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Ohio Scientific 560Z Clone?
by Systems Glitch 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

All, Does anyone know if someone has already cloned the Ohio Scienfific 560Z? That's the CPU Expander that includes the Intersil IM-6100 (PDP-8 on a chip). There's one in a lot of boards coming up soon, I was thinking about buying it and reproducing the 560Z just like I did with the OSI 495 prototyping board. Also, if you're currently looking at said lot, I plan on reselling most of the boards from it, including the 560Z once it has been scanned by Mile High Test. No need to drive the price up to get what you want :) Thanks, Jonathan

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Suggestions? East XII keynoters
by Evan Koblentz 01 Nov '16

01 Nov '16

Please suggest interesting people who could keynote at VCF East XII next spring. Requirements: mainstream appeal, live within a few hundred miles of InfoAge, not redundant to past keynote subjects. DO NOT reach out to anyone on behalf of our organization. Invitations must come from me, Corey, Jeff B., or Erik Klein out west.

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Museum Report
by Dean Notarnicola 01 Nov '16

01 Nov '16

Very quiet day for Drew and I. A middle aged couple came in and literally zipped through in two minutes without asking any questions. Much later, two older gentlemen, who are repeat visitors, came in. They asked some questions about certain pieces, the museum, the membership, and some personal questions about my background. They seemed enthused about the upcoming Vintage Computer Fest. The black polo shirts have been delivered to the warehouse. We neatened the bench area. I connected a USB stick to the hallway TV that is now displaying an five page informational slideshow that Evan created; the next step is a wireless open source digital signage solution using an RPi. Drew recreated the sign at the entrance next to the cash donation box to include the new VCF logo and to catch some more eyes. Looking forward to seeing everyone at Festivus! Dean

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World Maker Faire photos of our exhibit
by Jeffrey Brace 01 Nov '16

01 Nov '16

Does anyone have any photos of our exhibit that we did at World Maker Faire? I'm looking for photos that have close ups of the robots that Evan and I demonstrated. Please contact me privately if you do. Thanks! -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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identify some PC-bus cards?
by Herb Johnson 01 Nov '16

01 Nov '16

http://www.retrotechnology.com/y/zenith_pickup.html Among other items, I picked up some of these PC-bus boards. Some of them are IBM brand, I know there's some PS/2 interests. A passive ISA backplane too. Also HP brand, and some non-PC bus NEC. The Iomega brand boards, are likely interfaces for Iomega old removable drives. Contact me if you know something about these cards, and have an interest. I'll be at the December event. - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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RIP PC Mag editor Bill Machrone
by Evan Koblentz 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

http://www.pcmag.com/article/349186/remembering-pcmags-bill-machrone

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For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 System
by william degnan 30 Oct '16

30 Oct '16

*Ebay:* 272432268291 http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/272432268291? Will help ship worldwide. $1. Bill

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Commodore history in my local newspaper
by Duane 30 Oct '16

30 Oct '16

All, http://pilotonline.com/business/turns-out-the-leader-of-the-commodore-engin… Duane

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OT: PC parts for free
by Jeffrey Jonas 29 Oct '16

29 Oct '16

I'm scrapping a bunch of single core PCs. If you wants parts such as power supply, CD/DVD drives, just ask! Few have any ram or ram of interest, mostly 256k PC-133 and "slow" speeds. -- jeff jonas

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Modems...
by Herb Johnson 29 Oct '16

29 Oct '16

Al Hartman posted "Drop me an e-mail off the list if you are interested." I'm interested, and sent a private email. Contact me, use my posted email addr if you don't get my private email. Thank you. - HErb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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