[vcf-midatlantic] VCF museum machines in need of TLC

Bill Degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Fri Aug 13 17:56:10 UTC 2021


I meant in other words, is all of the software of VCFed's 1000 from a 1000
(or 500)?

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:20 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Right. All I ever had was 1000.
>
> On 8/13/2021 12:15 AM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > It might be useful to verify software is 1000 compatible, not all boot
> on a
> > 1000.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 11:59 PM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I have the old Amiga 1000 RobotCity demo on floppy.
> >> I also have boot and games disks for the TRS and I suppose I can get it
> >> working.  I'll see about coming to the workshop to work on these.
> >>
> >> DC
> >>
> >> On 8/12/2021 10:08 PM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >>> What are you using to demo the 1040ST?
> >>>
> >>> I'll also see if I can get my Amiga floppy drives working this weekend
> to
> >>> produce some disks for the 1000
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 9:16 PM Gregg Levine via vcf-midatlantic <
> >>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello!
> >>>> Jeff did you call for the Doctor? Because I'll be there on the
> >>>> Saturday. I speak Apple 2 speak and can finagle enough strangeness for
> >>>> the PCjr to get along with it. So, that's part of the message to
> >>>> confirm the obvious regarding the Saturday.
> >>>> -----
> >>>> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
> >>>> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 9:00 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic
> >>>> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jeff Salzman will be working making a backup boot disk for the Zorba.
> >> One
> >>>>> of them stopped working. He will also take a look at the H89.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We also need good demos to run on the Amiga 1000. Some of the disks
> >> don't
> >>>>> seem to work *and* apparently some disks have the SCA virus. Could
> >>>> someone
> >>>>> bring a disinfectant?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The museum also has an SD card reader for the Vic-20. I just haven’t
> >> had
> >>>>> time to set it up yet. Maybe someone can help me figure it out and
> pick
> >>>>> some good demos.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also the museum 1541 drive on the C64, has issues. I had swapped it
> out
> >>>> for
> >>>>> another one, but haven't had the chance to try simple troubleshooting
> >>>> like
> >>>>> a disk cleaner, etc. It has JiffyDOS and is cosmetically better than
> >> the
> >>>>> one I swapped. Maybe someone can take a look at it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jason Perkins will look at the Lisa as it doesn't boot now.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I would like a better demo for the Atari 1040ST. If anyone has a
> better
> >>>>> suggestion for a disk, please let me know.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also need someone to install the SD card read for the IBM PCjr.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The Apple 2 seems to be having issues again. It might just need a
> card
> >> to
> >>>>> be reseated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does anyone have experience getting the TRS-80 working with a floppy
> >>>> drive?
> >>>>> I'd like to get some demos working on that machine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I think that's all.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> =========================================
> >>>>> Jeff Brace
> >>>>> Vice President & Board Member
> >>>>> Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
> >>>>> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
> >>>>> http://www.vcfed.org/
> >>>>> jeffrey at vcfed.org
> >>>>
> >>>> And while watching Perry Mason destroy a witness regarding what the
> >>>> person saw or did not see, he's taking notes. He's also taking notes
> >>>> on why the district attorney is making a bigger fool of himself than
> >>>> usual;. He notes that Della is also taking notes, and Della also has
> >>>> Duke asleep in her lap. The regular pair are sitting with him, and the
> >>>> rest of the team are asleep in the office. From the Doctor and Perry
> >>>> Mason an unpublished Memoir.
> >>>>
> >>
>


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