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Museum Report 2020-08-30
by Jeffrey Brace 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

A handful of people came today, but there was a highly interested family. The father really liked and remembered a lot of the machines that were there. The children enjoyed many of the micros. I let one boy make a greeting card for his mom on The Printshop on the C64 and print out on the dot matrix printer. Kids love to be able to print and take this home. Take home things like this are a hit. I also turned on the screen blanker on the 3B1. It's a very useful function. Besides that I worked on VCF East 2020 organizing for the virtual show, connecting prospective exhibitors, instructors, etc. -- ========================================= 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 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#m_7257872769276981605_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Museum Report 2020-08-29
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Aug '20

30 Aug '20

3 VCF volunteers (Dylan Servilla, Kenneth Gober and myself) met up with Martin early Saturday morning to help him with ethernet wiring up the Model Train museum and the Women's bunkroom. We started at 9AM and went to 3PM. We got most of the job done, but ran out of time, so we will be finishing up the job next Saturday. The wiring in the women's bunkroom will provide wired, stable internet when we do VCF East or any other event in that room. This will be very important for VCF East 2020's virtual show. Dennis was docent at the museum and we had about 10 visitors with moderate interest. A good turn out for a day that started out with downpouring rain. I showed Dennis and Dylan the windowed type environment on the 3B1 which they didn't know about. At the same time I setup the screen saver for the 3B1. -- ========================================= 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 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Update on Me
by Adam Michlin 29 Aug '20

29 Aug '20

Hi Everyone, As I previously, rather obliquely, mentioned, I have relocated to Charleston, SC for job reasons. The super short version is I am now at a school where I can teach *a lot* more students 6502 Assembly. When I was first approached to be a member of the Mid Atlantic Steering Committee, my immediate response was that I wanted to run in an election. Circumstances dictated that such an election was not possible at the time and I agreed to serve with the agreement that my position would be put up for election in December 2020. At the time, I fully intended to run for re-election (well, election), however, in light of my relocation, I have made the decision that I cannot fully function as a Steering Committee member from South Carolina and, as such, will not be seeking (re-)election. My regular work in the warehouse will also have to stop, for obvious reasons, although I'm planning to visit a few times each year to do what I can do to help. I will, however, continue to work as the national (paid an insanely modest sum which I will not disclose) Social Media Specialist and will continue working with both the National Board and the MA Steering Committee in a non-voting capacity. Dean Notarnicola and I are working on the MA Steering Committee bylaws (at little late.. but, well, pandemic), so at this point, please hold any questions about how the election will actually happen. What I'm hoping to do with this email is to get people thinking about running for the Steering Committee for an election in December. If you think the Steering Committee is doing things well and want them to continue in that direction, consider running. If you think the Steering Committee is running things into the ground, you definitely need to run. My dream has always been an organization by the people for the people. Elections are the only way to make this truly happen. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to email me at this email or my VCF email (which reaches me quicker) <adam.michlin(a)vcfed.org> if you have any ideas, questions, complaints about either social media or the goings on of the MA Steering Committee and *especially* if you are thinking about running for the Steering Committee and want to know more. I and the other Steering Committee members are also more than happy to answer questions about the position here publicly. And, of course, be sure to follow VCF at: https://www.facebook.com/vcfederation/ https://twitter.com/vcfederation https://www.instagram.com/vcfederation/ Yeah, I know, new fangled crazy social media.... But you're missing a lot of cool content! -Adam

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Museum Report: 26 August 2020
by svcatitc＠aol.com 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

Opened up around 12:45p after checking in at "Hotel". Only one young couple visited with only mild interest. In talking privately with Tony Bogan, it was pointed out that "auto-loading" Windows 3.1 on the IBM PS2 defeats the purpose of illustrating that Windows of that era was not a stand-a-lone application and must be loaded over top of DOS. With that in mind, I reversed my "DOH" boo boo by editing of the AUTOEXEC.BAT, but with a twist. I used the CHOICE.COM command and added a "choice" of whether you want to load Windows right away, or not [Y,N], or allow the option to time out in to a DOS prompt. Once that happens, CLS or the clear screen command clears the screen and echos: "Load Windows at any Time by typing WIN". This gives more options. Bill Inderrieden

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Saturday network wiring help @ InfoAge
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

Martin and I need help with network wiring around museum building this Saturday 9/29 from 9AM onwards. Anyone available? Hoping to get outside work done before rain in the afternoon. -- ========================================= 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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Sound blaster 16 with IDE interface
by Sentrytv 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

I’m looking for an old ISA sound blaster 16 with IDE interface, not the PNP version, but the one with the jumpers for settings. Driver disk with it would also be helpful. If anybody has a working one that’s a reasonable price, please let me know. I’m in Edison NJ about 45 min from museum. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Wanna VCF 2020 t-shirt?
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

There is still time to order a VCF 2020 t-shirt for pickup at The VCF Museum. Cost for t-shirts is $20. Then I will send you a PayPal invoice. Fill out this Google Form to order one: https://forms.gle/a8PzyP9xuipgD8bL8 They come in Amber or Green. You can look here for pictures of them here: http://vcfed.org/wp/t-shirts If you want to order and have it delivered to your home, then do that here: http://vcfed.org/wp/t-shirts. Ordering from here is expected to continue to the end of the year, but may stop at any time. Cost is $20 + shipping. Deadline for ordering is September 17, 2020. Expected delivery date will be October 3 (a week before VCF East 2020). -- ========================================= 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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IBM Selectic
by Andrew Diller 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/selectric/ <https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/selectric/> Just came across that and it looked interesting. Dean- I know you recently got a nice one, and I just got a nice Selectric II (thanks DaveR) - but mine needs some cleaning. It powers on but random ghost keypresses ensue and it's either in need of contact cleaning or it's haunted and warning me to get out of my house... Anyone have some good leads on resources they can share to clean and lube up these guys? -andy

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] The good old days of user groups.
by Jeffrey Jonas 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

replying to Herb Johnson: A major offshoot of user groups/clubs was shareware. SIG/M was a library of over 100: 8" floppies freely shared by the CP/M groups. There were IBM 1130 groups in the 70s that shared software and newsletters. SHARE was for IBM mainframe folks to share software, libraries, documentation, etc. Science Fiction fandom and anime clubs were similar with APAs, newsletters and fanzines (fan published magazines), being slow to adopt all electronic forums due to the digital-divide (many members had no computer access). -- jeff jonas

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Repair workshop wrap-up 7/11 & 7/12, 2020
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 6:29 PM laurakid via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Just getting the data would be great. If possible the image files i might > want cross platform because I have a dual 2G Powermac and the Adobe > Creative Suite. I figure I may as well see if i can use that setup for art > photography/design rather than forking out money each month for > subscription. > Next workshop is September 12 & 13. Bring it to the workshop. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 3:31 PM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Recovering drives, as in, getting the data off unknown Mac hard > drives? If you want, I can bring along stuff to image them - convert > to a file on a PC which you can then mount and pull files out of or > use in an emulator. Making a full block image of a drive is a great > way to preserve it and ensure you can get whatever you need out of it. > Or are you just trying to get drives working with a Mac? > > -Ian > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 4:15 AM laurakid via vcf-midatlantic > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > I really need help recovering hard drives from several old macs . I > have external drives also but honestly I was always terrible at labeling > anything. If anyone can help me at the workshop, that would be awesome. > It seems to be on topic this time around? > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 12:13 AM, Jeffrey Brace via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 9:20 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > At the August Workshop, someone asked me about the brushed metal > ZoomFloppy > > > case I had, and I forgot who asked me about it. The person I bought it > from > > > still has more of those cases available. If you're still interested in > > > getting one for yourself, I can pass contact information around. > > > > > > > I asked you about it. Send me the info please. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Jeff Salzman > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 6:41 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > > > > We had 10 people come to our repair workshop. It was very successful > and > > > > everyone enjoyed it. We seem to have a pattern that works for > everyone, > > > so > > > > we will repeat it for the next workshop on August 15 & 16. > > > > > > > > I worked on recovering data from a modern hard drive Jonathan and Ian > > > > helped), which I will detail in another email. I also was successful > in > > > > repairing a Rev A Commodore 64 board. Alex Jaccocks and Jonathan > Sturges > > > > helped me. It had bad Character RAM (U6), Character ROM (901225) and > a > > > bad > > > > U1 chip (6526). This Rev A board has a ceramic VIC 6567 chip too! > > > > > > > > Bill Dromgoole successfully repaired the museum's Ohio Scientific > > > computer. > > > > There were 3 keys that needed replacing. > > > > > > > > Ian fixed one of his black and white TVs and worked on many other > things > > > > with others. > > > > > > > > Neville worked on his Kay Pro. I'm not sure how he made out with his > > > > repairs. > > > > > > > > Mike Rosen worked on Commodore 1541 repairs. > > > > > > > > Ian and Jason Perkins also worked on scanning some documents from the > > > > museum warehouse for preservation. > > > > > > > > Don't know what Alex Jaccocks and Jonthan Sturges were working on. > > > > > > > > Bill Indereidden continued to document and work on the Wang 4000. > > > > > > > > Maybe everyone can tell what they were working on and their progress. > > > > > > > > Next workshop is August 15 & 16: Sign up here: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L3Jc_RIHiBG08kZOOAgzvqjf8G0ox9ZRa6B… > > > > > > > > There will be a limit to 10 people in the workshop area. If more > want to > > > > come, then there is room for 2 or 3 people in the museum workshop > space. > > > > Face masks are required for this gathering. > > > > -- > > > > ========================================= > > > > Jeff Brace > > > > Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner > > > > Vintage Computer Federation > > > > http://www.vcfed.org/ > > > > jeffrey(a)vcfed.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ========================================= > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- ========================================= 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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