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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?
by tom.hornberger＠verizon.net 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

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OT: dual booting W7/Linux
by Evan Koblentz 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

I'm trying to shrink the Windows 7 partition on our new office computer in order to make a second partition for Linux. Windows' disk management partitioning tool is not working. It only let me shrink the partition by 8GB. Google indicates the reason is because of some un-movable files near the end of the partition. Defragging didn't help. I tried a few third-party partitioning tools. They didn't work either. How do I proceed?

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Gift letters for the Museum furniture donations
by Corey Cohen 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

To everyone who donated to the museum for our new furniture this year. I was having some email problems with all the domain DNS changes and didn't hit send on the gift letters for 2016. I have not forgotten you and also expect that starting January 2017 I will be generating a donation summary for each benefactor anyway and sending it out annually. I know that makes life easier since you will have all your donations in one place in one PDF. As far as I am aware I did get all the gift letters out for 2015. If I missed one, please contact me off list at corey(a)vcfed.org Keep an eye in your emails later this week for a PDF of the donation letters since January 1st 2016. Sorry for any delays or confusion, Thanks, Corey corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ

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LINC pioneer Wesley Clark passes
by Herb Johnson 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/business/wesley-a-clark-made-computing-pe… As an owner of a piece of a LINC, I've corresponded with the LINC engineers, who to this day work on or support the remaining LINCs in various collections. It's sad to hear that Wesley Clark passed away recently at 88. The NYT article notes his involvement with Whirlwind and SAGE and other notable computers of the 1950's. He will be missed. Herb Johnson retrotechnology.com -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preservation of 1970's computing email: hjohnson AAT retrotechnology DOTT com alternate: herbjohnson ATT retrotechnology DOTT info

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?
by Bob Aviles 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Hi, I was thinking the same thing, people will think it just American systems. Bobby On Sunday, February 28, 2016 6:46 AM, Ben Greenfield via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: With America in the name would we reject foreign computers? Could we exhibit Nixdorf's? On Feb 27, 2016, at 10:37 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: >>> Museum of American Computer Heritage > > Museum or American Retro Computer Heritage.... we could call it MARCH. > > Oh, wait....

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Next workshop... or not?
by Evan Koblentz 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Guys, the next workshop is supposed to be two weeks from now. Other weekends in March are unavailable or too close to VCF East. Would anybody attend in two weeks from now or should we cancel it?

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New museum setup report
by Evan Koblentz 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Changed the subject line because the old museum move report is complete. :) - Remember when we discussed "pick 25" for the microcomputer exhibit? Turns out only 20(ish) will fit. It was too cramped with 25 shelving units. I will start a separate thread (later tonight) about which systems to not (initially) display. - The five units that won't fit in the micro exhibit will not go to waste. We discovered the many of the parts can be reconfigured for a perfect fit in the workshop/classroom corner. Score! - Jeff J. and I finished assembing all but one shelving unit (for which we need a part that's arriving this week.) - Jeff J. and I also found a great way to fit the Univac exhibit without making the aisles too claustrophobic. We might even be able to fit more of the Univac than planned! We also transferred one of the Univac i/o consoles (the only remotely "small" component) onto a stronger and better-sized pallet to make it uniform with the other components. Another thing we got done is we found a good way to cover the front of the pallets that will be easy, basically free, and look good. - Next museum build day is probably next Sunday. We'll finalize it during the week.

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Museum move is DONE!
by Evan Koblentz 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

We devoted 10am-5pm today to finishing the move out of our old museum space. InfoAge's forklift, Jon C.'s operater+safety skills, and a whole team of VCF nerds-turned-schleppers made the job easy. Now we're back in conventional workshop mode. :)

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Museum move is DONE!
by Evan Koblentz 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

We devoted 10am-5pm today to finishing the move out of our old museum space. InfoAge's forklift, Jon C.'s operater+safety skills, and a whole team of VCF nerds-turned-schleppers made the job easy. Now we're back in conventional workshop mode. :)

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Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca - Simon Computer at end
by william degnan 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

Hey all...my photo of the Simon analog computer (1950) is used on the television show Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca if you're up for a trivia question about computer history. The first air date is today (it's on now) Feb 27th. -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>

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