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Can anyone help today/tonight
by Evan Koblentz 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

Needed: one warm body to help with VCF East stuff at the museum. I will be there around 4pm today. Working to as late as needed. Help please!! Assembling (not painting) signs, cleaning up museum, tons of miscellaneous tasks

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A little promotion...
by Douglas Crawford 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

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VCF: My could-be-interested buy list: Sun Voyager Bag and Amiga 2000
by Ethan 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Just in case anyone has like a garage full of them and you're coming to VCF East, my short "interested" list is pretty much: The Sun Voyager bag that fits the workstation An Amiga 2000, w/ accelerator/scsi and maybe toaster BeBox front panel and IO card (might be impossible to find) Needs repair Oberheim Matrix 6, 6R or 1000 midi synth

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VCF-E stuff I'll likely see
by Herb Johnson 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

http://www.retrotechnology.com/vcfe12/vcf17_sales.htm Here's a Web page for the items I'll likely bring to VCF-East. They will be available in the dealer's space, where I'll be. YOu can contact me for questions but I'm a bit busy... Prices at the show. See you there. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Repairs to a Heath WH19 Terminal
by Jason Perkins 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Looking for some advice on getting a Heath WH19 terminal going again. First, some schematics: http://www.rsp-italy.it/Electronics/Kits/_contents/Heathkit/Kits/Heathkit%2… My annotations on the x-ray view: https://goo.gl/photos/PF8N7wRDPLc1czUU7 What I observed: When first powering the terminal it did nothing. The fast blow 1A fuse was open, the wire was broken. As it was handled it broke more, suggesting it could have simply failed from vibration? The manual said that a 2A slow blow fuse is appropriate for 120v operation. I replaced the fuse with the smallest one I had on hand, a 4A slow blow, connected the terminal to a current meter, and powered it up. It beeped :) But was drawing 5A :( and then there was a little smoke :( :( I quickly powered it off. R263, a 1.2 ohm 2W resistor had cracked. R263 supplies the +53v rail to the horizontal section. C228 seems to be good (open resistance, correct mfd), D208 and D211 seem to be good (.5v one way, open the other), C229 isn't shorted but my meter can't measure its capacitance. I replaced R263 with a 4w 1.2 ohm resistor I had on hand, and powered up again. Still too much current draw, and more smoke in the area of Q217. Does this suggest Q217, the HOT, is bad? I pulled it out and did the diode test on it, it seemed to test OK? It's a BU500, and I see some NOS ones on ebay. I'm unsure what my next step should be. Thanks for your input! -- Jason Perkins 313 355 0085

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WTB: Toshiba Libretto Power Adapter
by Systems Glitch 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

All, I've got a Libretto 110CT that needs a power adapter, thought I'd check here before hitting eBay. I believe they're all compatible. Thanks, Jonathan

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] one computer too many (how can that be?)
by Steven Michelsen 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Its marked A1093 http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=A1093 Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7. -------- Original message --------From: Matt Patoray via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Date: 3/27/17 2:54 PM (GMT-05:00) To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Matt Patoray <mspproductions(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] one computer too many (how can that be?) Steve, Any idea on the specs of the machine? Thanks, Matt On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Steven Michelsen via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > Last year at VCF-East, among other things, I bought a circa 2003, Mac G5 > Tower. I have never gotten to test / use / play with this machine in the > last 11.9 months, and at this point I may never get to it. So then, it's > free to anyone that wants to pick it up here in Succasunna, NJ. > > > > For myself, I am in the process of packing up my toys and moving to > southern > Delaware. I had grand plans to attend more of the monthly workshops to > learn from the "gurus" that frequent them, but this is less likely now that > I will be 3 hours away. Darn. > > > > So contact me here or off-list at stevenm(a)optonline.net > <mailto:stevenm@optonline.net> and arrange to cart off my Mac Tower. BTW > It comes with no accessories (except a power cord if you need one, which I > doubt (g)) > > > > Best, > > Steve > > > > Hitting the road with a bunch of '80s hardware > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65762317/forums/on_the_road.jpg > > > > > > > > > > -- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG

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one computer too many (how can that be?)
by Steven Michelsen 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Last year at VCF-East, among other things, I bought a circa 2003, Mac G5 Tower. I have never gotten to test / use / play with this machine in the last 11.9 months, and at this point I may never get to it. So then, it's free to anyone that wants to pick it up here in Succasunna, NJ. For myself, I am in the process of packing up my toys and moving to southern Delaware. I had grand plans to attend more of the monthly workshops to learn from the "gurus" that frequent them, but this is less likely now that I will be 3 hours away. Darn. So contact me here or off-list at stevenm(a)optonline.net <mailto:stevenm@optonline.net> and arrange to cart off my Mac Tower. BTW It comes with no accessories (except a power cord if you need one, which I doubt (g)) Best, Steve Hitting the road with a bunch of '80s hardware https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65762317/forums/on_the_road.jpg

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Tuesday afternoon volunteer
by Evan Koblentz 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

I need ONE reliable, hard-working, no-BS volunteer for this Tuesday afternoon. It is mostly detail work. Starting around noon and working until quite late if necessary.

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Museum update
by Evan Koblentz 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Midnight -- leaving the museum now. It's a mess, and there is still a lot of work to do before the show. I was going to come back Wednesday morning. Now I think I'll come back sometime Tuesday afternoon. The good news is Adam and I (and also Jeff B. and Chris F.) got a ton of stuff done this week. Way too much to itemize. Adam and I determined some wrinkles in the weekend's plan, but we put our brains together and worked through all of it.

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