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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] March 3 & 4, 2018 VCF Repair Workshop reminder
by Blatboy 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

The wife will be out of town that weekend. Shake ye in thee shoes. I think I'll be able to make it. (Though I may show up late in the day on Sat) I've signed the list. Looking forward! w http://www.jwalterhawkes.com http://www.blatboy.com like to know where/when I'm playing? Click here <http://www.blatomaster.com/mlist.php> to sign up for my list, and let the babble begin.

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Many 80s computers available in Virginia Beach
by Evan Koblentz 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Is anyone close to Virginia Beach? I got an email from former lurking MARCH member Steve M. (smccreary(a)sourceamerica.org) He works for a refurbishment company and they have four pallets of 1980s computers. I believe it's mostly common 8/16-bit stuff. His company would like to sell it in one giant lot, but I'm encouraging him to bring it to VCF East consignment instead. Anyway he'd like someone to come take a look. He is not (yet) on this list.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCFED forum errors
by Bill Degnan 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Assuming someone knows to re-index the message board there. A built in function that comes with the program, needs to be run but it will take down the board while indexing occurs. Good luck. On Feb 15, 2018 9:17 AM, "Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> Back up this morning, but extremely slow I see what you mean. Hosting company ia informed. Waiting for their reply. >> What happened? I don't know. >> And do you need any sysadmin assistance? No, but thanks for offering. On Feb 15, 2018 7:25 AM, "alan--- via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > Back up this morning, but extremely slow to the point of timing out on > most requests. What happened? And do you need any sysadmin assistance? > > -Alan > > On 2018-02-14 20:55, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >> Yikes! Whole site is down. I'm calling the hosting company support now. >> >> On Feb 14, 2018 8:43 PM, "Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic" < >> vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >> >> >> Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. >> 20:41 EST. >> >> >> Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us >> Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ >> >

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Hey Dave McGuire!
by William Sudbrink 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Is this a relation of yours? http://history.cs.ncl.ac.uk/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm360_672/slide17.htm l http://history.cs.ncl.ac.uk/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm360_672/15.html Bill S. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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VCFED forum errors
by Mike Loewen 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Any attempt to access the VCFed Forum is resulting in a 404 error. 20:41 EST. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Needed ASAP: PowerMac 9600 + Multiscan 15AV monitor
by Evan Koblentz 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Contact me off-list if you have the subject line items in good working condition. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, 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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Is there anyway to caps lock an ADM3a?
by corey cohen 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

I know on the adm5 there is an actual caps lock key. On the 3a, I can’t seem to find it in the manuals other than setting the dip switch to upper case. Which is not practical. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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Museum Report for Sunday Feb 11
by Peter Cetinski 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

It was a slow day at the museum today which is not unexpected given the rain. We had 3 groups stop by. One group was a bunch of contractors that are working on one of the buildings at Infoage who stopped in after using the bathroom. They got an express tour. Then, the fellow who does the woodwork across the hall stopped by with his girlfriend and I gave them the full tour. Finally, we had a couple stop by who enjoyed taking pictures but didn’t seem interested in the full tour so I gave them a few highlights. Tony also stopped by to finish up work on a few Macs and he shared his knowledge of Mac troubleshooting with me and my son Alex. Thanks Tony! Pete

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Any trick to discharging ADM-3A
by corey cohen 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

So I was about to swap out my ADM5 for my ADM3a with my ALTAIR and realized while I did replace the electrolytic and tantalum caps on the main board, I didn’t change the electrolytic caps on the analog board behind the tube. No big deal except that the rubber cup is on the top where I can’t get to it without removing the tube and you aren’t really supposed to remove the tube till you discharge it under the rubber cup. So chicken or the egg? Or am I just supposed to let the ADM sit unplugged for a few weeks and just assume it self discharged? Just when I thought I was finished with this project and was going to move onto my TI silent rebuild. Thanks, Cheers, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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Interest Check: Belden Thicknet 10base5 Ethernet Coax
by systems_glitch 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

All, Per the recent cctalk discussion on thicknet/early Ethernet, I figured I'd see if there's any interest in cut-to-length Belden thicknet/10base5 Ethernet cable. I've got a local surplus guy who's got at least one 1100 foot roll. It's the real Ethernet spec stuff, sez so on the cable, and it has the bands to locate your vampire taps. If there's enough interest, I'll buy the spool off of him and cut it to length for whoever's interested in buying some. I can crimp N terminations on as well. Thanks, Jonathan

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