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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum power / Running bigger machines
by Evan Koblentz 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

>> I’ve been emailing with Martin Flynn who is a friend of Infoage. I'd like to add for everyone to know: Martin is very much a friend of VCF, not just Infoage in general. Sometimes his contributions are behind-the-scenes but he helps us in many useful ways. ________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation A 501(c)(3) educational non-profit Evan(a)vcfed.org +1 (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum power / Running bigger machines
by Evan Koblentz 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

>> Maybe Martin will provide one to us but I didn’t ask. I found one on Amazon for $142.00 https://www.amazon.com/Starter-definite-magnetic-Square-8911dpsg23v09/dp/B0… Well you just posted on the public list which he reads, too. :) Anyway: what's a magnetic motor controller?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum power / Running bigger machines
by Duane 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

>>>the highlight of upcoming repair workshops may be a cage match between >>>Dromgoole, Loewen, and Primus, Need to get Evan a striped shirt and a whistle. -----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:25 AM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum power / Running bigger machines There have been a few posts about our recent/ongoing museum power update. Here is the latest exciting information. - Last week, a local electrician installed a 30A circuit and 3-phase outlet. Before anyone asks, yes, there was a permit from the town. - We ordered a 50-ft. extension cord designed for that outlet and suitable power level. (Yikes those are expensive! But totally worthwhile.) - We ordered a motor-generator that can run the whole Univac. It'll be here in a few days. Big special thanks to the System Source Computer Museum for donating the funds to purchase this. They will borrow it on occasion to test/power their own big iron. - Bill Drom. built a wooden cart with casters specifically for the motor-generator. - The new circuit/outlet enables us to operate ONE minicomputer or mainframe at a time. As such, the highlight of upcoming repair workshops may be a cage match between Dromgoole, Loewen, and Primus, as they battle to power the Univac, HP-1000 system, and Prime 6550. :) X-factors: DEC VAX 785, Cray, Data General Nova, Commodore 128 (just kidding). ________________________________ 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Chuck Peddle @ VCF-West
by Evan Koblentz 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

> I'm Chris, I live just outside Baltimore, work just outside Washington, > DC. I'm a SysAdmin who's been in love with computers since the very > first time I touched a keyboard as a child. Welcome to the group. There's already a Chris (L.) here, so I deem thee Chris H.; please sign messages that way to avoid confusion. Don't feel bad: there are four Bill D.'s! Several people here are in the Baltimore/DC region. Let me know off-list if you'd like to visit VCF headquarters aka the museum. Our next repair workshop is the weekend of Aug. 12-13 but you could visit anytime, given a couple of weeks' notice.

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Friday
by Evan Koblentz 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

Anyone available to do warehouse work this Friday? ________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation A 501(c)(3) educational non-profit Evan(a)vcfed.org +1 (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Chuck Peddle @ VCF-West
by Evan Koblentz 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

> Will someone be recording/posting a video of it? Chris: looks like that was your first post to this list. Please introduce yourself... where you're from, what's your interest in vintage computing, etc.

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Museum power / Running bigger machines
by Evan Koblentz 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

There have been a few posts about our recent/ongoing museum power update. Here is the latest exciting information. - Last week, a local electrician installed a 30A circuit and 3-phase outlet. Before anyone asks, yes, there was a permit from the town. - We ordered a 50-ft. extension cord designed for that outlet and suitable power level. (Yikes those are expensive! But totally worthwhile.) - We ordered a motor-generator that can run the whole Univac. It'll be here in a few days. Big special thanks to the System Source Computer Museum for donating the funds to purchase this. They will borrow it on occasion to test/power their own big iron. - Bill Drom. built a wooden cart with casters specifically for the motor-generator. - The new circuit/outlet enables us to operate ONE minicomputer or mainframe at a time. As such, the highlight of upcoming repair workshops may be a cage match between Dromgoole, Loewen, and Primus, as they battle to power the Univac, HP-1000 system, and Prime 6550. :) X-factors: DEC VAX 785, Cray, Data General Nova, Commodore 128 (just kidding). ________________________________ 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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Anyone know of Amiga 2000 for sale around DC metro area?
by Ethan 25 Jul '17

25 Jul '17

Anyone know of a lower cost Amiga 2000 in the DC metro area for sale? CPU + Keyboard (maybe mouse but I have one from A500s/A600) Thanks

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Mystery code
by Jeffrey Jonas 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

There were many 'traditions' when cards were the primary input. Most languages allowed a comment/sequence number in columns 73-80. Before revision control systems, it was common to put the program/step/phase name and version on there, thus the few incremental numbers. Or number all the cards in increments of 10 - so a sorter could put a dropped deck back in order - the multiple of 10 was to allow for inserting cards later -- jeff jonas who still has a "numbering machine" stamper, just in case

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IDE drive list for Zenith Data Systems Z-386
by Matt Patoray 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Does anyone out there have a table for the specs for the hard drive types in a Zenith Data Systems Z-386 PC? The bios has 64 different drive types. -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG

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