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Funny story
by Herb Johnson 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

> Dean Notarnicola: I pinned a [VCF-E] brochure to the corkboard on Nassau St a few weeks ago. I wonder if that what he saw? > > Jeff Salzman wrote: That's certainly a lot more effective, and cheaper, than pinning VCF business cards to $20 bills and scattering them along the boardwalk. :D > > Dean: I stopped doing that. It was eating into my floppy disk fund. > > [exchange about fake non-fake currency] These seem like jokes, fake history. But in fact, when I was at the Dayton Hamfest one year in the 1990's, an airplane flew over the event and dropped flyers - with real $1 bills attached! I saw the airplane, saw the drop, grabbed a few flyers; so there's no doubt. Of course, people forget that "catching eyeballs" is a source of income on the Web. Google reported billions of dollars just today, income from selling ads and Web-search placements. So: money gets spent on advertizing; and location matters. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Funny story
by Evan Koblentz 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

A journalist called me today to ask about VCF East. He said he heard about it from a flier posted on a (real-life) bulletin board in downtown Princeton. I have no idea who put it there! -- 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Funny story
by Evan Koblentz 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Monopoly money On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 10:55 AM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Evan was skimping and only used $5 bills, that’s why we didn’t get as big > a response. > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 30, 2019, at 9:19 AM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > I stopped doing that. It was eating into my floppy disk fund. > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 9:09 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < > > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > >> That's certainly a lot more effective, and cheaper, than pinning VCF > >> business cards to $20 bills and scattering them along the boardwalk. :D > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 12:44 AM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < > >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >>> We go there just to hang on nice weekends > >>> > >>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:43 AM Dean Notarnicola < > >> dnotarnicola(a)gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I had it from TCF > >>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:42 AM Evan Koblentz <evan(a)vcfed.org> > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I pinned a brochure to the corkboard on Nassau St a few weeks ago. I > >>>>> wonder if that what he saw? > >>>>> > >>>>> Yes! > >>>>> > >>>>> What were you doing there with VCF stuff? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >> > >

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WTB/WTT: SWTPC 6800 Boards
by systems_glitch 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

All, I'm still looking for boards for my mostly-empty SWTPC 6800 chassis. I've got a power supply and backplane for it now, but still no boards. If you've got spares and especially if you'll be at VCF East, I'm interested in buying or trading for them. Thanks, Jonathan

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DEC PDP 11/03-AA for sale
by Mike Loewen 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

I have a PDP 11/03-AA available for sale, which I will bring to VCF East. This CPU was used as the console of a VAX 11/780, and includes an RX01 floppy drive and cables. I've never gotten around to even powering up this machine, and it's time to let it go. The installed boards are: M7264 EB 11/03 processor with 4-Kword MOS RAM M7940 Serial Line Unit (SLU, Async) M7946 RX01 8" floppy disk controller M8017 Single-line async control module M7944 4-Kword 16-bit MOS RAM (external refresh) M9400 YE Headers and 240-ohm terminators (18-bit bus only) I also have the following boards to upgrade the system to something more useable: M8012 BDV11 bus terminator, bootstrap and Diagnostic Module M8044-DB 32K, 16-bit RAM M8043 Q-bus quad serial interface Also have the cable for the M7940 (BC03L-00). About the floppy drive...the M7946 is a RX01 controller, but the part number on the drive itself is for an RX02. I know practically nothing about DEC hardware, so I don't know why the discrepancy. I'll be taking offers for the whole setup (off-list, please) until midnight, May 1. Pictures are at: http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/PDP1103/ Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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One more VCF East ticket desk person needed
by Evan Koblentz 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Everyone, We have three ticket desk volunteers: Charlotte, Jayme, and Gina. They're all awesome, but they are all new at it. (Ann/Amy aren't available this year.) Can anyone suggest a fourth volunteer, so that we're better able to cover all of the hours? (8:30am-6:00pm Saturday; 8:30am-5:00pm Sunday.) As previously stated: ticket desk people need to be reliable, outgoing, on-the-ball in a retail/service environment, and represent us professionally. We hope to find a fourth person who can 100% commit no later than Wednesday mid-day. Obviously it can't be one of those "if" or "they'll try" situations.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] This weekend
by Evan Koblentz 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

> Hope marathon went well! Thank you. I finished :), which is something to be proud of because it was my first one since having bone tumor surgery in my leg in 2016. Docs said I might never run again!! I came all the way back. Unfortunately I missed my time goal by 8 minutes.

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This weekend
by Evan Koblentz 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

Everyone, Jeff B. and I decided to close the museum this weekend so we can do VCF East stuff and not be tied to the tour guide desk. Also I will be unreachable from this Saturday evening through Sunday evening or Monday morning. I'm running in the NJ Marathon this Sunday (7:30am start). It is my first one since 2015 ... in 2016 I had surgery and they said I might never run again. I showed 'em!

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Consignment cheat sheet
by Evan Koblentz 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

Here's a consignment process cheat-sheet, thanks to Jim Scheef: http://vcfed.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/east2019consignment.pdf -- 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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Fyi: Ride share available from Boston to VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

See https://twitter.com/33asr/status/1121599733712269314?s=19 for the details. Don't reply here.

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