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B205 tape drive
by Mike Loewen 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

Stan Brewer's B205 tape drive is up for auction again on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-BURROUGHS-B205-CORPORATION-ELECTRODATA-COM… This was originally part of Claude Kagan's B205. Stan's widow has been trying to sell this for a while, and dropped the price from $2,500 to $1,000. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum report - 12/16/18
by Douglas Crawford 04 Jul '20

04 Jul '20

Again? This isn't getting through. On 12/17/2018 12:28 PM, Douglas Crawford wrote: > Great day at the museum. Visitor flow was non stop in the afternoon. > I am grateful for the assistance of Chris and Tony, with their help we > cycled > through the visitors and gave everyone good attention. > Its fun to docent in teams! > > The museum looked sharp and with Tony's help we had most everything > running that is > demo-able.

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Recycling old computer monitor
by John Heritage 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

Hey folks, I have a small CRT monitor - it's composite only, and has some burn in. No one seems to want it :).. So being in the King of Prussia area (or near philly) where would I go to get the CRT recycled properly? Thanks.. John

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Foundation movie, Robot and foundation book series Isaac Asimov
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 11:55 PM Jason Howe via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I would highly recommend reading the foundation series in publication > order, rather than "chronological" order. > Why in publication order? > > --Jason > > On 7/1/20 8:24 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > I have always been a science fiction fan, but have neglected reading the > > "great" novels. So I saw a trailer for The Foundation movie based on > Isaac > > Asimov's book. It will be coming on Apple TV: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gdm40MPYnw > > > > So I was like now's a good time to read the books. Then I find out that > not > > only were there the trilogy, but two prequels and two sequel books. Then > I > > get the audio book and the author says, wait, the I, Robot series is > > connected to these books and you should read those first, ugh. > > > > So here is the recommended order of the books: > > The Complete Robot (1982) > > I, Robot (1950) > > Caves of Steel (1954) > > The Naked Sun (1957) > > The Robots of Dawn (1983) > > Robots and Empire (1985) > > The Currents of Space (1952) > > The Stars, Like Dust (1951) > > Pebble in the Sky (1950) > > Prelude to Foundation (1988) > > Forward the Foundation (1993) > > Foundation (1951) > > Foundation and Empire (1952) > > Second Foundation (1953) > > Foundation's Edge (1982) > > Foundation and Earth (1986) > > > > So I already have: > > I, Robot > > Prelude to Foundation > > Foundation's Edge > > Foundation and Earth > > > > And I ordered: > > The Complete Robot > > Caves of Steel > > > > I may have some others, but definitely not all of them. > > > > I was just wondering if anyone wanted to give or sell very cheaply their > > copies of their books? > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Foundation movie, Robot and foundation book series Isaac Asimov
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

I decided to read in publication order. Borrowed Foundation from the now open library. Some titles the library has, some I will have to buy. I’m also listening to the Audible version of the Foundation Trilogy. On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 11:55 PM Jason Howe via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I would highly recommend reading the foundation series in publication > order, rather than "chronological" order. > > --Jason > > On 7/1/20 8:24 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > I have always been a science fiction fan, but have neglected reading the > > "great" novels. So I saw a trailer for The Foundation movie based on > Isaac > > Asimov's book. It will be coming on Apple TV: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gdm40MPYnw > > > > So I was like now's a good time to read the books. Then I find out that > not > > only were there the trilogy, but two prequels and two sequel books. Then > I > > get the audio book and the author says, wait, the I, Robot series is > > connected to these books and you should read those first, ugh. > > > > So here is the recommended order of the books: > > The Complete Robot (1982) > > I, Robot (1950) > > Caves of Steel (1954) > > The Naked Sun (1957) > > The Robots of Dawn (1983) > > Robots and Empire (1985) > > The Currents of Space (1952) > > The Stars, Like Dust (1951) > > Pebble in the Sky (1950) > > Prelude to Foundation (1988) > > Forward the Foundation (1993) > > Foundation (1951) > > Foundation and Empire (1952) > > Second Foundation (1953) > > Foundation's Edge (1982) > > Foundation and Earth (1986) > > > > So I already have: > > I, Robot > > Prelude to Foundation > > Foundation's Edge > > Foundation and Earth > > > > And I ordered: > > The Complete Robot > > Caves of Steel > > > > I may have some others, but definitely not all of them. > > > > I was just wondering if anyone wanted to give or sell very cheaply their > > copies of their books? > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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OT: Foundation movie, Robot and foundation book series Isaac Asimov
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

I have always been a science fiction fan, but have neglected reading the "great" novels. So I saw a trailer for The Foundation movie based on Isaac Asimov's book. It will be coming on Apple TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gdm40MPYnw So I was like now's a good time to read the books. Then I find out that not only were there the trilogy, but two prequels and two sequel books. Then I get the audio book and the author says, wait, the I, Robot series is connected to these books and you should read those first, ugh. So here is the recommended order of the books: The Complete Robot (1982) I, Robot (1950) Caves of Steel (1954) The Naked Sun (1957) The Robots of Dawn (1983) Robots and Empire (1985) The Currents of Space (1952) The Stars, Like Dust (1951) Pebble in the Sky (1950) Prelude to Foundation (1988) Forward the Foundation (1993) Foundation (1951) Foundation and Empire (1952) Second Foundation (1953) Foundation's Edge (1982) Foundation and Earth (1986) So I already have: I, Robot Prelude to Foundation Foundation's Edge Foundation and Earth And I ordered: The Complete Robot Caves of Steel I may have some others, but definitely not all of them. I was just wondering if anyone wanted to give or sell very cheaply their copies of their books? -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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September Repair Workshop 9/12 & 9/13, 2020
by Jeffrey Brace 27 Jun '20

27 Jun '20

I added another Repair workshop to the calendar. Sign up here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QPWVJSRL94SdHKtmkUmH6WESwckeXbn8PgV… > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey(a)vcfed.org <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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Anyone know where I can find an HP Laserjet 4P maintenance kits?
by Mike Shaw 27 Jun '20

27 Jun '20

Hello, I have an HP Laserjet 4P that I rescued and it looks like it needs a fuser replacement and I can't seem to find one. Anyone got any sources that might have a kit for sale? Thanks, Mike SHaw --- "Yeah right, man. That's a typo. Orwell is here now. He's livin' large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!" - Cereal Killer, from the movie Hackers(1995)

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[OT] Low resolution high color games = bad?
by John Heritage 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Hey folks, I've always felt that the mid-90s when games were still fairly low resolution (320x200, 320x240, sometimes 640x400) but started having access to 16-bit and 24-bit color palettes, the graphics tended to look very bad/blurry. This contrasts with a few years earlier where you had the same resolution but less colors so it was easier to 'see' what was going on in a game. For me there was a ratio -- at 1024x768 - 65,536 colors is fine, but 320x200 -- anything more than like 256 colors or so becomes too much and makes things hard to distinguish. The 'too many colors at low resolution' kinda turned me off gaming for a little while in the mid-1990s. Does anyone have similar thoughts/experiences?

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Cayman GatorBox on Ebay
by Mike Loewen 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

For anyone interested in putting their old Mac or IIGS (or even a IIE with an Apple Workstation Card) on a TCP/IP network, I have an original GatorBox up on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114274629072 Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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