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New Custom C64 Cases: Indiegogo
by Christian Liendo 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Commodore 64 Breadbin Case - Your Color Your Style The Breadbin is back and better than ever! Retro Fuzion Adelaide, Australia https://igg.me/at/C64BreadBin/x/35796953

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IMPORTANT! Repair Workshop 6/22 & 6/23
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Important change for the repair workshop on Saturday. We *will* be able to use the CDL side of 9059 all weekend. HOWEVER, the classroom side of 9059 will **ONLY** be available from 1PM onwards. There is a Boy Scout Group using the space from 10AM to 1PM to do soldering, etc. 9032-A is NOT available. OVERFLOW will be in the dining room of the Marconi Hotel (9001-The big Red Brick main building). Click here for signup. <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O2pQe4F0-3V36bntaMFtfteaOcThs3Lozoz…> INFO: *WHERE:* 1) CDL's Hackerspace side of 9059 and classroom in building 9059 (Most people use this one) 2) 9032-A is NOT available 3) Marconi hotel dining room *TIME:*Saturday START time == 10 A.M. END time == 11PM. Sunday START time == 10 A.M. and END == 5 P.M. *COST:* $15 per person, per day. $25 per night for those wanting to stay overnight in the visitor center's bunk beds *OVERNIGHT*: Bring your own pillow, blankets, soap etc. We provide a bed frame and an uncovered mattress. There are showers and a kitchen for your use. - You can send: * Via PayPal to @VintageComputerFed or paypal(a)vcfed.org. * Venmo: @VintageComputerFederation * Cash, credit card, Apple Pay, etc. in person. We have a Square Device. *EQUIPMENT:* - VCF will provide a table and you can use any available electrical outlet. - Bring your own tools, power strips, power cords, and supplies etc. - If you need particular tools that you don't own or particular parts, please let others know that you need something. They may have what you need. Let them know ahead of time. - Let everyone know what project you are working on ahead of time to inspire collaboration. *DRINKS*: You should bring your own. We have a refrigerator in CDL to keep them cold. VCF will buy some water and soft drinks for member use. *FOOD*: *Saturday afternoon*: Everyone is on their own. *Saturday Night Dinner at around 7PM*: We often go out to dinner together. MJ's in Tinton Falls seems the new prefered spot. *Sunday Morning*: We usually meet at a diner around 9AM *Sunday Afternoon*: Everyone is on their own. *PARKING:* Park in the main parking lot, unless you are unloading. Don't park on the lawn. Also park on where are "no parking signs" There is now a dedicated fire lane. *PHONE:* (732) 722 - 5015 *EMAIL: *repairworkshops(a)vcfed.org Have fun everyone! :-D Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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New VCF East 2024 videos coming soon!
by Jeffrey Brace 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

I posted the Ron Nicholson talk today. The DJ Sures video was supposed to be posted Saturday, but a duplicate of Leo Binkowski’s talk was accidentally uploaded. Someone labeled the file incorrectly. I will post the correct video as soon as I get a copy of it. Ethan O’Toole has been hard at work editing the videos. I’m currently reviewing the Saturday talks which became available to me today. I will continue to post them once per week. Enjoy! Jeff Brace

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WANTED - any piece of tech that has braille
by David Waybright 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Blind people use technology called braille displays or braille note takers. 2 big names in their circle are the Pacmate from freedom scientific (used to be blazie engineering) and braillenote from pulsedata humanware among others. There is also printers called braille embossers. To the untrained eye they might appear to be a big, massive weird looking no ink dot matrix printer. I wanted to put a feeler out there since we all pour thru loads of old tech at different locations thru out the USA. If you run across anything, please don't hesitate to let me know. My wife is blind and since I'm still kicking her circa 2002 Windows CE 2.12 Braillenote qwerty keyboard 32 cell notetaker and circa 2000 Blazie Braille Blazer down the road to keep them alive I've started thinking I have an untapped source right here with all the eyes in VCF when they go looking for old tech! I would love to start a collection of old assistive technologies! This tech brand new is way too expensive for a human to buy on their own and normally requires a state rehabilitation or disability office to cut a check for. Thanks, David Eugene Waybright CompTIA A+, NET+, & Security+ Technician Crestron Certified CIV-E Intelligent Video Engineer, CIV-D Intelligent Video Designer & CIV-S Intelligent Video Specialist Crestron Certified Masters Technology Architect; Core, Flex, DMC-D-4K & E-4K, SCT-R & C, DCT-R & C, TCT-R & C AVMM Engineer; Audio & Shades Technician Extron Certified A/V Associate IT Operations & Secure Infrastructure Specialist Tesla Referral Code: https://ts.la/david55244 Please use my referral for a free demo drive, also $500 Off + 3 mo. FSD on Model 3 & Y, $1,000 Off + 3 mo. FSD on Model S & X, & $500 Off Solar TeslaFi Referral Code: https://www.teslafi.com/signup.php?referred=Dwaybright receive a one-month trial instead of two weeks. Tessie Referral Code: https://share.tessie.com/QpzcnbTb5yb receive one month free when you sign up. ChargePoint Home Pro, CPF25, CPF50, CPH50, CT4000, CP6000, OnRamp, Express 100, 200,& 250 Certified Technician [cid:f49c07f0-a1eb-4ab5-b688-709d27c02344]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…>

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Swap meet 16500A
by Mike Loewen 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

I'll be bringing a HP 16500A logic analyzer, with 16550A 100MHz State / 500MHz Timing and 16532A 1GSa/s Oscilloscope modules installed. It comes with a box of extra modules: 16510A 25MHz State / 100MHz Timing A pair of 16520/16521A 50Mbit/s Pattern Generator cards 16530A/16531A 400 Megasample/s Digitizing Oscilloscope module pair The unit works. Unfortunately, there are no cables or pods for the 16550A Timing Module. Feel free to make offerss, off-list. Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] electronic and electromechanical games?
by Bill Degnan 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

I have always thought the Compumatic Football was interesting, but I never played it. I did use electric football back when "electronic" meant giant simulate an earthquake that causes players to freak out and run all over the place. On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM m simons via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Does anybody here collect or know of a collection of electronic and > electro-mechanical games? And related items? > I've got a 1970 Compumatic Football I'd like to find a good home for and > I'll probably eventually get rid of a bunch of my late 70s early 80s > electronic games. > Sure, I could put them on eBay or something but I was hoping there might > be a person or display or something where these would fit within the > context of tech and computing. > I'm located in South Jersey / Philly area. > Michael S. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer >

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Updated Swap Meet "For Sale" List
by Todd George 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Hi everyone, I added my first 30 machines to the swap meet list. May be adding a few more and will also continue filling in details (model number specifics and asking prices) about the ones already on the list. Please check it out! Link for easy access: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mjCygNNjyx-Vht7EiYK4IwK9kAgeztyhrAU… Quick summary: Tons of Dell Latitudes from the C-series (Pentium III and 4 era), two D-series (Pentium M/Core 2 Duo), a bunch of iMacs (Intel and PowerPC) and an iBook, some other random HP and NEC laptops, also have a Sun Ultra 27 on there which is a nice Intel-based Sun workstation (I have a ton more of these, only listed one for now, probably will only bring one to the show unless there is more interest). Not on the spreadsheet/list yet, but space-permitting I will likely have a really, really nice (new in box, still has wrapping on the stuff?) Atari 800XL and a few other random Atari things, also will grab at least one Tandy CoCo 2 machines, and a few TI-99/4A machines. I'm also going to grab whatever boxes of random crap are within arms reach in my workshop and storage. Enjoy! Can't wait to see you all at the swap! -Todd

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] electronic and electromechanical games?
by Christian Liendo 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Yes there are members in the group that collect these. If you want to let them go, you can do one of a few things 1. Put them on ebay 2. Price them and offer them up here and people will reach out to you 3. The group has a flea market and festival where these can be sold. You need to get a space and you can bring your items Just a note, you will probably make more on ebay, but if you sell privately it's easier to just swap games for cash. It's up to you. The next VCF Swap Meet is June 22 and it's in Wall NJ https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ If you cannot make this one, System Source in MD has one in July. https://ca.syssrc.com/wp/?page_id=85&civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finf… Hope this helps On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM m simons via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Does anybody here collect or know of a collection of electronic and electro-mechanical games? And related items? > I've got a 1970 Compumatic Football I'd like to find a good home for and I'll probably eventually get rid of a bunch of my late 70s early 80s electronic games. > Sure, I could put them on eBay or something but I was hoping there might be a person or display or something where these would fit within the context of tech and computing. > I'm located in South Jersey / Philly area. > Michael S. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer

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electronic and electromechanical games?
by m simons 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Does anybody here collect or know of a collection of electronic and electro-mechanical games? And related items? I've got a 1970 Compumatic Football I'd like to find a good home for and I'll probably eventually get rid of a bunch of my late 70s early 80s electronic games. Sure, I could put them on eBay or something but I was hoping there might be a person or display or something where these would fit within the context of tech and computing. I'm located in South Jersey / Philly area. Michael S. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer

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Swap Meet items
by Bob Shuster 18 Jun '24

18 Jun '24

I posted to the Google Sheet, but in essence it says: Too much to list! TRS-80 Model 1, Model 4, Apple II+, IIe, Mac Plus, Mac Towers, iMac, Wang WLTC, Atari 400, 800, C64, Mattel Aquarius, Sharp Wizard, TI-99/4A, Timex/Sinclair, monitors, keyboards, mice, hard drives, peripherals, software, tubes, + much more. I’m bringing 3 compact SUVs full of stuff! If you want to reserve anything, let me know ahead of time. Most items can be found at: http://theshusters.com/bobvintage.html Accepting cash (no bills larger than $20), Venmo, or PayPal *if* I know you or you’ve bought from me before. See you there! - Bob Shuster

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