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Cyber Monday
by Evan Koblentz 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Support VCF! Use our Amazon Smile link today: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/f.html?C=20MHUMX22T2S1&K=ONBFISUFZZPK&M=urn:rtn…

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Small rescue needed in Cherry Hill, NJ
by Evan Koblentz 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Can someone pick up a vintage laptop for us in Cherry Hill? ________________________________ 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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Raymond Scott and Jim Henson made an IBM commercial!
by Jeffrey Jonas 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IZw2CoYztk "Paperwork Explosion" The Jim Henson Company In 1967, Henson was contracted by IBM to make a film extolling the virtues of their new technology, the MT/ST, a primitive word processor. The film would explore how the MT/ST would help control the massive amount of documents generated by a typical business office. Paperwork Explosion, produced in October 1967, is a quick-cut montage of images and words illustrating the intensity and pace of modern business. Henson collaborated with Raymond Scott on the electronic sound track. manditory viewing: the Muppets Analytical Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IgF6_jVaj8 Cookie Monster for IBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowwNXKEt4k AT&T Archives: Charlie Magnetico, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLUWQRh-po AT&T Archives: Robot, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJNNwTGDcw Jim Henson made this film in 1963 for The Bell System. Specifically, it was made for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Bicycle pump for VCF handcart
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Vaxman, > >I don't know if you received my message. I got a rather harsh reply from >your system claiming that I was spam. It said "SPAM BREATH". How rude! >;) It also said, "550 I Spotted you in an RBL. SPAMBREATH!" What does >that mean? RBL -- Realtime Blackhole List Whatever you're using for your email has been listed as a SPAM source. It could be the IP of one or more of the servers, or could be the DNS listing that has been flagged. Check with MxToolbox.com

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Bicycle pump for VCF handcart
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Can anyone bring a bicycle pump for the tires in the VCF handcart? The >tires are getting flat. When do you need it?

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Wanted: PC with Double Density floppy support
by Jim Hart 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Please ignore if this is inappropriate for this list. I am in need of a PC that supports 360k floppy disk drives. I have the drive so I just need a machine that supports them in the BIOS. I am trying to use Image Disk and Teledisk to create actual floppies. If anyone has one for sale or knows of one please contact me off list at jim(a)jimhart.org. Thank you, -Jim Hart Sent from my iPhone

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January and February workshop dates, any conflicts?
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Are there any other events in January or February that I should avoid for planning a workshop? I want to book some dates soon.

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Museum Report 2017-11-25 November 25, 2017
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Lots of visitors today, maybe 2 to 3 dozen. Seems to be a busy time of the year with people doing indoor activities. Various ages and levels of interest. One girl even took 30 minutes to do a really cool dragon drawing using Paint on the Windows 3.1 machine. While the "boring" adults talked about cool stuff on the Commodore 64, she was doing a really nice drawing. Dean stopped by to drop something off. I tried the SuperCPU with an Atari joystick, but it doesn't work well enough for Metal Dust. I need to find a power supply for the PSX-64 to try a Playstation controller. Or try another Atari joystick or another manufacturer of the joystick. I would love to get my Playstation Joystick controller. It is a laptop version that really works well to mash the fire button.

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Galaga Challenge at Festivus
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

I challenge anyone to a three game battle on Galaga. We each play three games and add up the scores. Highest score wins. I'm awesome at this game. I can beat anyone! Who accepts?

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micros in business (was early recollections, apple /// cobol)
by Jeffrey Jonas 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

A friend who is a CPA bought an Apple ][+ to run his business from home. He used VisiCalc (the first "killer app"). It was a lot more versatile than the huge Burroughs that was on display for a long time. In 1982, I worked for a small company that specialized in dental office automation using a TRS80 model 2 with extension floppy drives and daisy wheel printer to print insurance forms. It also handled appointments, reminder cards, etc. Around 1984, I noticed an unused Apple Lisa 1 (with Twiggy drive!) at a client. That was my first word processor! I used it for my documentation. No manual or training needed! Just poke around and things were quite natural! Dow Jones Telerate explored using single board computers and touch-screen terminals for their newswire service. Newswire services were not afraid to make custom hardware such as ISA interface cards. This was before ALL hardware became "just a commodity". Not just COTS but downright disposible :-( A friend who worked at a large scale printer remembers Syquest drives using Apple/iMac formats were the primary media/format for submission. The artistic community still favors Apple platforms. I attended a trade show for broadcasters. Apple notebooks/tablets are now used in lieu of cameras and for video editing in the field. -- jeff jonas

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