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5.25 floppy reader & writer adapter
by Sentrytv 12 Jul '24

12 Jul '24

One thing I have never understood is why no one has designed and built a 5.25” floppy drive to USB adapter? (Like the 3.5” ones see all over.) Maybe for a Newer PC to Read and Write . Yes, I know the newer OS’s do not support 5.25” Floppy formats any longer. Yes, I know one is available to read floppies only. BUT, I would just plug a USB adapter into my XP laptop and use it. Easy Peasy It would be so convenient wouldn’t it? Any up to the challenge? Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device. > On Jul 12, 2024, at 9:42 AM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > Japan just got rid of their dependence on floppies. Seems Germany has decided > to get with the times. Article suggest that they are using a floppy emulator. > > https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/german-navy-aims-to-repl… > > Herb and I have been discuss something similar for the last few weeks. > I'm adding a floppy emulator to my Peripheral Technologies PT69-5A > and PT68K2s. > > Getting the files from Linux/DOS/Windows to the disk image has been an > interesting challenge. And getting the images from the real floppy to > the image files another adventure. Still working on that one. > > -- > Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq(a)linuxha.com > http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site > http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog > Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ

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Apple //e, //+, //c boot disks
by Jeffrey Brace 11 Jul '24

11 Jul '24

Does anyone have time to make and mail some boot disks to someone in Oklahoma? I'm really busy over the next 2 to 3 weeks and don't have time to do it in the museum. Let me know and I will share his contact info with you. Thanks! 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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Launch of the Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepsie
by Dan FitzGerald 11 Jul '24

11 Jul '24

TLDR; Flickr link at bottom. After two years of work and a mountain of red tape, Connor Krukosky and I are proud to announce the official opening of the Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepsie! The Classical Computing Laboratory (sometimes shortened to POK-CCL or CCL@POK) is a historical computing center accessible to IBM employees and official site visitors, with the stated goal of our collection being available for hands-on use. IBMers can come in and use the equipment between the hours of 12 and 2 PM every Wednesday, or by special appointment. This presents a number of amazing potential opportunities, ranging from employee experience to education outreach to client/customer relations. We officially opened this past Wednesday, June 26 as part of the annual IBM MHV (Mid-Hudson Valley) Summer Activities Fair; we then continued into the next day for IBM MHV Take Our Children to Work Day. I've put together a Flickr album of photos that Connor and I took during the two events. In all but two cases, I framed the photos to keep visitors' faces obscured -- the important thing to me is seeing people having fun with these machines and using them. Here is the equipment we currently have available to use: 3193 Display Station 3278 Display Station 3279 Display Station 3290 Information Panel 5251 Display Station 5510 Computing System AT/370 (5170-599) Correcting Selectric II Memory Typewriter PC Graphics Printer (5152) PCjr (4675-007) Personal Printer Series II (2390) Portable Personal Computer (5155) PS/2 Model 25 Color (8525-004) PS/2 Model 56sx (8556) PS/2 Model 57sx (8557) PS/2 Model 80 (8580) RT/PC (6150) RS/6000 Server F50 (7025-F50) S/390 Integrated Server (3006) System/36 "Compact 36" (5362) https://www.flickr.com/gp/200991657@N06/9XH55N361M Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them or She/Her Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepsie http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger

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Launch of the Classical Computing Laboratory at IBM Poughkeepsie
by Herbert Johnson 10 Jul '24

10 Jul '24

Very nice office facility, a likely original setting for most of the equipment displayed. The 5100 caught my eye, what features, how operational? Do you have a Selectric terminal on site? I used one in the era for SPICE simulation under TSO on some campus 360. Good to see some other printing technology. Regards Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing

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Sussex County Hamfest this Sunday (7/14)
by Kelly Leavitt 09 Jul '24

09 Jul '24

https://www.scarcnj.org/downloads/hamfest%20flyer.pdf The 2024 SCARC Hamfest will be held July 14th 2024 Gates open at 6:00am for sellers/tailgaters 8:00am for buyers 270,000 square feet (Six Plus Acres!) of outdoor tailgate space and 10,000 square feet of indoor space. Food, Door Prizes and Ample Parking too! For info or tables contact SCARC at 973-862-8124 I'll be in the kitchen again. Hope to see you there. 73 de Kelly KE2L

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Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76
by Christian Liendo 04 Jul '24

04 Jul '24

This is a free article from the times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/business/bruce-bastian-dead.html?unlocke…

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Northern VA Vintage Computer Meetup Wrapup notes
by Jeff Salzman 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

I may have to consider a visit sometime. If it's a meet to showcase a distinctive array of vintage systems, I might need to bring my Panasonic JR-200U for a showing. Perhaps even a Tomy Tutor. On Mon, Jul 1, 2024, 3:31 PM Ryan Stapleton via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > I wanted to do a little writeup from the Vintage Computer Meetup I held > Sunday. > > Here is a link to a little blog post I did: > https://www.bluewizard.net/pages/vintagecomputermeetup-30jun2024/ > > Short answer it was successful in a way I would have never expected! 30 > people attended and I think 20 different computers where on display! > > This has greatly re-enforced the support that the community provides and > it was a success because of this awesome community. > > I am looking forward to the next one in the September / October time > frame. No exact date yet due to how scheduling works with the library. > > Thank you > -Ryan > > >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Minimum requirements for receiving 56K modem connections
by David Waybright 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

First the i-modem is a digital ISDN modem. It can not talk to a analog modem, There is a way to make 2 ISDN devices talk without an active line like you did with the analog modems, I did it in my Cisco CCNA class but don't remember how we did it. The analog phone line modems can be used the way you did by connecting them together with a phone line and dialing with the ignore ring tone on one modem and ATA on the other modem. As far as I know there is no middle equipment needed for an analog modem connection. I do remember the newest analog 56k modems had stupid drivers and were soft win modems as in no firmware on the modem, it was loaded by the driver and only worked with windows. I think you have to tell the modems to actually do 56k not just dial and ATA. or you might just need to reset the settings on the modem, it might be set to 36k. Also, if it's an external 56k modem you need to adjust your serial speed on the serial port. This is the speed the port talks to the modem and the modem talks to the port. This is separate from the speeds the 2 modems are set at to talk to each other! 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:dd55fead-1863-4241-850b-86370a2821c0]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/0f52d73c69ad43ffb4490b6e75ed0de2…> ________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:00:34 -0400 From: John Heritage <john.heritage(a)gmail.com> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Minimum requirements for receiving 56K modem connections Message-ID: <CAF5f3Ugj-71Uh153yDyj7amvPVsS0wH186DykcRsQz-ZYyiOfg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi folks! I'm messing around with a bunch of modems at home, and would like to know what's required to set up one system to receive 56K calls from another system. I'm able to get 33.6kbps bi-directionally (or 31.2K) with just a phone line between the two modems, and using ATX1D and ATA commands. I think to get 56K I require some equipment to simulate a digital connection, and I'm also not sure if a 56K analog modem can even receive 56K calls. Is this true? Modems I have on hand: - a USRobotics Courier I-Modem - 2 x USRobotics V.Everything, and a USRobotics 56K/X2 Sportster external modem I am also unable to get the I-Modem to connect to any of the analog modems, and although it does have the protocols to support analog, it seems like it's expecting a BRI / ISDN connection to allow that connection. Is this true? If the above are true - what's the minimum / cheapest solution for being able to at least establish a V.90 connection given the equipment I have already? Thanks for your help! John ------------------------------

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Northern VA Vintage Computer Meetup Wrapup notes
by Ethan O'Toole 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Whoot wish I was in town! Heard it was a good event! On Mon, 1 Jul 2024, Ryan Stapleton via vcf-midatlantic wrote: [NON-Text Body part not included]

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PET 2001 and DEC Rainbow 100B2
by Ricardo 8-Bit Desk 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

I just stopped by an antique store here in my area (NJ) and there is a fully working PET 2001 that the guy wants $750. I am not getting it but I hate to see it there on the shelf. Anyone in the group interested? There is also a DEC Rainbow 100-B2 complete (keyboard and monitor included) and I offered $250. The guy didn’t return yet but I might not take if he goes too much above that. In that case, I will also pass to the group. Anyone interested? Ricardo. Sent from my iPhone

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