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VCFed's Booth at TCF2016
by Todd George 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Here's a quick album with a few pictures of our booth from the Trenton Computer Festival 2016 this past Saturday, the 19th. http://imgur.com/a/jWwEC I know, I know... Evan wouldn't let me forget that I had a Commodore monitor attached to an Atari 800XL. I have my reasons though! Primarily, I don't have an Atari monitor, I've restored the Commodore monitor so I knew it would be bulletproof for the show, it has a great picture, I've done the Chroma mod to the XL so I knew it would look nearly perfect and I've got the appropriate cabling made to hook it up. So :-p The Epson PX-8 made it to just over 265,000 counting by one for the duration of the show. I think it wound up being up and running for about 6 hours or so. The idea for this program was stolen from Doug. :-) The Tandy Model 102 was running a number guessing program I threw together in the morning. Next show I'm thinking I'll add a high score (or more accurately lowest score) routine that tracks the fewest attempts to guess the number. See ya! -Todd

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Wanted: Tandy TRS-80 Model 4P
by Todd George 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Hi there. I'm looking for a TRS-80 Model 4P in generally decent shape. I'd like one that exists locally, I'm near the Philadelphia area. I will pick up to avoid potential shipping damage. Some criteria I'm looking for: - No broken plastics (maybe I have some tolerance depending on price) - Little to no yellowing of plastics - Slight preference for the white version of the screen over the green - Need not be working but must be complete - Dirty is fine, I've got elbow grease I've been trolling eBay, and have seen all of the recent auctions. As I mentioned, ideally I'd prefer to deal locally and would really like to support a fellow collector. I'm sure a bunch of you have these things hiding in your closets/basement just waiting to pounce when you least expect it. Why take the risk? Sell it to me before it goes sentient/rogue. These things have a bad attitude that they've been harboring for 33 years now, just letting it stew. I'm telling you, cut your losses and get rid of it. :-D You have one kicking around you'd like to get rid of? Contact me off-list. :) Thanks. -Todd

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ISA Sound Card is going for $1500
by Christian Liendo 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

So we talked about how when all the younger PC guys were going to get older and get into the hobby. They're here. I just saw this and was interested in what you all thought. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ad-Lib-Gold-1000-ISA-Sound-Card-/272163544820?

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Trenton / museum report
by Evan Koblentz 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

It was a VCF-ful weekend! Saturday -- Todd and I worked the VCF table at the Trenton show. Lots of our members stopped by (I miss saying "MARCHins"). My talk about "the present and future of computer history" was well attended. Jeff G., Herb, and Justin all reported doing well in the sales room. Dean, Drew, and I went to the banquet. Sunday -- Tony, Jeff G., Dean, Drew, and I all worked in the new museum space. We focused on two projects: preparing the double doorway for paint and building a workbench. A lot of times, InfoAge volunteers (and people in the Army before us) would add layer after layer after layer of paint. We decided to do it right -- we're stripping the old paint almost down to the wood. We also built most of the workbench. There were a few mistakes along the way (thanks to incompetent leadership... me!) but it turned out fine. Jeff G., Tony, and I are all going back Tuesday to finish the door and improve the workbench. The picture at http://vcfed.org/evan/benchbottom.jpg shows a storage shelf that we built to go under the workbench. It's 16" tall and 12" deep. Yes, I know it's strange to have the shelf hanging by the brackets instead of sitting on top of them. There was a good reason why we did this :) and we'll be able to put them back the regular way on Tuesday. The picture at http://vcfed.org/evan/benchmain.jpg shows the main bench over the lower shelf. It's 33" tall, 24" deep, and almost level! :) We are making two improvements on Tuesday: stabilizing the bottoms of the three front posts so they don't wiggle around, and extending the right side another 20" to the wall. Original plan was to put a file cabinet between the right side and the wall, but it won't fit because of old pipes and a radiator. In theory we could move the whole bench to the right and put a file cabinet on the left side... but we like it where it is, and we have another file cabinet elsewhere on-site anyhow. Jeff G. observed that the bench looks "rustic" (he was being nice!)... perhaps we'll paint it. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the doors.

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May need to borrow for VCF: working C64s, working 1702s
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

Who has working C64s and 1702s that I can borrow for my VCF exhibit? I will be testing out my C64s and 1702s next week. I will need nine of each. Once I see how many are working I can determine how many I need.

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Reminder - Trenton is tomorrow
by Evan Koblentz 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

I anticipate seeing the usual people at Trenton tomorrow -- you know who you are! :) For everyone else: - The show is not really in Trenton. It's at The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ, 08628. That is northwest of Trenton. - Follow the TCF parking signs starting at the campus main entrance. The show is in the education dept. building. There are two lakes along the outside of the campus perimeter road. The education building is between them on the inner side of the road. - Hours are 9am-5pm. Tickets are $15 each. I don't know their policy about whether they charge for kids' admission. - VCF Mid-Atlantic table will probably be upstairs in the center of the building with all the other club tables (same as last year). Todd and I will take turns staffing the table. - My lecture, "The present and future of computer history," is scheduled for 2:35-3:30 in room ED-208. Hecklers welcome, but remember: I heckle back! :)

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Museum next Tuesday?
by Evan Koblentz 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Can anyone give me a full day's assistance in the museum next Tuesday (March 22)? There is a decent chance that we may have to cancel this Sunday's museum work day due to snow. Even if we can be there Sunday, there is still a lot of work to do and very little time before VCF East.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Wanted to borrow: CRT TVs for VCF exhibit...
by Duane 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Bill, >>grab a couple off Freecycle and then recycle them after the show Might be best for VCF to keep a stock of them in the warehouse for that purpose, Duane -----Original Message----- From: Bill Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 10:59 AM To: 'vcf-midatlantic' Cc: Bill Sudbrink Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Wanted to borrow: CRT TVs for VCF exhibit... Hi all, Dazzler output looks much nicer on a CRT than on an LCD display. Does anyone have a couple of mid size (18-20 inches) TVs with composite input that I could borrow for VCF? If worse comes to worse, I'll probably do what I did last time and grab a couple off of Freecycle and then recycle them after the show. It does really cramp my Mini-Cooper, resulting in a few new scratches in my IMSAI lid the last time. Thanks, Bill S.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] DEC serial console cable wanted
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

william degnan via vcf-midatlantic writes: >See pictures of example VAX 3100 with the cable I need: > >http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/MicroVAX-3100/DEC_MicroVAX-3100_syst… >(attached to top unit, looks like a phone cable with an "un-centered >plug pin" > >http://www.vintagecomputer.net/digital/MicroVAX-3100/Microvax3100_detached-… >(shows what the "un-centered plug pin" looks like) > >I need both a cable AND on the other end I also need a detachable 25-pin >Digital adapter that connects to the DEC un-centered plug pin. See 2-11 >in MicoVAX 3100 and VAXserver 3100 Owner's manual. > >Yes I could make a cable, but I'd prefer the DEC cable or clone >commercially mass produced if possible. > >BIll Just for VCF?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] need MS DOS 3.1
by Bob Aviles 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Hi Joe, Have to check if I still have it? Bobby On Friday, March 18, 2016 9:09 AM, Joe Herdler via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: Does anyone know where I can find MS=-DOS on 5 1/2 inch floppy disks? I have a working Leading Edge Model D and need the op system. Believe it or not, I was quite the batch programmer way back when. Also, I am looking for a Leading Edge Model 86. Thank you very much, Joe Consciousness affects the medium. Think happy, be happy, and happiness will follow you.

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