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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum network
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Oh, and I agree with Dave that any machine connected to the Internet >should be protected from wontan attack. Jim What's a wontan? Are they very ferocious?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stuff for Festivus
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

David Riley via vcf-midatlantic writes: >I mean, if we're going to be properly vintage, I have a turntable and a >= pile of Pink Floyd albums. No RIAA preamp, though. I can bring Atom Heart Mother (2011 remastered). ;)

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum network
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic writes: >IMHO the museum network *must* have a segment of 10BASE5 long enough to >connect any VAX or PDP capable of running a stack. I think it should be >hyng from the ceiling (or rafters) for all the world to see with the >vampire taps and all. Such a segment could run DECnet or TCP/IP or both. >Dave, you have to agree on this, eh? Jim I'll second that! Etherhose for all! Too bad those buildings were stripped clean. I ran the 10base5 through them back in the day.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stuff for Festivus
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >> I've seen well in excess of 500 unique concerts in my time and I've >easily > attended more than a thousand, and I know thousands of artists >that you've > probably never heard mentioned; so your assumption about >musical tastes is > certainly a valid one. > >I've only seen approx. 100 concerts, but (no exaggeration) 90-something >of them were Springsteen. Utter earache.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Stuff for Festivus
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Something tells me that musical tastes in our group differ far too much >for this to go over well. Not to mention, there will likely be enough >noise with the games going, and we really mostly have these events to >talk to each other anyway. I've seen well in excess of 500 unique concerts in my time and I've easily attended more than a thousand, and I know thousands of artists that you've probably never heard mentioned; so your assumption about musical tastes is certainly a valid one.

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Speaking of looking for stuff at Festivus
by Ian Primus 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Looking for some blank/used/junk tapes - specifically 4mm DDS1 tapes. There was a whole box of 'em on the free pile at VCFMW but I didn't think I needed them at the time. Now I do. Doh. Also, speaking of tape, garage sale season is over, so my supply of blank audio cassettes has dried up. Anyone got any blank/used/junk cassettes they are looking to get rid of? -Ian

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Some of my Extra stuff I could bring to Festivus for purchase/swap
by Douglas Crawford 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Timeless
by Brian L. Stuart 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

On Thu, 12/1/16, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > I just watched Monday's episode of "Timeless", and saw this: > > http://q7.neurotica.com/Tape.jpg > > Notice anything unusual? Yeah, I had noticed them putting the tape reels on backward. They also had a Decwriter II in the scene set in 1969. Not only was that a bit early for a Decwriter II, but the big systems at MSC were IBM. I was also terribly amused at the idea that they needed a strip of paper tape to log in to the system. BLS

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Festivus Wanted: DDR3
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Anyone have any free used DDR 3 that they would part with? My "modern" PC is aging a whopping five years old ;) I have an Dell Alienware Aurora R2 which takes 2-channel DDR3. The Capacities are 1GB, 2GB, 4GB. I have two 2GB sticks in there now with two slots free. Speccy says that they are at 668Mhz even though the specs say 1066 MHz or I333 Mhz can work in my machine. Looking to add at least 2 - 2GB sticks. If not free, then maybe a low cost? Or a place that sells them cheap? -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Timeless
by Mike Loewen 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

I just watched Monday's episode of "Timeless", and saw this: http://q7.neurotica.com/Tape.jpg Notice anything unusual? Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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