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Pansonic Senior Partner
by william degnan 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

FYI if anyone is interested, came through my site, I do not know person, nor did I speak with or correspond with this person: VintageComputer.net Inquiry Contact Information Name: Mike Vrable DBA/ Email: mikevrable-at-gmail.com Phone: 330 555 5555 ------------------------- Comments: PANASONIC Senior Partner for sale 10/16 email for more discussion VintageComputer.net ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Festivus 2016 Dec. 3 & 4 INFO & signup sheet
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic writes: >... >Please put yourself down here... How low can we go with self deprecation without exceeding the canons of this list?

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Looking for a TI Silent 707 1200baud for the VCF Museum
by Corey Cohen 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

I'm donating a spare PiDP-8 to the museum which has a serial interface that can't go below 1200baud. If we can find one of the smaller TI Silent terminals that goes that fast, we can hook it up to the PiDP so that we can have it run hands on demos and visitors can take the result with them. It would be really cool for people to have a takeaway from the museum when they visit. So if anyone has one of these TI Silent units they can donate to VCF Museum let me know. Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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Can Anyone Take IC Die Micrographs?
by Systems Glitch 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

I've decapped a house-numbered IC and taken a look with my 40x loupe, it appears to be some sort of memory device, but I don't have enough magnification to see any die text or anything. Can anyone on this list take a micrograph at > 40x for me? I won't need the IC back unless it's convenient to get it to me at the next get-together I'm able to attend or something. Figured I've got a tube of them and it might be nice to know what they are :) They're in side-brazed ceramic carriers, so it was easy to decap with a bastard file. Thanks, Jonathan

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Anyone selling a Burroughs B205 Computer console?
by Christian Liendo 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

I am sending this to the group for their amusement. http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wan/5813819331.html

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Honeywell u-COMP DDP-516 Console
by william degnan 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

Sharing this page, getting started working on a Honeywell u-COMP DDP-516 Console. I hope you like the photos. http://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=655 Bill

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Spot the Commodore 64 on Mr. Robot?
by Jeffrey Brace 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

In Season 2 Episode 11 of Mr. Robot there is a Commodore 64 with 1702 monitor, and 1541 disk drive. I thought that this was very cool! Commodore 64's popping up all over TV shows these days! :) -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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VCFed BBS finally happening
by Evan Koblentz 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Everyone, We've had various talk / starts / stops about an authentic-ish dial-up BBS through the years. Now it is finally coming true. The most recent plan was to use Asterisk, but that is overkill, a lot of maintenance, and would require an expensive telephony card. I asked Joe O. to research something better. He came back with this: http://www.excelltel.com/en/enproductslist.asp?id=612 It's an 8-port analog PBX with a GSM module. We bought it on Amazon for $98.49. Joe will connect this via modem to a PC running MajorBBS (possibly virtualized). We'll connect modems and vintage computers to the analog ports. Visitors and VCF East exhibitors/visitors will be able to dial in at 300-2400bps, hear the handshake, and connect to our BBS just like in the glory days. People can also telnet in directly to the PC thanks to our LTE modem, or they can call in remotely once we buy a GSM SIM card (to be considered after the main system is up and running). The PBX won't arrive until sometime next month because it shipping from China. Joe suggested that someone can draw the standard VCFed logo using ASCII art, and BBS users can watch it fly by a line at a time when they connect. I endorse that idea! Joe will answer any technical questions. Keep in mind we selected this approach because it's affordable, low maintenance, and the simplest way to reach the goal. Some people wanted us to use all period hardware, or modern servers that were WAY more than we needed, or a high-end PBX, etc. .... this one is "just right" for us.

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ansi art
by william degnan 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Branching thread per Dan's comment about ANSI art. I have been messing around with this since I re-watched Jason Scott's BBS documentary this weekend. My goal was to get a RIP reader on my pocket chip handheld linux computer. Two days ago I spent some time in a coffee shop near my home connecting to telnet BBS's that have ANSI art. mewbies is a good starting point. I was having some trouble. What is the best terminal program using Debian Linux to read ANSI art RIP files, something one can call from the command line if possible? b

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Google spies on us! :)
by Evan Koblentz 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

I happened to check out the Google Earth view of InfoAge. Look at this screen capture: http://vcfed.org/evan/vcfcars.jpg I see a red Miata, blue pickup, white van... this has to be from VCF East, because it's too many cars to be from a workshop.

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