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Off topic computer animation tape rescue
by Ben Greenfield 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Hey All, I just had Jeff Kleiser of Kleiser walzak stop by and ask to through out his companies archive of tapes video, exabyte, dlts,.... They are an early cgi firm think dancing gas pumps and listerine bottles. They also did spider man toby maguire era. I don’t know if anyone cares or wants to help migrate data, let me know if you are interested. Ben

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York Hamfest
by Mike Loewen 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Is anyone else headed to the York Hamfest tomorrow? Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Overnight housing @ VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

I emailed the overnight housing info to all exhibitors, speakers, vendors, and official volunteers just now. Chances are good that I missed a few people. If you think you were supposed to be on the list and didn't get the email, then send me a private message (evan(a)vcfed.org) ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation

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NiCad coin cells?
by Neil Cherry 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

I'm busy resurrecting a Toshiba T100SE. Unfortunately I've found the Ni-Cads to all be dead, The main battery pack is a 7.2v 1700mHA pack (6x1.2v) and then there's a RTC backup battery which is made up of Ni-Cad coin cells (2.4v, 4x1.2v but made up of 4 cells). Anyway I can fudge it with a couple of AA Ni-Cads I have. This is just to make sure it starts up the Intelligent power supply is very picky about the batteries. I currently have a kludge battery pack of AA Ni-Cads (with twice the mAH - hehe) and I'll build a temporary RTC battery out of 2 AA Ni-Cads. So my questions are: - Does anyone have any recommendations for building (or rebuilding) the battery pack? - Any recommendations on the coin cell part? -- 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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BYT-8 MPU
by Mike Loewen 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

I have what appears to be the CPU board for a Byte Shop BYT-8: http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/S100/ByteMPU-2.jpg BYTE 4-76 MPU C1000-1001 ASSY REV A It appears to be missing a ROM chip, and has definitely been hacked on (weird voltage regulator or transistor in lower left). Is it worth putting this up for auction on the site-whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned? I also have an unbuilt PCB. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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MOS MCS 1004, Does anyone know anything about this chip?
by Christian Liendo 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

I saw this, I never seen a older MOS MCS chip https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/a7AAAOSwWwVa2UdT/s-l1600.jpg

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ONE MORE speaker needed for Friday @ VCF East
by Evan Koblentz 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

We need one last speaker for Friday @ VCF East since Dan R. can't be there. Come on guys .... somebody step up!! :)

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NeXT Cube for VCF museum
by Evan Koblentz 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Everyone, We're still searching for a NeXT Cube to put in the museum as a permanent exhibit (currently we have a slab/station.) I would like to get this accomplished in time for VCF East. Normally we only accept donations, however once in a blue moon we accept loans for "very special" artifacts. Does anyone have a working-and-clean Cube they'd consider donating or at least putting on long-term loan for the museum? If so, then please contact me off-list (evan(a)vcfed.org) Thanks!!

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Last call for this weekend's workshop April 28/29
by Jason Perkins 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

If I came up, could someone help me diag a problem with one of my Lisa's 3.5 drives? There's something goofy with the spindle speed regulation, and I know it's not the drive. Probably a fault with a logic chip on the io card. Might need to break out the scope. Jason Perkins 313 355.0085 Sent from my Kindle On April 24, 2018, at 12:11 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Signup here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15skPd9SrZ2WsHMoTBTrrvBNwG1nbixVNfey… >

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forum posting problem
by W2HX 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Hi guys. I just spent an hour working on a post on my PDP-11 project. I was reviewing it when I clicked on one of the inline images (as attachment) to see how it looked. It brought up the framed hop-up with the image. I clicked the image within the hop up and the browser now showed the url for the image directly. No hop up, no forum in the background. I then went to click "back" to continue editing the post and I got a blank white page. I went back several times just to arrive back at the original "REPLY TO POST" when I began with no sign of the hour of work I did. Nothing I could do would get it back. Anyone know if the draft is stored somewhere? Is there some place I can go to view my drafts and continue on? Otherwise, very sad! Eugene

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