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VCF Repair List
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Nov '19

03 Nov '19

At the next workshop (Nov. 9 & 10) if anyone wants to repair any of the following VCF museum machines, then please let me know. OSI Challenger = Bill Drogoole will look at Sony monitor for Apple 2 = Ian will repair Apple /// = Tony will look at AT&T 3B1 = David Guesswein will look at Needs someone to look at: Sinclair ZX-80 IBM PC Convertible -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Museum Report 2019-11-03
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Nov '19

03 Nov '19

My day started out well and right away. I rarely get people wanting to see the museum at 1PM when I arrive. Usually people make their way to our museum by 3:30PM or later. A 7th grade boy with his grandmother were waiting for me and had previously been to other InfoAge museums on a previous trip, but ran out of time. I gave him the full 2 hour tour and he really enjoyed it. The rest of the day was filled with casual visitors. I also got a chance to try out the instructions for the SOL-20 and how to operate it. This was my first time using it! -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Speaking of the 3b1...
by Win Heagy 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

I have a 3b1 that I think is mostly complete and working, but I'm missing the mouse. Is there anything unique about the mouse (other than its looks)? Can another mouse be made to work with it? I've seen the mouse listed on eBay but for $$$$. Thanks, Win

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Brickfair NJ
by Evan Koblentz 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

Brickfair (Lego show) is arranged like VCF East: Friday sessions for serious hobbyists and weekend family-centric demos. I gave my 1980s Lego robotics lecture there today. Tomorrow and Sunday I'll have a VCF booth of the same stuff; the computer is the Laser 128 because I did not want to schlep the Compaq Portable too. It's at the Meadowlands Expo Center if anyone wants to go.

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Museum 3B1 & PDP-8
by David Gesswein 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

I'm looking fixing the 3B1 at the next workshop. From the last workshop it seems like the hard drive has died. Since I likely will need do do a new installation Was there anything in particular on it that people liked for demos? Is their anything people like on Unix machines to use for demos? If not I'll go with standard OS & software that was on the machines and see what interesting stuff I see in the archives. For the straight 8 has anyone tried to operarate it since the last workshop I was at (the one previous to the last workshop). If so was their any problems? If not would anyone doing the tours like to learn how to use it?

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Bell Labs
by Evan Koblentz 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Our demo at Bell Labs today was great! I'll write more about it and post pictures later this week.

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Unix Tell All Book From Kernighan Hits The Shelves
by Christian Liendo 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

https://hackaday.com/2019/10/29/unix-tell-all-book-from-kernighan-hits-the-… Can we get him to come back and sell / sign books?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum 3B1 & PDP-8
by Dave McGuire 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

On 10/31/19 12:22 PM, Brian L. Stuart via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > I used to use the 3b1 quite heavily in the early '90s, and > I'm pretty sure I remember running a build of rogue on > it, though I usually ran without the windowing system to > get a full 80 columns. Now that you mention it, I believe nethack could be built on the 3B1 as well. > As Dave mentiones, yes there are many other editors for > it. But there's only one TRUE editor, as you know: emacs! [dave ducks] -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Transparent Apple II/II+ Case Kickstarter
by J. Alexander Jacocks 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

All, I met the MacEffects team at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, a few of weeks ago, and saw the prototype for their truly amazing clear Apple II/II+ case: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maceffects/injection-molded-clear-case… The pictures truly do not do it justice. My wallet was duly robbed. They are down to the last few hours, and the kickstarter is close, but not quite there. Help out, if you can! - Alex

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possibly useful for bbs-simulator
by Jeffrey Jonas 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

I have a Castelle FaxPress model 2000 4 phone lines to ethernet (thin-net or AUI, no RJ45). It is intended to be a fax server but I wonder if it could be used as a modem server to ethernet. If anyone knows if that's possible, please speak up. I'll gladly donate it for the project.

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