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Funny moment @ VCF East last weekend
by Evan Koblentz 02 May '16

02 May '16

Watch this video clip: https://youtu.be/SoGFFXbpsfI

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Museum report
by Evan Koblentz 02 May '16

02 May '16

Doug and I were at the museum today. There were a good amount of visitors including my dad who hadn't been there since a few years ago. Doug learned about the Mimeo, and we have a productive discussion about how to do some fundraising. Corey texted to say he acquired a toolkit for our workshop.

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LSSM outing
by Mike Loewen 01 May '16

01 May '16

I had a great time at Dave McGuire's Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) on Saturday. Lots of interested folks touring the museum. Several Federation members in attendance, including (obviously) Dave McGuire, Matt Patoray, Connor Krukosky, Sridhar Ayengar and wife Roopa, Ian Primus, Jeff Jonas and Dan Roganti. Corey Little was just down the street with his pop-up CP/Museum. We managed to sneak in a little work on one of Dave's newly acquired systems, an HP 2117F mini. The power supply checked out (and no foam!), but entering a program from the front panel indicated some sort of memory issues. The system came with a 2102E High Speed memory controller, four 64KW HS memory boards, M.E.M. board, Memory Protect and D.C.P.C. board. The I/O cage had the Time Base Generator, Firmware Expansion Module (FEM), BACI, Terminal interface and 13037C disc controller interface. All it needs is an HP-IB interface (12821) and possibly some additional ROMs, and it can run RTE-6/VM. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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OT: narrow LED flood bulb
by Evan Koblentz 01 May '16

01 May '16

I'm doing a personal project unrelated to computers. I need to use an LED flood light bulb 1.5 inches at its widest point. Google says to buy a bulb size called "R12" commonly found in elevators. The project will use ordinary 110V AC. What do I use for the bulb socket? I'm having difficulty finding a straight answer.

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September Workshop?
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

I was thinking September 17/18. 10/11 is already taken.

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August Workshop will be Aug. 20/21
by Jeffrey Brace 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

The August workshop will be on August 20 & 21.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] MAC with squashed screen (william degnan)
by Earl Baugh 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

> > I am thinking about working to repair the display on my '84 MAC, > occasionally the horizontal is "squashed" although for now it recovers. > Was this covered in any VCF E classes this or last year? > > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=95 > > I assume there are a few places on the web that describe MAC repairs like > these, but any comments as to what to target are welcome and will save me > some time. > > b > Bill, Just an FYI, these two books : Dead Mac Scrolls ( http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mac-Scrolls-MacIntosh-Thousands/dp/0940235250) and Mac Classic & Se: Repair and Upgrade Secrets ( http://www.amazon.com/Mac-Classic-Se-Upgrade-Secrets/dp/1566090229) Are extremely useful books for this type of repair. I use them both a lot on all of the unibody Macs that I'm fixing. Details on what parts drive what in ways that are fairly simple to understand (I just need the guidance as to what part to replace as well... not an EE... I can solder well enough for any sort of repair on these :-) ) I've also got some things for stuck drives (and sources for the gear that can go as well). Earl

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August workshop date?
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

How about August 20/21? This spaces it out from the last event. August 27/28 are not available.

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July Workshop Date will be July 16/17
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

The July workshop will be July 16/17. I realize this is one week before HOPE, but I want one more weekend to work on the Commodore 64 robot in case I don't get it working at the June workshop. July 9/10, 23/24, 30/31 were unavailable. I don't think anyone would want to do July 2/3 because it is a holiday weekend.

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not just another Apple II....
by Evan Koblentz 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Took 11 years but someone is finally giving us a black BH Apple. That's all I know for now.

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