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Wanted: HP-IB cable
by Mike Loewen 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

Does anyone have an extra HP 10833B cable (2meter)? Contact me off-list with your asking price. Thanks! Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] UNIVAC 1219
by Duane 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

Bill, Send him a link to my Yahoo! group; https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/UnivacComputers/info Sounds like someone who would like to play with my 1219 emulator and assembler. Did you find out where he lives? Might be able to help, might have some old tapes. May I steal his photo for my group? I see that he was on the USS Midway. That is a museum in San Diego. I wonder if their 1219's are still intact. I was contacting them a few years ago about a video on utube with a 1540 in motion ,only to find they had replaced the reel motors with some commercial ones and had built a simulator to fake the lights. He said that the NAVY had smashed up the insides good before they turned it over. If they did the same to the 1219's , maybe I don’t want know. One of the many dead-ends looking for pubs. Duane -----Original Message----- From: william degnan via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:28 AM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: william degnan Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] UNIVAC 1219 As many of you know we're waiting for delivery of a generator for the UNIVAC 1219 and peripherals restoration project. I have a thread on my web site about the UNIVAC 1219 and from time to time US Navy 1219 support team Alumni send me comments and docs and info to post them to my site. I was recently contacted by a guy named John King, he sent me a photo of him posing in front of the 1219 he supported as well as some PDF scans of docs he had related to the 1219. From this thread I have also added links to the original 2010 thread I created when we rescued the 1219 currently being restored at the museum. http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=692 You can also download a copy of the 1219 brochure and other docs related to the 1219. I have more docs in paper format, plus UNIVAC 418/419/419-II, etc which are similar but I assume these are already on bitsavers Bill

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UNIVAC 1219
by william degnan 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

As many of you know we're waiting for delivery of a generator for the UNIVAC 1219 and peripherals restoration project. I have a thread on my web site about the UNIVAC 1219 and from time to time US Navy 1219 support team Alumni send me comments and docs and info to post them to my site. I was recently contacted by a guy named John King, he sent me a photo of him posing in front of the 1219 he supported as well as some PDF scans of docs he had related to the 1219. From this thread I have also added links to the original 2010 thread I created when we rescued the 1219 currently being restored at the museum. http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=692 You can also download a copy of the 1219 brochure and other docs related to the 1219. I have more docs in paper format, plus UNIVAC 418/419/419-II, etc which are similar but I assume these are already on bitsavers Bill

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Working Cray J90 emulator!
by Ethan 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

Check this out: http://cray.modularcircuits.com/ One day I will get mine powered back up and try to figure out why the OS install keeps core dumping.

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Museum Report 2017-07-19 July 19, 2017
by Jeffrey Brace 19 Jul '17

19 Jul '17

Fred gave a super speedy tour to two ladies who seemed to have worked at Fort Monmouth. At least one of them had used a Wang word-processor before. There were two other groups totaling 7 people that came through with moderate interest. One guy stopped by with a picture of his father's company's Univac I from 1963. It was pretty cool. They used it for adding zip codes to mailing labels as well as stock market prediction. The name of his father's company was SysteMetrics - electronics division of Budd Company. He shared with me some photos that he had. The Univac I was bought used from Harvard University. Here are some pictures: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9SJLfGXYiG5alR6U3VZNXRkdVk -- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================

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Files from NJ's Compu-Data BBS
by william degnan 19 Jul '17

19 Jul '17

John Heritage sent me a disk containing misc programs and ANSI files, downloaded from a BBS in the later 1980's. For those interested, I uploaded them here: http://www.vintagecomputer.net/temp/HERITAGE 609-232-1245 | $ Compu-Data Compu Data, Compu-Data, Compu-Data 1, | Compu-Data, 17 Nodes, CompuData, CompuData | BBS | Turnersville, NJ (1987-1996) SYSOP | Phil Gordemer, Phil Gordemer SOFTWARE | PCBoard

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August Workshop (Aug 12 & 13)
by Jeffrey Brace 17 Jul '17

17 Jul '17

As a reminder the August workshop will be on August 12 & 13. Signup is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=13qn9xUYyZum3ZD8HV0HtYJ2NHfDsY 8Tmdw8NQyIHS-4 I hope that this time there are no conflicts with other events. <https://drive.google.com/open?id=13qn9xUYyZum3ZD8HV0HtYJ2NHfDsY8Tmdw8NQyIHS…> -- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ======================================================== <https://www.avast.com/en-us/lp-safe-emailing-3176-b?utm_medium=email&utm_so…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/en-us/lp-safe-emailing-3176-b?utm_medium=email&utm_so…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Workshop report
by Evan Koblentz 17 Jul '17

17 Jul '17

Bill Drom. spent all weekend working on the Univac and in particular its tape drive. Watched it soon for the first time today! Adam did warehouse things and some system testing. He helped me evaluate eight Apple //c units and one //c Plus. He can elaborate on other things that he did. Jonathan S. and I tested 18 Apple II Plus and IIe systems. Some worked immediately, some we made work by swapping components, and some need more advanced repair than we could do and/or parts we lack. Jeff B./Jeff J., feel free to comment on what you worked on.

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hamful helpful handy hints
by Jeffrey Jonas 16 Jul '17

16 Jul '17

I may have mentioned this before: little plastic bags are available at BigLots and your supermarket: Hefty basics double zipper "snack portion pack". 80: 3 1/2" x 5 7/8" to a box. Very sturdy, perfect for small parts! Walmart sells smaller ziplock bags in the crafts section for beads! A workshop "must-have" for all those tiny loose parts! I just got back from the Sussex County Amateur Radio Club Inc. hamfest. The outdoor flea market is IMPRESSIVE! I did not find any treasures (no $20 Kim) but came back with all sorts of goodies from jumpers and knobs and connectors to a Nixie voltmeter. Somehow I missed catching up with Kelly, but I got to chat with Jeff Galinat (dealer with the greate location: cool breeze), Herb Johnson, Dean and not-Drew. The Saturday workshop went well: I did my project and the photos show lotsa Apple ][c,+,e being tested. Commodore stuff too! -- jeffj

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Re:Digest, Vol 21, Issue 6 Bad Link for Aug Workshop
by SVCatITC＠aol.com 16 Jul '17

16 Jul '17

Hi Jeff and All; The link that Jeff refers to for the August workshop, looks up the June workshop. I tried it twice. I have the original link here that seems to work OK and I am the third and last so far to sign up. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BJNQloAe-g_ZtSvnkayNCCAy3SfYUMScgviO ikcXnuY/edit?usp=sharing Check my work Jeff and respond accordingly. Bill Inderrieden In a message dated 7/7/2017 12:02:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vcf-midatlantic-request(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org writes: Message: 2 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 01:09:36 -0400 From: Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow(a)gmail.com> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] August Workshop (Aug 12 & 13) Message-ID: <CAKVfvQxZxW9jL2KuhU8B-n_fMCyycTap-2HrTiZTy4XvRTG72w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" As a reminder the August workshop will be on August 12 & 13. Signup is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=13qn9xUYyZum3ZD8HV0HtYJ2NHfDsY 8Tmdw8NQyIHS-4 I hope that this time there are no conflicts with other events. <https://drive.google.com/open?id=13qn9xUYyZum3ZD8HV0HtYJ2NHfDsY8Tmdw8NQyIHS -4> -- ======================================================== Jeff Brace

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