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286 troubleshooting BIOS?
by Ethan O'Toole 10 Feb '19

10 Feb '19

For the Amiga, there is a troubleshooting Kickstart replacement that uses the serial port to spit out diagnostic information. RAM tests and other functions. Does anyone know if something like that exists for PC 286 era computers? Still troubleshooting a Yamaha C1 and there are issues and it's kicking my butt. Seems like the CPU might not be reading the keyboard controller properly or something. The amiga chip will do ram tests and other things and just spit it out serial. - Ethan

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Turbo Pascal 1.5 for windows
by Bob Flanders 10 Feb '19

10 Feb '19

Is anyone interested in this. About to be trashed. Bob

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Sunday breakfast Americana Diner 9AM
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

We, the VCF Repair workshop gatherers will be eating breakfast at 9AM Sunday Morning at The Americana Diner. Let me know if if thou shalt be coming. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Hackfest Tomorrow
by dillera＠gmail.com 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

I'll see everyone there early tomorrow. I'll have with me: - Mac w/ Booterizer project to install various flavors of IRIX on any SGIs loitering around without an OS - Amiga 2000 to copy some disks - Some repairs- A pismo trying to get to boot, busted SGI PSU Some stuff for sale or trade: working C64, 1702 monitor, Atari 600xl, Atari 800, Apple IIe, Mac SE analog boards, plus any other junk I can gather up and sell for super cheap or trade - i"m looking for some oldish (non-digital) Small 13" sized color TVs.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Hackfest Tomorrow
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

I believe he is referring to the VCF Repair Workshop happening this weekend Feb 9 & 10 at Infoage in Wall Township. On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:04 PM Bob Aviles via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hi Tony, > I have a Sony 13" TV working, interest in the C64 or Atari 800.Where is > the Hackfest locate at? > Bobby > > On Friday, February 8, 2019, 10:20:10 PM EST, Sentrytv via > vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Could use an apple > And c64 > > Sent from: > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > > > On Feb 8, 2019, at 8:37 PM, andy diller via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > > I'll see everyone there early tomorrow. > > > > I'll have with me: > > > > - Mac w/ Booterizer project to install various flavors of IRIX on any > SGIs loitering around without an OS > > - Amiga 2000 to copy some disks > > - Some repairs- A pismo trying to get to boot, busted SGI PSU > > > > Some stuff for sale or trade: working C64, 1702 monitor, Atari 600xl, > Atari 800, Apple IIe, Mac SE analog boards, plus any other junk I can > gather up and sell for super cheap or trade - i"m looking for some oldish > (non-digital) Small 13" sized color TVs. > > > > > > > -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Hackfest Tomorrow
by Bob Aviles 09 Feb '19

09 Feb '19

Hi Tony, I have a Sony 13" TV working, interest in the C64 or Atari 800.Where is the Hackfest locate at? Bobby On Friday, February 8, 2019, 10:20:10 PM EST, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Could use an apple And c64 Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Feb 8, 2019, at 8:37 PM, andy diller via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > I'll see everyone there early tomorrow. > > I'll have with me: > > - Mac w/ Booterizer project to install various flavors of IRIX on any SGIs loitering around without an OS > - Amiga 2000 to copy some disks > - Some repairs- A pismo trying to get to boot, busted SGI PSU > > Some stuff for sale or trade: working C64, 1702 monitor, Atari 600xl, Atari 800, Apple IIe, Mac SE analog boards, plus any other junk I can gather up and sell for super cheap or trade - i"m looking for some oldish (non-digital) Small 13" sized color TVs. > >

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oldest spreadsheet
by Herb Johnson 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3692283/The-diary-pyramid-b… Long link, but it amounts to the Cairo Museum's July 2016 display of papyrus found in 2013 which are associated with building the Great Pyramid, during the 4th Dynasty of King Khufu. Look hard, and you'll find an image of what's clearly a table of entries inscribed in rectangular blocks. This came to my attention on a recent cable TV history show on the Great Pyramid, where the narrator/archeologist referred to these as a "Excel spreadsheet" of the supplies logistics at the port of entry for pyramid goods and supplies. Hieroglyphics for numeric values are not overly complicated, so with patience one may be able to read off some of the notations. In the cited description, it even says "Revenue was written in red, while what was paid to workers would be written in black." It's not quite a computer spreadsheet. But to see credit/debt paper ledgers from 45 centuries ago is informative, and exciting. And among the first business use of computers was for bookkeeping of this class. so it has some meaning to vintage computing. I don't know if the Babylonians used clay tablets in this fashion. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info

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NE-PA - SGI Indy for sale
by Evan Koblentz 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageComputersForSale/permalink/277060219… DO NOT REPLY TO ME OR THE LIST about this. Merely "seen on Facebook".

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More facets of hard disk recovery (SA1000, RD53) and emulation
by Herb Johnson 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

David Gesswein: Dealing with stuck head problem with Quantum Q2040 drives http://www.pdp8online.com/q2040/q2040.shtml ---------------- I've heard a suggestion to replace or overlay a gooey rubber-bumper in a drive, with a dab of DAP or similar silicon sealant. Replacing the bumper is ideal, but presumably overlaying the bumper with new material may restore some hardners and firm-up the residue. I'd worry about fumes from the fresh sealant contaminating the platters or heads, perhaps some airflow would reduce that problem. But this is all about recovery so there's already risks, some risks are less than others. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Signup Repair Workshop February 2019 VCF
by Jeffrey Brace 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

You can still sign-up for the February 9 & 10 workshop here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Iy1jqPJqVzY1gnGRrHfLfIcx5IQ82QkkaB… > Also I added two columns for InfoAge purposes: e-mail address and zip code. InfoAge now requires an after event form with a list of attendees and uses the e-mail addresses and zip codes for grant purposes. - IA thrives on grants and grassroots marketing - Granters want such demographic info from grantees - IA knows it must do better at marketing - Compliance is optional - As far as VCF knows, the info won't be used for any other purposes, but this is out of our control - However what's good for IA is generally good for VCF If you have any questions about this, please let me know. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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