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Kennt Vlassic Wrap Up
by Bill Degnan 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

The first anniversary event yesterday at Kennett Classic was successful and the new exhibits were (more or less) completed on time. Today? Take it easy. (and Go Eagles!). I am very thankful to my friends from System Source and VCFed who came to support the event and the growing local vintage computing community who stopped by. The weather wasn't perfect but the swap was open the entire day. I greatly appreciate the effort everyone made load/unload swap tables with quality items for sale. We all wore masks and kept it safe. Thank you Evan K for the donation of portable computing artifacts, manuals and books. (Posted to facebook) Yes we must deal with Covid 19, but there is nothing wrong with working now for the time when people can travel and visit without a @#$%! mask, which takes a toll on our events and museum traffic. I am going to work on a "vintage computing map" brochure handout containing points of interest related to computing and technology history within the MidAtlantic that groups/members can hand out to visitors of our various museums and possibly other museums and hotels, etc. The MidAtlantic has the Large Scale Systems Museum in the west (Pittsburgh), Info Age in the East (Wall NJ). System Source (Baltimore), Kennett Classic (Kennett Sq) and the hopefully opening soon Computer Church museum (Parkesburg PA ) are all on the Route 1 corridor between Baltimore and Philadelphia. There are also a number of more broadly "technology" oriented museums and centers that can be included as well. If anyone wants to work with me on this project contact me privately. Step one, build a list of the points of interest and gather visual materials (photos and maps). Best, Bill Kennettclassic.com Vintagecomputer.net

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Posting Correction
by svcatitc＠aol.com 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

My last Museum Report post concerning Wednesday Sept 21, had certain text that may have been misconstrued as derogatory, or criticism given in bad taste.. That was certainly not my intent. I am sorry for any malice or insult being taken by the posting. Please accept my most humble apologies. Bill Inderrieden

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VCF East 2020 Virtual Show update 9/27/20
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

Hey everyone, Just wanted to give you an update for those wondering and waiting. I am currently waiting for the last of the videos to be submitted. They should all be in by the end of the week Oct. 3 (hopefully), then I will send out the schedule for the show hopefully by Oct. 5. We plan on showing through YouTube in the Vintage Computer Federation channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MidAtlanticRetroComp I'm very excited about the lineup for this event! Lots of famous people (Bil Herd & Dave Haynie), interesting projects (C256 Foenix), cool stuff (Xerox Star), fun stuff (Atari8BitBot). We have 6 exhibitors showing off their exhibits in-person and on-site. The virtual show will be October 10 & 11 from 9AM to 6PM. The general public is not allowed to the show. This may seem obvious, but I've had to explain a few times to people what a virtual show is and now the general public isn't allowed only a small number of organizers and exhibitors only. More details to come! -- ========================================= 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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Repair Workshop for VCF Museum owned artifacts: October 24 & 25, 2020
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

Date: October 24 & 25, 2020 Time: 10AM to midnight (24th), 10AM to 6PM (25th) Building: CDL, 9032A VCF has a list of artifacts that need repair in the museum and the warehouse. We are looking for volunteers to come and help us repair them. Anything is fair game to repair *with permission*. These are artifacts either in the museum or warehouse. We want to get the ones in the museum working first as we like to have as much hands on working computers in the museum as possible. We are also looking for good or better demos for the computers in the museum. Any volunteers working on VCF stuff are *not* charged a fee this repair day and stay for free in the Sandy bunkroom. VCF will likely even pay for a simple breakfast (Dunkin Donuts) and lunch (Pizza). NEEDS REPAIRING: Mac Portable (needs good power supply and machine testing) TI Portable SWTPC HeathKit H89 Zorba (monitor) NEEDS DEMOS: Mac Portable TRS-80 Color 2 Challenger 2P Atari Mega STE? OREL Sinclair SX 80 clone SX 81 SWTPC TRS-80 Model I Osbourne 1 HeathKit H89 Zorba Commodore PET Atari 1040ST Amiga 1000 Commodore PET Zorba Signup here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PC9h_XgDNuKPhEVFC6_PMjt9SlKeLMhZgfq… -- ========================================= 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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Festivus December 12 & 13, 2020
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

I've been thinking about how we can make Festivus work while keeping safe with Covid-19. We have been very successful in keeping safe during our repair workshop with up to 20 people and using two different buildings. I have a few ideas that I'm developing: In addition to Festivus outdoor grilling: Festivus Swap Meet Repair Workshop Game Room My current plan is to use two (and possibly three) different areas: CDL (repair workshop, xbox lan party with Dan Jacobs) Sandy Area (Festivus Swap Meet, Food, game room) The date scheduled for Festivus is December 12 & 13. Signup is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lkvcwSpdy_c67MJQTiUEDspim2PrcIjM1Of… I'm hoping to make Festivus happen with modifications to keep everyone safe. I will update you as I figure it out. -- ========================================= 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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Why we do what we do - Cub Scout Pack 113 visits the VCF Museum
by Adam Michlin 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

Sorry for the FB link, but it should work without a FB account. Cub Scout Pack 113 visits the VCF Museum: https://www.facebook.com/cubpackfun/posts/2723468621260446 Bravo, Jeff! -Adam

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Museum Report 2020-09-26
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

A very busy day! We started out with a scheduled cub scout group of 20 children and adults. We broke them up into two groups with one group watching the model train museum down the hall and the other with me in the VCF museum. High interest people with one kid who was a repeat visitor who knew lots of things already was happy to see a Commodore 64 in action! He was so happy to get a The Print Shop printout to take home! I couldn't give one of those to everyone because it takes 6 minutes for each page. Instead I gave them a papertape punch out with their name on it from the PDP-8. They could type their name and the program would punch out the holes and it was a great souvenir for them to take home. I started the tour with the microchip section, but also showed them the difference between a vacuum tube, transistor and microchip. Kids seem to really like King's Quest on the PCjr. I have to sit down and figure out how to play that game. I get stuck at a certain point. It was fun to ask them questions like: "Do you know who Bill Gates is?", "Do you know who Steve Jobs is?", etc. After the tour there were still about a dozen total people coming through the museum with high interest. It was nice to have a busy day after a few weeks of lackluster attendance. I had to leave at 3PM, so Dennis and Dylan took over. Dylan helped me by talking with Jason Perkins to get the Xerox Star ready for demo at VCF East 2020's Virtual show in less than two weeks (Oct. 10 & 11). -- ========================================= 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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recap kit for Mac Classic analog board
by Herb Johnson 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

As the subject suggests, I'd like to buy a recap kit for the Macintosh Classic analog board (power supply) model 630-0525. I'd think there would be more than one source. And I might use them for other analog Mac repairs. Does anyone know of a reliable vendor for capacitor kits? I see "console5.com" offers one kit for $20 + ship, a plausible amount for sourcing all the parts of the right size and specs for a few sets. They have other kits too. But has anyone dealt with them? Asking "the google" comes up with "review sites" that say awful things; but those could be scam-sites. Ebay? nope, except for a Russian site. why order overseas? Web search only yields a few recapping services, someone in Australia, and then some radio recapping services (https://hayseedhamfest.com/ looks good but not for Mac computers). If I were a part of some vintage Mac discussion groups, maybe I'd find something. But searching them from the inside or the outside is difficult. So: I did some homework to find a vendor. These are my results. Maybe Mac owners just order individually from Digikey and hope they get parts that fit well? - regards, Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] I'm going to Kennett Classic's event this Saturday, how about you?
by Blatboy 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

This sounds like a great excuse to get out of the city. I sent an RSVP in - I know I’m last minute... I'm hoping to get a gist of the whole thing, as next time I may want to get a table. My stuff is so horribly organized at the moment, I'd need another week to figure out what I'd bring haha. I should get there 11ish. And if anyone has any 2MB or 4MB SIMMs rated 100ns or faster, I’ll be in the market haha. Thanks, and looking forward. - Walter ++++++++++++++++++++++ https://jwalterhawkes.com like to know where/when I'm playing? Click here <https://jwalterhawkes.com/contact> to sign up for my list, and let the babble begin. -- Https://www.jwalterhawkes.com Sent from the Blat-o-phone. Please excuse txtspeak and other grammatical inaccuracies.

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Microsoft's 20HAL uploader
by Richard Cini 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

All – I’ve done a quite a bit of work with my Gazelle, and doing some work on 86DOS and its comparison to PC DOS 1.0 (at the code level, a very high correlation). Partially related to that is a program called “20HAL” which was a code uploader Microsoft used in the late stages to get code to IBM in Boca Raton, FL. I did a little write-up on it here (http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/hal.htm) There are some holes in the analysis – I think it’s pretty close, though -- but I’d really like to get some more details on it. Unfortunately, it’s 40-year-old code at this point and how many people remember how they used a file transfer utility that long ago. Anyway, enjoy the read. If anyone sees any corrections that need to be made, let me know. Rich -- Rich Cini http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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