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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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Repair Workshop 1/11 & 1/12, 2025
by Jeffrey Brace 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

I know that some are concerned about snow, but it looks like in Wall, NJ we will only get about an inch on Saturday. So the repair workshop is still going ahead. We have an upcoming repair workshop at Infoage this coming weekend. Click here to signup. <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IXvycZsSKrcEqG0CHhikN3bgRwIA0tOm1hB…> *WHERE:* 1) Building 9059 (CDL side and Classroom side) 2) Building 9032-A *TIME:*Saturday START time == 10 A.M. END time == 11PM. Sunday START time == 10 A.M. and END == 5 P.M. *COST:* $15 per person, per day. When you arrive, check in with Jeff Salzman, Thomas or myself. *OVERNIGHT*: There is no more overnight stay available in the Visitor's Center - *Payments* - PayPal: @vintagecomputerfed (or paypal(a)vcfed.org) - Venmo: @VintageComputerFederation - Cash (in person) - Credit card (in person). *EQUIPMENT:* - VCF will provide a table and you can use any available electrical outlet. - Bring your own tools, power strips, power cords, and supplies etc. - If you need particular tools that you don't own or particular parts, please let others know that you need something. They may have what you need. Let them know ahead of time. - Let everyone know what project you are working on ahead of time to inspire collaboration. *DRINKS*: You should bring your own. We have a refrigerator in CDL to keep them cold. VCF will buy some water and soft drinks for member use. *FOOD*: *Saturday afternoon*: Everyone is on their own. *Saturday Night Dinner at 7PM?*: We often go out to dinner together. *Sunday Morning*: We usually meet at a diner around 9AM *Sunday Afternoon*: Everyone is on their own. *Address:* InfoAge Science and History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719 *PARKING:* Park in the main parking lot, unless you are unloading. Don't park on the lawn. Also park on one side of the road for fire safety. *PHONE:* (732) 722 - 5015 *EMAIL: *repairworkshops(a)vcfed.org Have fun everyone! :-D Repair workshops are events which are open to the general public where members of all levels technical abilities and experience get together to help each other repair vintage computer hardware. Repair workshops are a chance to work with other VCF members to help repair your vintage artifact. *We are not there to do repairs for you*, *only to allow you the facilities and partnership to help you figure out how to repair it*. Repair workshops are held about 9 times per year at the InfoAge location in Wall. Take care! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Repair Workshop: Windows 3 & 1/2 disk
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Someone needs a Windows 3 & 1/2 disk read. Presumably it is just Microsoft Word files. He doesn’t remember exactly. It’s from 2002 on a System Max computer. He lives locally and will come on Sunday. Can some bring a system where it can be read, and transferred to a cloud drive? Thanks! Jeff Brace

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