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Semi OT: looking for info on V25 SBC
by Richard Cini 17 May '25

17 May '25

All – I know that there are some SBC and robotics people on-list so I thought I’d toss this question out there. I dug up an old project from the 1990’s that used a V25-based SBC from New Micros in Texas. There’s scant info available other than a 2-page spec sheet, but it seems that it ran Forth and a robotics “monitor” from the Seattle Robotics Society. The former owner of NM passed away in 2020, so I thought I’d ask if anyone has a manual or schematics for the NMIT-0025 or NMIX-0025 boards (one version sat on a carrier board and the other was an ECB-sized board with a prototyping area). Here’s a link to the spec sheet (https://www.camelforth.com/e107_files/downloads/newmicros/product_datasheet…) If you go up the file tree, it looks like a great archive of New Micros stuff, but nothing on this board. I tried sending a message to the owner, but I get 403. So I tried to join the forum and that barfed too. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! Rich -- Rich Cini http://cini.classiccmp.org https://github.com/RichCini

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Swap Meet volunteers still needed!!! June 7
by Jeffrey Brace 16 May '25

16 May '25

The swap meet is June 7 in the parking lot across from Brookdale Vendor Setup: 7AM General Public at 8AM. Info is here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ *Volunteers are still needed !!!* *Friday: (June 6) (around 5PM to 7PM)* Loading Truck: Jeff Brace, Maki Kato, *(1 more needed)* *Saturday: (June 7)* *Setup (6AM)*: Ben K, Rich Bauman, Andrew Mattera, RJ Clark, Joe Giliberti, Jeff B Entrance: RJ Clark Admissions: Jeff B *(need 2 more)* Front Desk: Jeff B, Bill Dudley *(need 1)* Parking: Rich B, *(need 2 more)* Exit: Maki Kato Breakdown: Andrew, RJ, Joe Giliberti, Vincent B, David G, Jeff B Contact me if you're interested in being a volunteer. Jeff Brace

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT - Anyone going to Holmdel on May 15?
by Bill Degnan 16 May '25

16 May '25

There’s a 6300 for sale on Kennettclassic.com/surplus/ On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM Hopkins, Justin via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Ha. I wish. > I didn’t go because I DIDNT see a keyboard and know they are a pain to > find in working condition and would rather buy a complete system… > . > So whoever bought it, it wasn’t me… > > > ________________________________ > From: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2025 7:03:21 PM > To: Hopkins, Justin <Justin.Hopkins(a)broadridge.com> > Cc: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org>; vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT - Anyone going to Holmdel on May 15? > > Did you purchase the AT&T computer? Because I have two 6300 keyboards That > I purchased a while back Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, > hand held electronic device. On May 15, 2025, at 6: 46 PM, Hopkins, Justin > <Justin. Hopkins@ broadridge. com> > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > This Message Is From an External Sender > This message came from outside your organization. > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > Did you purchase the AT&T computer? > Because I have two 6300 keyboards > That I purchased a while back > Mike Rosen > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > On May 15, 2025, at 6:46 PM, Hopkins, Justin < > Justin.Hopkins(a)broadridge.com> wrote: > > > was the keyboard for the 6300 around anywhere? > it could have been mixed up with a different PC, but wasn’t identifiable > in any photo. > > > ________________________________ > From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org> on behalf > of Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2025 2:21:04 PM > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> > Cc: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com>; vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT - Anyone going to Holmdel on May 15? > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT - Anyone going to Holmdel on May 15?
by Hopkins, Justin 16 May '25

16 May '25

was the keyboard for the 6300 around anywhere? it could have been mixed up with a different PC, but wasn’t identifiable in any photo. ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2025 2:21:04 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com>; vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT - Anyone going to Holmdel on May 15? This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.

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OT - Anyone going to Holmdel on May 15?
by Sentrytv 15 May '25

15 May '25

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Fwd: Tandy 1000EX
by Chris Fala 15 May '25

15 May '25

Hey Jim, if this is still available, I would be interested. Chris On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM RETRO Innovations via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Not sure if anyone in the MARCH area is interested in a NIB Tandy 1000EX > system, but if so, I am happy to put you in touch with this seller. > > > If the pics don't make it, email me directly. Looks like a: > > * NIB DMP 130 (26-1280) > * NIB 1000EX (25-1050) > * NIB 360kB External Drive (25-1060) > * NIB RGB Monitor (25-1023) (this box looks a bit right on top, the > rest look pristine) > > Jim > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Hello Jim! Erie, PA 16510. I am attaching some pics, the purchase > receipt was May ‘87. I bet he plugged them in and never used them. He > was kinda that way. I’ve seen pieces separate and together online for > sale ranging in price hundreds to thousands so not sure what to ask. > The local computer store I deal with said to find a vintage tandy > group on Facebook :) I’d like to see them go to someone with interest :) > > Thank you! > Mary Graziano > image6.jpegimage7.jpegimage8.jpegimage9.jpeg > > > > -- > RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems > www.go4retro.com > store.go4retro.com >

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Fwd: Tandy 1000EX
by RETRO Innovations 15 May '25

15 May '25

Not sure if anyone in the MARCH area is interested in a NIB Tandy 1000EX system, but if so, I am happy to put you in touch with this seller. If the pics don't make it, email me directly. Looks like a: * NIB DMP 130 (26-1280) * NIB 1000EX (25-1050) * NIB 360kB External Drive (25-1060) * NIB RGB Monitor (25-1023) (this box looks a bit right on top, the rest look pristine) Jim -------- Forwarded Message -------- Hello Jim! Erie, PA 16510. I am attaching some pics, the purchase receipt was May ‘87. I bet he plugged them in and never used them. He was kinda that way. I’ve seen pieces separate and together online for sale ranging in price hundreds to thousands so not sure what to ask. The local computer store I deal with said to find a vintage tandy group on Facebook :) I’d like to see them go to someone with interest :) Thank you! Mary Graziano image6.jpegimage7.jpegimage8.jpegimage9.jpeg -- RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems www.go4retro.com store.go4retro.com

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Please comment on draft Vintage Computer Quiz (Derrik Walker)
by bernieS 13 May '25

13 May '25

At 08:00 AM 5/12/2025, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: >Send vcf-midatlantic mailing list submissions to > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Please comment on draft Vintage Computer Quiz (Derrik Walker) Which computer is faster, The Cray-1 (left) or the Apple iPhone 16 (right)? I suggest including the year that the CRAY-1 (properly ALL CAPS) was first made available and its approximate cost adjusted for inflation--along with the same info about the iPhone 16--so people can better view these two computers in context.

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Vintage Computer Podcasts
by Jeffrey Brace 12 May '25

12 May '25

I'm making a list of Vintage Computer Podcasts that are still streaming content as well as retired. Does anyone have any more to contribute to the list? Dan Wood The Retro Hour https://theretrohour.com/ Vintage Gaming Randall Kindig Floppy Days https://floppydays.libsyn.com/ Vintage Computing Pete Cetinski TRS-80 Trash Talk https://www.trs80trashtalk.com/ TRS-80 Paul Hagstrom & Mike Maginnis' Drop III Inches https://drop-iii-inches.com/ Apple 3 Em Maginnis and Quinn Dunki Open Apple https://www.open-apple.net/ Apple Todd George, Rob Clark, Earl Evans Chicken Lips Radio https://www.chickenlipsradio.org/ Commodore James Savage and John Leake Retro MacCast https://retromaccast.libsyn.com/ Macintosh Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz, Brad Arnold Antic https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/ Atari Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Please comment on draft Vintage Computer Quiz
by Herbert Johnson 12 May '25

12 May '25

My read in 2008 about "the first personal computer" is on the Web link below. Not to argue about it, but as an example of how there's no single answer to most vintage computer general questions. And I'll offer a quiz question and answer too. https://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/altair_first.html I leaned on the "Altair is first" and also I dialog with someone's "first" Web page on another site. Their page is well researched and comes up with interesting candidates. http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml Let's be clear: there's no "first personal computer". There are candidates over time where some number of individuals *could* own some programmable device. Or: there's firsts when you qualify some target product, as in "first to offer X Y Z". A particular qualification is quantity produced. That suggests, that personal computing is a generational experience. Generations of hardware & software, generations of people, and of course different nations and cultures than the United States. There's 50 years of microprocessors now; but computers were made by other means too. So a lot of questions about vintage computing, depend on your own vintage. If this is about personal history, that's no surprise, is it? My impression is that Bob is covering the generational differences by not insisting on one correct answer for some questions. His apparent point is to inform, amuse, and puzzle - not score the most points or to indoctrinate about what's right. Here's a candidate question. "What personal computing product was first to include a complete set of personal-use software on a complete system?" A familiar answer is, the Osborne 1 computer. Adam Osborne bundled (that's the term I think was used) CP/M, BASIC, a spreadsheet, a word processor, I think a terminal/modem program, and later a database. The computer included a monitor and keyboard and floppy drives; in fact it was a luggable computer (as in luggage). At $1795 in 1981, it helped to establish a near-$2000 price for a bundled personal computer system which lasted into the 1990's or so. There's earlier computers that had some base software & hardware included, just fewer packages or less peripherals or extra-cost. Kaypro offered a similar product not long after the Osborne 1. But even today, Microsoft Office is still a very similar set of programs to the Osborne bundle. regards Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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