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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 27 Apr '19

27 Apr '19

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

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] This weekend
by Evan Koblentz 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

> You go Evan! Best of luck in the marathon. Thanks Pete! It is my third one, but the first since 2015. If it were a 5K then I'd just pick a different one; those are held all over the place practically every weekend. Marathons are harder to come by... the funny part is it normally takes a week-ish to get my legs back after running 26.2. This time I have two days and then we start setting up for VCF East. :)

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VCF East on Reddit
by Evan Koblentz 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

I posted about the show at https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/bhiv74/massive_celebrati… ... please vote it up!

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OT - Anyone familiar with OpenNMS ? If so, please contact me off-list
by Martin Flynn 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

OT - Anyone familiar with OpenNMS ? If so, please contact me off-list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNMS https://www.opennms.com/

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

Busy day! I got to the museum around 11am and stayed to 11pm. We had a good amount of visitors today. Several families came through, including a few engineers. Jeff B. and I worked on VCF East preparation between the visitors. After-hours, I made good progress on our new info kiosk. I used aeronautical-grade velcro (thank you Martin) to attach one of the micro form-factor PCs to the back of the 27" touchscreen monitor, configured all the OpenKiosk software settings, and learned how to connect from our office PC to the web server with SSH (thank you Bill Dudley for the telephone tech support). I know SSH is very secure, but afterward I decided to put FTP on the web server because (don't kill me) I prefer a point-and-click way to move files. Then I spent an hour or two on the kiosk content. Got the main template finished. All that's left to do is update a few content pages, tie back the kiosk cabling, and hang a sign from the ceiling pointing to the kiosk. Probably another 2 hours total and then it will be done.

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