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Museum Tomorrow (Saturday)
by Tony Bogan 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Evan will be at the front desk at Infoage tomorrow so I will be docent in the museum from 1 to 5. Anyone not busy enjoying their weekend feel free to stop by! Going to test out my step by step "instructions for the front panel impaired" for the Altair and practice Dave G's instructions for the PDP. Company is always welcome! Tony

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Friday classes @ VCF East
by Tony Bogan 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Based on responses both public and private I’ll offer to do a class as previously described. If the powers that be deem it not worthy due to its focus, then that’ll mean more time Friday to set up the exhibit!!! Meanwhile I’d like to see if anyone either Commodore or Atari centric would be interested in possibly doing a duo. I’d like to have multiple “popular” platforms covered at once but a one hour class could easily be filled with one specific brand let alone several. Two I think would be doable. And Apple II/compact Mac and Commodore or Atari works for me if anyone else is interested. Again, one hour is so easily filled that more than two platforms would mean a lot less quality for all of them. If no one else is interested I could do a really comprehensive one on just the two Apple platforms. Ok, those that know me know I could talk for 10 hours without taking a breath but you get the idea! Volunteers? Tony

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Whoa! 11/70
by Evan Koblentz 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Forget the BeBox thread :), check out this in Pennsylvania: https://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-PDP-11-70-Datasystem-570/113553953503

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Friday classes @ VCF East
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> writes: > > >> What sort of class is wanted?=C2=A0 Ideas: > > 1) vintage Sun hardware >101 > 2) Solaris or hp-ux primer > 3)=C2=A0scsi basics > 4) 680x0 >workstations and servers (lots of different vendors had them) > > >Others? > > >How about an overview class of weird/unusual Unixes? I know there's >one for Amiga; what others are off the beaten path? It's all weird. ;)

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Feb Workshop Signup - February 9 & 10, 2019 - VCF Repair Workshop
by Jeffrey Brace 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

So the next workshop will be February 9 & 10, 2019. Same place, same time. Here is the signup sheet: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Iy1jqPJqVzY1gnGRrHfLfIcx5IQ82QkkaB… > We tried Patrick's Pub for Saturday dinner and it was a bust. I take the blame for this one. It had great potential, and came highly recommended. I didn't call ahead and didn't anticipate the large crowd due to football playoffs. The waitress was cranky, the service slow, etc. I think that this place is probably hit or miss. When it's busy, then terrible, when not busy then fine. I will check out the next place in person to make sure. I think that we will try Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten.This one is highly recommended and Yelp rates it as a 3.5 out of 5. I also have a great idea for a different diner for Sunday breakfast. The Americana Diner which is only 2 minutes further away than the Blue Swan Diner. It's the best diner in the area. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation

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Evan’s Favorite “F” Word (first)
by Chris Fala 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Something about this article rubs me the wrong way. For starters, he leaves out the word “portable” which makes the whole “first” thing false. What else can you say Evan? https://www.neweggbusiness.com/smartbuyer/systems/the-lasting-effects-of-th…

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] NeXT(s) f/s in Maryland
by Evan Koblentz 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

I sent the seller a message. -EK

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Now: BeBox Was: NeXT
by systems_glitch 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

I've got a dual 133 MHz BeBox I'm working on fixing up. I bought it from a local guy, it had been bricked some time in the 90's by a bad firmware update. Another BeBox owner on #vc IRC got me the flash rescue floppy for BeOS PR1, and that's gotten it as far as being able to actually boot the NetBSD 8 installer. Apparently the floppy rescue is often unreliable though, I don't get the Be logo on startup, and BeOS doesn't want to finish booting. It is indeed very interesting hardware, with an interesting OS to go with it. Growing up, a friend of mine had one -- his dad worked for TWA as a programmer and had convinced them to get him a 66 MHz BeBox. When the 133 MHz version came along, my friend got the old 66 MHz one. Thanks, Jonathan On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 3:10 PM Glenn Holmer via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > On 1/17/19 10:43 AM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > > > > For those not familiar, Be was a company launched by Jean Louis Gassie > > (spelling) of Apple. He I believe was the guy behind Apple's 55% profit > > margin (Source the Jim Carrolton book.) > > > > Be was pretty good multimedia wise, good multitasking, was not decaying > > in that it was cleanly designed that updates and upgrades never harmed > > the root OS files I believe. It existed for the BeBox which was a dual > > PPC machine, Mac and PC hardware. > > And it lives on in Haiku! > > https://www.haiku-os.org/ > > -- > Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) > "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." >

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NeXT(s) f/s in Maryland
by Evan Koblentz 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

I saw this on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/groups/208724552490319?view=permalink&id=27322057834…

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] NeXT(s) f/s in Maryland
by Tony Bogan 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

My apologies for two emails, I hit send before finishing my thoughts. On my way to work. There is more than just the Be box angle here too. We now have a NeXT Cube. “A” NeXT cube. Not some, not a couple, not several. So no backup, no parts machine. This person has several. 4 to be precise, two he’s looking to unload. He has a iie to iigs conversion. We don’t. They aren’t “rare” but they are hard to come by and are expensive. The list goes on. I think I’ve made my point. It only takes one “YES” out of 1000 “NO” responses to make a difference. End of line. Tony

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