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OT: How to store old ICs?
by John Heritage 25 Feb '18

25 Feb '18

Hi folks, A "noob" question -- I have some old ICs -- custom chips, RAM, etc.. that I'd like to properly store. Is storing these in antistatic foam and in a (3D printed) plastic drawer of some kind OK? should i be buying/using IC Chip tubes instead? What's the best way to get reasonably priced supplies for safely storing vintage chips? Thanks! John

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Museum Report 2018-02-24 February 24, 2018
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Feb '18

25 Feb '18

Tony was at the museum from about 1pm to 4pm. Surprisingly Bill Dromgoole was already here! I arrived around 3pm stayed until 5pm. Dromgoole worked on the Univac some more. Did some memory testing. He took out a fan is going to work on it at home to repair. He will be back next weekend for the workshop. Tony did docenting and worked on repairing VCF apple machines. I talked with them and VCF member visitors Don Caselli and Nick Lordi. There was an InfoAge talk given with about 100 people in attendance. It was Alice Bowman NASA operations manager. About a dozen visitors throughout the course of the day. Evan, Adam, and Pete will be at VCF tomorrow. == Jeff Brace

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Be a docent at the next workshop mar 3 and/or 4, 2018
by Jeffrey Brace 24 Feb '18

24 Feb '18

For those attending next weekends workshop we have a signup list. We just want one hour per person to share the load and have lots of fun! Signup here: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uJklCb5HcA1c1uKQFVCSLcHhxzhKTiFQhfu… >

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OT: Looking for Atari 810 Drive
by John Heritage 24 Feb '18

24 Feb '18

Hi Folks, I'm still on the lookout for an Atari 810 drive to match my Atari 800 computers. There are two types -- one with a 'barn door' that opens up, and another with the middle flip lid. I want the middle flip lid type. I just ordered one on Ebay and of course the guy packaged it horribly, so the case became heavily damaged so now I have deal with returning it. :(. Anyway, It doesn't have to work perfectly I just something for nostalgia/collection sake. I have cash and 1050 drives to trade if appropriate. Thank you! John

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Another Microcomputer?
by Peter Cetinski 24 Feb '18

24 Feb '18

Just throwing this out there based on Evan’s other thread about the NeXT. And I am sure this will come as no surprise to many of you. If there is room for another microcomputer in the museum, after the NeXT, I would like to nominate the TRS-80 8” business machine, ie. Model II/12/16/16B/6000. This was a significant machine in the small to medium business microcomputer market during the first half of the 80s. For awhile, the Model 16B running XENIX was the most popular Unix based workstation on the market. The Model II was reviewed as superior to the IBM PC when the 5150 was released in 1981. The MC68000 subsystem introduced in the Model 16 made for a very fascinating dual CPU microcomputer architecture. There are a lot of Apples currently on display but only one TRS-80 on display. :) I would certainly volunteer to help restore one of the museum’s 8” TRS-80s machines for display. I know a few others on this list who have experience with these machines that would also help, I’m sure. Thanks Pete

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Broken / Parts Model M?
by Jason Perkins 24 Feb '18

24 Feb '18

I'm looking for some IBM Model M keycaps so I can change the layout of a 122 key terminal board. Specifically, the main enter, function, bracket, backslash, escape, numlock, and left shift. A broken M with those caps still on it might be the easiest way to get all those parts, if someone has a parts board I would be interested in that too. Thanks! -- Jason Perkins 313 355 0085

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NeXT cube
by Evan Koblentz 24 Feb '18

24 Feb '18

Soon we're going to have space for one or two more microcomputers in the museum. I would like one of those to be a NeXT cube. It's the computer Tim Berners-Lee used to develop his program called "Worldwide Web". But VCF does not have a NeXT cube. We have two slabs. They're awesome but it is not the same. :) Does anyone have a cube they can donate?

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Possible monitor pickup in SE PA
by Mike Loewen 24 Feb '18

24 Feb '18

This isn't a definite, but I'm exploring the possible of acquiring a 25" monitor in Souderton, PA (north of King of Prussia). Is there someone near enough to pick it up, who is also going to VCF East? Please reply via private message. Gas bucks would be forthcoming. Thanks! Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
by Duane Craps 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

Too late for this year, but I might be a good idea ti set up a good video conferencing setup. Most companies and large museums have them. Not the same as in person, but you might get some killer west coast people who would not travel across the country to VCF. On 2/23/2018 12:50 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >> What about bringing back old speakers from like 10 years ago that were >> good? Some people never saw them, some would like to see them again. >> There's no reason not to bring back speakers after a long period of >> time. > > I agree there's nothing * stopping * us from doing that, but I'm still > focusing on Plan A which is to find exciting new people. > -- DuaneCraps sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp

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Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
by Evan Koblentz 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

Three months until VCF East. I need to find a keynote speaker for Saturday, May 20. Right now I don't really have any good leads. Looking for realistic suggestions: people who did something important and live reasonably close. ** Nobody should contact any potential speakers on our behalf. Needs to go through me.

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