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Looking for a kid friendly 6502 assembly language book
by corey cohen 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

I’m going to try to see if my 12 year old son might want to learn 6502 assembly. He knows some basic but I want him to learn how computers really work which means he should learn assembly. All my assembly books assume a lot and I figure 6502 is basic enough since he won’t have to worry about memory segments and stuff like that. The best guideline I can think of is... if it’s a book Evan can learn to program in assembly on an Apple II, then it would be perfect for Ben to learn. @Evan, I think you’ll agree here. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Martin Eberhard contact info
by William Sudbrink 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Martin regularly posts to the "altair computer club", Cromemco and S-100 mailing lists. It would probably be polite to approach him through one of those lists. Bill S. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Martin Eberhard contact info
by Fred Terry 02 Sep '19

02 Sep '19

Can someone provide me an email address or other method to get in touch with Martin Eberhard? I have some very useful information for him. Thanks, Fred Terry

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Festivus Movies and a reminder (Dec. 7 & 8)
by Evan Koblentz 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

>> Do you guys make use of a projector to show on a large screen? Yes. We have an LED projector and a 100-inch portable screen. On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:35 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hey > Do you guys make use of a projector to show on a large screen? > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Aug 31, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > As a reminder Festivus is Dec 7 & 8 starting at 10am Dec. 7 and ending > Dec. > > 8 at 5pm. > > Signup here: < > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x0oSxqZXh8tmqqbUsP3KS3OywiNsEAOOmtq… > >> > > > > So I have tried in the past to show movies in a separate room and found > few > > were interested. So my new thought is to show some TV shows and movies > with > > low volume on the cafeteria TV for anyone to watch and as mostly > background > > noise. Bernie S. gave me this idea. The idea is for casual viewing as > most > > people are interested in casual conversations, eating, drinking and > playing > > video games, but some might stop and look for a few minutes. > > > > The first DVD will be "Whiz Kids". A show in the 80's > > Bring whatever movies or suggestions to Festivus. > > I have the following streaming service accounts: Netflix, Amazon Prime > > Video, YouTube Premium, Disney+ > > -- > > ========================================= > > Jeff Brace > > Vice President > > Vintage Computer Federation > >

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Museum Report 2019-09-01 September 1, 2019
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

A slow day at the museum with a few moderate interest people getting a half hour tour. And also a dozen light interest people. Bill Intereidden stopped by to size up parts for the rack that holds the TR-20. He is working on getting this machine working as well as improving the display. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Cool yet sad rescue coming up this fall
by Evan Koblentz 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

Everyone, Sometime this fall, we're going to rescue a pair of SGI cabinets from the Princeton University data center. SGI customized the cabinets in black and orange ... because Princeton Tigers. Their data center VP said these systems almost certainly can't ever run again. Too much disassembly already happened. So all he's promising us are the actual cabinets, not the remaining innards. However, he asked if we can help disassemble those remaining innards, in order to make the cabinets lighter/safer to move. I said what if we agree, but in exchange our guys get to keep those parts if desired? :) Waiting to hear back. I don't yet know much about the system. VP is asking some of his old-timers to write down its history for us. Here is a picture: https://tinyurl.com/y6ldajlb

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Festivus Movies and a reminder (Dec. 7 & 8)
by Evan Koblentz 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

>> Just curious, how many lumens Dunno On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 12:30 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Evan > Just curious, how many lumens? > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > On Aug 31, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > >>> Do you guys make use of a projector to show on a large screen? > > > > Yes. We have an LED projector and a 100-inch portable screen. > > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:35 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > >> Hey > >> Do you guys make use of a projector to show on a large screen? > >> > >> Sent from: > >> My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > >> > >>> On Aug 31, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> As a reminder Festivus is Dec 7 & 8 starting at 10am Dec. 7 and ending > >> Dec. > >>> 8 at 5pm. > >>> Signup here: < > >>> > >> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x0oSxqZXh8tmqqbUsP3KS3OywiNsEAOOmtq… > >>>> > >>> > >>> So I have tried in the past to show movies in a separate room and found > >> few > >>> were interested. So my new thought is to show some TV shows and movies > >> with > >>> low volume on the cafeteria TV for anyone to watch and as mostly > >> background > >>> noise. Bernie S. gave me this idea. The idea is for casual viewing as > >> most > >>> people are interested in casual conversations, eating, drinking and > >> playing > >>> video games, but some might stop and look for a few minutes. > >>> > >>> The first DVD will be "Whiz Kids". A show in the 80's > >>> Bring whatever movies or suggestions to Festivus. > >>> I have the following streaming service accounts: Netflix, Amazon Prime > >>> Video, YouTube Premium, Disney+ > >>> -- > >>> ========================================= > >>> Jeff Brace > >>> Vice President > >>> Vintage Computer Federation > >> > >> > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OFF TOPIC movie
by Neil Cherry 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

On 8/28/19 6:42 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > the "this" network is a movie called "Runaway" (1984)A Movie about robots being programmed to go berserk. > > Starring Tom Selleck as the good guy and the part of the bad guy being played by, of all people, Gene Simmons of > KISS. > I don't think I ever heard of it back in the 80s. > Just thought somebody might want to watch it. NOoooooooo! That was a terrible movie then and I don't think you can mystery science theater it to improve it. ;-) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Festivus Movies and a reminder (Dec. 7 & 8)
by Jeffrey Brace 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

As a reminder Festivus is Dec 7 & 8 starting at 10am Dec. 7 and ending Dec. 8 at 5pm. Signup here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x0oSxqZXh8tmqqbUsP3KS3OywiNsEAOOmtq… > So I have tried in the past to show movies in a separate room and found few were interested. So my new thought is to show some TV shows and movies with low volume on the cafeteria TV for anyone to watch and as mostly background noise. Bernie S. gave me this idea. The idea is for casual viewing as most people are interested in casual conversations, eating, drinking and playing video games, but some might stop and look for a few minutes. The first DVD will be "Whiz Kids". A show in the 80's Bring whatever movies or suggestions to Festivus. I have the following streaming service accounts: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Premium, Disney+ -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OFF TOPIC movie
by Randy M 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

My wife liked Tom Selleck so it was required watching. Not on the level of, say, 2001 A Space Odyssey, but pretty neat little gadgets. Most of the movies panned by the critics were mostly pretty good, IMHO. On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 9:50 PM Sentry TV via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > The point was that some time ago there was conversation about "computer" > movies and I don't think we mentioned "Runaway", not that it was a bad > movie!.Most of the movies at the time that had some sort of "futuristic > tech" in it, really were not very good!Except for War Games.My 2 cents > On Friday, August 30, 2019, 08:14:31 PM EDT, Jeffrey Brace via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Is it better or worse than "The Terror of Tiny Town"? > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 8:49 AM Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > On 8/28/19 6:42 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > > the "this" network is a movie called "Runaway" (1984)A Movie about > > robots being programmed to go berserk. > > > > > > Starring Tom Selleck as the good guy and the part of the bad guy being > > played by, of all people, Gene Simmons of > > > KISS. > > > I don't think I ever heard of it back in the 80s. > > > Just thought somebody might want to watch it. > > > > > > NOoooooooo! That was a terrible movie then and I don't think you can > > mystery science theater it to improve it. ;-) > > > > -- > > Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com > > http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site > > http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog > > Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies > > > > > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation > >

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