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by Gregg Levine 01 May '26

01 May '26

Hello! Back around the early days of Linux, I ran a 2.2.18 kernel setup on a Dell. It was connected to the Internet via an external modem, (the Dell normally ran Windows 98SE and the modem was an internal Windows only one.) I would from time to time visit the FTP site behind UU NET and noted the presence of compressed source code archives. I would then download any of them, and extract them appropriately, they were SHAR archives, and I was able to do so. Naturally not all of them would work. That is to compile using the tools found in those days. I do not even think they will work today. Naturally when the vendor behind the site was bought by Verizon, I noted that it all went away. Would anyone besides Dave M, know where the site was saved to before it was turned off by mistake. (I wrote and asked Dave M directly.) Oh and the dino is asleep until July. ---- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway."

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VCF West 2026 Registration is open!
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Apr '26

25 Apr '26

VCF West 2026 will be held on August 1st and 2nd at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. We have opened registration for exhibits, vendors, speakers, and volunteers. Please visit our event application at https://em.vcfed.org/events/vcf-west-2026 to register. Also, please note that this software is new, so there may be a bug or two. Please report any issues, or send any questions or comments to vcfwest(a)vcfed.org. Thank you!

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VCF East 2026 Post Event Survey
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Apr '26

23 Apr '26

VCF East was quite successful in many ways. Please take a few minutes by answering this anonymous survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3QG6YFV Take care! Jeff Brace VCF East Showrunner

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First Day of Consignment
by Christian Liendo 22 Apr '26

22 Apr '26

https://youtu.be/HQ2oNDdv2mg

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bcf east pics
by Bill Degnan 22 Apr '26

22 Apr '26

I did not take a lot of pics this year like I usually do...sorry. Mostly I got the OSI exhibit tables because that's where I was most if the time. I included some pics of the museum, too. https://www.vintagecomputer.net/vcf2026/ and if youre interested in Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P computer hacking I took a lot of new pics of the more modified of the two 1Ps I exhibited: https://www.vintagecomputer.net/osi/Challenger_1P/ (click the File Date column header to see the new files by date) if you see any errors in the photos' names let me know Bill

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Re: VCF swap meet May 2026
by Andrew Mattera 22 Apr '26

22 Apr '26

....... what??????? You do know, this is listserv is archived and viewable to the public, this isn't IRC..... Thanks, Andrew Mattera > On Apr 21, 2026, at 19:47, Gregg Levine via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hello! > I see. Yes it is indeed across the street, more like in back of the > original Swap Meet location. And Dave? Please insist that the Yeti > with the blue hat allow you to hold the device you are using to read > and reply to these. He has enough work to do, what with networking > fifty PDP-11s and 100 Vaxes together. > ---- > Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com > "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the > Moscow subway." > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic > <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >> >> >> Go get some sleep, Jeff. You've certainly earned it. >> >> -Dave >> >> On 4/21/26 18:25, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >>> I see. Yes. Freudian slip. Too tired. Focusing on answering emails and >>> getting the survey prepared. >>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic < >>> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >>>> He was commenting on the typo swat for swap. I suspect your way too tired >>>> to notice typos. Arrows didn't point to correct spot on phone. >>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 06:13:20PM -0400, Jeffrey Brace via >>>> vcf-midatlantic wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < >>>>> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: >>>>>> On 4/21/26 17:26, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >>>>>>> It is across the street from where the swat meet used to be. >>>>>> ^^^^ >>>>>> Freudian slip? ;) >>>>> I don't believe so. So the swap meet used to be in a large parking lot on >>>>> Monmouth Boulevard with no exact address. Now it is across the street >>>> from >>>>> there at 800 Monmouth Boulevard (Brookdale Wall Campus). So it is is >>>> across >>>>> the street (Brookdale parking lot) from where it was last time (Big >>>> parking >>>>> lot on Monmouth Boulevard). >>>>> It will be here: 40°11'02.6"N 74°03'47.9"W >>>>> Not here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bjJxzkqXhcKqh29B7 >>>>> Here: >>>> https://vcfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VCF_East_Swap_Meet_Parking.png >>>>> NOT here: >>>> https://vcfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VCF_East_Swap_Meet_Parking.png >>>>>> -Dave >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ >>>>>> New Kensington, PA >> >> >> -- >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ >> New Kensington, PA

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VCF swap meet May 2026
by Sentrytv 22 Apr '26

22 Apr '26

Good afternoon to all: I have a couple of questions about the swap meet parking. Are the attendees/buyers supposed to park in the small lot which has about 30 spaces? I see the large lot has about 130 spaces and I assume that that is for vendors? Or is parking for attendees/buyers across the street? Please let me know. Thank you. Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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VCF East was "the bomb"
by Bill Degnan 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

Too early?

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"That Was Crazy" - Retro Panel Gets Interrupted After Bomb Threat
by Christian Liendo 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/that-was-crazy-retro-panel-gets-…

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Anyone ever Virt to Phys a Win2K install?
by Ethan O'Toole 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

I have an event coming up this weekend and part of our duties is to put out a spread of vintage computers and game consoles for the evening party. I am thinking about putting out a Win2K box to drive an Intelligent Systems Gameboy Advance development platform. It is SCSI. Fastest route in my mind is to install win2K in VirtualBox using really generic hardware (IDE, VGA, etc.) Copy on the Adaptec SCSI drivers, any system drivers I might find and the Intelligent Systems from ISO I see on Archive.org then dd that out to a real disk. Anyone try this or will it be blue screen city due to the underlying hardware changes? I have experience doing this in Windows XP for arcade game foolery but not Win2K or earlier. The host is a small form factor Compaq desktop that is probably from the XP era. - Ethan

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