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Interesting article about Silas Warner
by Andrew Diller 26 Dec '19

26 Dec '19

https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/12/24/21029936/castle-wolfenstein-sil… <https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/12/24/21029936/castle-wolfenstein-sil…> I always loved (and was horrible at) Castle Wolfenstein on the Atari. A very nice article just released about him (he died back in 2004) on Polygon. Seems like he was involved with the PLATO system as well as making the games. I was also always intrigued why Id's Wolfenstein 3D had the same name as that 8bit title. Now I know they just bought it from what remained of MUSE. -andy

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Need help in the museum doing prep work for the new floor
by corey cohen 26 Dec '19

26 Dec '19

Hi Everyone, I’m looking for a volunteer to help out on Thursday Dec 26th in the morning (around 10:00am) till the late afternoon preparing the museum for our new epoxy floor. While my son and I grind and clean up the flaking paint on the floor. I need someone to help clear out the workshop area floor and move items to the warehouse staging area. There may also be some light vacuuming and cleaning as we make sure the museum can still be open on this coming weekend. This is dirty work “shlepping” stuff back and forth to the warehouse so if you can come, please dress appropriately. Lunch will be provided for volunteers. If you can help with this project, please email me at corey(a)vcfed.org Thank you in advance for your help, Cheers, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ Vintage Computer Federation, a federal 501c3 designated charity 917-747-1408 mobile corey(a)vcfed.org www.vcfed.org

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Chuck Peddle has Passed Away
by Todd George 26 Dec '19

26 Dec '19

Saw some really sad news today, Chuck Peddle (inventor of the 6502) passed away on December 15th. https://www.team6502.org/ -Todd

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OT - Retro data transmission AX25 / X.25 protocol suite
by Martin Flynn 25 Dec '19

25 Dec '19

Back in the dawn of the Internet, the AX25 protocol was created for data transmission over amateur radio. AX25 is related to layer 2 of the X.25 protocol suite. One of the CDL Makerspace* projects under consideration for 2020 is building an X.25 / AX25 gateway, and integrating it's 802.11 related cousin, AREDN on 2.4 and 5.0 GHz If you are interested in participating, please reply off list to keep the list clutter down. Martin *the CDL Makerspace is adjacent to the the VCF Museum operated by the /VCF/ Mid-Atlantic chapter on the Camp Evans campus in Wall New Jersey.

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Merry Christmas!
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Dec '19

25 Dec '19

To all my VCF friends who celebrate Christmas. I hope that you all have a wonderful and blessed day with family and friends. Stay safe and enjoy the day! -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Chris Fala joins VCF East committee
by Dean Notarnicola 24 Dec '19

24 Dec '19

I’m very pleased to announce that Chris Fala is joining the VCF East steering committee, bringing us to a full complement of five members. For those who don't know Chris, here is some background: Chris Fala (chris.fala(a)vcfed.org) is an Information Technology Support Consultant living in Lansdale, PA. His first exposure to computers was as a young teenager when his school received a TRS-80 (Model I) on which he taught himself BASIC. Later, his sister, who worked at Commodore at the time, gave him a VIC-20. In high school, he used a TRS-80 Model III, and in college he learned Pascal and FORTRAN on an Apple IIe, and C on a VAX system. His love of vintage computers and desire to preserve history and hardware was kindled years later when he saw an Altair computer "in person" at a Maker Faire. He loves to teach BASIC to kids (and adults), and strives to foster an appreciation of the technology and history that are often taken for granted today. (He hopes that Adam will teach him 6502 assembly.) We look forward to working with Chris to help bring more improvements to everything we do. Please join us in welcoming him to the committee.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] School Preparation for Visiting a Computer Museum
by Bob Aviles 24 Dec '19

24 Dec '19

I remember the demo, a great choice! Bobby On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, 11:08:12 AM EST, Ben Greenfield via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: I would definately show the The mother of all demos. It really puts everything in perspective for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY > On Dec 23, 2019, at 3:24 PM, rar via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Looking for suggestions of Movies/YouTubes/Articles/Books to prepare high school students for a visit to our computer museum(s) > > I'll start with a few of my favorites, and looking for more suggestions > 1) Hidden Figures (book and movie) > 2) Steve Jobs (book and movie) > 3) Triumph of the Nerds > ... > N) War Games > > > Bob Roswell > broswell(a)syssrc.com > 410-771-5544 ext 4336 > > https://museum.syssrc.com > >

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Do we know anyone in Kansas?
by Christian Liendo 24 Dec '19

24 Dec '19

https://www.reddit.com/r/historyofcomputers/comments/eenj1v/help_preserve_t… My parents are moving and my dad is pretty overwhelmed with cleaning out the house. He's ready to toss these in the garbage but I convinced him to let me try to find someone on Reddit to take them. It seems like a real shame to send these to the landfill. If someone is willing to come to Kansas to pick them up, he'll give them away. What is pictured: -2 Compaq 1s luggables, one with a 10 MB hard drive -1 DEC RLO2 drive -1 pdp 11 rack for the drives -Numerous assorted 5 and 10 MB RLO disk packs Not pictured: -1 DEC RLO1 drive -2 DEC Rainbow 100s, working. 1 with a monitor and 10 MB hard drive -1 LA100 printer with pin feed tractors RLO1 and LA100 not pictured because they are currently in the dumpster. They should have had a pretty soft landing but be warned. DEC rainbows should be in perfect working order. Also 3 of the RLO disk packs fell during moving after the photo was taken. My dad insists they are useless after the slightest drop so they are also in the dumpster. Message me if you're interested or at least upvote for visibility. IDGAF about the fake internet points. I just want to preserve history if possible.

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School Preparation for Visiting a Computer Museum
by rar 23 Dec '19

23 Dec '19

Looking for suggestions of Movies/YouTubes/Articles/Books to prepare high school students for a visit to our computer museum(s) I'll start with a few of my favorites, and looking for more suggestions 1) Hidden Figures (book and movie) 2) Steve Jobs (book and movie) 3) Triumph of the Nerds ... N) War Games Bob Roswell broswell(a)syssrc.com 410-771-5544 ext 4336 https://museum.syssrc.com

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I got problems with you people...
by Bill Degnan 23 Dec '19

23 Dec '19

Happy Festivus. (I assume you get the joke and based on the past few days the irony that you all did not wait until today to have a flame war, eh?) Bill Degnan Co-founder of MARCH, Friend of Dan Roganti, Former V.P. of VCFed, and Presently proprietor of Kennett Classic. "don't complain if you're not willing to do something about it" vintagecomputer.net kennettclassic.com P.S. Karen and I are looking forward to our workshop January 4th. The response has been tremendous we're going to have to use the *entire bottom floor* ! There are a lot of new hobbyists from the area who have signed up and I am glad a lot of you all are coming to support this new project too..Stand by for more info. I am probably going to extend the hours.

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