Museum Report 2020-02-02
Lots of visitors today. I counted about 52. I have that number because I'm starting to keep track of the actual number of visitors that make it to our museum (i.e. not just InfoAge in general). Changes to the museum: We switched out the Storagetek with one piece from the Vax 9000. We added two Russian computers. I believe one is Ukranian and an Apple // clone. Tony Bogan has more details. We started our 80's bedroom exhibit and have a Commodore 64 setup there now and will have a printer and PrintShop connected soon. Visitors will be able to print out souvenirs. The bedroom has such artifacts as 80's movie posters, Dungeons and Dragons books, vinyl records from the time, Risk (board game), Rubix Cube. We plan on adding more pop culture of the time period. The next phase will be an 80's office environment and appropriate computer for that time. We have the cubicle wall and fake plant already there. I'm sure I'm missing some changes, so maybe the steering committee can fill in the gaps. More changes to come ... -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org
Jeff, When you get to the 80's office set up, let me know - I can set up phones that match the period you are interpreting (1A2 if pre 1985, Merlin if after) martin On 2/2/2020 4:46 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Lots of visitors today. I counted about 52. I have that number because I'm starting to keep track of the actual number of visitors that make it to our museum (i.e. not just InfoAge in general). Changes to the museum: We switched out the Storagetek with one piece from the Vax 9000. We added two Russian computers. I believe one is Ukranian and an Apple // clone. Tony Bogan has more details. We started our 80's bedroom exhibit and have a Commodore 64 setup there now and will have a printer and PrintShop connected soon. Visitors will be able to print out souvenirs. The bedroom has such artifacts as 80's movie posters, Dungeons and Dragons books, vinyl records from the time, Risk (board game), Rubix Cube. We plan on adding more pop culture of the time period. The next phase will be an 80's office environment and appropriate computer for that time. We have the cubicle wall and fake plant already there. I'm sure I'm missing some changes, so maybe the steering committee can fill in the gaps. More changes to come ...
When you get to the 80's office set up, let me know - I can set up phones that match the period you are interpreting (1A2 if pre 1985, Merlin if after)
martin
Thanks Martin!! We will definitely reach out to you. I have to eat the desk there first. I have it at work in storage, but it’s not in a friendly place to get at it. One of those “can’t throw it away but probably won’t use it so stick it up the stairs in the back” type of situations :-) Once there, we will decide what machine to set up. The bedroom corner is “mid 80s,” but we didn’t decide yet if the office will be same timeframe or a little earlier or later. Best part is we can change things up at will. Several exhibits in the museum are now designed to change/rotate through machines through the course of time. Right now the bedroom has a C64. Eventually (6 months? Year? Less? More?) it will be a TRS80, an Apple II, etc. Tony
The Orel BK-08 was made in the Ukraine pre Soviet break, so it is more correct to call it a Soviet Union computer.They continued to make it after the fall of the Soviet Union under a different name. It is a clone of a Sinclair ZX Spectrum called "орель" (which translates to Eagle), More information at: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/29848/OREL-BK-08-Russian-Spectrum/ <http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/29848/OREL-BK-08-Russian-Spectrum/> and http://oldcomputer.info/8bit/orel/index.htm <http://oldcomputer.info/8bit/orel/index.htm>We're looking for someone with ZX Spectrum experience who would be interested in getting it into usable condition. We have no power cord (24V 400mAmps power supply, research says) and are assuming it outputs SECAM video. We will be putting a Timex Sinclair next to it so people can experience the Sinclair while we try to restore the Eagle. The Pravetz is Bulargian and is, indeed, an Apple II clone. Also from the Soviet era so correctly called a Soviet Union clone and is on loan from Tony Bogan. He can fill in more details. Best wishes, -Adam On 2/2/2020 4:46 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Lots of visitors today. I counted about 52. I have that number because I'm starting to keep track of the actual number of visitors that make it to our museum (i.e. not just InfoAge in general). Changes to the museum: We switched out the Storagetek with one piece from the Vax 9000. We added two Russian computers. I believe one is Ukranian and an Apple // clone. Tony Bogan has more details. We started our 80's bedroom exhibit and have a Commodore 64 setup there now and will have a printer and PrintShop connected soon. Visitors will be able to print out souvenirs. The bedroom has such artifacts as 80's movie posters, Dungeons and Dragons books, vinyl records from the time, Risk (board game), Rubix Cube. We plan on adding more pop culture of the time period. The next phase will be an 80's office environment and appropriate computer for that time. We have the cubicle wall and fake plant already there. I'm sure I'm missing some changes, so maybe the steering committee can fill in the gaps. More changes to come ...
I really hope you have that cool Linda Ronstadt poster on the wall!! Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Feb 2, 2020, at 4:46 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Lots of visitors today. I counted about 52. I have that number because I'm starting to keep track of the actual number of visitors that make it to our museum (i.e. not just InfoAge in general). Changes to the museum: We switched out the Storagetek with one piece from the Vax 9000. We added two Russian computers. I believe one is Ukranian and an Apple // clone. Tony Bogan has more details. We started our 80's bedroom exhibit and have a Commodore 64 setup there now and will have a printer and PrintShop connected soon. Visitors will be able to print out souvenirs. The bedroom has such artifacts as 80's movie posters, Dungeons and Dragons books, vinyl records from the time, Risk (board game), Rubix Cube. We plan on adding more pop culture of the time period. The next phase will be an 80's office environment and appropriate computer for that time. We have the cubicle wall and fake plant already there. I'm sure I'm missing some changes, so maybe the steering committee can fill in the gaps. More changes to come ... -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org
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