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Old VCF East shirts needed
by Evan Koblentz 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

I want to hang the old festival shirts in the museum. One from each event. I have all of the East shirts except 2008 (the yellow one). Somehow I'm also missing the orange shirt from a couple of years ago. The ones I do have are all size small or medium, so I'm hoping to find those or maybe size large, but not XL or bigger so they look consistent.

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 16 Jun '19

16 Jun '19

Modest amount of visitors today -- it was too nice outside to visit a museum! A group of 20-somethings came in for a tour. They were smart, polite, and asked good questions. They seemed amazed by computer life before Windows and about the myth vs. reality of how Apple formed. Jimmy from the model trains group is a programmer in the day job and helped me debug the information kiosk. It wasn't always returning to the homepage after the set amount of time. Hard to fix that without seeing the kiosk program code, so he showed me how to put some Javascript into the my content pages that accomplishes the same thing. This way is better because I can customize the events that trigger idle states, the amount of idle time for each page, etc. I did some warehouse work too. Organized more of the robotics and educational/trainer kits, and disposed of a growing pile of unloved books/software (certain things that nobody took from the 'free' pile at VCF East.) Doug is docent tomorrow.

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of possible interest
by Jeffrey Jonas 15 Jun '19

15 Jun '19

Assorted things I recently discovered: ______________________________________________________________________________ http://www.pscug.org/ Pugent Sound Commodore User Group of Seattle, Washington ______________________________________________________________________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VheNpiSZxf0 Dungeon Master - Clever Floppy Disk Anti-Piracy | MVG by Modern Vintage Gamer https://www.youtube.com/user/jimako123/videos ______________________________________________________________________________ NJ video game convention http://www.avideogamecon.com/ A Video Game Con: Retro & Modern Video Game Con in NJ AVGC 2019 Sept 7-9, 2019 Parsippany NJ ______________________________________________________________________________ useful parts from an unusual source Insulated Clamps-R-Us https://www.sciplus.com/42piece-insulated-clamp-assortment-54935-p $12.95 EACH for Item Number : 95021P1 42-PIECE INSULATED CLAMP ASSORTMENT ______________________________________________________________________________ https://hothardware.com/news/commodore-amiga-revitalized-with-new-retro-har… by Marco Chiappetta - Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Commodore's Beloved Amiga Is Being Revitalized With Updated Retro Hardware -- jeff jonas

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Re: of possible interest
by Jonathan Sturges 15 Jun '19

15 Jun '19

Thanks Jeff, Some interesting bits there! -Jonathan > On Jun 15, 2019, at 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: > > Send vcf-midatlantic mailing list submissions to > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.vcfed.org/mailman/listinfo/vcf-midatlantic > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > vcf-midatlantic-owner(a)lists.vcfed.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of vcf-midatlantic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. of possible interest (Jeffrey Jonas) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:33:51 -0400 > From: Jeffrey Jonas <jeffrey.scott.jonas(a)gmail.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] of possible interest > Message-ID: > <CAOCNM4S9i+UDNJyCN2AKeGsB-er-LFBdwX42fJEq7hmXN5NJ1w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Assorted things I recently discovered: > ______________________________________________________________________________ > http://www.pscug.org/ > Pugent Sound Commodore User Group of Seattle, Washington > ______________________________________________________________________________ > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VheNpiSZxf0 > Dungeon Master - Clever Floppy Disk Anti-Piracy | MVG > by Modern Vintage Gamer https://www.youtube.com/user/jimako123/videos > ______________________________________________________________________________ > NJ video game convention > > http://www.avideogamecon.com/ > A Video Game Con: Retro & Modern Video Game Con in NJ > AVGC 2019 > Sept 7-9, 2019 > Parsippany NJ > ______________________________________________________________________________ > useful parts from an unusual source > > Insulated Clamps-R-Us > https://www.sciplus.com/42piece-insulated-clamp-assortment-54935-p > $12.95 EACH for Item Number : 95021P1 > 42-PIECE INSULATED CLAMP ASSORTMENT > ______________________________________________________________________________ > https://hothardware.com/news/commodore-amiga-revitalized-with-new-retro-har… > > by Marco Chiappetta - Tuesday, July 31, 2018 > Commodore's Beloved Amiga Is Being Revitalized With Updated Retro Hardware > > > -- jeff jonas > > > End of vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 13, Issue 14 > ***********************************************

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More history of Lego robotics
by Evan Koblentz 14 Jun '19

14 Jun '19

Although my website is about Lego robotics from before the Mindstorms era, I decided it's useful to document early Mindstorms development at MIT. So check out the new "Making 'Storms" section ... http://www.mindsbeforethestorm.com ... there are also many small update since the last time that I posted about this.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Next Workshop is July 20
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Jun '19

14 Jun '19

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 9:25 PM Jonathan Sturges via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Thanks Jeff!I know it could be a smaller crowd but I'm in. > It's a busy time of the year for many, but if there is a smaller crowd, then it's still good. > > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:41:40 -0400 > From: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Next Workshop is July 20 > Message-ID: > <CALWfZALKga57niENnWAE8XCMrAHAAA3Zt+6R9AzVKqFo=RCu9w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I?m gonna schedule the next workshop for July 20 & 21. > It will be in CDL because the ?radio guys? (NJARC) will be using 9032-A. > I won?t be there because I will be traveling to St. Louis for my Uncle?s > 90th birthday. > I will send out a link for signup soon. > > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation > > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Off-topic / not vintage: Princeton U. data center tour
by Evan Koblentz 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

We've been invited for a tour of the Princeton U. data center. There is no set time; it's up to us to organize something. Is anyone interested?

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[Slightly OT] Need suggestions/ help
by laurakid 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

As some of you may remember me mentioning around last years Festivus, I have been overwhelmed by my (not so) current tech. I have had security issues, trouble with adjusting to and backing up/ restoring from multiple platforms and devices. I am keeping it vague to keep it short. Basically, I could use help from someone who would have the time and capability to help me regain some control over my data and create a current setup that is secure and meets my needs. I was thinking this could be a good freelance gig for a kid looking for summer work? Any suggestions on how to approach this problem are appreciated. Thanks,Laura S Reinhard 908-456-5580 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

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OT: Grub question
by Evan Koblentz 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

I wanted to wipe one of my spare older PCs. I used an MS-DOS boot disk and ran fdisk. That worked for zapping the partition, but it left behind Grub when I reboot. How do I delete that?

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Museum reports
by Evan Koblentz 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

A handful of visitors today, including one guy from Kansas and a couple who last visited a year or two ago. Between visitors, I worked on some VCF West business and also some personal projects. Steve A. came by to pick up our Digicomp 1 (our second) because he has expertise in restoring those.

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