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50th annual Trenton Computer Fest - March 29, 2025
by Dean Notarnicola 15 Jan '25

15 Jan '25

VCF will once again be hosting a table at TCF. It’s always nice to see our regulars there and I hope to see all of you again this year. Here are details from the TCF Facebook page, as the website has not yet been updated. Note: Ticket sales are exclusively via Eventbrite. No ticket sales at the door and sales end the day before the event, so plan accordingly. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tcf2025-tickets-1041863209907?utm_experiment=t… “We are excited to announce TCF 2025 – marking the 50th year since the first Trenton Computer Festival. TCF 2025 will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 9 am to 5:30 pm at The College of New Jersey, in Ewing. This year’s theme will be Fun with Technology, and the event will feature a notable keynote speaker and a special track with featured speakers relating to the theme. This year’s TCF is also significant in that we will have a tribute to our founders, Dr. Allen Katz and Sol Libes, who have both passed on. We hope that their memory continues to inspire new generations of technology enthusiasts to learn, to experience, to advance, and to share. Inquiries regarding presenting at TCF, or any other matters, can be directed to Larry Pearlstein, Event Chair, at pearlstl(a)tcnj.xn--edu-9o0a

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ACGNJ (Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey) - The oldest user group in the world
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Jan '25

14 Jan '25

I was just informed about this site: http://www.acgnj.org/nl Apparently VCF/MARCH has a complete set of all the newsletters from 1975-1983. Who has more information about this group? Thanks! Jeff Brace

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VCF East 2025 Exhibit Registration
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Jan '25

14 Jan '25

We are full on exhibit tables and closed the registration until we layout the exhibits. Afterwards we can see if we can fit any more and/or put people on the waiting list. This is the fastest that we have filled up tables in all our history. Celebrating the twentieth VCF East! Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President VCF East Showrunner MARCH Fundraising Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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OT / Equipment pickup
by Martin A. Flynn 12 Jan '25

12 Jan '25

Anyone in the area of Reisterstown, Maryland (21136) that is willing to pickup a UPS system and transport to VCF East? APC Sine Wave UPS 120V SUA3000RM2U, 2U, weight is 100 pounds. Martin

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Seeking S-100 SCSI stuff
by Richard Cini 12 Jan '25

12 Jan '25

All — Now that I’ve finished recreating two Lomas boards (the Color Magic and the Thunder 186) I’m looking to fill-out a mass-storage option. A 2-board system will run DOS 3.31 with 256k; I added two CompuPro ram boards to get 640k. Lomas had a SCSI board (which added an RTC and 4 serial ports), and there’s a great alternative, the Lifeboat SCSI (for the Z-100 machines). But, there are various challenges that I’d like to ask for help on. On the Lomas side, I have the board and software but not a manual or schematics, and I haven’t found them on-line anywhere. I still need to reverse the PAL which is doable. On the Lifeboat, their manual has the schematics and PAL equations, but no software or ROM firmware. If anyone can help out with either of these, let me know. Thanks! Rich http://cini.classiccmp.org/ Long Island S100 User’s Group Get Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS

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OT / Equipment pickup
by Martin Flynn 11 Jan '25

11 Jan '25

Anyone on list in proximity to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania? There's a Winsted equipment rack that's a cosmetic match for what we have deployed already that I am considering purchase of Before arranging shipping / freight, anyone nearby that might be headed to VCF East or the swap meet? Martin

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Free Cisco Cable
by Martin A. Flynn 11 Jan '25

11 Jan '25

Slightly OT - Leaving an 8 port Cisco async serial cable in the makerspace next Saturday. Will be hanging on the side of the red tool box. Looks like CAB-OCTAL-ASYNC, not 100% sure

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: FREE stuff! Palm Tungsten T, iPods
by Sentrytv 11 Jan '25

11 Jan '25

Bob, have you considered selling on Facebook? It might make it easier Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Jan 11, 2025, at 10:31 AM, Bob Shuster via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > These items have been claimed. Apologies to those I disappointed! :-) - Bob > >> On Jan 9, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Bob Shuster <bob(a)theshusters.com> wrote: >> If anyone wants these, I have a Palm Tungsten T PDA in perfect shape - other than the battery - with a stylus, case, chargers, sync base & cables, Audio Translator and 256MB storage card, and even a little Palm cinch bag to store the accessories, all in immaculate condition (mine new from 2002!) I also have two 32GB iPod Touch A1213 (first gen) units that I can’t get past the startup screen - and I suspect the batteries on those are also toast. I have one charging cable for them but a USB-A charging cube is not included. >> The Tungsten T is an interesting little piece of handheld history, designed to compete with Windows mobile and Sony PDAs of the time, and the first of the Tungsten line. Smartphones made them obsolete pretty quickly. >> I’ve never tried to repair an iPod, but batteries are readily available for the Tungsten T and easy to swap out - just not worth my time. If interested, please email me off-list! I will ship if desired, or local pickup just outside of Philadelphia in lower Montgomery County. I’ll wait a week or so then these will be recycled. - Bob Shuster

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OT: FREE stuff! Palm Tungsten T, iPods
by Bob Shuster 11 Jan '25

11 Jan '25

If anyone wants these, I have a Palm Tungsten T PDA in perfect shape - other than the battery - with a stylus, case, chargers, sync base & cables, Audio Translator and 256MB storage card, and even a little Palm cinch bag to store the accessories, all in immaculate condition (mine new from 2002!) I also have two 32GB iPod Touch A1213 (first gen) units that I can’t get past the startup screen - and I suspect the batteries on those are also toast. I have one charging cable for them but a USB-A charging cube is not included. The Tungsten T is an interesting little piece of handheld history, designed to compete with Windows mobile and Sony PDAs of the time, and the first of the Tungsten line. Smartphones made them obsolete pretty quickly. I’ve never tried to repair an iPod, but batteries are readily available for the Tungsten T and easy to swap out - just not worth my time. If interested, please email me off-list! I will ship if desired, or local pickup just outside of Philadelphia in lower Montgomery County. I’ll wait a week or so then these will be recycled. - Bob Shuster

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OT (Off Topic) Video Game Designer Dan Kitchen at Digital Press in NJ
by Christian Liendo 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

For the old school Atari people, Dan Kitchen will be talking about his new Atari 2600 game https://www.dankitchen.com/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1527741917889220/?acontext=%7B%22source%22:… I know there are people here that would be interested in this.

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