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iUEC Drive on a B128!
by william degnan 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Just got my my iUEC Drive working on my B128! Makes life a heck of a lot easier than using the D9090. b -- @ 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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Pick 34)-ish
by Herb Johnson 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

whitneys posted..... > My two cents' worth. Flying Eagle cents, mind you. > > The History > Micro-Computer Predecessors: The Terminal & The Calculator > Datapoint 2200 aut al. HP-85 eg. > The Kit Scelbi-8H Mark-8 > The Altair/The S-100 aka Attack of the Clones MITS Altair 8800 > IMSAI 8080 What I like about whitneys' list, is that it has themes, a process, and a progression; from which examples are suggested. It's a little whimsical, which is fine. There's too many movie references as suggested. And it allows for some alternative exhibits of computing such as non-USA computers. (I'm not saying other lists did not have these qualities.) I don't agree with some of the history as presented, because to my 60-year-old eye it focuses on post-1980 consumer personal computing and so judges prior history from that view. To me that's a common 21st century problem. For instance, the emphasis on brand dominance as winners (IBM, Apple, ohyeahCompaq). Treating all S-100 as "clones" and only covering the very oldest (MITS, IMSAI, SOL), ignores history. The idea that an Apple I (copy) represents single-board computers is absurd. My point is not to argue; I said "to my old eye...". My point is that the list is coherent and themed, and I commend that. Any exhibit can be revised, other themes presented, on another day. There's no shortage of themes, trends, examples. In due course, each could get their turn. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net

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TI Silent 700
by Dean Notarnicola 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Might as well join in: anyone have a working Silent 700 for sale?

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VCF East / ENIAC
by Evan Koblentz 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

During the Friday sessions, Brian Stuart and I are planning a joint talk on ENIAC. Brian will focus on how the computer worked and I'll talk about myths vs. reality of its history. We may also show the same abridged version of Mauchly's 1977 Trenton keynote that I showed at Trenton last year.

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Anyone have a working and cosmetically good condition NeXT station for sale
by Corey Cohen 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

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Diablo 630 tractor
by Mike Loewen 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Does anyone have a spare tractor feed mechanism for a Diablo 630? Even if it's only a loaner; I could use one for my VCF exhibit. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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VCF East exhibits update -- more than halfway full
by Evan Koblentz 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Everyone, There are 23 exhibits so far, plus a club chapter table. We have space for 40-ish exhibits. Register soon! Don't get shut out.

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Windows 3.11 Networking
by Herb Johnson 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Bill Degnan, you've done a great job on of presenting your installs of Win 3.11 aka Windows for Workgroups and video drivers on your 486 system, and providing access to your resources. I'm no Microsoft fan, but the history of public Internet access is worth preserving, and is reasonably "vintage" by year 2015-16. One resource your site links to, is a site at Yale University, with (what I presume is a forgotten) set of year 1995 instructions for establishing Internet access. They suggest several possible means including "old" Win 3.1 and WFW, but also "Winsock". I recall using a Winsock product as they describe, in the era probably under Win 85/98, to make a SLIP (serial TCP/IP) connection via dial-up modem, to a Linux commercial system which had Internet access. My first Web site was on that system, probably over my client side was a 16-bit Win98 set of installs. I don't recall the freeware product name, something-slip, seaslip, ??? Bill, Winsock was supported in various ways, by either shareware/freeware products, or commercial products. Do you have any interests in checking out Winsock type networking? Digging up some still-available product? As I've described it, it would be period-appropriate for PC's with no hard-network support but certainly serial line support. At the time of course that would be dial-up; but a direct serial connection to a local hosting system would be (incrementally) faster. I have a 486/Win 3.1 system I use to operate old-school hardware. I don't think I'd install Ethernet cards and WFW on it - it might break it. But installing a Winsock and some serial stuff is no risk. I'll add, you discussed some kind of networking of vintage systems as your VCF-East exhibit, as I recall. Related: five years ago, I worked the issue of TCP/IP support on 8-bit CP/M class systems. The radio amateurs (hams) developed packet radio in the 1980's which used X.25 protocols,and hardware "TNCs" (terminal network controllers) to do most of the networking, and software like KA9Q and KC85. But interest in reviving old 8-bit networking died out, once you could buy "TCP/IP on a chip" products for under $50. And now those products are under $10! But my notes include some SLIP discussion and cover some path to 8-bit computers "on the Internet". Herb Johnson -- 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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Heathkit paint
by Richard Cini 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

All — I’m in the process of restoring a Heathkit H-11 and I think I found a suitable paint match. Available at Home Depot, there is a Rust-Oleum spray paint/primer combo called “Matte Ice Gray” which is a nearly perfect match. I need to give it a quick sanding tomorrow and another coat of paint and then a clear coat and I think I’ll be in good shape. Rich -- Rich Cini Collector of Classic Computers Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?
by Jeffrey Jonas 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

The ferret side of me adores SHINY: Storage, Help, insight (in to history) Near You MODEM (Museum Of Digital Electronic Machines) excludes the analog computers. Don't hurt George's feelings! For parity with the AOC (Association of Old Crows) I'm trying for OLD FART. All I've gotten so far is Fraternal Association for Retro Technology (or technologists) Until then, there's the old IBM manual standard TPILB: "this page intentionally left blank" -- jeffj

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