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Andy's Jan Workshop Report
by dillera＠gmail.com 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

Hello- Ok, I'll put some words on what I did. It was a fun productive Saturday and I hope to see most of you all next month. - Completed sale/trade/swap for some excess stuff I'm getting rid of - Setup my Network based IRIX install and worked with Lou and Adam to install IRIX on their SGI workstations. We did complete an install for Adam on his Indigo 1. - We grabbed the VCF's SGI systems from the warehouse and brought them back to the room for a shake down - I had an Amiga 2000 system setup to copy OS disks but didn't end up using that - I saw a lot of amazing work - the Pet keyboard fix, lots of C64 fixing, Tandy 6000, Mac Apple work. - I saw Ian fixing every CRT around and got them squared up and sharpened - I smelled a capacitor giving up the smoke in a Profile disk on a IIe Didn't have enough time to look at the VCF SGI systems - but that is my plan for Feb workshop. Images: https://imgur.com/a/oJuNPXo <https://imgur.com/a/oJuNPXo>

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 8, Issue 14
by David Hoelzer 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

SCSI2SD work great in SGIs. On 1/14/19 12:00 PM, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vcfed.org wrote: > - bring up some SCSI2SD drives for the VCF's SGI systems > - boot them (if they work- we didn't test)

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Multiple SGIs for sale and other vintage stuff in West Orange
by Christian Liendo 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

Saw this on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageUnixEnthusiasts/?fref=nf Available today $500 for all SGI Indigo2s, with (3) 20" monitors & a Sun Ultra1 Creator with a 20" monitor. $250 for the quad Xeon Dell Poweredge & RAID. Also, the customized dual server rack in the picture is available for $250, today. Moving, have to sell before tomorrow night. Contact me immediately if you want them, you'll never get a deal like this again. Available for immediate local pickup, in West Orange, NJ, 20 minutes outside of NYC. Tons of PC parts & 486, Pentium desktops, CRT & LCD monitors, and other items commonly found in a hacker's lair. Retro computer Ataris, Amigas, arcade machine, 1970s ADDS Terminal... ALL MUST GO! Ridiculously low prices on everything individually, or $2,000 TAKES IT ALL for every bit of technology in my enormous stockpile. You will need to get them today or tomorrow, after that they are not available. Tell your friends, save this equipment, PLEASE! Located at: 47 Blackburne Terrace West Orange, NJ 07052

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Pictures
by Tony Bogan 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

Andy, the list doesn’t allow attachments. You need to host them somewhere and provide the link. Tony Sent from my iPhone

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TRS-80 Model 1 Complete System in Baltimore
by J. Alexander Jacocks 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

All, There is a complete and seemingly good condition TRS-80 Model 1 System, on Craigslist, in Baltimore. Nock yourself out, if they are your thing. https://baltimore.craigslist.org/sys/6787710400.html - Alex

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Muscle needed
by Evan Koblentz 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

Ian and I build a simple ramp to remove the VAX 9000 racks from their pallets. We got two racks de-palleted, but the other racks were too heavy for he and I to handle alone. A few clones of Ian may have been enough :) but all my strength is legs, not upper body. I don't know exactly how many racks are left to de-pallet. Probably around a dozen. It would help a lot if we could tackle at least some of them this weekend. Then the supercomputer will take up less space in the warehouse. Also, then we could put a couple of racks of it in the museum!

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Workshop Sunday Breakfast
by Jeffrey Brace 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

VCF Repair Workshoppers Will be eating at 9am in Blue Swan Diner on Ocean Township. That will be all. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Tandy 6000
by J. Alexander Jacocks 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

Also, don't forget that the HxC firmware is available for the Gotek, making it just as compatible as the real HxC drives, if not quite as well made and attractive. - Alex On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:28 PM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Not sure about the Gotek. I know the standard HxC works well with the 8” > Tandy’s. > > Pete > > > On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:58 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Of course, you are correct. I have a Gotek handy. Do you happen to know > if the flashfloppy firmware makes it compatible with the 6000? > > > > - Dean > > > >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 1:39 PM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> It’s 19 disks for Xenix 3.2 with the 3.0 dev system, Dean! :) You > really want that because without it Tandy Xenix is mostly just a runtime > system. A few of the install disks are double sided as well. > >> > >> I highly recommend getting an HxC floppy emulator for the 6000. The > full Xenix install will push your TM-848 drive to the max. > >> > >> Also a good idea to image the diagnostics disk first so you can run the > full test suite of 68k diags before attempting the Xenix install. > >> > >> Pete > >> > >> > On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:29 PM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > > >> > I can bring my disk imaging setup, which can write those disks. > >> > > >> > -Ian > >> > > >> > On Friday, January 11, 2019, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < > >> > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > >> > > >> >> I'll be bringing a Tandy 6000 to the workshop in addition to the Mac > Color > >> >> Classic II that I'll be attempting to restore. Would anyone have a > set of > >> >> TRSDOS II 4.2/4.3 or TRS-Xenix 3 (preferably) disks? I have some > blank 8" I > >> >> can use to copy them, or I'd be very happy to compensate someone for > a set > >> >> of one or both. > >> >> > >> >> - Dean > >> >> >

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[OT] Anyone Coming Today Have a Dell 2001fp PSU?
by J. Alexander Jacocks 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

If you could bring it, I’d appreciate it. - Alex

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Wanted: MFM hard drive
by Mike Loewen 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

I'm looking for a working MFM hard drive in the 30-40MB range. Does anyone have one to spare? An emulator would be desirable later (I already have one of Dave Gesswein's), but for now I'm looking for spinning rust. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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