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Tandy 6000HD lives!
by Mike Loewen 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Another Tandy 6000HD lives again! The hard drive had a bad head, and was replaced with a Seagate ST-251 (thank you, David Gesswein). The foil-and-foam Keytronics keyboard required a complete rebuild (disintegrating foam), and a Sun Type 4 keyboard was sacrificed to provide replacement pads. The Sun pads will no doubt eventually go as well, but they're from 1991 and in really good shape. The upper case was severely cracked in multiple places, and I did my best to stick it back together with MEK. Finally, I formatted the drive and installed Xenix 3.2 and the full development system from 8" diskettes. This system is going to the LSSM (Large Scale Systems Museum), for their new Unix workstation section. http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/Soltoff6000HD.jpg This particular machine was once owned by Roy Soltoff of MISOSYS. When I emailed him about it, he replied: "It probably was not used for anything much. Back in the late 80s, I had accumulated a few 16s and 6000 - but never did much with them. Most of the old equipment was sold off to someone in NJ for a computer museum." Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] TCF on Saturday
by jaj＠totallyamused.com 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 6:08 PM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > Enjoy guys! > I'm glad that you guys could step in for Evan and myself. > I'm at VCF Seattle volunteering. > Evan is busy preparing for VCF East and has stuff to do at the museum. > It's nice to see others involved with representing VCF! > Thanks so much! > I will be at TCF in the Flea Market area, I may have a few vintage items for sale, but mainly modernish projects for others — laptops, power supplies, digital signage players, cabling — and all priced to move from my house to yours. Be sure to mention you are a VCF supporter! -Justin

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TCF on Saturday
by Neil Cherry 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

I won't be presenting this year. Good thing I recognized I was overloaded in December it's gotten worse since then. I will have my board and it should be up and running. I'll start it up again. I'll be sitting with Dean at the VCF table. I'll represent both CDL and VCF. :-) -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Anyone have full tower ATX case?
by William Dudley 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

I have a Gateway 2000 "full tower". It's 23 inches high. It has 4 5" bays on the front, plus one 3" floppy hole. I didn't open it up to see what other space it has. I put a sticker on it (a long time ago) that says "K7-2400", so that gives you an idea of when last used. I'm in Jackson, NJ. I may be going to TCF on Saturday. Before I give it away, I'd want to fire it up (if possible) and see if there's anything interesting/personal on there. I have no idea if it even has a hard disk at this point. Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 5:10 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Just curious if anyone has a spare full-tower ATX case with many (5+) 5.25" > drive bays available? Its sort of vintage-computing related as I want to > update and fix up my shop mule. Case can be beat up even missing sides for > all I care. > > I'm in the Philly area and would be willing to drive to the surrounding > areas, etc to meet up. >

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Slow day visitor-wise. Only a few people stopped by today. Steve A. came over at 5:00 and we spent two hours sorting books in the warehouse. The slow-but-steady project continues! We constantly put aside unneeded books (to sell) and we re-box the books the books that we're keeping (to eliminate boxes that are odd-sized or falling apart). Each time, we're left with more floor space. Eventually we will finish separating the keeps from the sells, and then we can embark on phase two which is organizing the kept stuff. Making floor space is a satisfying experience, but it will feel GREAT when the books/magazines are as well-organized as the hardware!

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13 classes, 2 more needed
by Evan Koblentz 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Here are the 13 classes so far for Friday, May 3: http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/classes/ We need 2 more. -- 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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3D idea for SCSI2SD
by Richard Cini 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Playing off the thread on the SCSI2SD, I wondered if anyone has a nice 3D case for theirs? I bought one a while ago but it’s gray and ugly. I thought it would be neat if there was one that looked like an RA81 drive or something like that. You could even do ones to match other systems/drives. I don’t have a printer or the CAD skills, so I’m just tossing the idea out there if someone is looking for a project. Rich Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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TCF Saturday
by Neil Cherry 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

I think Dean is handling the table for VCF on Saturday. I attempted to get a table for CDL (was IXR - the maker space) but that didn't happen. I still intend on manning the table, if that is okay. I'd like to know what I should bring. I can bring my HA board and that would attract attention but I also not be very Vintage. I have my Tandy MC10s but no monitor/TV to work with (sorry). Any details on what time to meet and where? I can bring the doughnuts or whatever (I don't drink coffee so I may need help there if that's needed). Yes, I'd like to roam about a bit but I'll primarily be there to man the table for VCF (and CDL if that's Okay). -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Vintage Server Rack - Take 3
by Ethan Dicks 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:28 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now > offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack > with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 > system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), Sure is pretty. If I were closer (I'm in Ohio), I'd jump on that. -ethan

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Vintage Server Rack - Take 3
by Jeff G 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

So the link I provided to pics was asking for a login, so I moved the pics over to Dropbox and made sure they're publicly accessible this time around. I also added my location and size info. Hopefully third time's the charm! Some months ago I posted a vintage server rack available for trade, I'm now offering this for free to anyone interested. This is a vintage server rack with the look feel and louvers of the 1970s.It originally came with an S100 system that I'm keeping (so ignore the units in the pics), but does have both (white) sides and power strip built in. I believe it also has wheels. Rack rails are round hole. Ground-level drive-up-and-go pickup. Rack is located in Blue Bell, PA, about 25 mins outside of Philadelphia. Size wise its about the size of a typical server rack, perhaps wider by 3-4 inches than a modern rack. Pics here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mlmo99uwuzbxjfi/AABf-p8h_4vRvuzVOA3xxudua?dl=0

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