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

30 Apr '25

Hello Alexander, Thanks for doing this! It just so happens that I was looking for pictures for something and found some from VCF East 3.0 (2006). It doesn't look like these are on any websites. I can't remember where I got them from. Maybe a CD of pictures or sent from Evan Koblentz many years ago. I've been thinking about the best solution as well for hosting pictures that I have taken or that others want to contribute. For now it is just a Google Drive or Google Photos. I need to get them more organized and in one place now that VCF has 100TB of space of Google storage to use. I wonder how much space all of these photos would take up. Jeff Brace On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:43 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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Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Alexander Pierson 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

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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VCF/MARCH Swap Meet June 7 @ InfoAge
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

All the information is here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ Any questions? Jeff Brace MARCH Fundraising Manager

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SOL1 with Koyo Monitor with Imgur Link
by Christian Liendo 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

So I realized I called the Koyo monitor a Toyota Monitor, which is incorrect I uploaded the images to imgur so you can see what is part of the package https://imgur.com/a/gKmE73Q

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System Source Swap Meet Weather Update
by Ryan Burke 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Due to the high likelihood of rain on Saturday, April 26th, we have decided to postpone the swap meet until the next day, Sunday, April 27th. The museum will still be open for a regular workshop day on Saturday from 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM. The Sunday swap meet will have the same times as was planned for Saturday. On Sunday, setup for vendors will be at 7:00 AM, and general admission for the public will be 8:00 AM. Please email me here at rburke(a)syssrc.com with any questions.

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SysSrc swap / TI SN76489 Colecovision sound IC
by Ethan O'Toole 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Anyone have a spare SN 76489 colecovision / Tandy 1000SX sound IC I could buy from you at the system source swap? My colecovision one died, I tested with one from my Tandy 1000SX and narrowed it down. Figured I would ask. - Ethan

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Sol 20 with Toyota Monitor $1500
by Christian Liendo 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

A guy I know is selling his Sol. He is in Brooklyn and he wants to sell this and have it picked up. He won't ship and I don't blame him. I have a picture but I know the email thread doesn't allow pictures so I can send to you Here is his post Processor Technology Sol-20 Terminal Computer + Koyo Monitor + Manuals Selling a piece of digital history. Purchased in 1977, it predates the Big Three: the Apple II, Commodore PET and Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80. It includes 24K RAM, GraphicAdd board, Music System board, Koyo Monitor, 9 manuals, data cassettes (I don’t know if they are still readable). Sadly, this beauty no longer functions properly but the right hands might be able to bring it back to life. It does power up, but the output is a random series of characters (see photo). All IC chips are in sockets, so it’s possible that reseating them might help, but I’m no hardware expert. It is being sold as is. Cassettes: Basic 5, Extended Cassette Basic, Music System, Gamepac1, Games. It’s a beauty to display for a collector or a promising project to restore for a techie.

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NavCore (Navigational Computer Systems, Inc.)
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

VCF recently acquired a donation from the daughter of John Paul Jones, Jr (now deceased). Apparently he was the founder of NavCore which operated out of Norristown, PA. He was a prolific inventor who had as many as 100 U.S. patents (I've only found 50 or so of them). We went through most of his donations which are mostly paper materials such as brochures, company reports, patent applications, books and photographs. We received a few of his computer inventions as well. So far no one I have talked to has heard of this company. I'm just curious if anyone else has. We are still researching, but there are lots of interesting things in the materials. Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President

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Marlin P Jones (electronic surplus) is shutting down
by Jeffrey Jonas 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

mpja.com Marlin P. Jones is shutting down after 40 years of electronic surplus. So few surplus electronics stores remain: Goldmine, who else? At least I got to visit the West Palm Beach, Florida store when I could. -- Jeff Jonas

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NeXT Cube on Facebook Mktpl
by Bill Degnan 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BrusRoaB6/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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