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Epson Equity I keyboard info needed!
by CJ Reha 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Hello all - I have an Epson Equity I PC clone here that uses a special keyboard which I do not have. The system boots and works flawlessly, but lacking a compatible keyboard means I cannot do much at all with it besides stare at the DOS boot screen. :P The port on the motherboard is an 8-pin DIN connector. If anyone has information on the model of said keyboard or any leads on where to acquire one, please let me know. There is a section in the manual which states if two jumpers on the motherboard are shorted certain revisions should be able to work with a standard XT keyboard, however I have not tested this out yet and would prefer to acquire an original keyboard if at all possible. Thanks a lot, CJ

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[OT] Anyone Want a Decent Onkyo HDMI/Component/SVideo Switching Receiver and Speakers?
by J. Alexander Jacocks 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

All, I have a quite nice Onkyo TX-SR875 tuner, with remote, and a pair of Polk Monitor 50s and a 12" Polk subwoofer, and I don't have room for any of it. Unfortunately, 3-year-old hands can get to any place that I put the tuner, and that just won't work. Anyone interested? I'd like to get at least a few bucks for these, as they still sell for decent prices. I was asking $150 on Craigslist, based on a discount from the most recent sales on eBay, for the tuner, but I'd definitely do a deal for anyone in this group. The speakers are probably worth at least $50, so maybe $175 for all of it? I'll (hopefully, my wife is sick, and I'm hoping that she'll be well before Saturday) be at the workshop, this weekend, and would be happy to bring them. Thanks! - Alex

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2019 keynote suggestions?
by Alexander Pierson 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

While I'm flattered to be mentioned in this discussion, I'm nowhere near on the same level as Quinn. She's a legend. I would be comfortable doing something on Friday, and a homebrew panel of some sort sounds like a ton of fun. Now that I've had some practice with the crowd speaking at DEFCON and VCFMW last year, it sounds like something within my wheelhouse. However, back to the subject at hand of keynotes on Saturday & Sunday. I agree that we should not be to hasty in dismissing anyone at this juncture without a very good reason. -Alexander 'Z' Pierson P.S. Thank you Bob, that's very kind of you. On Monday, January 7, 2019, 8:25:35 PM EST, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Folks, > > She’s not very close, being in California, but my suggestion is Quinn > Dunki. She built her own 6502 computer from scratch, named Veronica, and > documented the journey in her blog ( > http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?page_id=1761) She is also a big fan of > the Apple II, 68000, and vintage computers. She attends the Apple > Kansasfest regularly. I keep hoping she’d come East for the VCF. I think > she would be interesting and have a fairly wide appeal. Several of us Apple II fans know her. She's indeed awesome, and maybe we can get her to VCF West this summer. Here on the east coast, we've got Alexander "Z" Pierson and his Cactus 6502 computer. He won our top prize at VCF East last year.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2019 keynote suggestions?
by Crawford Griffith 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Folks, She’s not very close, being in California, but my suggestion is Quinn Dunki. She built her own 6502 computer from scratch, named Veronica, and documented the journey in her blog ( http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?page_id=1761) She is also a big fan of the Apple II, 68000, and vintage computers. She attends the Apple Kansasfest regularly. I keep hoping she’d come East for the VCF. I think she would be interesting and have a fairly wide appeal. - Crawford

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Amiga software help.
by Joseph Oprysko 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

I recently acquired an Amiga 2000HD to my collection. I got a box of various floppies from a friend but no complete OS set. The OS on the hard drive is partially corrupt or at least missing files. Thw system has a 2.0 Rom in it but I have a 3.x Rom as well, if I can get a full set of Amiga OS 3.1 floppies. I also have an XT Emulation card and no drivers for that either. If someone could help out with a set of OS/Workbench disks, it would be greatly appreciated. And if it's OS 3.1, I'll have to swap my ROM and hopefully not have to reformat the hard drive since I don't have a backup.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] 1990s Unix Workstation Sub-Group
by Lou 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

Oh man, well I guess I have to let the cat out of the bag now that I was actually planning on doing a workstation Unix exhibit for this upcoming East as my first exhibit. The main reason for this aside from my love of Unix and all of its flavors is that we are approaching on the 50th birthday of Unix itself this year! It would have been a great way to celebrate Unix and its impact to the world. Hearing all about this though, this makes things even more better! I already talked to Andy on the matter and we are considering on doing a group/team effort for this exhibit now. More people means more examples of Unix for us to show off and really show off its impact in computing and in the industry. I already have been hunting down examples for the exhibit for more than a year now and have a NeXT system, a few Suns, a few SGI's that need some work, and hopefully soon an HP-UX machine. I am also hoping on getting my hands on a AT&T PC7300/3B1 Unix PC from Glitch in the near future as well once we can work things out. Also while I do not want to jump the gun too soon I might also be getting my hands on a PDP-11 as well through some remarkable luck, but this is still up in the air. A mega Unix workstation/system exhibit this year for East would be genuinely awesome, and knowing that this will be a team effort will make things all the better!

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2019 keynote suggestions?
by Chris Fala 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

Why is hardware development any less relevant than software? Chip design IS computer history as much as or more so than software. Just because she was from Commodore doesn’t make it a narrow topic. If an Intel or TI chip designer was available, would you accept them? And I appreciate the C history but I see Tony’s point. All talks we have had could be considered narrow by some definition. Why dismiss a Commodore chip designer so hastily? On Jan 7, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Tony Bogan <thebogans(a)mac.com> wrote: > On Jan 7, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Evan <evan(a)vcfed.org> wrote: > > >> I understand Evan’s desire for mass appeal but at the same time I can say without a doubt I and many others had zero interest in hearing about the development of C or C+ and similar topics. > > > Those were two of the best-attend keynotes we ever had. > Perhaps, but that doesn’t change the fact that neither I nor many others are programmers. The point was apparently missed, and I blame myself for not being clearer. The C keynote was an example of a topic, not meant as an example of a poorly attended keynote (and I never mentioned if they were or were not heavily attended) The fact that the tent is no longer used will also hopefully increase the attendance of all keynotes!! But to my point that I apparently did not make clear, focus on the one sentence that matters. The fact that it’s already January and the process is just starting....... I wouldn’t be too quick to dismiss anyone until we have someone we don’t want to dismiss. End of line. Tony

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2019 keynote suggestions?
by Evan 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

> I understand Evan’s desire for mass appeal but at the same time I can say without a doubt I and many others had zero interest in hearing about the development of C or C+ and similar topics. Those were two of the best-attend keynotes we ever had.

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Cross Platform Dev Tool for C64, Apple 2, Atari
by Jeffrey Brace 06 Jan '19

06 Jan '19

Some guy made a cross platform development tool to create a game for the C64, Atari, Apple 2: http://8bit-slicks.com/ He will be releasing his tool soon and call it 8-bit Unity: http://8bit-unity.com/ Sounds like a cool idea! -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Museum Report 2019-01-06
by Jeffrey Brace 06 Jan '19

06 Jan '19

A little slower today with not as many visitors as Saturday. Spent my time working on getting new SID music for the C64 museum computer demo. I also worked on VCF administrative tasks. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation <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>

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