z' Pierson >

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Signup Sheet for MARCH Repair Workshop - June 7-8
by Jeff Salzman 04 May '25

04 May '25

Here is the signup sheet for the upcoming MARCH Repair Workshop for Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8, 2025. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LnfIzE2RH6EAPVMhQwnYPIyqi5mOL9BCSjZ… Note that this coincides with the VCF/MARCH Swap Meet that runs in the morning of June 7. https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ Below are signup sheets for the other MARCH Workshops this year, in case you want to get a head start on reserving a space for future events. July 12-13: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q0gBzeCUCYCjWWvyDh_2BqHSfl6ADPFO_EK… August 9-10: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hT8BFEpNLZLa5ibWOG7sGZDzkd5S6Mmd13I… September 6-7: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Ngyq02l57Z3oEFSoQ24JXXuegF3goNNuJF… October 18-19: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VjEFJF7lxYFgcdQk0OeNWjof1ZhrpYRPDqj… November 15-16: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZZNkZB6MGB-xPF-LVwmzkpKP4dxqZWazqcA…

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Ethan Dicks 03 May '25

03 May '25

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. Yes! > So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could find: > > https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html Funny thing - I stumbled across this a few days ago on my own searches for VCFs past. My own goal was to populate a list of shows I've attended, and where I've presented or exhibited, on what. Your archives and links were most helpful! I'm still trying to track down a couple of data points - the oldest VCF East shows don't have show dates on the VCF archive pages. In particular, I'm missing dates for 3.0/2006, 5.0/2008, and 6.0/2009 (my own first VCF East wasn't until 2012). I have a quantity of pictures myself, but not (yet) sorted into albums, etc. I'm happy to find some place to post them for all. Thank you for pulling all this together! It's a fantastic historical resource. -ethan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Anniversaries of MARCH/Vintage Computer Festival/Vintage Computer Federation
by jritzman＠neo.rr.com 02 May '25

02 May '25

REMOVE -----------------------------------------From: "Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic" To: "vcf-midatlantic" Cc: "Jeffrey Brace" Sent: Wednesday April 30 2025 1:10:18PM Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Anniversaries of MARCH/Vintage Computer Festival/Vintage Computer Federation On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Not sure which this is. From old email > That would be *MUSEUM 2.0*. VCF East 5.0 - September 13-14, 2008 That's the day that I joined this group as an attendee! > Highlights of VCF East 5.0 include a presentation by Bill Mauchly, son > of computer pioneer and ENIAC co-inventor John Mauchly, as well as the > grand opening of the MARCH Grabbe Computer Museum at the InfoAge > Learning Center. > > > -=/ VCF East 5.0 Speaker Schedule /=- > > Saturday, September 13 > > Time Speaker Topic > -------- ---------------- ------------------------------------------ > ... > 1:15 PM Evan Koblentz MARCH - Grabbe Computer Museum Opening > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 10:24:04AM -0400, Jeffrey Brace via > vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > *2025* > > 20th VCF East > > 20th VCF Midwest > > 20th VCF West (originally not called West) > > 20th Anniversary of MARCH museum opening (May 14, 2005?) > > > > *2026* > > 10th Anniversary of Vintage Computer Federation (June 17, 2015) > > 20th Anniversary of VCF East @ InfoAge (May 13, 2006) > > 25th Anniversary of VCF East (July 28-29, 2001) > > > > I need to track down which year we opened MARCH museum 2.0 and 3.0. > > > > Take care! > > > > Jeff Brace > > VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President > > VCF East Showrunner > > VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager > > Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity > > https://vcfed.org/ [1] /> > Links: ------ [1] https://vcfed.org/

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Northern VA - Meetup
by Ryan Stapleton 02 May '25

02 May '25

Hello All, I hope you had a great time at System Source this past weekend (I know I did) and their swap meet. Pick up something neat? In the DMV area and want to show it off? I have an event for you. This Sunday May the 4th! Yes Star Wars day! From 1-6 PM @ the Chantilly Regional Library. 4000 Stringfellow Rd Chantilly, VA, 20151-2628 https://www.bluewizard.net/dmvvcm/vintagecomputermeetup/ Just as a reminder we are at the local library and we are unable to do buying or selling on property. Also means please eat before or post event as we are limited to light things. I hope to see ya there and chat with as many people as I can. Thank you -Ryan Stapleton

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May 17th Workshop / kennett classic surplus sale open online orders
by Bill Degnan 01 May '25

01 May '25

https://www.kennettclassic.com/surplus/ Lots of items remain. Priced cheap for pick-up only https://www.kennettclassic.com/workshop-scheduled-for-may-17th/ Kennett Classic Workshop May 17th If you buy an item from the surplus I can bring it to the KC workshop on the 17th. Also have a complete NeXT cube with display, mouse, keyboard. SCSI2SD card harddrive installed. Works $2700. Will consider shipping this. Contact me privately with questions. BIll Degnan kennettclassic.com 484 732 7041

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Anniversaries of MARCH/Vintage Computer Festival/Vintage Computer Federation
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

*2025* 20th VCF East 20th VCF Midwest 20th VCF West (originally not called West) 20th Anniversary of MARCH museum opening (May 14, 2005?) *2026* 10th Anniversary of Vintage Computer Federation (June 17, 2015) 20th Anniversary of VCF East @ InfoAge (May 13, 2006) 25th Anniversary of VCF East (July 28-29, 2001) I need to track down which year we opened MARCH museum 2.0 and 3.0. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Christian Liendo 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Thank you for putting all of them together, it's a good idea. It's funny that you mention this I was going though old USB drives and found images from MARCH's Spring 2009 party, back when there were Spring Parties. https://photos.app.goo.gl/kbpk55UVu17MMvHr9 On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. I can think of a few names off the top of my head who have passed on, yet remain immortalized in event photo sets. We can see how things have changed within the hobby, but also machines that sometimes haven't come back on display in a long time. Personally, I like finding photos of myself for posterity (and maybe a little prosperity), or what my exhibit looked like. People work hard putting those exhibits together, and finding out that someone else cared enough to take a few photos of it can mean the world to the exhibitor. I think it's important that we keep record of vintage computer festivals just as much as we keep records of the computers we celebrate. Plus, many of these events have gotten so big that if you miss something, the only way to see everything is in retrospect through the lens of someone else. > > > > > The problem I've encountered is that finding these galleries has been difficult at times, especially the farther back you go. They're scattered across the web, and things like link rot, domains going away, image hosting shifting like sand -- these all contribute to the history getting harder to find. You've also got walled gardens to contend with, and not everyone having solid free image hosting options available to them. > > > > > So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could find: > > > https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html > > > > East, West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, SoCal, UK, Europe, Italia, Zurich, Lite, and whatever else is out there that I'm forgetting, I want links to all of it. I've been asking folks I know, as well as pulling from links provided by the VCFed and VCFMW to get it all centralized and easier to traverse. Is this a perfect solution to the problem? Certainly not; it's far from archival. But hopefully it's a step in the right direction. While I'm not looking to host content for others, I am interested in making it easier to find this stuff in the future. > > > > Here's where you come in: Do you have a link to a public VCF photo gallery that's not on my list but should be? Maybe an article about the show? A video? Send that link my way! Though I do ask that you check first to see if it's already on there... > > > > Thanks! > > > -Alexander 'Z' Pierson

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