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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: >VAXman writes to my post: > >> Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >>I went to a number of >talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran >>their hour, they outta >work on their presentations. Talks varied from >>lock-picking to >solar-panel technology. > > 'outta work'? > >1) I write 400 words, you comment on the choice of one? > >out=C2=B7ta =CB=88oud=C9=99 preposition preposition: outta; preposition: >outa > > an informal contraction of =E2=80=9Cout of,=E2=80=9D used in >represe= nting=20 colloquial speech. "we'd better get outta here" - >courtesy of Google Translate > >My error, my intention was a contraction of "ought to", as in >"oughta".=20 It's a (regional) homophone. I ignored the spell-checker to >be colloquial= . Ought or out -- that makes a big difference to understanding what you wrote. >2) My post is time-stamped Mar 22 17:10 CET (I don't know why the >list=20 chooses Central time and not Eastern time). Your reply after >was=20 time-stamped Mar 22 16:15. Looks like someone's computer clock >was not=20 set forward (not sure whose). Don't look at me, all of my clocks are correct. It's currently about 15 mins after noon here. (EDT) >5) (ignore, no response) > >Readers: vote for your favorite response. VAXman: what fits your=20 >expected response? ???

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Posts not showing
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic writes: >On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < >vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > >> The problem with not getting your own posts is that you don't know if >it > was successful. So I used to end up posting the same message again >becaus= e > I didn't know if it got through or not. So now do I have to >ask everyone = if > they got it? And thereby generate more e-mail? > > >=E2=80=8Bif there is some worry about whether the post made it to the >maili= ng list, you can go check the archive=E2=80=8B here to see if >it's been recorded. If it's on there, you can be rest assured it has >been distributed to all of the subscribers whether they have read it or >not is a whole different issue :) >http://lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org/pipermail/vcf-midatlantic/ That's akin to the WEENDOZE email delivery verification system -- a follow-up telephone call.

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Posts not showing
by Jeffrey Brace 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

So I have a gmail account since this list doesn't work with my msn account. I have no idea if that has anything to do with it. Whenever I post something, my own post doesn't show up, but when someone replies, then I see my post. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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OT: Space available at OMARC Hamfest
by Martin A Flynn 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

OMARC makes courtesy table space available to InfoAge member orgs (and their members) at the spring and fall hamfest. If any of the VCF team would like a table, please contact me off-list. OMARC Hamfest When: Saturday, May 7, 2016 Where: Diana Site, 2300 Marconi Road, Wall Township N.J. Gates open to Sellers at 07:00 Hours. Gates open to Buyers at 08:00 Hours. Martin Flynn

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today's museum report
by Evan Koblentz 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Tony, Jeff G., and I all played hookie from real life to work in the new museum today. We did lots more work on the double doors which should be ready for their first coat of paint by tomorrow afternoon, strengthened the front three posts of the workbench so they don't move around the floor, rearranged some of the microcomputers to make a little more space, and brought in some minicomputers from the warehouse (we'll move more of them next time). A picture: http://vcfed.org/evan/minis3-22.jpg ... some of these need cleaning, of course. Back at it this Saturday.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Sunday museum setup report
by Anthony Becker 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Was a lot of fun. Hard work to be sure. Was glad I was able to make the trip and help out. Also surprised at how much I could fit in my car for those warehouse trips. Original Message From:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Sent:March 13, 2016 5:52 PM To:Vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Reply-to:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc:evan@snarc.net Subject:[vcf-midatlantic] Sunday museum setup report Adam M. and Anthony (not to be confused with Tony) helped me at the museum today. We finished putting (most of) the microcomputers onto shelves, put (most of) the leftover stuff from the old museum that made its way to the new space back into the warehouse, and purchased (most of) the stuff needed to build our workbench. In summary, we got tons of stuff done without actually getting anything "done". :) Back at it next Sunday.

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How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by Herb Johnson 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Responding to various comments about the former Trenton Computer Fest (now called "TCF" apparently), please note I'm merely an attendee but I have some clues about it. It's pretty clear that the flea-market and old computer aspects of the event are largely lost. It's become a ham-license event and topics related to personal, professional, and hobby "computing" or rather personal information technology. But the talks cover a lot of you-can-do stuff, and are informative on related matters. The flea market was indeed small, one large room with almost all dealer-class participants, but some amounted to individuals. our colleage Justin brought a TI 990/4 system; there was a C-64 system, otherwise no other vintage computers I saw. But hamfests in the NJ-PA area have mostly lost vintage-computing stuff in the 21st century; and most professional personal-computing stuff. Hamfests are fewer and smaller; although I'm told there's more radio amateur licenses than ever. about "booths": there were only a handful. Few exhibits. I guess exhibits and booths weren't encouraged this year. I have a sense that the administration of the event is changing. I went to a number of talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran their hour, they outta work on their presentations. Talks varied from lock-picking to solar-panel technology. But I suggest looking at VCF in another way. Every year, the "old ones" come out, to see each other and catch up or look back. The event is run by people of age, the amazing thing is that it happens at all. Some years it didn't. I have no problem with attending to meet people I've not seen in years, to be met by people who only know me from email. I see TCF as an opportunity to see people and hear from people. I have people stop me in recognition; I arranged to meet someone, we had lunch. and by-the-way: there's now a number of real, actual restaurants on the TCNJ campus. I saw few attendees there, probably because the College ran a food-in-baggies kiosk in the building. Also: the Sarnoff Collection is a short walk from the Engineering building. It's a decent small museum of RCA technology, including some early COSMAC 1802 items and Joseph Weisbecker's computer, a TTL predecessor to the 1802. It's a New Jersey - designed microprocessor. I've done some work for the museum. I appreciate Justin's comments, and his position that he can participate and make a difference. Sounds like a plan. Herb Johnson old one retrotechnology.com -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic writes: >I went to a number of talks; quality varied. Mostly speakers overran >their hour, they outta work on their presentations. Talks varied from >lock-picking to solar-panel technology. 'outta work'?

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Fwd: How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by William Dudley 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

I meant for the list to see my reply to Justin. Bill This email is free of malware because I run Linux. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Dudley <wfdudley(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] How was TCF2016 besides the booth? To: Justin Jernigan <jaj(a)totallyamused.com> Sorry if I was insulting, not meant to be. Your cable prices were AMAZING, but sadly I didn't need any (you may remember I was looking for short-ish ones). "Crap" in this case was just short hand for "undifferentiated stuff that I don't remember well enough to list correctly." Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Justin Jernigan <jaj(a)totallyamused.com> wrote: > Sorry for top reply, but on iPhone. Cable n crap guy was me, but as I > recall you made your round through pretty late. > > I sold a lot of stuff as I was unpacking, even a nice C128 with 512k RAM > expansion for 80$. And my prices on the crap were hard to walk away > from...19" lcds for $3, cat5e and cat6 @ 25 cents for any length, laptop > power supplies for 1$. 32gb USB drives for 3$...which probably explains why > I was out of almost everything by Noon. I've tried to bring good stuff, > some vintage and some modern, every year, the last 7 years, with the hope I > could improve the flea area just a bit, but this year was as empty as I've > seen it. > > I will bring more next year, maybe get a few extra tables and try and keep > the flea area alive and interesting. > > > > > > One guy selling cable 'n' crap. > > >

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How was TCF2016 besides the booth?
by Christian Liendo 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Do they just have in the inside or is there an outside again? How big was the flea market? Are they selling computers and parts? The last time I went, remote controlled helicopters were a big thing

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