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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Workshop report
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 11:24 AM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I spoke to both of them briefly. > > The boy did not seem especially interested in the Commodore 64. > He (or maybe it was his mom) was more interested in what Jeff G. was > working on and his testing procedure and programming. > > Too bad his mother doesn't want him to buy vintage computers. > > If they live locally, I would encourage them to come to the workshop more > often. > Even if it's to see what's going on there, to help and learn. Yes. They live locally in Toms River. Evan had met them at the local maker faire and told them about VCF museum. Not sure if he mentioned VCFe. The boy, Justin, was interested in a variety of machines and I got him interested in trying BASIC programming by typing in the bouncing ball program from the Commodore User’s Guide. > > By the way the barbecue and grilling was fantastic and a very good idea! > > Mike R. > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Jun 3, 2019, at 11:14 AM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Hi Jeff, > > The young man’s name is Justin and I am pretty sure his mom’s name is > Tracy. Since he seemed pretty interested I told them all about VCFE which > they did not know about. > > Jeff Galinat > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jun 3, 2019, at 10:56 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >> One kid about 12 years old visited the museum and was highly interested > in > >> vintage computers. He knew many things which he learned from YouTube. > Some > >> accurate, some not. His mom said that he was bored from modern scratch > >> programming. I had him try out BASIC programming on the C64. He wants > to > >> buy vintage computers, but his mom won’t let him. He also checked out > the > >> repair workshop. He really enjoyed! > >> > >> ========================================= > >> Jeff Brace > >> Vice President > >> Vintage Computer Federation > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Warehouse helpers needed
by Evan Koblentz 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Everyone, We need a lot of help in the warehouse this summer. The work is mostly sorting and organizing, under my direction. There is some, but not a lot, of heavy lifting involved. What's in it for you: glory, lunch, and a sense of accomplishment. We need people who can give us a full day at a time. Wednesdays are best. Weekends are also possible. What's good: planning ahead for specific days. What's not so good: last-minute changes, unreliable people, inability to follow our guidelines/policies. Apply directly to me via evan(a)vcfed.org. -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

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Tanday Assembly comments
by Mike Loewen 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

I'm thinking about exhibiting at the Tandy Assembly in September. For those of you who attended last year, how did you like it? Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Workshop report
by Jeffrey Brace 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

We had about 10 or so people working on various systems. This time we did a BBQ Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Everyone liked it. We are going to do it again in August. Evan switched out the Amdahl in the featured artifact and put in the Canon Cat. He also put back most of the newly acquired artifacts. One kid about 12 years old visited the museum and was highly interested in vintage computers. He knew many things which he learned from YouTube. Some accurate, some not. His mom said that he was bored from modern scratch programming. I had him try out BASIC programming on the C64. He wants to buy vintage computers, but his mom won’t let him. He also checked out the repair workshop. He really enjoyed! Next workshop is August 24 & 25. @Evan: Do you want to add anything? -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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TRS-80 PC-1 - New manufacture replacement LCDs
by Mark Whittington 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Pretty awesome -- a YouTuber that I follow (Robert Baruch) designed replacement LCD modules for the TRS-80 PC-1 (aka Sharp PC-1211 Pocket Computer) and had them manufactured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Vagc0FJK8 He's received the samples and they work great, and so he's ordering 200 more and will have them for sale sometime soon. Seemed like something that might be of interest to this crowd :) Best, -Mark

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Breakfast tomorrow
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Jun '19

01 Jun '19

Us workshop people will meet tomorrow at 9am at The Blue Swan diner for breakfast. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Assembler inside Cobol
by Jeffrey Jonas 01 Jun '19

01 Jun '19

The MOBIDIC COBOL status report section 4.3.5 mentions the ENTER declarative for inserting assembler code for the PERFORM verb to execute. That's similar to ASM in C/C++. Everything old is new again! My dad and other early mainframe programmers often knew the machine's architecture and assembler to do things that were not part of the standard COBOL language, libraries or environment. They didn't call them "hacks", it was just part of getting their job done.

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New museum artifacts -- great stuff!!
by Evan Koblentz 30 May '19

30 May '19

There was a place in Wilmington, Delaware called the Museum of Business History and Technology. They closed and offered VCF most of their computer collection. We selected certain items. Today was trip number one. We'll take trip number two later this summer. I rented a box truck and drove down there. Bill Degnan (and his GF and the MBHT guy) helped me load up. Steve Anderson helped me unload back at InfoAge in a massive thunderstorm! Today's trip included: - Two Xerox Star 8010: these are massively historic! http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/xerox-8010/index.html ... Our oldest Xerox system until now was the 860. There's only one keyboard and monitor. MBHT has the mouse and they promised to dig it out and send it to us ASAP. I don't know if any other mouse can be used for testing in the meantime. - Xerox Daybreak (next version after the Star) - DEC Industiral-8 (not sure how complete it is) - Mac 20th anniversary edition - IMSAI 8080 - SWTP CT-64 terminal - PET 2001 with the black faceplate - About a half-dozen unusual analog desktop computers/trainers, including the "cowculator". - EAI TR-20. Bill I. is restoring our existing one, so this will help a lot for parts. - NeXT Cube. It's funny after the lengths we went through to get one last year! - IBM 5110 + drives. - Intersil computer ... Degnan knows about this; I don't. The next trip will be for rack-mount stuff. Stay tuned later this summer. :)

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New museum artifacts -- great stuff!!
by Evan Koblentz 30 May '19

30 May '19

Oops, I didn't actually answer your questions! > Nice haul! We have two of the Xerox 'Dandelion' systems as well, including a load of software and several keyboards. Unfortunately, we have no monitors. Would love to collaborate on any restoration work and maybe learn more about the video interface in hopes that we can get ours running as well. Awesome! The best way to collaborate is to bring your systems to one of our repair workshops. > Also, VCM may be interested in any items from MBHT that VCF was not interested in. Feel free to connect me if you feel it would be appropriate. Unfortunately I can't do that. IRS rules state that when a 501(c)(3) closes, it can only give its assets to another 501(c)(3).

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] New museum artifacts -- great stuff!!
by Evan Koblentz 30 May '19

30 May '19

> Also, VCM may be interested What is VCM?

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