Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Repair workshop wrap-up 7/11 & 7/12, 2020
Recovering drives, as in, getting the data off unknown Mac hard drives? If you want, I can bring along stuff to image them - convert to a file on a PC which you can then mount and pull files out of or use in an emulator. Making a full block image of a drive is a great way to preserve it and ensure you can get whatever you need out of it. Or are you just trying to get drives working with a Mac? -Ian On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 4:15 AM laurakid via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I really need help recovering hard drives from several old macs . I have external drives also but honestly I was always terrible at labeling anything. If anyone can help me at the workshop, that would be awesome. It seems to be on topic this time around?
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On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 12:13 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 9:20 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
At the August Workshop, someone asked me about the brushed metal ZoomFloppy case I had, and I forgot who asked me about it. The person I bought it from still has more of those cases available. If you're still interested in getting one for yourself, I can pass contact information around.
I asked you about it. Send me the info please.
Thanks, Jeff Salzman
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 6:41 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
We had 10 people come to our repair workshop. It was very successful and everyone enjoyed it. We seem to have a pattern that works for everyone, so we will repeat it for the next workshop on August 15 & 16.
I worked on recovering data from a modern hard drive Jonathan and Ian helped), which I will detail in another email. I also was successful in repairing a Rev A Commodore 64 board. Alex Jaccocks and Jonathan Sturges helped me. It had bad Character RAM (U6), Character ROM (901225) and a bad U1 chip (6526). This Rev A board has a ceramic VIC 6567 chip too!
Bill Dromgoole successfully repaired the museum's Ohio Scientific computer. There were 3 keys that needed replacing.
Ian fixed one of his black and white TVs and worked on many other things with others.
Neville worked on his Kay Pro. I'm not sure how he made out with his repairs.
Mike Rosen worked on Commodore 1541 repairs.
Ian and Jason Perkins also worked on scanning some documents from the museum warehouse for preservation.
Don't know what Alex Jaccocks and Jonthan Sturges were working on.
Bill Indereidden continued to document and work on the Wang 4000.
Maybe everyone can tell what they were working on and their progress.
Next workshop is August 15 & 16: Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L3Jc_RIHiBG08kZOOAgzvqjf8G0ox9ZRa6Bn...
There will be a limit to 10 people in the workshop area. If more want to come, then there is room for 2 or 3 people in the museum workshop space. Face masks are required for this gathering. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783
Just getting the data would be great. If possible the image files i might want cross platform because I have a dual 2G Powermac and the Adobe Creative Suite. I figure I may as well see if i can use that setup for art photography/design rather than forking out money each month for subscription. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 3:31 PM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Recovering drives, as in, getting the data off unknown Mac hard drives? If you want, I can bring along stuff to image them - convert to a file on a PC which you can then mount and pull files out of or use in an emulator. Making a full block image of a drive is a great way to preserve it and ensure you can get whatever you need out of it. Or are you just trying to get drives working with a Mac? -Ian On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 4:15 AM laurakid via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I really need help recovering hard drives from several old macs . I have external drives also but honestly I was always terrible at labeling anything. If anyone can help me at the workshop, that would be awesome. It seems to be on topic this time around?
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 12:13 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 9:20 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
At the August Workshop, someone asked me about the brushed metal ZoomFloppy case I had, and I forgot who asked me about it. The person I bought it from still has more of those cases available. If you're still interested in getting one for yourself, I can pass contact information around.
I asked you about it. Send me the info please.
Thanks, Jeff Salzman
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 6:41 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
We had 10 people come to our repair workshop. It was very successful and everyone enjoyed it. We seem to have a pattern that works for everyone, so we will repeat it for the next workshop on August 15 & 16.
I worked on recovering data from a modern hard drive Jonathan and Ian helped), which I will detail in another email. I also was successful in repairing a Rev A Commodore 64 board. Alex Jaccocks and Jonathan Sturges helped me. It had bad Character RAM (U6), Character ROM (901225) and a bad U1 chip (6526). This Rev A board has a ceramic VIC 6567 chip too!
Bill Dromgoole successfully repaired the museum's Ohio Scientific computer. There were 3 keys that needed replacing.
Ian fixed one of his black and white TVs and worked on many other things with others.
Neville worked on his Kay Pro. I'm not sure how he made out with his repairs.
Mike Rosen worked on Commodore 1541 repairs.
Ian and Jason Perkins also worked on scanning some documents from the museum warehouse for preservation.
Don't know what Alex Jaccocks and Jonthan Sturges were working on.
Bill Indereidden continued to document and work on the Wang 4000.
Maybe everyone can tell what they were working on and their progress.
Next workshop is August 15 & 16: Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L3Jc_RIHiBG08kZOOAgzvqjf8G0ox9ZRa6Bn...
There will be a limit to 10 people in the workshop area. If more want to come, then there is room for 2 or 3 people in the museum workshop space. Face masks are required for this gathering. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org cell: 732-759-1783
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