[vcf-midatlantic] July Repair Workshop @ System Source

Jeffrey Brace jeffrey at vcfed.org
Fri Mar 19 02:57:14 UTC 2021


The July Repair Workshop will be at System Source.

The Vintage Computer Federation and the System Source Computer Museum are
hosting a vintage computer workshop on Saturday July 10th and Sunday July 11
th 2021 at:


System Source Computer Museum

338 Clubhouse Road,

Hunt Valley, MD  21031



A few pictures from our pre-COVID event:  Details below!



Plenty of free parking, short walk from Baltimore’s light rail (Gilroy Road
Stop)

We will open at 9:00 AM on Saturday July10th, 2021 and will lock up by 7:30
PM.

We will go to dinner afterwards.

If you are interested in dinner, then please indicate on the signup form.

We will open at 9:00 AM on Sunday July 11th and lock up at 5:00 PM



Accommodations:  Try
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Feel free to talk with others about sharing a room.

Food:   There are plenty of restaurants within a short drive.   We will
have a catered Indian buffet on Saturday at cost ($12.00?) and catered
Barbecue ($12.00?) on Sunday for those who sign up.



We will feature tours of the museum throughout both days and several
mini-workshops:



   - Retrobright workshop (bring your yellowed plastics)
   - Pre-industrial computing class -  Learn to use a slide rule, and
   various types of Abaci
   - Hot Metal Typesetting (3500 lb word processor
   - Preview/contribute to new exhibit IBM PC at 40  We will have most of the
   IBM PCs (and predecessors) load up with various operating systems and
   software



If you need a machine to work on, please let me know.  We have lots of
computers awaiting restoration!



Let others know what you are working on.



If you have unusual needs, (220 Volts, fork lift, etc please email Bob
Roswell at museum at syssrc.com



Bob Roswell

broswell at syssrc.com

https://museum.syssrc.com

410-771-5544 x 4336


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