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VCF East - Friday class schedule
by Evan Koblentz 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/classes/

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Good workshop!
by Evan Koblentz 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

It started out in bizarro world: Ian skipped this one, and Tony worked on Atari, Commodore, and Tandy gear (no Apple II!). :).... Jeff S. tested some of our Tandy hardware. Anthony and Jason worked on getting a Counterpoint system up. Refresher: Counterpoint built a few hundred Unix workstations on contract to AT&T in 1986, AT&T canceled the project, and so these were never released. The ones we have may be the last ones around. It took some brainstorming (and some trial-and-error), but this morning one of the workstations came to life! Drom stopped by, unexpected, and worked on the Univac. There was a Don Casselli sighting, but I didn't have a chance to talk to him (was busy withe museum visitors). I worked on the museum info kiosks. Big accomplishment: I installed Apache as our intranet server. Never installed that before, so I learned something new. Jason provided tech support for a few of my questions. Jameel donated two micro-form-factor PCs for powering the kiosks. I wiped them (they had Windows 10) and put on Linux, of course. :) I installed OpenKiosk on them. Tony's projects were for the VCF East Software Store. Jeff S. worked on his MOBIDIC replica which will someday power our life-size replica. I'm not sure what Dean did. Jeff B. helped out with a little of everything.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Univac repairs at Workshop
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

Thanks for making the trip Drom! <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> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 7:45 PM Bill Dromgoole via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > I made an emergency trip to the Museum today. > I wanted to make sure the Univac system was operable for VCF-East > > Worked on Univac paper tape reader in the 1532 I/O console.. Rang out all > the wires, measured the capacitors etc. > When done it was working again. Maybe something in the wire harness? > Who knows. It works again. I didn’t replace anything. > > Loaded punch tape we made last time at the six day workshop. Good load, > clear al and au. > Ran program and got bad punch tape. > Replaced the card Duane suggested with a 2014 from the warehouse. > Now it seems to work. > > Loaded the Mk-152 diagnostic program and computer still has same channel > 17 problem. > But the demonstration procedure is still the same for the docents. > It works about 95% > > Didn’t have time to work on ASR-35 teletype but it seemed to work ok. > > A day well spent. > > Bill > > > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Apache question (museum intranet server)
by Evan Koblentz 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

Today I picked out an unloved modern PC from our collection (from the ones donated back at Festivus) and turned it into our museum intranet server. It runs Linux and the latest version of Apache. I didn't touch the stock configuration files: it just magically worked after I gave the server a static IP and stuff. Here is the question ... SHOULD any of the stock config files be changed? All this server will do is offer rather primitive .htm files for the info kiosks. It's not going to face anything external, although it does connect through our firewall so its software can be updated. There is no need to remotely manage it. Can/should I just leave the stock config alone, or should anything be changed for security, performance, etc.?

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Univac repairs at Workshop
by Bill Dromgoole 14 Apr '19

14 Apr '19

I made an emergency trip to the Museum today. I wanted to make sure the Univac system was operable for VCF-East Worked on Univac paper tape reader in the 1532 I/O console.. Rang out all the wires, measured the capacitors etc. When done it was working again. Maybe something in the wire harness? Who knows. It works again. I didn’t replace anything. Loaded punch tape we made last time at the six day workshop. Good load, clear al and au. Ran program and got bad punch tape. Replaced the card Duane suggested with a 2014 from the warehouse. Now it seems to work. Loaded the Mk-152 diagnostic program and computer still has same channel 17 problem. But the demonstration procedure is still the same for the docents. It works about 95% Didn’t have time to work on ASR-35 teletype but it seemed to work ok. A day well spent. Bill

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Sunday Breakfast for repair workshop 9am
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Apr '19

14 Apr '19

We will meet tomorrow at 9am at OB Diner in Point Pleasant Beach. Let me know if you are coming. 1519 Richmond Ave, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742 -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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OT - Strong backs (not necessarily weak minds) needed for a few minutes on Saturday afternoon 04/13/2019
by Martin Flynn 14 Apr '19

14 Apr '19

OT Warning! CDL has a project underway that will require lifting an aluminum lighting truss to near ceiling height in the CDL studio. The CDL team will get the brackets hung, we need a few bodies to lift the aluminum truss into place. End result will look like this, we are lifting the bare truss. Total weight is around 50 pounds, truss is 4 meters long. I don't see this taking more than 15 minutes around 3:00 PM Off list replies please to keep the noise down martin flynn

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FS: Atari XEGS system + books + games
by Andy Meyer 13 Apr '19

13 Apr '19

For sale Atari XEGS deluxe system XEGS console XEGS keyboard XG-1 light gun Atari C061982 power supply XE cartridge: Bug Hunt XE cartridge: Flight Simulator II XE cartridge: GATO Built-in game: Missile Command Atari XE System owner's manual Atari XE System Keyboard owner's manual Book: Basic Atari BASIC, ISBN 0-8104-6526-4 Book: Atari Games and Recreations, ISBN 0-8359-0242-0 Tested and working Reply off-list Thanks Andy

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5965 tubes
by Sentrytv 13 Apr '19

13 Apr '19

Found some NOS 5965 tubes in a lot of tubes I purchased Are these needed by anyone in the group? Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

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Hard drive art
by Herb Johnson 13 Apr '19

13 Apr '19

Brian Brubaker posts about use of hard-drive parts to create art, for our appreciation. Well, this use of vintage electronics as art, gives me pause. I thought about it; I wrote a lecture; I decided a lecture would not be read or appreciated. So here's my straightforward considerations. Brian: I restore vintage computers to operation. So I see in parts of your art, computers that can't be restored because they were demolished. That's not an abstraction, for me - that is a fact. This situation is not your fault. However, you have posted in a group of vintage-computer restorers; so my point is relevant in this forum. So: Brian, I encourage you to make available, such ancient drives and parts as might be useful to restore ancient computers. I'm sure you can get guidance about doing so. I don't mean to spoil your fun or interests. Do not go back to "lurking" because some old-guy doesn't like your work - that is not what I said, that's not how I said it. Art evokes responses; the artist can't determine all those responses. This is part of my response. And certainly, there's art today which is FAR more controversial than a bunch of old computer parts. I'm making a point, not cursing your works, which have artistic merit. Brian, thanks for showing your works in this forum. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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