[vcf-midatlantic] Museum report

[william degnan]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Ray Sills via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

>
> > On Dec 28, 2015, at 1:40 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> >
> > No. But in all likelihood 95% of them are not fully functional. This is
> > from experience testing various ones in the past to find a functional
> one.
> > It becomes burdensome to test all of them. At some point we need to clean
> > or repair them. If you have the time, energy and patience to test all of
> > them, then free to do so!
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> >
> >>>> until we get a working 1541
> >>
> >> There are several in storage. Have we tested them all?
> >>
>
> One of the items I donated way back when was an Indus drive… all black,
> not at all “Commodore-like”.   But, if it’s still around, it might work.
> It’s an operational clone of the 1541, and IMO, was a better drive when I
> used it.
>
> 73 de Ray
>
>
Can't VCFed spring for an uIEC drive then?  I think it would be a worthy
expense if you can't get a 1541 up and running, and/or they keep breaking
down.

Otherwise how did Jeff and Dan get their c64 network running?  I guess
these are drives owned by Jeff or Dan, not FKA MARCH VFED.

-- 
Bill