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Internet access for the museum
by Evan Koblentz 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Good news! We're finally getting our own Internet access in the museum. No more trying to bridge off IA's cable modem or using personal hotspots. We ordered an LTE-grade desktop (not mobile) hotspot from a company called Mobile Citizen. They only sell to non-profits. They own spectrum and lease it to Sprint, which in exchange provides the underlying service. They have a 20-20-year contract for this. They give customers like us good service for ten bucks a months. BernieS from 2600/HOPE told us about it and brought his mobile version of their product to VCF East to demo it to me. We had to apply, etc. and were recently approved. Now we're waiting for the equipment to arrive. Desktop version of their modem has wired and wireless ports, so we'll be able to do whatever we need. I'm excited about this! Thank you to Bernie for the info and Corey for doing the paperwork (there was a lot).

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Univac, our first real work! - capstan fix
by Steven Michelsen 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

I have also used http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/, to replace the rubber on the capstan on my Tascam 34B 4-track tape deck. I sent him the pile of mush that used to be the rubber in a ziplock bag, with the metal spindle embedded, and got back what looked a whole lot like a new capstan. You will have to specify the diameter and other pertinent dimensions, as he surely won't have the specs for this one on file! BTW http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/ is just a guy named Terry, not a big factory or shop. Write him ahead of time with pictures and your needs, and he will tell you if it can be done. It shouldn't cost too much - if it's more than say $60 I would be surprised. Steve From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Martin A Flynn via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 5:24 PM To: vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc: Martin A Flynn <maflynn(a)theflynn.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Univac, our first real work! On 6/16/2016 3:34 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote: On 06/16/2016 03:34 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote: The capstan problem is typical of any device that handles tape, either magnetic or paper. I have a number of devices with melted capstans. My casual knowledge of other's work, is to either find a similar rubber capstan and transfer the rubber (Bill Degnan suggested this also); or to mill out (as in milling machine) a chunk of rubber to fit. So I'd like to hear about any resolution for this rubber capstan problem. http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/ They re-did the rollers and bail rollers for my Selectric: JJ Short and associates: http://www.jjshort.com

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OT: Recovering
by Evan Koblentz 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hey everyone. Was in surgery for three hours and now I'm recovering. They said lab results will take a week to be official but unofficially it was as expected, a benign cartilage tumor on my left femur. In some pain but mostly I feel okay after a sleeping an additional three hours and eating. Getting a room soon. Can't reiterate enough how much I appreciate all the friendship and support in this group. I can be a PITA sometimes ;) but you're all my kind of crazy.

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Maybe someone can help this guy and make a few bucks
by Herb Johnson 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

[a link posted to a Craigslist request for help with a Tandy 1000RL] http://www.rcsri.org/ The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island, Inc. http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/ Rhode island Computer Museum are organizations closer than VCFed to the New Haven CT Craigslist poster, who would have resources, and knowledge, and might appreciate a cash donation. I won't make the referral, I'll leave that to Christian Liendo who originated the request. Also: it happens I have a Tandy CDR-1000, which is a CD-reader drive; with 40-pin? flat cable to an ISA card with audio connectors which is the simple controller. I believe this is from a Tandy 1000 system. If anyone is interested, contact me privately and make cash offer plus shipping. It likely can be shipped by Priority medium flat-rate box for about $15 within the USA. No testing, no warranty. Herb Johnson in New Jersey -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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July Workshop who's going?
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

OK. So someone told me that K-fest runs July 19 to July 24. Our workshop is July 16/17, but some people leave early to drive there. So that I can see if there is an adequate number of people going to the workshop. Who's going? 01. Jeff Brace 02. ? 03. ? 04. ? 05. ? 06. ? 07. ? 08. ? 09. ? 10. ?

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Museum Report
by Jeffrey Brace 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

So I was docent for the museum today and got about 20 visitors today. One guy said he worked on the AT&T machines that are on display. Many interested visitors. I also trained Todd George on being a docent and Mouse had a refresher since he didn't know about the new museum space yet.

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For sale: IBM 3581-H17 LTO1 autoloader
by Mike Loewen 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

I have an IBM 3581-H17 LTO1 autoloader (7-tape capacity) with a cleaning cartridge. HVD SCSI interface. Unable to test, but it was working when removed from service last year. Passes power-on self-test and loads cleaning tape. Make me an offer. Pickup in central PA preferable (it's heavy), or I could deliver at VCF Midwest. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: Recovering
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >It's good to be home. It's good to be the king.

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OT: Recovering
by Herb Johnson 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Glad the news is good and you are iching to get back home. Hope you can recover your running legs soon, but it will take time. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Auctions are done
by Evan Koblentz 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Sol sold for $2,870. Apple sold for $4,056. Thank you to everyone who bidded!

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