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Looking to borrow a miniscribe
by Jason Perkins 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

Hello, Does anyone haved a ~40 mb miniscribe hard drive, with the stepper on the side, that isn’t working that well? I’m looking for one with gummy bearings in the stepper for a demonstration. But I’ve fixed all of mine... Thanks! -J -- Jason Perkins 313 355 0085 Sent from my iPhone

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OT: Free Soldering Iron, with a catch
by Chris Fala 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Due to an error by the supplier, I received the wrong item when placing an online order and ended up with two soldering irons that I can't use. I can't use them because they are 220V and have a European plug. https://www.banggood.com/Mustool-MT223-60W-Adjustable-Temperature-Electric-… Is anyone interested in taking them off my hands? If so, I can bring them to VCF East or one of the workshops at InfoAge. I just figured that I would ask before I threw them in the trash (which I hate). Chris

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Saw this on ebay
by Sentry TV 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

Only three groups of visitors today, but they were all very interested and stayed for full-ish tours. That's a pleasant surprise for a Wednesday during the school year.

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Anyone in/near Boston coming to the next workshop?
by Ian Primus 27 Feb '19

27 Feb '19

Trying to find an effective way to get something from the Boston area (not a huge thing) - anyone coming from that direction to a future workshop? -Ian

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Need Camera operators for VCF East 2019
by Jeffrey Brace 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

I am looking for volunteers to operate the cameras at the Friday classes. Please e-mail me privately if you are interested. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] C64 Replacement chips
by Blatboy 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

I have one of those. You can get them on Ebay here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-64-C64-SX64-U17-PLA-Replacement-906114-0… I still haven't installed it. It's in my studio here...somewhere. Ahem. ++++++++++++++++++++++ https://jwalterhawkes.com like to know where/when I'm playing? Click here <https://jwalterhawkes.com/contact> to sign up for my list, and let the babble begin. > > Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:55:02 -0500 > From: Bill Dromgoole <drummy(a)comcast.net> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] C64 Replacement chips > Message-ID: > <mailman.42.1551114003.26275.vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > Haven?t tried this but it looks interesting. > http://www.melon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2370 >

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Cool -- Bill Gates...
by Evan Koblentz 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Bill Gates did a Reddit AMA and was asked what TV shows he likes to watch. He said he liked The Americans. Most of the vintage computers on that show came from us. :) https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/aunv58/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_… -- 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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MOS LSI chips time frame
by Ben Greenfield 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Hey All, I’m doing some research on North American Aviation/Autonetics artifacts and while researching simply Metal Oxide Semiconductor or MOS. Here are some image artifacts https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0YG4TcsmGWIVSf <https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0YG4TcsmGWIVSf> So the text on the back of the sales package clearly references anticipating the possibilities 1968 will bring. I was searching MOS LSI and of course I find exhibit “A” for the problems of claiming first in technology development. http://firstmicroprocessor.com I was hoping some one could comment on the development of MOS processeses in general to give me context. I also wanted to share what I think are some pretty cool artifacts. Thanks, Ben

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Warehouse fun
by Stephen A Edwards 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Thanks, again, Evan, for the fun at the warehouse last Thursday. As a neat freak with a love of vintage computer stuff, it was nearly perfect for me. There is a *lot* of stuff in the warehouse, but lots of it isn't museum quality and really shouldn't be there (how many broken TI-99/4a's does anybody really need?). It was extremely satisfying sorting out the wheat from the chaff and organizing things into standard boxes on standard shelves and away from the random, waterlogged boxes people donated things in. All in all, this was a great experience. I highly recommend it if you can make the time (I happened to be in the neighborhood, which almost never happens) and enjoy reducing entropy while getting a history lesson. The OCD part of me loved starting with a bunch of teetering piles of mismatched boxes on the floor and ending with all the boxes gone and replaced with newly assembled rolling shelving units. Speaking of which, I just bought a couple for myself. Also: consider what needs to happen when you donate something. Someone needs to sort through it, decide what, if anything, is worth keeping, and then figure out where to file it. If you really want to be generous, do some of that sorting yourself before you donate it. For example, floppies with personal data (e.g., pirated software) on them really aren't something anybody's interested in.

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