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New items available at Repair Workshop
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

There is a "sell pile" in the warehouse with surplus equipment and software available. There will be added for anyone interested there will be 2 Commodore 128 machines, and associated monitor, drive and software in original boxes. Also factory sealed IBM DOS 5.02, Word Perfect, Quattro Pro. First come, first serve. You must be there. No shipping of items. -- ========================================= 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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Fwd: Help Wanted
by Jeffrey Brace 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

I'm forwarding this message for InfoAge which is looking to hire someone for the front desk as well as a custodian. See below for details. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mike Ruane <thejamesthomasgroup(a)comcast.net> Date: Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 8:56 PM Subject: Help Wanted InfoAge needs a few good people!!! Please accept my apology if there is a redundancy of email addresses but I wanted to get this out quickly. 1. We are looking for someone to do weekly custodial services on Fridays for building 9001 at a salary of $15.00 per hour. The work includes cleaning the bathrooms and vacuuming the hallways and other tasks. The work is expected to take six hours a week except for the last week of the month when the person would work eight hours in order to clean the Lounge and Dining Room floor. The job description is attached. 2. We are looking for someone to be at the Lobby desk on Saturdays and/or Sundays from 12:30pm to 5:30pm at a salary of $12.50 per hour. The position entails opening and closing the Marconi Hotel (building 9001), greeting and signing in visitors, and operating the InfoAge store. The job description is attached. I currently have one person interested in working on Sundays. The positions need to be filled by Saturday, August 1. If you know anyone who would be interested in either position, please contact Gloria or myself. Thanks!! Mike -- ========================================= 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 Tony Bogan 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

Definitely publication order. I can loan you any books you need, I have them all. Some are a bit tired since they e been read more than once and I got some of them a looooonnnng time ago!! Tony Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2020, at 5:41 PM, Jason Howe via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > <mime-attachment>

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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 02 Jul '20

02 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 01 Jul '20

01 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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