How many machines in the warehouse are actually functional?
I really would be interested in a workshop to work on some of the machines in the warehouse that's known not to be functioning properly but that the parts are there that they they should be. I have past experience in mechanical terminals/typewriters as well, although I am 20+ years out of practice so I don't know if I'd want to start with anything super rare (like how I worked on the IBM Selectric at Festivus) but would have been nice to have white grease, oil, spring hooks, etc. it's really been way too long since I've worked on them, especially since I used to rebuild them, and no longer have any of the tools or documentation from them. I actually took a college class in repairing them. :) -- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
It's hard to say how many are functional. If you have an interest in fixing something, when you come to the workshop Evan or I can walk with you and find something appropriate. On Monday, December 21, 2015, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I really would be interested in a workshop to work on some of the machines in the warehouse that's known not to be functioning properly but that the parts are there that they they should be. I have past experience in mechanical terminals/typewriters as well, although I am 20+ years out of practice so I don't know if I'd want to start with anything super rare (like how I worked on the IBM Selectric at Festivus) but would have been nice to have white grease, oil, spring hooks, etc. it's really been way too long since I've worked on them, especially since I used to rebuild them, and no longer have any of the tools or documentation from them. I actually took a college class in repairing them. :)
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
How many machines in the warehouse areactually functional?
Nobody knows. Jeff B. and I have tested many of the common micros and labeled them as working, partially working, or broken. But as for the larger and rarer stuff, it's a mystery!
I really would be interested in a workshop to work on some of the machines
We already do this in a limited sense. Before every workshop, we consider what needs repair among the museum systems and what we're in the mood to repair from the warehouse collection. We also consider who's attending the workshop (because people have unique skills), etc. .... for example we pulled a PDP-8/E out of storage when David Gesswein attended a workshop, and more recently a few of us led by Ian made a working FrankenLisa from four dead ones. We'll definitely need to do more of this with the upcoming museum expansion.
I don't know if I'd want to start with anything super rare
No problem. We wouldn't let you. :) (Certainly nothing personal! Just makes sense that we limit access for rare/exotic stuff to the people who have recent proven experience.)
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Joseph Oprysko