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Polo shirt ordering info
by Evan Koblentz 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

The new shirts will be black polos with our logo on the left breast pocket. All sizes S-3XL will be $15. To order, send PayPal to polos(a)vcfed.org. **** BE SURE TO INCLUDE A NOTE WITH YOUR SIZE, QUANTITIES, ETC!!!!! **** You can also send a check to Vintage Computer Federation, PO Box 417, Eatontown, NJ, 07724, but in that case send a follow-up email to polos(a)vcfed.org so we know about it immediately vs. having to wait for your check. I'll place the order next Friday night.

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Museum Report
by Jeffrey Brace 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

We had a visit from about 15 children from Veteran's Middle School in Brick. They enjoyed it, but as always there wasn't enough time to show them all of the museum. It's always interesting to see what "kids" know or don't know about the history of computers. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Mad science experiment
by Evan Koblentz 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Tonight's insanity: Lego drone programmed in Logo. Someone (presently) sell an expensive Lego drone kit, controlled by a phone app, using a mixture of Legos and custom parts. Why not do the same on an Apple //e using only 1980s Lego parts and Logo? This will be incredible if I can get it working for World Maker Faire next weekend. I am focusing hard on a lightweight and efficient design.

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Museum Report
by Jeffrey Brace 25 Sep '16

25 Sep '16

Slow day the museum. Only 1 regular visitor. But I got two VCFins visit who had been to InfoAge's OMARC Hamfest, Jeff Galinet and Herb Johnson. The got to see the updates to the new museum and catch up on things. It was nice to have them visit. -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com

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Atari & ATR8000
by Neil Cherry 25 Sep '16

25 Sep '16

I have an unusual bit of kit. I have an ATR8000 which is a device that was attached to the SIO port of an Atari 8 bit computer and gave it access to CP/M. I'd like to resurrect this setup (working on the Atari 800XL now) but I may need some help. What I appear to have is the ATR8000, CP/M floppy diskettes (5 1/4) and a manual. I haven't found my Atari Drives but I hope to have my Raspberry Pi (SIO2PC) working soon. I may need to beg, borrow or steal an Atari drive and a normal 5 1/4" drive tha can handle 1024 sector CP/M disks. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

Jeff B. and I spent several hours at the museum today. Had a few visitors and acquired a nice-looking Mac Classic. Mostly we cleaned the workshop, reorganized a few things, fixed some exhibit displays, and did some prep for Maker Faire next weekend. Jeff will be there again to give tours tomorrow.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Funny little story
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 23 Sep '16

23 Sep '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Got a phone call tonight from a 90-year-old who said (with full >sincerity), "I started on a computer called the Apple II. You probably >never heard of it." At that age, I would have expected to hear the Babbage Engine II. :)

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Funny little story
by Evan Koblentz 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Got a phone call tonight from a 90-year-old who said (with full sincerity), "I started on a computer called the Apple II. You probably never heard of it."

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my VCF midwest wrapup
by Jeffrey Jonas 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

"There are no strangers, only friends you have not met yet" --- W.B. Yeats "A stranger is just a friend I haven't met yet." -- Will Rogers I just returned from my first VCF Midwest. It was totally awesome. A most glorious, drama-free weekend of vintage computers, reproductions, simulators and emulators but mostly all the great folks who create and appreciate them. I owe a zillion thanks to Connor for making it possible for me to attend. I was surprised at how many folks I already knew (either from VCF east, or online) and all the new friends I made so easily and comfortably. The dinners were great for schmoozing - the pizza place with the amazing pizza sliced into small squares, perfect for sharing. - the salad bar, with discount coupons thanks to Eric - the "dead dog party" afterwards The "free table" was like the dumpster diving after TCF (Trenton Computer Fest) but it was all weekend. I am enjoying items such as - empty chip rails - 5V and 12V power cubes - more home router/switches I had to pay for some items (GASP!) - a pretty silver Kensington trackball (dealer's den) - laser barcode scanner and more Palm PDAs from the auction The most bizarre item I got: a large heavy single axis gyro at the auction. My only laments are - missing the free rail of MAX232 chips - not attending sooner! -- jeff jonas

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OT: Modern-ish laptop F/S
by Evan Koblentz 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Looking to turn my old Dell Latitude E6510 into cash. It's a Dell Latitude e6510, Intel Core i5, 2.67GHz, 4GB RAM (upgradeable to 8), 500GB HDD (not SSD). I installed Mint 18. Any reasonable offer accepted. Can ship or meet up in person.

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