- vcf-midatlantic - lists.vcfed.org

Last chance: Amiga 1200, TRS80 Model II, Mac Quicksilver
by David Hoelzer 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Just a last-chance-before-eBay on these…If you’re interested, please let me know ASAP. If it helps, I’m going to be driving from New York down to Washington, DC next Tuesday and would be willing to consider a side trip of a reasonable distance to help these systems find a new home. ------------------------ Amiga 1200 with ACA-1233 accelerator fully populated + an FPU. Also has CF card installed, PCMCIA Ethernet adapter and Indivision ECS ScanDoubler with DVI output. Includes mouse, joystick, a stack of 3.5” floppies, A500 PSU (works fine with 1200) and an internal floppy drive (which is not in the case at the moment). Fully functional system. Tell me if I’m crazy with where I am numbers wise: System: $170 Accelerator + FPU: $180 Indivision ECS: $75 + CF card adapter/CF card/100 3.5” floppies… Let’s call it $400 for the entire thing which seems like a great deal to me.. Certainly more than I put into them! :) This system also comes with a stack of Amiga and Commodore assembly and related books. C64 programmer’s ref is in there too. ------------------------ TRS-80 Model II Fully functional, no significant damage anywhere. Internal Shugart works, includes another Shugart that was known to be working last it was powered up. Comes with original owners manual in the original binder. P&T CPM and about 80-100 8” floppies. The original PSU had failed and has been scrapped. It has a modern switching PSU in it with a new fan, making it very quiet. Also includes bare boards for the HANS-01 IDE to TRS80 Model II adapter so you can attach a modern IDE/PATA drive to it. It’s harder to put a number on this one… The spare Shugart on its own can be valuable, as can the floppies. Let’s say something north of $300? Also comes with a set of P&T CPM manuals. ------------------------ Just in case anyone would want a non-8-but system, I also have a Quicksilver G4 with OS 9.2 installed and working. Original keyboard, mouse and 20” cinema display. The display is bright and clean with no dead pixels. The Quicksilver case is a bit beat up; the zip drive is in unknown condition (whines when you put a zip disk in it) and someone swiped the airport card out of it at some point. Any reasonable offer that doesn’t involve me putting it into a big box and paying UPS to carry it away. :)

1 0

Festivus is Dec. 3 & 4 - Party like it's 1976!
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

I was just informed by many helpful VCF members that Festivus is happening Dec. 3 & 4 at Camp Evans, A.K.A. InfoAge, A.K.A. 2201 Marconi Road. This is such a fun event. Be there or be a Rubix Cube! -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

3 2

When and where is Festivus this year?
by Jeffrey Brace 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

I'm interested in going and would like do know the dates, times, locations, etc. Where can I find this information? Who do I ask about it? -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

11 24

Altair etc f/s near Philly
by Evan Koblentz 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Just noticed this on cctalk: http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2016-October/028561.html

15 24

Baynesville Electronics
by Mike Loewen 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

You folks in the MD area will be disappointed to hear the Baynesville Electronics is closing its doors: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/ph-tt-bay… I only visited there once, but it's the kind of that we fixer-uppers needed to have around. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

6 8

OT: RIMAGE CD/DVD Everest duplicator and printer FTGH
by Kelly Leavitt 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Similar to: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/311724503890?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true [http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNjAw/z/N58AAOSwAuNW7C~~/$_57.JPG?set_id=8…]<http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/311724503890?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true> Rimage Everest (RAS15E) Disc Publisher Duplicator & Color DVD Printer (CDPR21) | eBay<http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/311724503890?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true> www.ebay.com Rimage Everest (RAS15E) Disc Publisher Duplicator & Color DVD Printer (CDPR21) in Business & Industrial, Healthcare, Lab & Life Science, Medical Equipment | eBay The thing is, you have to come to Sparta, NJ to pick it up, and it has to be gone soon. Contact off list. Kelly

1 0

ram card identification?
by Steven Michelsen 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Can anyone identify this 640k expansion card? I need to test the memory in each bank, but don't know it's make and model, and therefore can't learn what the dipswitches do! This card is apparently the troublemaker in my recent IBM 5150 boot problem. It appears to have some replacement chips in it, so who knows "where it's been". https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65762317/forums/ram_card_for_IBM_5150.jp g If there's no way to identify it, is there a generic expectation of what the six dipswitches do on these cards? Best, Steve

4 8

Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

I was at the museum Saturday. Three groups of visitors. First was a family who contacted me a while ago to ask if they could come early. Their 9-year-old son was VERY excited and talked the whole time. :) Second was a father and three kids (one young, one 13ish, one older teen) and none of those kids talked at all, even when I asked them things. I finally learned how to install the rack side panels now that Martin got us the missing clips. Next he's getting us the key for the middle panels; can't put those on until then because they would fall off. Couple of years ago there was a group at IA about the history of surfing. They started making an exhibit in the room across from ours. For various reasons (some known to me, some not), they stopped working on it. Their stuff is gone now. The room is being temporarily rented out by IA as a private art studio. I'm told that is for six months or so. I met the artist (Roddy). Seems like a nice person.

1 0

wanted: CP/M for Heath/Zenith H-89
by Herb Johnson 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Alex Bodnar kindly posted that he could provide a copy, from his H89's. Bill Degnan offered to make a copy from images - I directed him to SEBHC's archive of disk images. So I'll pursue this with these good friends of mine, thanks to both. - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

1 0

wanted: CP/M for Heath/Zenith H-89
by Herb Johnson 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

I need a set of CP/M diskettes for the H-89 (Z-89), soft sectored, standard H-37 floppy controller. The standard Zenith distributions were CP/M 2.203 or 2.204; 5.25-inch, 40 track, single-sided, single density. This comes down to someone making a set of disks and postal-mailing them to me. Someone who is able to do this, please contact me with terms. I'm aware of alternatives, I'm asking for diskettes not pointers. Thank you. Herb Johnson retrotechnology.com -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preservation of 1970's computing email: hjohnson AAT retrotechnology DOTT com alternate: herbjohnson ATT retrotechnology DOTT info

2 1