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Halloween, still!
by Evan Koblentz 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

InfoAge is keeping the Halloween scarefest open tonight and tomorrow night. Go visit!

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OT - Dell Monitor on Newegg Shell Shocker Deal
by Chris Fala 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Seems like a great price for a 24" monitor. http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260338

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Place your hoodie orders
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Sending this message to the old list in addition to new list, so nobody >claims "I didn't get it" later.... > >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. Logo?

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] our new museum -- micro exhibit -- pick 28! (Evan Koblentz)
by Bob Shuster 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

> 1. Our homebrewed "Dudley" PDP-8 clone > 2. Apple 1 (Mimeo) > 3. Apple 2 > 4. Apple Lisa (2/10) > 5. Apple Mac 128K > 6. Apple Mac Portable > 7. AT&T (but which one? 6300, 7300, or 3B2?) > 8. Commodore PET 2001 > 9. Commodore 64 > 10. Commodore Amiga (500?) > 11. Compaq Portable > 12. HP-85B > 13. IBM 5100 > 14. IBM 5150 > 15. IBM PC Jr. > 16. IBM (or generic) Windows 3.1 > 17. IMSAI 8080 > 18. Mark-8 > 19. MITS Altair 8800 > 20. MOS Tech KIM-1 > 21. Osborne 1 > 22. Processor Tech SOL-20 > 23. Scelbi-8H (repro) > 24. Sinclair ZX-80 > 25. SWTPC 6800 > 26. TRS-80 Model 1 > 27. TRS-80 Model 100 > 28. Xerox 860 > > And ..... go! I believe an 8-bit Atari system needs to be part of any exhibit concerning early microcomputers, either an Atari 400 or Atari 800. The first one came out in 1979 and was a logical extension to the successful Atari 2600 gaming console and was a big part of the “home computer as gaming console” movement. Star Raiders was the best game and a big selling point! If nothing else, Atari remained an important computer manufacturer, pushing the leading edge (for example first computer to include a MIDI interface with the ST line) and should be represented. Also noticeably missing is the TI 99/4 or 4a. Among the first (if not *the* first) 16-bit home computers, and the TI 99/4a held about 35% of the home computer market at its peak before Jack Tramiel and Commodore buried them. I definitely believe Atari and Texas Instruments should be represented as important companies in early home computing. I would also make a half-hearted appeal for a Mattel Aquarius computer, the least-successful home computer ever. This came out in 1983 to compete with the VIC-20 and TI 99/4a, and was cancelled four months later. About 8,000 were sold. - Bob Shuster

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Place your hoodie orders
by Evan Koblentz 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Sending this message to the old list in addition to new list, so nobody claims "I didn't get it" later.... 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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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] DOS Floppy Disks
by tom.hornberger＠verizon.net 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

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FS: Vintage 24 Bit Pattern Generators
by Systems Glitch 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

I've got three of these for sale: http://www.ebay.com/itm/272038025877 Zero information on them, they're just a RC oscillator driving a bunch of CMOS counters. Copyright date of 1985. They're powered from a single 3V lithium cell, which is included. Verified operation with my oscilloscope. These were probably intended to produce stable patterns for students familiarizing themselves with logic analyzers and/or oscilloscopes. Thanks, Jonathan

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Wow! Impressive list support
by Evan Koblentz 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

At my request, Jason H. sent our group's list research to the provider support people. They said there is one IP per server, and there's one U.S. server, so that issue is moot. Jason also told them: ------------------------------ We were seeing inconsistent spam flagging from some providers, the biggest of which was Google. We noticed that in some cases, incoming mail from www.mailmanlists.us to Google's SMTP servers were failing SPF validation. Looking into the headers of said messages showed two different scenarios. One where SMTP communication occurred over ipv4, which was fine. And one where it occurred over ipv6 which resulted in the following header: Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning vcf-midatlantic-bounces(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org does not designate 2604:3400:dc1:43:216:3eff:fe36:d305 as permitted sender) client-ip=2604:3400:dc1:43:216:3eff:fe36:d305; Adding your ipv6 address (2604:3400:dc1:43:216:3eff:fe36:d305) to our SPF record has cleared up the random spam flagging issue, but does raise a couple of other issues. Many times reverse lookups are used to help identify spam, since you don't have an AAAA record defined for www.mailmanlists.us, nor a reverse ptr record, this may cause an issue for some clients. Though we've not witnessed any adverse behavior attributable to this, it is something to keep in mind. A few suggestions on how to fix the issue for all your customers who may unknowingly be experiencing issues: 1) Either kill ipv6 on your host (which is probably not the right way forward given the way things are moving). or 2) Get your ipv6 entries setup, and have your clients add analogous ipv6 entries for their lists DNS and SPF records. Honestly, don't feel bad about this, I think google made some change a couple weeks ago and I was caught flat-footed on this with my own mail server when everyone suddenly started talking ipv6 to each other. ------------------------------ List support guy wrote back: "We'll follow your suggestions and get them done this afternoon." ------------------------------ That is amazing. - Evan

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Possible spam fix: DNS change
by Evan Koblentz 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Yesterday's messages about our headers + spam made me realize we were on to something. I called Jason H. and he determined that the txt record in our DNS settings -- the GoDaddy registrar side, not the mailing list side -- needed to have an IPv6 entry (vs only an IPv4) to properly synchronize. We made that change. Jason will explain it better than I could. If it seems to be fixed then we'll inform the list company.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Please read: Donations / Federation update
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes: >Everyone, > >Here are some very important updates. > >Vintage Computer Federation, a 501(c)3 federal non-profit, is documented >by the IRS at http://tinyurl.com/pmvrur7. > >We are working on expanding our presence in popular sites such as >GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and wherever it seems appropriate. Our >fiscal year ends June 30. At that time, we'll make a public financial >report as required by federal law. > >However, with the calendar year ending in less than two months, now is >an excellent time for everyone to consider donating to us! You'll >receive a form to complete. You keep a copy, give another to us, and the >third to your tax preparer. > >Where would your donation go? > >Lots of places. It costs money to (for example) build our new museum >exhibits, conduct 'rescues' of vintage computers, host the Vintage >Computer Festival East, bring our exhibits to other events, get supplies >for workshops and Festivus, keep the storage warehouse organized, >maintain our (coming soon!) new web site, pay various accountant/legal >fees, buy insurance, market ourselves, and grow a capital fund for >future projects. > >There are two ways to donate. Traditionalists can send a check to: >Vintage Computer Federation, P.O. Box 417, Eatontown, NJ, 07724. PayPal >fans should use the email address >donations(a)vintagecomputerfederation.org. (There will also be a button on >the new web site, but that probably won't be ready for a while.) Is the Festivus fund tax deductible?

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