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Northern VA - Meetup
by Ryan Stapleton 02 May '25

02 May '25

Hello All, I hope you had a great time at System Source this past weekend (I know I did) and their swap meet. Pick up something neat? In the DMV area and want to show it off? I have an event for you. This Sunday May the 4th! Yes Star Wars day! From 1-6 PM @ the Chantilly Regional Library. 4000 Stringfellow Rd Chantilly, VA, 20151-2628 https://www.bluewizard.net/dmvvcm/vintagecomputermeetup/ Just as a reminder we are at the local library and we are unable to do buying or selling on property. Also means please eat before or post event as we are limited to light things. I hope to see ya there and chat with as many people as I can. Thank you -Ryan Stapleton

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May 17th Workshop / kennett classic surplus sale open online orders
by Bill Degnan 01 May '25

01 May '25

https://www.kennettclassic.com/surplus/ Lots of items remain. Priced cheap for pick-up only https://www.kennettclassic.com/workshop-scheduled-for-may-17th/ Kennett Classic Workshop May 17th If you buy an item from the surplus I can bring it to the KC workshop on the 17th. Also have a complete NeXT cube with display, mouse, keyboard. SCSI2SD card harddrive installed. Works $2700. Will consider shipping this. Contact me privately with questions. BIll Degnan kennettclassic.com 484 732 7041

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Anniversaries of MARCH/Vintage Computer Festival/Vintage Computer Federation
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

*2025* 20th VCF East 20th VCF Midwest 20th VCF West (originally not called West) 20th Anniversary of MARCH museum opening (May 14, 2005?) *2026* 10th Anniversary of Vintage Computer Federation (June 17, 2015) 20th Anniversary of VCF East @ InfoAge (May 13, 2006) 25th Anniversary of VCF East (July 28-29, 2001) I need to track down which year we opened MARCH museum 2.0 and 3.0. Take care! 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Christian Liendo 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Thank you for putting all of them together, it's a good idea. It's funny that you mention this I was going though old USB drives and found images from MARCH's Spring 2009 party, back when there were Spring Parties. https://photos.app.goo.gl/kbpk55UVu17MMvHr9 On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. I can think of a few names off the top of my head who have passed on, yet remain immortalized in event photo sets. We can see how things have changed within the hobby, but also machines that sometimes haven't come back on display in a long time. Personally, I like finding photos of myself for posterity (and maybe a little prosperity), or what my exhibit looked like. People work hard putting those exhibits together, and finding out that someone else cared enough to take a few photos of it can mean the world to the exhibitor. I think it's important that we keep record of vintage computer festivals just as much as we keep records of the computers we celebrate. Plus, many of these events have gotten so big that if you miss something, the only way to see everything is in retrospect through the lens of someone else. > > > > > The problem I've encountered is that finding these galleries has been difficult at times, especially the farther back you go. They're scattered across the web, and things like link rot, domains going away, image hosting shifting like sand -- these all contribute to the history getting harder to find. You've also got walled gardens to contend with, and not everyone having solid free image hosting options available to them. > > > > > So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could find: > > > https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html > > > > East, West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, SoCal, UK, Europe, Italia, Zurich, Lite, and whatever else is out there that I'm forgetting, I want links to all of it. I've been asking folks I know, as well as pulling from links provided by the VCFed and VCFMW to get it all centralized and easier to traverse. Is this a perfect solution to the problem? Certainly not; it's far from archival. But hopefully it's a step in the right direction. While I'm not looking to host content for others, I am interested in making it easier to find this stuff in the future. > > > > Here's where you come in: Do you have a link to a public VCF photo gallery that's not on my list but should be? Maybe an article about the show? A video? Send that link my way! Though I do ask that you check first to see if it's already on there... > > > > Thanks! > > > -Alexander 'Z' Pierson

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Hello Alexander, Thanks for doing this! It just so happens that I was looking for pictures for something and found some from VCF East 3.0 (2006). It doesn't look like these are on any websites. I can't remember where I got them from. Maybe a CD of pictures or sent from Evan Koblentz many years ago. I've been thinking about the best solution as well for hosting pictures that I have taken or that others want to contribute. For now it is just a Google Drive or Google Photos. I need to get them more organized and in one place now that VCF has 100TB of space of Google storage to use. I wonder how much space all of these photos would take up. Jeff Brace On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM Alexander Pierson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Howdy, > > > > I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs > for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I > attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, > exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. I can think of a few > names off the top of my head who have passed on, yet remain immortalized in > event photo sets. We can see how things have changed within the hobby, but > also machines that sometimes haven't come back on display in a long time. > Personally, I like finding photos of myself for posterity (and maybe a > little prosperity), or what my exhibit looked like. People work hard > putting those exhibits together, and finding out that someone else cared > enough to take a few photos of it can mean the world to the exhibitor. I > think it's important that we keep record of vintage computer festivals just > as much as we keep records of the computers we celebrate. Plus, many of > these events have gotten so big that if you miss something, the only way to > see everything is in retrospect through the lens of someone else. > > > > > The problem I've encountered is that finding these galleries has been > difficult at times, especially the farther back you go. They're scattered > across the web, and things like link rot, domains going away, image hosting > shifting like sand -- these all contribute to the history getting harder to > find. You've also got walled gardens to contend with, and not everyone > having solid free image hosting options available to them. > > > > > So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could > find: > > > https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html > > > > East, West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, SoCal, UK, > Europe, Italia, Zurich, Lite, and whatever else is out there that I'm > forgetting, I want links to all of it. I've been asking folks I know, as > well as pulling from links provided by the VCFed and VCFMW to get it all > centralized and easier to traverse. Is this a perfect solution to the > problem? Certainly not; it's far from archival. But hopefully it's a step > in the right direction. While I'm not looking to host content for others, I > am interested in making it easier to find this stuff in the future. > > > > Here's where you come in: Do you have a link to a public VCF photo > gallery that's not on my list but should be? Maybe an article about the > show? A video? Send that link my way! Though I do ask that you check > first to see if it's already on there... > > > > Thanks! > > > -Alexander 'Z' Pierson >

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Past VCF Photo Galleries
by Alexander Pierson 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Howdy, I don't know about you, but I find myself looking at photos of past VCFs for a number of reasons, and not just photos I took, or from events I attended. It affords us an opportunity to see community members, speakers, exhibitors, etc. who might no longer be with us. I can think of a few names off the top of my head who have passed on, yet remain immortalized in event photo sets. We can see how things have changed within the hobby, but also machines that sometimes haven't come back on display in a long time. Personally, I like finding photos of myself for posterity (and maybe a little prosperity), or what my exhibit looked like. People work hard putting those exhibits together, and finding out that someone else cared enough to take a few photos of it can mean the world to the exhibitor. I think it's important that we keep record of vintage computer festivals just as much as we keep records of the computers we celebrate. Plus, many of these events have gotten so big that if you miss something, the only way to see everything is in retrospect through the lens of someone else. The problem I've encountered is that finding these galleries has been difficult at times, especially the farther back you go. They're scattered across the web, and things like link rot, domains going away, image hosting shifting like sand -- these all contribute to the history getting harder to find. You've also got walled gardens to contend with, and not everyone having solid free image hosting options available to them. So I made a directory of all the links I could find from every VCF I could find: https://www.commodorez.com/vcfarcgal.html East, West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, SoCal, UK, Europe, Italia, Zurich, Lite, and whatever else is out there that I'm forgetting, I want links to all of it. I've been asking folks I know, as well as pulling from links provided by the VCFed and VCFMW to get it all centralized and easier to traverse. Is this a perfect solution to the problem? Certainly not; it's far from archival. But hopefully it's a step in the right direction. While I'm not looking to host content for others, I am interested in making it easier to find this stuff in the future. Here's where you come in: Do you have a link to a public VCF photo gallery that's not on my list but should be? Maybe an article about the show? A video? Send that link my way! Though I do ask that you check first to see if it's already on there... Thanks! -Alexander 'Z' Pierson

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VCF/MARCH Swap Meet June 7 @ InfoAge
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

All the information is here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ Any questions? Jeff Brace MARCH Fundraising Manager

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SOL1 with Koyo Monitor with Imgur Link
by Christian Liendo 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

So I realized I called the Koyo monitor a Toyota Monitor, which is incorrect I uploaded the images to imgur so you can see what is part of the package https://imgur.com/a/gKmE73Q

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System Source Swap Meet Weather Update
by Ryan Burke 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Due to the high likelihood of rain on Saturday, April 26th, we have decided to postpone the swap meet until the next day, Sunday, April 27th. The museum will still be open for a regular workshop day on Saturday from 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM. The Sunday swap meet will have the same times as was planned for Saturday. On Sunday, setup for vendors will be at 7:00 AM, and general admission for the public will be 8:00 AM. Please email me here at rburke(a)syssrc.com with any questions.

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SysSrc swap / TI SN76489 Colecovision sound IC
by Ethan O'Toole 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Anyone have a spare SN 76489 colecovision / Tandy 1000SX sound IC I could buy from you at the system source swap? My colecovision one died, I tested with one from my Tandy 1000SX and narrowed it down. Figured I would ask. - Ethan

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