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Buy Festivus tickets Now!
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Nov '19

23 Nov '19

Pay for your Festivus tickets online via Eventbrite: < https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festivus-2019-tickets-77436696243?aff=VCFMaili… > If anyone wants to pay via PayPal, then you can use the Friends and Family option. Send to paypal(a)vcfed.org and put in the note your Name, "Festivus 2019 dinner", "Festivus Dinner and Overnight". Cost is $10 for Festivus, $15 at the door. Overnight stay is $25 via Eventbrite and $30 at the door. Tickets are available until Dec. 6 (day before Festivus). Dec. 7 you have to pay at the door. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TRS-80 Color Computer 2 needs parts
by Roberto G. Waltman 23 Nov '19

23 Nov '19

> From: "Al Hartman" > ... can be seen on his website: http://www.thezipsterzone.com Should be: https://thezippsterzone.com/ -- Roberto G. Waltman

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TRS-80 Color Computer 2 needs parts
by Al Hartman 23 Nov '19

23 Nov '19

I'm trying to repair my Color Computer 2. It has a bad keyboard. At one time there were a bunch of Color Computers in the warehouse. Are they still there? May I buy one or more if so? My Coco 2 has a 63B09E CPU, a composite adapter and a lowercase kit, so I'd like to save it if I can. Of interest to the list may be a new 68B09E Color Computer clone being created by Ed Snider. It's called "The Coco 2+" and can be seen on his website: http://www.thezipsterzone.com I'm also looking for a diagnostic cartridge for the Coco. Thanks! =[ Al ]=

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Buy Festivus tickets Now!
by Jeffrey Brace 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 1:29 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Jeff is now the grill master no? I will be unless someone else wants to. I have no problem delegating! > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:43 PM, Jason Perkins via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > If Lawson isn't busy collecting superchargers he might want to man the > > grill... > > > > -J > > > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:17 PM Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > >> Who will grill??? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 11:52 AM David Riley via vcf-midatlantic < > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >>> Alas, it looks like I'm probably not going to make it to Festivus this > >>> year. I'm super bummed, but it just lined up poorly with some family > >>> obligations this year. It's just as well: I won't have any homebrew > ready > >>> by then, either. :-) > >>> > >>> Enjoy, and I'll look forward to seeing pictures and such later! > >>> > >>> > >>> - Dave > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Nov 20, 2019, at 12:13 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > >>> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Pay for your Festivus tickets online via Eventbrite: < > >>>> > >>> > >> > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festivus-2019-tickets-77436696243?aff=VCFMaili… > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> If anyone wants to pay via PayPal, then you can use the Friends and > >>> Family > >>>> option. > >>>> Send to paypal(a)vcfed.org and put in the note your Name, "Festivus > 2019 > >>>> dinner", "Festivus Dinner and Overnight". > >>>> > >>>> Cost is $10 for Festivus, $15 at the door. > >>>> > >>>> Overnight stay is $25 via Eventbrite and $30 at the door. > >>>> > >>>> Tickets are available until Dec. 6 (day before Festivus). > >>>> Dec. 7 you have to pay at the door. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> ========================================= > >>>> Jeff Brace > >>>> Vice President > >>>> Vintage Computer Federation > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Jason Perkins > > 313 355 0085 > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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some neat items
by W2HX 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

Hey friends, just came across these items that might be of interest to the group. Just passing along. https://www.bgmicro.com/ACS1894.aspx https://www.bgmicro.com/ide-ata-66-and-floppy-drive-cable-set.aspx? 73 Eugene W2HX

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Festivus Games
by Jeffrey Brace 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

If you want to bring any computer of video game, then let me know and I will make space for you. *Ian will have 5 tables and be bringing: * *VINTAGE VIDEO GAMES* N64 NES Sega Genesis TurboGrafix 16 Atari Jaguar Colecovision Atari 7800 Fairchild Channel F Nintendo Famicom Odyssey2 Pong Super Nintendo *CARD GAME* Crabs Adjust Humidity (Cards Against Humanity clone) *Jeff will be bringing:* *C64 *: Vegetables Deluxe *(NEW GAME!)* The Bear Essentials, Games on SD cards Cartridge games (Zaxxon, Pac-Man, Centipede, etc.) *4 Player C64 games!* *C64 Mini*: With updated games @Amiga Bill <bill(a)thegurumeditation.org> can you bring an Amiga 500 with Lemmings? Does anyone else want to bring games? Space is limited, but I have a few more tables that I can setup -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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I tube, you tube, we all tube, for u tube
by Jeffrey Jonas 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

floppy disks, hard drives & scanners make music: the floppotron! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGfkPCZYfFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_CZpFqvDQo 35 Year-Old C64 Easter Egg Hidden On Vinyl by 8-Bit Show And Tel In 1984, the Christian rock band Prodigal hid a Commodore 64 program on their album "Electric Eye". See my attempts to retrieve and run this 35-year-old easter egg. for more, see: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3gRBswFkuteshdwMZAQafQ/videos 8-Bit Show And Tell https://www.youtube.com/user/adric22/videos The 8-Bit Guy https://www.youtube.com/user/RetroManCave/videos RetroManCave https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee/videos LGR: vintage computers -- jeff jonas

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

I'm still on hiatus-ish until Festivus, but I was in the area and didn't have much to do today, so I took museum duty. It was busy. Cub Scout group (20-something people), RPI alumni group (10ish people), and regular visitors (10ish people). Kept me busy all day. It was the first time I used the upper rows of microcomputers which now have monitors. I was unable to get four things to work: - Apple II (crazy display) - Apple III (no display) - OSI Challenger (no display) - Atari 1040 (no display) Also did anyone work on the Heathkit H19? If not then someone should ... looking at you Alex Bodnar. :) I was told the new screens auto-sense the input type but I had to set some of them manually. Why is the original TCF poster taken down? I put a sign ("new exhibit coming here soon") in the large empty spot where the Timberwolf tape library was. Someone had left a random Novell poster there. Totally out of place and context. I removed it. Note to everyone, you can't just put random stuff in the middle of exhibits. Somehow the info kiosk got borked. I rebooted it and now it works fine again. Someone had put a sign on it saying "under construction". I don't know why. It will soon be improved for version 2.0, but the current version 1.0 works fine. It is simplistic but not broken. I removed that sign.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Festivus Games
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Yes, Bill. You can bring your eMac, but if nobody takes it, then you must take it home with you. Just put a label on it "FREE" or something like that and your name so that anyone can ask you questions about it. On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 11:47 AM Amiga Bill <bill(a)thegurumeditation.org> wrote: > Hey guys it is looking like I can make it, but I won’t be able to confirm > 100% until I know my work schedule which usually happens the week before. > But if I can make it I will bring an Amiga 1200 with 1084s CRT monitor and > a bunch of games loaded on it including Christmas Lemmings. Fingers > crossed, I want to come really badly! > > On another note, I have some things to get rid of like an older eMac. > Could I bing it to give away? > > — “Amiga Bill" Winters > > *"Amiga Bill" Winters* | bill(a)thegurumeditation.org | > TheGuruMeditation.org | BillWinters.net > > On Nov 20, 2019, at 11:37 AM, Ethan O'Toole <telmnstr(a)757.org> wrote: > > If you want to bring any computer of video game, then let me know and I > will make space for you. > > > I could bring a Pentium 200MMX luggable with external MT-32. I have Gravis > Ultrasound, AWE32, Sound Blaster 1.0 and 1.5 for it as well. I have some > Sierra games on it and can double check the LucasArts stuff. One issue is I > have to patch the games to pass MT-32 midi out of the Sound Blaster > usually, I don't have the MPU401 board. > > - Ethan O'Toole > > > > > *Ian will have 5 tables and be bringing: * > *VINTAGE VIDEO GAMES* > N64 > NES > Sega Genesis > TurboGrafix 16 > Atari Jaguar > Colecovision > Atari 7800 > Fairchild Channel F > Nintendo Famicom > Odyssey2 > Pong > Super Nintendo > *CARD GAME* > Crabs Adjust Humidity (Cards Against Humanity clone) > > *Jeff will be bringing:* > *C64 *: > Vegetables Deluxe *(NEW GAME!)* > The Bear Essentials, Games on SD cards > Cartridge games (Zaxxon, Pac-Man, Centipede, etc.) > *4 Player C64 games!* > > *C64 Mini*: With updated games > > @Amiga Bill <bill(a)thegurumeditation.org> can you bring an Amiga 500 with > Lemmings? > > Does anyone else want to bring games? > > Space is limited, but I have a few more tables that I can setup > > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Compact Macs FS at Festivus
by systems_glitch 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

All, I've got two compact Macs I'd like to sell for delivery at Festivus. Both are make offer: * Project SE/30, power supply and analog board are fine, bipolar cap replaced with film cap, monitor is fine, case is OKish (cracked corners). Motherboard has issues. When I got it, it'd sat for a long time with very leaky caps. A recap doesn't have it functioning 100%. Sometimes it boots off SCSI, sometimes not. No floppy drive. * Macintosh 512K with upgrade board, this one is fully working, has a Mac Rescue upgrade board that attaches to the 68K using a Killi clip, which adds 4MB RAM and SCSI. Has Mac Plus ROMs installed so it will boot off SCSI. Comes with carrying case, keyboard, mouse, and external 3.5" disk drive. New PRAM battery. Somewhat yellowed, but not terrible. DB25 for SCSI mounts where the PRAM battery door goes, the original battery door is included (came to me this way). Thanks, Jonathan

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