Adam and I were at the museum from 11:00-6:30 today. - Jason H., who used to live out here and was an active MARCH member, visited today from Seattle. He hadn't seen the museum. The first words out of his mouth upon entering were, "It looks professional!" vs. our old exhibit. He hung out with us until about 5:00 and even helped clean our workbench. - Adam counted our Commodore 128s .... FIFTEEN! That's a dozen more than we need. We'll test them all another time (probably at the next workshop in January) and then figure out how to get the surplus into collectors' hands. - Adam also sorted/organized some other Commodore accessories, joysticks, etc. which were cluttering our warehouse entrance area. - We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird! - We put aside 50-something Pickett slide rules and a new-in-box Atari Flashback 2, which as Jeff B. posted will be given away at Festivus. - We put another Flashback 2 into the museum workshop and attached it to the big monitor on the wall. It works fine but there was no audio. We determined the wires from the monitor's side-mounted speakers were damaged. Chances are high that some of the more experienced members can fix this. I'd still rather connect one of our real 2600s, but first we need to acquire a modular (not a demodulator) because the monitor doesn't have a coax input. I think Dean said he has one. - We had a slow but steady stream of museum visitors. Maybe about 20 people total. Lots of parents/children due to the InfoAge holiday train show. The highlight was a precocious and extroverted 7-year-old girl who really got into it. - We stopped at Home Depot and got a 50-pack of contractor-grade trash bags. Our warehouse supply of these was done. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
We actually need an RF de-modulator. I'm checking for a spare, but in case I dont have one, could anyone coming to Festivus have one? Thanks. On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:34 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Adam and I were at the museum from 11:00-6:30 today.
- Jason H., who used to live out here and was an active MARCH member, visited today from Seattle. He hadn't seen the museum. The first words out of his mouth upon entering were, "It looks professional!" vs. our old exhibit. He hung out with us until about 5:00 and even helped clean our workbench.
- Adam counted our Commodore 128s .... FIFTEEN! That's a dozen more than we need. We'll test them all another time (probably at the next workshop in January) and then figure out how to get the surplus into collectors' hands.
- Adam also sorted/organized some other Commodore accessories, joysticks, etc. which were cluttering our warehouse entrance area.
- We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird!
- We put aside 50-something Pickett slide rules and a new-in-box Atari Flashback 2, which as Jeff B. posted will be given away at Festivus.
- We put another Flashback 2 into the museum workshop and attached it to the big monitor on the wall. It works fine but there was no audio. We determined the wires from the monitor's side-mounted speakers were damaged. Chances are high that some of the more experienced members can fix this. I'd still rather connect one of our real 2600s, but first we need to acquire a modular (not a demodulator) because the monitor doesn't have a coax input. I think Dean said he has one.
- We had a slow but steady stream of museum visitors. Maybe about 20 people total. Lots of parents/children due to the InfoAge holiday train show. The highlight was a precocious and extroverted 7-year-old girl who really got into it.
- We stopped at Home Depot and got a 50-pack of contractor-grade trash bags. Our warehouse supply of these was done.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
Actually Evan had it right. We need a Q-36 Space Modulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUJfYcn3V4 On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
We actually need an RF de-modulator. I'm checking for a spare, but in case I dont have one, could anyone coming to Festivus have one? Thanks.
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:34 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Adam and I were at the museum from 11:00-6:30 today.
- Jason H., who used to live out here and was an active MARCH member, visited today from Seattle. He hadn't seen the museum. The first words out of his mouth upon entering were, "It looks professional!" vs. our old exhibit. He hung out with us until about 5:00 and even helped clean our workbench.
- Adam counted our Commodore 128s .... FIFTEEN! That's a dozen more than we need. We'll test them all another time (probably at the next workshop in January) and then figure out how to get the surplus into collectors' hands.
- Adam also sorted/organized some other Commodore accessories, joysticks, etc. which were cluttering our warehouse entrance area.
- We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird!
- We put aside 50-something Pickett slide rules and a new-in-box Atari Flashback 2, which as Jeff B. posted will be given away at Festivus.
- We put another Flashback 2 into the museum workshop and attached it to the big monitor on the wall. It works fine but there was no audio. We determined the wires from the monitor's side-mounted speakers were damaged. Chances are high that some of the more experienced members can fix this. I'd still rather connect one of our real 2600s, but first we need to acquire a modular (not a demodulator) because the monitor doesn't have a coax input. I think Dean said he has one.
- We had a slow but steady stream of museum visitors. Maybe about 20 people total. Lots of parents/children due to the InfoAge holiday train show. The highlight was a precocious and extroverted 7-year-old girl who really got into it.
- We stopped at Home Depot and got a 50-pack of contractor-grade trash bags. Our warehouse supply of these was done.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom... On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:34 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Actually Evan had it right. We need a Q-36 Space Modulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUJfYcn3V4
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
We actually need an RF de-modulator. I'm checking for a spare, but in case I dont have one, could anyone coming to Festivus have one? Thanks.
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:34 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Adam and I were at the museum from 11:00-6:30 today.
- Jason H., who used to live out here and was an active MARCH member, visited today from Seattle. He hadn't seen the museum. The first words out of his mouth upon entering were, "It looks professional!" vs. our old exhibit. He hung out with us until about 5:00 and even helped clean our workbench.
- Adam counted our Commodore 128s .... FIFTEEN! That's a dozen more than we need. We'll test them all another time (probably at the next workshop in January) and then figure out how to get the surplus into collectors' hands.
- Adam also sorted/organized some other Commodore accessories, joysticks, etc. which were cluttering our warehouse entrance area.
- We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird!
- We put aside 50-something Pickett slide rules and a new-in-box Atari Flashback 2, which as Jeff B. posted will be given away at Festivus.
- We put another Flashback 2 into the museum workshop and attached it to the big monitor on the wall. It works fine but there was no audio. We determined the wires from the monitor's side-mounted speakers were damaged. Chances are high that some of the more experienced members can fix this. I'd still rather connect one of our real 2600s, but first we need to acquire a modular (not a demodulator) because the monitor doesn't have a coax input. I think Dean said he has one.
- We had a slow but steady stream of museum visitors. Maybe about 20 people total. Lots of parents/children due to the InfoAge holiday train show. The highlight was a precocious and extroverted 7-year-old girl who really got into it.
- We stopped at Home Depot and got a 50-pack of contractor-grade trash bags. Our warehouse supply of these was done.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...
Never say kaboom around vintage computers. Someone in the audience yelled "boom" when we turned on the PDP-8 for its VCF East debut a few years ago. Other audience members seemed genuinely mad at the guy. On Dec 3, 2017 11:37 PM, "Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:34 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Actually Evan had it right. We need a Q-36 Space Modulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUJfYcn3V4
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
We actually need an RF de-modulator. I'm checking for a spare, but in case I dont have one, could anyone coming to Festivus have one? Thanks.
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:34 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Adam and I were at the museum from 11:00-6:30 today.
- Jason H., who used to live out here and was an active MARCH member, visited today from Seattle. He hadn't seen the museum. The first words out of his mouth upon entering were, "It looks professional!" vs. our old exhibit. He hung out with us until about 5:00 and even helped clean our workbench.
- Adam counted our Commodore 128s .... FIFTEEN! That's a dozen more than we need. We'll test them all another time (probably at the next workshop in January) and then figure out how to get the surplus into collectors' hands.
- Adam also sorted/organized some other Commodore accessories, joysticks, etc. which were cluttering our warehouse entrance area.
- We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird!
- We put aside 50-something Pickett slide rules and a new-in-box Atari Flashback 2, which as Jeff B. posted will be given away at Festivus.
- We put another Flashback 2 into the museum workshop and attached it to the big monitor on the wall. It works fine but there was no audio. We determined the wires from the monitor's side-mounted speakers were damaged. Chances are high that some of the more experienced members can fix this. I'd still rather connect one of our real 2600s, but first we need to acquire a modular (not a demodulator) because the monitor doesn't have a coax input. I think Dean said he has one.
- We had a slow but steady stream of museum visitors. Maybe about 20 people total. Lots of parents/children due to the InfoAge holiday train show. The highlight was a precocious and extroverted 7-year-old girl who really got into it.
- We stopped at Home Depot and got a 50-pack of contractor-grade trash bags. Our warehouse supply of these was done.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
On Dec 3, 2017, at 11:48 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...
Never say kaboom around vintage computers.
Someone in the audience yelled "boom" when we turned on the PDP-8 for its VCF East debut a few years ago. Other audience members seemed genuinely mad at the guy.
On Dec 3, 2017 11:37 PM, "Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:34 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Actually Evan had it right. We need a Q-36 Space Modulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUJfYcn3V4
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
We actually need an RF de-modulator. I'm checking for a spare, but in case I dont have one, could anyone coming to Festivus have one? Thanks.
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:34 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Adam and I were at the museum from 11:00-6:30 today.
- Jason H., who used to live out here and was an active MARCH member, visited today from Seattle. He hadn't seen the museum. The first words out of his mouth upon entering were, "It looks professional!" vs. our old exhibit. He hung out with us until about 5:00 and even helped clean our workbench.
- Adam counted our Commodore 128s .... FIFTEEN! That's a dozen more than we need. We'll test them all another time (probably at the next workshop in January) and then figure out how to get the surplus into collectors' hands.
- Adam also sorted/organized some other Commodore accessories, joysticks, etc. which were cluttering our warehouse entrance area.
- We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird!
- We put aside 50-something Pickett slide rules and a new-in-box Atari Flashback 2, which as Jeff B. posted will be given away at Festivus.
- We put another Flashback 2 into the museum workshop and attached it to the big monitor on the wall. It works fine but there was no audio. We determined the wires from the monitor's side-mounted speakers were damaged. Chances are high that some of the more experienced members can fix this. I'd still rather connect one of our real 2600s, but first we need to acquire a modular (not a demodulator) because the monitor doesn't have a coax input. I think Dean said he has one.
- We had a slow but steady stream of museum visitors. Maybe about 20 people total. Lots of parents/children due to the InfoAge holiday train show. The highlight was a precocious and extroverted 7-year-old girl who really got into it.
- We stopped at Home Depot and got a 50-pack of contractor-grade trash bags. Our warehouse supply of these was done.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
To bring this back to earth... you need a “TV tuner” just use something like an old VCR with one built in. Demodulator.... who knew Evan could use such complicated technical words in a sentence, must be from hanging around the Geek crowd.
To bring this back to earth... you need a “TV tuner” just use something like an old VCR with one built in.
If we can find a combo DVD/VCR with this function built-in, that would kill two birds, so to speak. But I object to using valuable bench space for a VCR just to demodulate, that's dumb. On Dec 4, 2017 6:39 AM, "corey cohen" <coreyvcf@gmail.com> wrote:
On Dec 3, 2017, at 11:48 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...
Never say kaboom around vintage computers.
Someone in the audience yelled "boom" when we turned on the PDP-8 for its VCF East debut a few years ago. Other audience members seemed genuinely mad at the guy.
On Dec 3, 2017 11:37 PM, "Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:34 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Actually Evan had it right. We need a Q-36 Space Modulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUJfYcn3V4
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
We actually need an RF de-modulator. I'm checking for a spare, but in case I dont have one, could anyone coming to Festivus have one? Thanks.
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:34 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Adam and I were at the museum from 11:00-6:30 today.
- Jason H., who used to live out here and was an active MARCH member, visited today from Seattle. He hadn't seen the museum. The first words out of his mouth upon entering were, "It looks professional!" vs. our old exhibit. He hung out with us until about 5:00 and even helped clean our workbench.
- Adam counted our Commodore 128s .... FIFTEEN! That's a dozen more than we need. We'll test them all another time (probably at the next workshop in January) and then figure out how to get the surplus into collectors' hands.
- Adam also sorted/organized some other Commodore accessories, joysticks, etc. which were cluttering our warehouse entrance area.
- We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird!
- We put aside 50-something Pickett slide rules and a new-in-box Atari Flashback 2, which as Jeff B. posted will be given away at Festivus.
- We put another Flashback 2 into the museum workshop and attached it to the big monitor on the wall. It works fine but there was no audio. We determined the wires from the monitor's side-mounted speakers were damaged. Chances are high that some of the more experienced members can fix this. I'd still rather connect one of our real 2600s, but first we need to acquire a modular (not a demodulator) because the monitor doesn't have a coax input. I think Dean said he has one.
- We had a slow but steady stream of museum visitors. Maybe about 20 people total. Lots of parents/children due to the InfoAge holiday train show. The highlight was a precocious and extroverted 7-year-old girl who really got into it.
- We stopped at Home Depot and got a 50-pack of contractor-grade trash bags. Our warehouse supply of these was done.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
To bring this back to earth... you need a “TV tuner” just use something like an old VCR with one built in.
Demodulator.... who knew Evan could use such complicated technical words in a sentence, must be from hanging around the Geek crowd.
- We checked out a donation of a TI Professional Computer (Osborne-esque) which arrived yesterday. It looks brand new except for the keycaps, most of which are yellowed although a few random ones seem pristine. Weird!
TI Professional is the desktop I brought to VCF 2016. That sounds like a TI Portable Professional Computer (PPC).
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Jeffrey Brace