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Osborne Executive & Gotek
by Benjamin Krein 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

I recently got an Osborne 1 & and Executive. They both work but I’d like to use a Gotek in the Executive to make it more useful. I really don’t know much of anything about Osborne, Gotek, or CP/M. I’ve come across this forum post which talks about using an adapter or customized cable to use a Gotek on the OCC1 but doesn’t talk about the Executive. Can someone give me some newbie instructions on how to get this Executive setup with a Gotek? I’ve flashed the Gotek with the current FlahFloppy firmware but that’s as far as I’ve gotten. Benjamin Krein

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Got junk? ... er Got treasure? Swap Meet Oct. 26 in Wall, NJ
by Jeffrey Brace 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

Now is the time to get your items for sale! Don't forget our swap meet in Wall, NJ on Oct. 26! More info here: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ Day: Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 Time: 7AM to 2PM Where: Parking lot across from 800 Monmouth Boulevard, Wall, NJ. What: Vintage computers and tech. For Sale Sheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ptpkf9T6jqJP7BIHQATSvxlmfCy1iLwox0-…> : Want to buy Sheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zt6SjMraREDOWXs5qqNTx91B5_LOK9_lmKR…> See you there! 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT Event
by Russell Handorf 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

This discourse is why I love this community :) We're going to have more equipment (testing and otherwise) to try other technologies next year; DOCSIS, T1, etc. On 10/14/24 09:41, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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Slightly OT Event
by Herbert Johnson 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

> Did anyone hear of *JAWNCON.ORG <http://JAWNCON.ORG>* and if so are you > going? I checked out the Web site and list of talks, and the general tenor of the event. I like what I'm reading about. This year's talks are networking and telecom. It's not my primary tech interest (retrotechnology.com) but I don't mind hanging out with those techs, many of my computing friends have those interests. And I like the old-tech consideration (that's me). I'll look up the videos for this year, maybe see it next year, it's half an hour's drive away from me. I see they have a radio-amateur license workshop and testing. There was a lot of early telecom tech in vintage amateur radio: X.25 packet radio for instance. The conference developers might want to find some old-hams to talk about that work. There's a little bit of packet radio on my Web site, as it was an early use of microprocessors. Not so off topic I think. regards Herb (not a bot) Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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Problem restarting a SUN ULTRA 5
by Gregg Levine 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

Hello! I own of those rigs. Now the problem: Can anyone on the list tell me why a system would find itself stuck probing the keyboard, when it runs headless? And how to get things started again. It follows that the unit who was last running, call it seven years ago, and when I first started it up again, the thing complained about the NVRAM and the next problem was a complaint of it being the system calls itself unknown. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com "This signature was present when the impossible happened 23 years ago, twice."

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fellow looking for group purchase of Kembak-1 enclosures
by Jeffrey Jonas 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

forwarded from https://www.facebook.com/groups/1233645553343772/posts/27122189570729349/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/1233645553343772/user/1210335479/?__cft__[0…> *Bob Darlington* <https://www.facebook.com/groups/1233645553343772/user/1210335479/?__cft__[0…> Looks like I'm building a reproduction KENBAK-1. The price to get the Bud enclosure made in qty 1 is pushing $900 from PCBWay. $500 from a shop stateside. And about $60 a pop in quantities greater than 1 (pretty much what I"m used to with metal shops). The cost is in the setup. I'm going to build a wall display unless there are other folks with an interest in such things. My shift registers came in this week. Do any of you know what the plastic carrier is called? Photo of the KENBAK-1 to grab attention.

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DEC RK05 part needed
by Dave McGuire 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

Hey folks, LSSM needs a door lock solenoid for a DEC RK05 drive. Would anyone happen to have a spare, maybe from a parts drive? They are easily extracted. Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Slightly OT Event
by Chris Fala 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

Did anyone hear of *JAWNCON.ORG <http://JAWNCON.ORG>* and if so are you going? I heard about it on the latest Hackaday newsletter. It is nearby me, but the cost is $100 and I don't want to waste the resources if it is a crap event.

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Internet Archive got hacked.
by Christian Liendo 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

A lot of us have logged into that site https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data… Internet Archive's "The Wayback Machine" has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records. News of the breach began circulating Wednesday afternoon after visitors to archive.org began seeing a JavaScript alert created by the hacker, stating that the Internet Archive was breached. "Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach? It just happened. See 31 million of you on HIBP!," reads a JavaScript alert shown on the compromised archive.org site. The text "HIBP" refers to is the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service created by Troy Hunt, with whom threat actors commonly share stolen data to be added to the service. Hunt told BleepingComputer that the threat actor shared the Internet Archive's authentication database nine days ago and it is a 6.4GB SQL file named "ia_users.sql." The database contains authentication information for registered members, including their email addresses, screen names, password change timestamps, Bcrypt-hashed passwords, and other internal data. The most recent timestamp on the stolen records was ta is September 28th, 2024, likely when the database was stolen. Hunt says there are 31 million unique email addresses in the database, with many subscribed to the HIBP data breach notification service. The data will soon be added to HIBP, allowing users to enter their email and confirm if their data was exposed in this breach. The data was confirmed to be real after Hunt contacted users listed in the databases, including cybersecurity researcher Scott Helme, who permitted BleepingComputer to share his exposed record.

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Teleprinter
by Ricardo 8-Bit Desk 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

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