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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East consignment - anybody interested in these items?
by Evan Koblentz 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

You can save time by downloading and completing the form. It's on the VCF East website. "Friday night" depends on the availability of our specific volunteers who are running the consignment booth. Nothing can be dropped off until it's processed/recorded, which is a people-intensive job. On Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 9:28 AM Peter Fletcher via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I have some stuff I am considering taking to the consignment. Do I just > bring it on Friday night or is there some sort of pre-registration > procedure? > > > > On Apr 5, 2019, at 9:23 AM, Andy Diller via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > Sell or trade these at the repair days. It's a great way to get people > to attend and it's an easy way to get rid of stuff. > > > > > > - andy diller > > > > > >> On Apr 5, 2019, at 7:50 AM, Glenn Roberts via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > >> Very useful. Thanks Corey. This will help me plan the weekend. Sure > wish I could just be there the whole time! > >> > >> > >> > >> Hope I can make something happen (and hope I can attend some of VCF!). > I’ve got a lot of stuff in the storage unit and would like to lighten my > load, and give some VCF’ers new “toys”! Of course, I understand the need > to pick up any unsold items by the end of the event… thanks again! > >> > >> > >> > >> * Glenn > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: corey cohen <coreyvcf(a)gmail.com> > >> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2019 6:14 AM > >> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > >> Cc: Glenn Roberts <glenn.f.roberts(a)gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East consignment - anybody > interested in these items? > >> > >> > >> > >> Glenn, > >> > >> > >> > >> I’m not sure consignment will be ready for drop off on Friday > morning, we can wait for Evan to chime in, but by Friday at 5:00pm people > will be dropping off. You don’t have to be here all weekend for > consignment, but if your unsold stuff isn’t out by 7:00pm on Sunday it will > go in the dumpster (unless it’s a Cray or PDP-10, which will be given away > to the person who offers the most beer). VCF does not want to keep > people’s unsold items. > >> > >> > >> > >> For pricing, you set your price at the beginning, VCF takes 15%, but > covers all credit card/PayPal fees which allows people not to carry so much > cash. If your onsite, you can change your prices on Sunday morning and at > 3:00pm Sunday. This keeps people from going crazy changing prices all > weekend. If your exhibiting or leave your mobile on your consignment > sheet, we can let people call your mobile to ask questions, but for if they > bargain with you and you want to change the price for them, VCF would like > you onsite to confirm in person the price was changed. > >> > >> > >> > >> I hope that explains it all, > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Corey > >> > >> > >> > >> corey cohen > >> uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> > >> On Apr 4, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Glenn Roberts via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> > > wrote: > >> > >> Can someone say a bit about the rules for the consignment area? As > luck would have it, I need to go get my son from college that weekend so I > may miss much (nearly all?) of VCF but I have some items that I'd like to > put out at consignment if that could work. It would literally be a > drive-by/drop-off on the way north (e.g. Friday AM?). I am hoping I could > at least salvage part of Sunday as a day to attend VCF (plan details still > TBD) on the way back home. > >> > >> Is it pretty much a requirement that the seller be on premises during > the whole event? People post fixed prices? No negotiation? I'm sure > there's a requirement to be there at the end to reclaim any unsold > merchandise of course. Would it even be workable for me to have > merchandise in consignment and not be there Friday and Saturday? > >> > >> Any other rules of the consignment area would be most useful to know. > Sorry, last year was my first at VCF and I didn't get to experience much > at the consignment area. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> - Glenn > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org <mailto: > vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vcfed.org> > On Behalf > >> > >> Of corey cohen via vcf-midatlantic > >> > >> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2019 8:09 AM > >> > >> To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org <mailto: > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > >> > >> Cc: corey cohen <coreyvcf(a)gmail.com <mailto:coreyvcf@gmail.com> > > >> > >> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East consignment - anybody interested in > >> > >> these items? > >> > >> > >> > >> So I’m starting to think what I’d like to get rid of to make more room > at > >> > >> home. > >> > >> > >> > >> Would anyone be interested in the following items? > >> > >> > >> > >> BTW: I know people will say, depends on price, well that part I will > think > >> > >> about so it’s fair not fire-sale pricing, this is more of should I drag > this stuff > >> > >> down question. Some of you know I recently broke my shoulder blade > falling > >> > >> off a ladder so I will have to have someone bring these items for me > since I > >> > >> can’t carry a lot, so I don’t want to drag them down for nothing. > >> > >> > >> > >> - Sony 42” plasma computer monitor (no screen burn) circa 1999 with Dual > >> > >> VGA input, composite and component/BNC composite input Actually works > >> > >> with Apple II+. No stand since it never had one, only included wall > mount. > >> > >> > >> > >> - ADM 5 terminal with service manual. Fully working. > >> > >> > >> > >> - Decitek high speed paper tape reader (parallel interface), works also > as > >> > >> normal reader without reels, I had this connected to my ALTAIR Parallel > card > >> > >> using a latch of simple TTL chips to handle the strobe and data lines. > >> > >> > >> > >> - Vectrex with multi-cart cartridge (cartridge has every vectrex game > they > >> > >> made and also has a really good asteroids arcade knock off which also > gets > >> > >> the audio right) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Let me know what/if I should bring down to VCF East. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Corey > >> > >> > >> > >> corey cohen > >> > >> uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> > >> > >

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VCF East consignment - anybody interested in these items?
by corey cohen 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

So I’m starting to think what I’d like to get rid of to make more room at home. Would anyone be interested in the following items? BTW: I know people will say, depends on price, well that part I will think about so it’s fair not fire-sale pricing, this is more of should I drag this stuff down question. Some of you know I recently broke my shoulder blade falling off a ladder so I will have to have someone bring these items for me since I can’t carry a lot, so I don’t want to drag them down for nothing. - Sony 42” plasma computer monitor (no screen burn) circa 1999 with Dual VGA input, composite and component/BNC composite input Actually works with Apple II+. No stand since it never had one, only included wall mount. - ADM 5 terminal with service manual. Fully working. - Decitek high speed paper tape reader (parallel interface), works also as normal reader without reels, I had this connected to my ALTAIR Parallel card using a latch of simple TTL chips to handle the strobe and data lines. - Vectrex with multi-cart cartridge (cartridge has every vectrex game they made and also has a really good asteroids arcade knock off which also gets the audio right) Let me know what/if I should bring down to VCF East. Thanks, Cheers, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Repair Workshop Wrap-up 3/30 & 3/31
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

Bill and Duane, Thanks for all your work. Please let me know if there is any way to support you further. On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 1:01 PM Bill Dromgoole via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Univac Workshop Report > > > Duane and I arrived at the museum on Tuesday afternoon. > After getting settled at the on campus lodging, we started evaluating the > condition of the Univac equipment. > The 1219B computer was working as usual with a small problem in the upper > I/O channels. > The 1540 digital data recorder is in poor shape. Lower handler will not > move at all. > No communication with 1219B computer. The 1532 I/O console appears to be > working fine. > > Duane built a USB to 1219B interface(MIL-STD 1397 type A) device using an > arduino chip which he brought with him to test. > After playing around for a while we were able to upload files from a > laptop computer to the Univac. > We spent most of the next day copying files to the computer and dumping > them to the paper tape punch in the 1532 I/O console. > We also spent time trouble shooting the 1540 DDR concurrently with the > file copying. > > The first problem on the DDR turned out to be a bad logic translator card > in the handler electronics itself. > Fortunately we were able to find one in the spares at the warehouse. > This corrected the signal to the pinch rollers but the tape kept jamming > in the tape head area. > Turned out to be a bad roll of tape with poor oxide retention. > > Over the next couple of days we found a lot of bad cards in the 1540 DDR > with a lot of trips to the warehouse for parts. > Most of the failures were intermittent and took a while to locate. > At one time we were able to copy a program from memory to magnetic tape > and then reload it to memory, although the handshaking was not proper. > Things kid of went downhill from there. > More card failures in the DDR. Not communicating with the 1219B, clocks > not running bits in various registers always set, etc. > We were able to find most of these and get some of the communications back. > Meanwhile after editing some programs on the laptop and trying to punch > new tapes the paper tape punch started to not work properly. > Next, the keyboard on the teletype started jamming and after that the > paper tape reader stopped working. > > Found that the tape reader power supply is failing. Plus and minus 15 > volts slowly drifts down to 8 to 10 volts. > Was unable to repair before the weekend was over. > The keyboard is probably just not lubricated properly. > One of the new programs we copied uses the keyboard a lot. > We hardly used it before this trip. So that highlighted this problem. > The punch problem may be related to the reader power supply? Who knows. > Was able to use the time left after clean up on Sunday to scan another one > of the Univac pubs to a PDF file for bit-savers. > > Final status: > Computer working fine. > Digital data recorder is mostly working. Still needs possible alignments. > I/O console almost completely inop except for printer. > > > > From: Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic > Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 4:08 PM > To: vcf-midatlantic > Cc: Jeffrey Brace > Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Repair Workshop Wrap-up 3/30 & 3/31 > > We had about a dozen members working on their machines and VCF machines > Saturday and Sunday. Most did two days while some did one day. > Bill Dromgoole and Duana Craps had worked on the Univac 1219B in the museum > for the past week. They can give an update later as to their progress. > David Gesswein worked on the museum's PDP-8. He will send a report later. > There were others working on various projects. > I got there midday and wasn't able to work on anything Saturday. > Sunday I took VCF's turn at the InfoAge front desk. > Evan can fill you in on what he was working on as well as the others. > > This time we went to a new place: MJ's for Saturday dinner. Everyone liked > it. > Afterwards we played Cards Against Humanity which is always a fun time. > Sunday morning we went to a new place: Mariner's Cove for breakfast. Also > great food! > > The next workshop is April 13 & 14. > > -- > ========================================= > Jeff Brace > Vice President > Vintage Computer Federation > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Repair Workshop Wrap-up 3/30 & 3/31
by Jeffrey Brace 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

We had about a dozen members working on their machines and VCF machines Saturday and Sunday. Most did two days while some did one day. Bill Dromgoole and Duana Craps had worked on the Univac 1219B in the museum for the past week. They can give an update later as to their progress. David Gesswein worked on the museum's PDP-8. He will send a report later. There were others working on various projects. I got there midday and wasn't able to work on anything Saturday. Sunday I took VCF's turn at the InfoAge front desk. Evan can fill you in on what he was working on as well as the others. This time we went to a new place: MJ's for Saturday dinner. Everyone liked it. Afterwards we played Cards Against Humanity which is always a fun time. Sunday morning we went to a new place: Mariner's Cove for breakfast. Also great food! The next workshop is April 13 & 14. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

We had two groups of high school students visit today. Each group was about 15-20 kids. They were smart and well-behaved. I gave them full tours. A new IA volunteer also came for a tour. I used the in-between time to work on VCF East stuff.

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OT: selling (unopened) Galaxy S10 earbuds
by Evan Koblentz 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Recently upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S10. They sent me wireless earbuds. I don't need those. Posted for $120 on eBay (they usually go for $130-$160), but I will take $100 from any friends. Need payment quickly. Here are a couple of pictures. I'm not opening the box; presumably the earbuds are inside and not rocks. :) https://photos.app.goo.gl/PEbFBGXMrzC2DkfP6

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie
by Christian Liendo 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:07 AM Jeffrey Golas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Whats your favorite “computer” movie? Can be current or ancient, modern or mainframe. A one liner about why you chose it would be cool too. TRON

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie
by Chris Fala 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Good ones. Sandra Bullock, The Net On Apr 1, 2019, at 11:11 AM, Sentrytv <sentrytv(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Antitrust Ryan Phillip Tim Robbins (as Bill Gates type leader) Hackers Who can't resist Angelina Jolie Weird science Always gets a laugh Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Apr 1, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Jeffrey Golas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > <mime-attachment>

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PDP "straight" 8 Progress
by Bill Degnan 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQn7TpgnVrw So far so good, working on PDP 8 picked up from Mexico. Bill

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie
by Sentrytv 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Antitrust Ryan Phillip Tim Robbins (as Bill Gates type leader) Hackers Who can't resist Angelina Jolie Weird science Always gets a laugh Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Apr 1, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Jeffrey Golas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > <mime-attachment>

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