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Museum Report
by Jeffrey Brace 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

Doug Crawford was docent today at the museum. 4 pairs of adults came through today.

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hoodie order is placed
by Evan Koblentz 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

Thanks for playing. :)

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When exactly is the Festivus celebration?
by William Dudley 15 Nov '15

15 Nov '15

for those of use new to this. Thanks, Bill Dudley www.dudley.nu This email is free of malware because (to a first approximation) I run Linux.

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PDP 11/35 in Mahwah NJ on EBay
by Kelly Leavitt 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Not what I collect, but some may be interested. I can probably arrange pickup and short term storage if needed. http://www.ebay.com/itm/191737673720 Kelly

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Apple IIe on eBay - I can pick up locally if anyone is interested.
by Chris Fala 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151877421051

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] PDP 11/35 in Mahwah NJ on EBay
by Brian L. Stuart 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

On Fri, 11/13/15, william degnan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Kelly Leavitt wrote: > >> Not what I collect, but some may be interested. >> >> I can probably arrange pickup and short term storage if needed. >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/191737673720 > > Looks complete! 32K Core Parity RAM I'm pretty sure it'll end up going for more than I can justify, but just in case, I've got it in my watch list. Not to worry though, I certainly don't intend to get into a bidding war with any of you fine folks. BLS

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Apple IIe Voltmeter
by Systems Glitch 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

VC Forums thread: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?49958-Big-Voltmeter-… I discovered my Fluke 8000A no longer measures current (fuse is fine) and realized that meant I had no way to precisely measure current. My other bench meters are analog, lowish impedance, and not precise enough to measure voltage drop across a small-value resistor. Additionally, my Simpson 260 and Simpson 160 meters don't agree on the 100 mA scales -- I believe the Simpson 160 is correct, but needed a way to figure out. I thought about using the ADC on a PIC to do the conversion, but my PIC dev stuff is still packed from the move. My Apple IIe isn't though, and I do have an ADC card for it -- the Interactive Microware ADALAB. Someone recently uploaded a manual for it! The IIe also has floating point BASIC, which makes converting ADC to voltage easy with no lookup table, and lets me adjust parameters on the fly -- switching sense resistor values, for example. Anyway, I had fun getting the ADALAB tested, and ended up calibrating it with a quick n dirty BASIC program (listing in the VC Forums post) and a LM103 2.7V reference. Good enough to show it works! After getting that BASIC extension typed in and making sure it worked, I made extra-sure to SAVE it to disk and avoid having to type it again! Thanks, Jonathan

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OT: Guy has his son play though video games in chrnological order.
by Kelly Leavitt 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

A fun read. A guy has his son play through some of the classic games. Don't recall seeing this before, but it is from a year ago. Probably some errors and oversights but a fun read. https://medium.com/message/playing-with-my-son-e5226ff0a7c3 Now I must... ...mambo dogface to the banana patch. Kelly

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Last chance: Hoodie deadline 5pm ET today
by Evan Koblentz 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Final reminder. ========================== We are ready to take orders for the Federation hoodies. They'll be black with front pockets and (obviously) hoods. Design will be our new logo on the front. Only change is the keys won't have the gray shadow, because that would be a third color and too expensive. Speaking of prices: Small through XL = $20, 2XL = $25, 3XL = $30. All are men's sizes. Kids/womens/or anything bigger than 3XL not available at this time. ***** VERY IMPORTANT: ***** - All orders MUST be placed by next Friday (Nov. 13) at 5PM ET. At that point I'll email our order to the shirt company. Procrastinators will have to wait for another batch some other time. - You must prepay. Hoodies are too expensive for us to lay out the money and chase you down for it later. Acceptable methods of payment are through PayPal (hoodies(a)vintagecomputerfederation.org) or send a check to Vintage Computer Federation. Our address is P.O. Box 417, Eatontown, NJ, 07724. - Put the sizes and quantities you want into the PayPal comments box or the check memo field. - DO NOT say "I'll take size XYZ" in email (to me, the list, or wherever) and expect us to fill that order. Follow instructions above.

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Festivus: big sale on old VCF/club shirts
by Evan Koblentz 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

All of the old shirts (VCF East, blue club polos) need to go. $5/each donations to the Federation per item. We'll have a big box at Festivus.

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