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festivus
by william degnan 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

Ian, I have picked up from Fran in Balitmore a vax station 3100 that uses one of those VR 260 displays I gave you, with the special video connector. http://vintagecomputer.net/digital/VR-260/ I no longer have the display so the VaxStation is of no use to me, interested in it? If so I will bring to Festivus. Or, if you don't really care about the display bring it so I can use it here, I can give you a trade for the display, I am sure I have something we can trade. vintagecomputers are basebal cards. Bill

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apple /// cobol
by Herb Johnson 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

> anyone use apple /// cobol, used it back when . ... Waterloo Cobol for the SuperPET There were a number of 8-bit COBOLs. CP/M versions in particular. I only used it on mainframes, and not much at that. I glanced at SuperPET stuff recently. Didn't a lot of SuperPET stuff require the 6809 card? So it "ran" as 6809 code. Pure 6809 systems (SS-50 based) were semi-popular in the era. - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Cards Against Humanity, Ideas for blank cards for, at Festivus, I ask you
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

I'm soliciting ideas for what to print on all them blank cards that Cards Against Humanity provides. Any suggestions? E-mail them to me privately as this game is in the South Park realm of humor ;) Remember there are black cards (question) and white cards (answers).

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Update your Festivus information
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am thankful for having all my vintage computer enthusiasts in my life! Looking forward to enjoying myself at Festivus. Please look over the signup list to make sure everything is good for your entry. I will be assessing what's what next weekend: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1odmPxfBK9BrR-NDZIx4_c-V2lZpt_-vU-3f… Thanks! Jeff Brace

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Off Topic: Did someone try to text message me?
by Ian Primus 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

I got a text message recently, mentioning old printers. Problem is, I have no way of knowing who it's from, and no way of replying. Was it someone on this list? -Ian

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apple /// cobol
by Herb Johnson 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

> I recently got my Uncle to write up his PDP-8 usage... > Trying to collect more first hand stories. Got one more so far. > David Gesswein Good work. This preserves the context of use for our minicomputers and microcomputers of the era. That understanding WILL be lost, is already opaque to those in the 21st century, if it's not captured and made available to read today and in the future. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Happy Thanksgiving
by Evan Koblentz 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

Gobble, gobble everyone! Hope you all have a nice holiday. Looking forward to seeing many of you at Festivus in a couple of weeks. Evan Koblentz Director, Vintage Computer Federation evan(a)vcfed.org / (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org @vcfederation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] apple /// cobol
by william degnan 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Glenn Holmer via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Glenn Holmer <cenbe(a)kolabnow.com> > To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:40:31 -0600 > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] apple /// cobol > On 11/19/2017 12:28 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > >> anyone use apple /// cobol, used it back when > > . ... Waterloo Cobol for the SuperPET > > > > There were a number of 8-bit COBOLs. CP/M versions in particular. I only > > used it on mainframes, and not much at that. > > There were at least two COBOLs for the Commodore 64: Abacus COBOL and > Nevada COBOL for '64 with the CP/M cartridge. > > -- > Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) > "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." > > OK, if there are no people who used Apple /// Cobol, who here even used an Apple /// at all *back then (1980-1985) as their main PC. I am not expecting many. I could see being a student and using it to test code before uploading to the production environment, or in some cases for small business or consultants using a micro for Cobol. There were a number of Cobol applications for micros, I just never heard of anyone using the Apple /// version. Seems like it would have been nice, but I think I would have used an IBM PC version or a Tandy CP/M version, personally. Or, if possible access my production environment using a terminal. It was very popular for people at DuPont when I worked there to take home VT 220 terminals to access the servers from home. Mostly IBM stuff where I was. Bill

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum report. / slide rules
by Evan Koblentz 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

>> Hows about sell a couple at festivus? Definitely! On Nov 21, 2017 10:53 PM, "Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Hows about sell a couple at festivus? On 11/20/2017 1:16 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > Will items from this new acquisition, or other slide-rule items already >>> >> acquired, be part of upcoming exhibits? > > Some are rare/proprietary (for calculating strange things or branded > company swag) and some are very common Pickett / K&E. General plan is to > keep most of the weird ones and a few of the common ones. Maybe we can > display them on a wall. We'll sell the rest of the common ones at VCF East. > > On Nov 20, 2017 12:57 PM, "Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic" < > vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > John H. and his g/f Jen came for a tour along with Stefan who donated slide >> >>> rules. (He estimates there are 1,000 in the collection!) >>> >>> Also did a good amount of >> >>> cleaning and planning for some modest exhibit changes this winter/spring. >>> >>> Will items from this new acquisition, or other slide-rule items already >> acquired, be part of upcoming exhibits? - Herb >> >> -- >> Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA >> http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net >> >>

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Museum report. / slide rules
by Herb Johnson 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

> John H. and his g/f Jen came for a tour along with Stefan who donated slide > rules. (He estimates there are 1,000 in the collection!) > Also did a good amount of > cleaning and planning for some modest exhibit changes this winter/spring. Will items from this new acquisition, or other slide-rule items already acquired, be part of upcoming exhibits? - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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